Thecatch83
I smoke Opus like candy!
This humidor was a gift, on back order for months, and I am using it for most of my singles. It says 150 count (I will be lucky to get 100-125) and while I'm waiting for my 65% HF beads, cedar trays and second digital hygrometer for my Igloo coolidor project for my long term storage, I thought I would season this and share the information to my fellow brothers!
It's a barrel type, with digital hygrometer mounted in front (which I thought was a nice change).
As you can notice from the front picture, the left side seal isn't the best and after using the dollar bill test, I could pull the bill out fairly easily. The front and right side were good to go, and I'm getting a nice swoosh sound upon closing. The glass seal looks good to go as well. Although I always clean out the dust etc. inside the humidor upon receiving it, I don't normally wipe down the raw cedar with distilled water but I wanted to troubleshoot the bad seal so I only wiped down the top of the lid where the seal is made.
I filled up two small bowls with DW, replaced the tray and placed my calibrated digital back inside for 24 hours.
I then replaced the two bowls with two Boveda 72% seasoning packets and smaller cup of DW for another 48 hours.
After three days, everything seems to be doing great. RH is rising to a steady 66%, and I was pleasantly surprised to see both my digital hygrometers reading the exact same temperature and RH. :applause:
Once I hit close to 72% RH, I will remove the small cup of DW, and wait another 24 hours. If the Boveda packets are holding in the mid 60's I will start to introduce my cigars. I will eventually replace the packets with beads once they arrive this week.
It's a barrel type, with digital hygrometer mounted in front (which I thought was a nice change).
As you can notice from the front picture, the left side seal isn't the best and after using the dollar bill test, I could pull the bill out fairly easily. The front and right side were good to go, and I'm getting a nice swoosh sound upon closing. The glass seal looks good to go as well. Although I always clean out the dust etc. inside the humidor upon receiving it, I don't normally wipe down the raw cedar with distilled water but I wanted to troubleshoot the bad seal so I only wiped down the top of the lid where the seal is made.
I filled up two small bowls with DW, replaced the tray and placed my calibrated digital back inside for 24 hours.
I then replaced the two bowls with two Boveda 72% seasoning packets and smaller cup of DW for another 48 hours.
After three days, everything seems to be doing great. RH is rising to a steady 66%, and I was pleasantly surprised to see both my digital hygrometers reading the exact same temperature and RH. :applause:
Once I hit close to 72% RH, I will remove the small cup of DW, and wait another 24 hours. If the Boveda packets are holding in the mid 60's I will start to introduce my cigars. I will eventually replace the packets with beads once they arrive this week.
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