humid. issues in the Caribbean

[Reelman]

Ron-

I will soon be moving to Belize in the Caribbean area. I will be on the coast, which means that the trade winds keep the land cooler than it would be further inland. Even so, daily temps range from 65F at night in the rainy season to 90F in the dry season. RH on the coast is pretty standard at 85%.

I am curious as to the type of humi I should get for down there. We are building a home that will have an area specifically made for sticks, in that it will be a small room that will have no windows and will have walls that do not face the sun.

Do you suggest a winedor with thermoelectric or a humidor with beads? My humi there will have 300-400 sticks, 3/4 of which will be boxes.


What have I not considered, and what else should I look out for?

Thanks much in advance.

Bill

 

[Tobacco Giant]

I'd get a wineador to regulate temps and throw a Boveda pack in each of those boxes, with maybe a pound of beads spread throughout the wineador to keep the loose sticks at the right RH.

Nothing too crazy about the set up you need except that you definitely want something that absorbs excess humidity if necessary, hence the Bovedas and beads.

 

[Evan]

The beads definitely have a limit to how much moisture they can absorb. I've read that people have tried baking or microwaving their beads to dry them out. I live in FL and I can't get my RH below 65... Which is fine. But that's with nearly 2lbs of KL in a wineador. It's humid here, but probably not as bad as the Caribbean. I say go with the wineador, worst case scenario you might have to work out a rotation with dry beads. Maybe you could use a very good, airtight container to store beads just to keep them dry.

 

[CigarGavin]

I'd get a wineador to regulate temps and throw a Boveda pack in each of those boxes, with maybe a pound of beads spread throughout the wineador to keep the loose sticks at the right temp.

Nothing too crazy about the set up you need except that you definitely want something that absorbs excess humidity if necessary, hence the Bovedas and beads.

+1, great plan. I Always throw a Boveda pack in all my boxes as an extra level of "protection" (even if it just in my head lol). Beads are a must when you have excess humidity at times during the year, and a deficit at others. No better way to help regulate large changes in temp/ humidity when combined with a Wine cooler.

 

[apaniagua]

Ron-

I will soon be moving to Belize in the Caribbean area. I will be on the coast, which means that the trade winds keep the land cooler than it would be further inland. Even so, daily temps range from 65F at night in the rainy season to 90F in the dry season. RH on the coast is pretty standard at 85%.

I am curious as to the type of humi I should get for down there. We are building a home that will have an area specifically made for sticks, in that it will be a small room that will have no windows and will have walls that do not face the sun.

Do suggest a winedor and ETC or beads? My humi there will have 300-400 sticks, 3/4 of which will be boxes.


What have I not considered, and what else should I look out for?

Thanks much in advance.

Bill

Living in the Caribbean is awesome, but the humidity is a PitA. I live in the DR and believe me...85% RH is constant.

So...do what Tobacco Giant told you: Get a wineador. If you don't get a wineador...throw tons of dry beads.