My air conditioner died...

[Subvet642]

...and with a heat wave coming, I'm wondering if it would be viable to temporarily put my humi in the fridge.

[area51]

Whats your fridge temp at?

[smitty81]

Have a cooler?

Put it in a cooler with a frozen bottle of water.

[Subvet642]

Whats your fridge temp at?

Probably around 40F.

[czerbe]

:ris a basement an option...other wise send me all your sticks and I'll hold on to them my AC works fine!!! I promise I will take good care of them :r:r

[area51]

It would be to cold. It would work however to keep them cool. Maybe wrap a towel around the humi.

[Subvet642]

Have a cooler?

Put it in a cooler with a frozen bottle of water.

No, but not a bad idea. I could, of course get one. :hm

[smitty81]

No, but not a bad idea. I could, of course get one. :hm

Then you could make one of them coolidors afterwords.

[Subvet642]

:ris a basement an option...other wise send me all your sticks and I'll hold on to them my AC works fine!!! I promise I will take good care of them :r:r

No basement, we have a condo on the top floor.

[OLS]

I think you could wrap it in newspaper, then plastic then repeat and get away with it....cold be damned.
Hell you folks on this board FREEZE your cigars and claim no ill effects.

[CigarNut]

Putting them in a cooler is a good idea. Frozen bottle of water is a very bad idea -- lots of condensation which will raise the RH.

What do you expect your ambient temperatures to be during the heat wave (both highs and lows). It may be that your cigars will be fine for the duration.

[Subvet642]

Then you could make one of them coolidors afterwords.

Ya know Smitty, I think I'm gonna do that. You rock!


Don't know why I didn't think of that! :fp2

[area51]

Haha so hows a coolidor gonna solve the temp issue?

[Subvet642]

Putting them in a cooler is a good idea. Frozen bottle of water is a very bad idea -- lots of condensation which will raise the RH.

What do you expect your ambient temperatures to be during the heat wave (both highs and lows). It may be that your cigars will be fine for the duration.

Lows of 70, highs of 97.

[smitty81]

Putting them in a cooler is a good idea. Frozen bottle of water is a very bad idea -- lots of condensation which will raise the RH.

What do you expect your ambient temperatures to be during the heat wave (both highs and lows). It may be that your cigars will be fine for the duration.

Never thought about that.


Could he put his sticks in a large tupperware container and then put that in a cooler with the bottle of water?

[Subvet642]

Putting them in a cooler is a good idea. Frozen bottle of water is a very bad idea -- lots of condensation which will raise the RH.

What do you expect your ambient temperatures to be during the heat wave (both highs and lows). It may be that your cigars will be fine for the duration.

I'll just keep them in the humi and put that into the cooler with a frozen water bottle, it's small enough to fit.

[area51]

^Bingo.

[smitty81]

I'll just keep them in the humi and put that into the cooler with a frozen water bottle.

You might put your frozen bottle of water in a couple of gallon zip lock bags so you won't get condensation and water everywhere when it melts.

Just thinking............is this bad advise?

[Subvet642]

You might put your frozen bottle of water in a couple of gallon zip lock bags so you won't get condensation and water everywhere when it melts.

Just thinking............is this bad advise?


I was thinking I'd rest my humi on a few coffee mugs in the cooler to elevate it above the bottom, creating a bilge for the condensation.

[area51]

Your best bet would be wrap the humi and the water. The last thing you want it the wood to rot ( assuming it is a wood humi).

[area51]

Honestly, cooler sounds like too much of a hassle. Id go back to wrapping it in a towel, reading it a bedtime story and sticking it in the fridge.

[CigarNut]

You really should avoid any options that include ice. Condensation is not just moisture pooling on the bottom. It is extra moisture in the air -- until the air is saturated, which then forces the moisture to pool on the bottom...

Your cigars will proably be fine just as they are.

