My Cigar Box Coolidor.

[DEZn00ts]

Ok most of you know I am new to this and I just wanted to show off the finished project, if you would even call it that. I would just say it's my first long term storage device for cigars. I am humbled to be here please... Don't **** me up

As you can tell I used a spare container to make a little self and it's pretty stable. Now lets hope I didn't over hydrate my beads! I was excited... It was at 64 because I haven't even had it there an hour and had to take it out and dry it a little so the humidity dropped. Hasn't even been in there 6 hours yet and I keep opening it so I know it will most likely go BACK up after I got it down lol.

[longknocker]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

Ok most of you know I am new to this and I just wanted to show off the finished project, if you would even call it that. I would just say it's my first long term storage device for cigars. I am humbled to be here please... Don't **** me up

As you can tell I used a spare container to make a little self and it's pretty stable. Now lets hope I didn't over hydrate my beads! I was excited... It was at 64 because I haven't even had it there an hour and had to take it out and dry it a little so the humidity dropped. Hasn't even been in there 6 hours yet and I keep opening it so I know it will most likely go BACK up after I got it down lol.

64-66 Is My Preferred Humidity. Most Of Us Like To Keep The RH Below 70. I Have Several Coolidors; I Feel They Are Best For Long Term Storage.

[Chainsaw13]

Looks good to me. Like Greg, I try to keep my humidity around 65%.

[T.G]

64 is fine.

You might want to consider a second coolidor for the non-infused cigars. If you leave them all in the cooler together, they will eventually pick up the flavors from the infused cigars.

[DEZn00ts]

Woke up and the rh is 78... I think I put too much water on the beads.

[Weelok]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

Woke up and the rh is 78... I think I put too much water on the beads.

Yeah, it can take a bit to get things dialed in and the percentage RH to your desired level. I generally like my Nicaraguans at 71.23% +/-1%. I find generally the draw isn’t impacted and the flavor improves however you will get wonky burns, e.g. keep the lighter handy for corrections. If burn consistency is a priority to you, and to many it’s a big deal as Cigar burn maintenance is annoying, then 68.12% +/- 0.75% is great.

What did we ever do before digital hygrometers. We had to look at a gauge that was +/- 5% accuracy and do salt calibrations is what we did! You have not fully embraced Cigar humidity if you have not salt calibrated your hygrometer IMHO.

I’m ever helpful

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by Weelok

Yeah, it can take a bit to get things dialed in and the percentage RH to your desired level. I generally like my Nicaraguans at 71.23% +/-1%. I find generally the draw isn’t impacted and the flavor improves however you will get wonky burns, e.g. keep the lighter handy for corrections. If burn consistency is a priority to you, and to many it’s a big deal as Cigar burn maintenance is annoying, then 68.12% +/- 0.75% is great.

What did we ever do before digital hygrometers. We had to look at a gauge that was +/- 5% accuracy and do salt calibrations is what we did! You have not fully embraced Cigar humidity if you have not salt calibrated your hygrometer IMHO.

I’m ever helpful

I'm going to soon BUT I used this for another project and know it's fairly accurate.

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

I'm going to soon BUT I used this for another project and know it's fairly accurate.

After I took the over saturated beads out and put some in that weren't wet at all, it seems to leveled out at 71. Oh the temp is always great too, 70.

[Chainsaw13]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

After I took the over saturated beads out and put some in that weren't wet at all, it seems to leveled out at 71. Oh the temp is always great too, 70.

Just know you will have some fluctuation as things stabilize. All depends on how dry/wet your cigars are and any boxes they may be stored in. Don't fret it.

[Wharf Rat]

Since no one else has mentioned it, that cooler is obviously too small!

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by Wharf Rat

Since no one else has mentioned it, that cooler is obviously too small!

[hammondc]

I think you are losing your foothold!!!

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by hammondc

I think you are losing your foothold!!!

