Temperature help

[VeLoRoK]

Hey there @sofc lol and everyone else. So my apartment is basement level and we are in the unit next to the huge water heater with exposed plumbing running throughout. They give of some heat. The good news is that i probably won't need to turn my heater on all year. The bad news is that i can't get my tupperdore below 72°. I tried putting some ice packs on it the other day when it was up to like 75°, but took them off when i started worrying about condensation and water dripping off the top where the ice packs were. So i don't know how to keep it cool. I'm thinking i should freeze everything to protect from beetles, right? That's no big deal.

But then i started wondering about how, with higher temperatures, the actual humidity raises even though with the heartfelt beads being a steady 65-66% relative humidity. Are my sticks going to be over humidified? Should i try to get some 60% beads?

Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions.

 

[BigSkySmoke]

10 minutes in the freezer and then 10 minutes at room temp...repeat...every day.....for the rest of your life.........

 

[navyvet]

once frozen over night and one day in the fidge your good. but what you would have to worry about next would be mold, because as your temp rises so will your rh... just get some boveda's and kitty liter save up for a wino, if you have a tup i am geussing you could always put it in the fridge as long as it is air tight but you would still have the condensation problem once you took it out just save for a wino

 

[Mossome]

Wineador. Problem solved.

 

[Swerve]

they're on sale with 25% off
http://www.air-n-water.com/product/cc-300.htm
$337

 

[BigSkySmoke]

Wineador. Problem solved.

This...check Craigslist and pawn shops for some deals on a used one. I think I found my small thermoelectric one for $20. Not a ton of room, but gets the job done in hot summer months...

 

[klovett]

they're on sale with 25% off
http://www.air-n-water.com/product/cc-300.htm
$337

Amazon for $315
https://www.amazon.com/NewAir-CC-300-Count-Cigar-Cooler/dp/B00N1XAVDY

Or for $100 less, you just need to get some shelves
$229
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ZV0OJO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=37LAB7XUF82LA&coliid=IGJ4NRMHTKJZZ&th=1

 

[Swerve]

^boom

 

[sofc]

you'll be fine.

Just to be safe you can freeze what you bring in for a few days (if I give you an actual number, someone will chime it about temperature and fancy scientific info about larvae etc.) I had some cigars in the basement for decades at the last house with no mold issues except for casa fuente under cedar.

 

[VeLoRoK]

Let's pretend, for a moment, that there is a price difference between a $10 container store thing and a wineador, further imagining that i am unable, for reasons we will not go into here, to purchase said wineador. Lol.

 

[Old Smokey]

If it was me, I would get some 1 gallon freezer ziplock bags, double bag, remove as much air as possible and freeze for 72 hours. After 72 hours remove the bags and roll all of the bags in a bath towel and let it sit for 24 hours to slowly acclimate to normal temps. Remove from bags, put cigars in tupperdor and find a cool floor space to keep your tupperdor. Then relax, enjoy a cigar and don't worry about it.

 

[VeLoRoK]

find a cool floor space to keep your tupperdor

I don't have anywhere cooler than where it is, that's the problem here. It's under a window on the farthest wall away from exposed hot water pipes.

To restate part of my question: since my temperature is above the ideal range, should i get 60% RH beads instead of the 65% i have now, since 65% RH at 72° is more actual moisture than 65% RH at 65°, or is this going to be a minute, unnoticeable difference in terms of moisture?

 

[Mossome]

I don't have anywhere cooler than where it is, that's the problem here. It's under a window on the farthest wall away from exposed hot water pipes.

To restate part of my question: since my temperature is above the ideal range, should i get 60% RH beads instead of the 65% i have now, since 65% RH at 72° is more actual moisture than 65% RH at 65°, or is this going to be a minute, unnoticeable difference in terms of moisture?

This is BOTL, dude. We don't answer the question you ask, we answer the question we make up instead.
I think the code WELCOME might still get you 30% off at Air N Water.

 

[VeLoRoK]

This is BOTL, dude. We don't answer the question you ask, we answer the question we make up instead.

Lol