[Subvet642]

Honestly, cooler sounds like too much of a hassle. Id go back to wrapping it in a towel, reading it a bedtime story and sticking it in the fridge.

It looks like I have two options, one is easier and one gives me a coolerdor afterwards.

[area51]

Haha tempting isn't it.

[Subvet642]

I wanna thank everyone for talking me off of the ledge and giving me some great ideas and advice. CA BOTLs are the best!

[Subvet642]

Haha tempting isn't it.

Yes it is. I've been using just a desktop in hopes of keeping my spending within sane limits; oh dopey me!

[T.G]

Putting them in a cooler is a good idea. Frozen bottle of water is a very bad idea -- lots of condensation which will raise the RH.

What do you expect your ambient temperatures to be during the heat wave (both highs and lows). It may be that your cigars will be fine for the duration.

You really should avoid any options that include ice. Condensation is not just moisture pooling on the bottom. It is extra moisture in the air -- until the air is saturated, which then forces the moisture to pool on the bottom...

Your cigars will proably be fine just as they are.

Michael is wise.

A couple days of heat aren't going to hurt your cigars Darren. They were initially transported from a tropical location to the US (or wherever for CCs) by ship in a container. And I guarantee you that it wasn't a refrigerated container. That's like a week of being baked.

[Subvet642]

Michael is wise.

A couple days of heat aren't going to hurt your cigars Darren. They were initially transported from a tropical location to the US (or wherever for CCs) by ship in a container. And I guarantee you that it wasn't a refrigerated container. That's like a week of being baked.

Thanks Adam! I would have thought they were flown in. At any rate, I'm not gonna panic.

[T.G]

Thanks Adam! I would have thought they were flown in. At any rate, I'm not gonna panic.

Some might be flown in, but for the most part the sheer volume of production makes this impractical and very expensive. Most NC factories crank out millions of cigars per year, Cuban factories aren't really open about their production numbers, but they're supplying the rest of the world, so it probably ain't a small number.

[Subvet642]

Some might be flown in, but for the most part the sheer volume of production makes this impractical and very expensive. Most NC factories crank out millions of cigars per year.

So just why the hell does everyone run out of my favorites! :r


Thanks Adam, you are always a font of wisdom. :tu

[TJtorpedo]

If you work in an office with a secure and relatively private space, could you bundle them up in a tupperdor and take them there until your A/C gets fixed? Maybe keep a traveldor at home with only a few smokes for your personal use in the interim...

[MajorCaptSilly]

What type of air conditioner was it? Central air or a window unit?

MCS

[Subvet642]

What type of air conditioner was it? Central air or a window unit?

MCS

Central heat pump.

[MajorCaptSilly]

Central heat pump.

Ouch!


MCS

[Subvet642]

Ouch!


MCS

Yeah! The tech estimates about $1500 to fix it. It'll have to wait 'till we refinance.

[OLS]

Boy I am LIKING that office idea. from TJ in post #31...not sure why I didn't think of that,
to me my office is almost everything. All my boxes come here, sometimes spend the weekend here.

From the mouths of newbies...lol.

Maybe a church? Need to get SOMETHING out of all that collection plate money.

[AD720]

:ze Tupperware container INSIDE of the iced up cooler.

The cooler cools the air surrounding the tupperware therefore maintaining the temperature.

The tupperware is sealed and keeps the condensation out of the air space where the cigars live therefore maintaining the RH.


Or just don't worry about it too much. They are cigars not recently harvested organs and will most likely be fine for a couple days. :)

[Subvet642]

...Or just don't worry about it too much. They are cigars not recently harvested organs and will most likely be fine for a couple days. :)

Adam (T.G) said the same thing, so I'm just gonna keep my eye on 'em and try not to sweat it.

[Jasonw560]

Why not one of those gel freezer packs made for igloo and the like? Maybe get 2 or 3, and rotate them out? Wouldn't need them at night, sounds like. Still keeps them cool, but no condensation.