I'm already in too deep

[Weelok]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

I'm already in too deep

You can’t claim humidity obsessed until your filling containers with salt and micro tweaking your hygrometers. Don’t listen to the nay sayers, chemistry works and hell with hygrometer quality assurance. Salt, distilled water, sealed container, and a tenth of a percent adjustment of the Relative Humidity. Relative to what? Hmmmmm, best eliminate doubt.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by Weelok

You can’t claim humidity obsessed until your filling containers with salt and micro tweaking your hygrometers. Don’t listen to the nay sayers, chemistry works and hell with hygrometer quality assurance. Salt, distilled water, sealed container, and a tenth of a percent adjustment of the Relative Humidity. Relative to what? Hmmmmm, best eliminate doubt.

Distilled water? Really Dave?

Real humidity tweakers only use deionized water...

[Weelok]

Originally Posted by T.G

Distilled water? Really Dave?

Real humidity tweakers only use deionized water...

Oh damn! Is there such a thing as deionized distilled water?

I may need to go for level 11 humidity obsessed!

[Porch Dweller]

None of you are mentioning the risks of dihydrogen monoxide in the beads. 100% of cigar smokers who have died have been found to have dihydrogen monoxide in their bodies.


100%!!!

[Weelok]

Originally Posted by Porch Dweller

None of you are mentioning the risks of dihydrogen monoxide in the beads. 100% of cigar smokers who have died have been found to have dihydrogen monoxide in their bodies.


100%!!!

And 100% of these dead cigar smokers were found to have Sodium Chloride in their systems. The super elite hygrometer calibrators now no longer need to rely on such poisoness chemicals and can now turn to Boveda who will combine these dangerous elements into one over priced kit.

https://bovedainc.com/store/tobacco/calibration/

Would you trust your thousands of dollars of cigars to a $20 digital hygrometer?

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by Weelok

And 100% of these dead cigar smokers were found to have Sodium Chloride in their systems. The super elite hygrometer calibrators now no longer need to rely on such poisoness chemicals and can now turn to Boveda who will combine these dangerous elements into one over priced kit.

https://bovedainc.com/store/tobacco/calibration/

Would you trust your thousands of dollars of cigars to a $20 digital hygrometer?

Originally Posted by Porch Dweller

None of you are mentioning the risks of dihydrogen monoxide in the beads. 100% of cigar smokers who have died have been found to have dihydrogen monoxide in their bodies.


100%!!!

You guys are hilarious, almost made me ask some SUPER stupid questions lmfao. Luckily we have the biggest dictionary/encyclopedia ever created AKA google. THat's why my tag is what it is lmfao! Edit: I do trust my 20 dollar hygrometer for 2: reason... 1: it is super accurate, I used it for something that needed to have VERY accurate humidity levels and 2. it works lol.

[Weelok]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

You guys are hilarious, almost made me ask some SUPER stupid questions lmfao. Luckily we have the biggest dictionary/encyclopedia ever created AKA google. THat's why my tag is what it is lmfao! Edit: I do trust my 20 dollar hygrometer for 2: reason... 1: it is super accurate, I used it for something that needed to have VERY accurate humidity levels and 2. it works lol.

Of course it works and to about 0.1% accuracy. That being said, we are freaks and still salt calibrate and I have personally salt calibrated 5 Hygrometers and two were analog. The analog gauges needed it bad. The Merlin’s were spot on and my third needed 0.2% adjusting.

We are more then cigar smokers you see. We are obsessive compulsive cigar smoking cigar collectors. Most of us that post have more cigars then we could smoke in 3 years and we smoke regularily. We don’t salt calibrate because we need to, we do it because we obsess over our babies.

You are young into this obsession and if you don’t want to get to where your salt calibrating 0.1% digital hygrometers and fine tuning Cigar fridges while playing cigar box Tetris, then I recommend you avoid the Devil Site. It starts slow. You convince yourself your saving money. Then you convince yourself this deal won’t come around again. Soon, your buying more storage for all the good deals. Then finally your salt calibrating digital hygrometers.

Let’s watch the progression shall we? You have been warned.

It’s not named the Asylum by accident you know.