Humidification Devices and Storing Cigars in Humidors *
Maintaining the Proper Humidity Level Inside Your Humidor
Having trouble keeping up the humidity level in your humidor? Cigars should be stored at room temperature (about 70F degrees) with a humidity level of 68 to 72 percent. Sometimes, it is difficult to maintain a constant level of humidity inside the humidor, especially when seasons change. The humidity level inside your house, as well as other conditions, will affect the performance and operation of your humidor's humidification system.
Factors Affecting Humidity Levels In a Humidor
The varied use of air conditioners, heaters, and open windows can drastically change the level of humidity inside a house in a short period of time, making it harder (or easier) to maintain the optimal level of humidity inside a humidor. In addition, other factors such as air circulation and exposure to direct sunlight can also lower humidity levels.
Try not to place your humidor near vents, fans, or windows. In the winter, the sun is lower in the sky than in summer, and can actually shine further into your house than in the summer (when the sun is overhead). A humidor that I had placed on a coffee table during the summer, had to be moved in the winter because the sun began to shine right on it.
Use of Humidification Devices
When humidity levels inside your house begin to fall, you will probably have to add distilled water and/or humidifying solution to your humidification device more often. If the device is kept full, but you still have problems with low humidity, then you should add a supplemental humidification device to your humidor.
Northstar Cases offers a line of X-treme Travel Cigar Humidors, that come with a humidifcation disk and are completely airtight so that they maintain your cigars at approximately 70% humidity for months at a time. They are also completely crushproof and come with a lifetime guarantee, so you can take your travel humidor with you wherever you want to go. We also carry replacement humidification disks, and bottles of the humidifcation solution (Proplyene Glycol) to refill your disk whenever necessary. So check out our line of X-treme Travel Cigar Humidors and Humidor Accessories today!
*Article from about.cigars.com