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Humidor seasoning/bead question
I have a humidor on it's way to me, my first. I also have an order of beads on it's way to me. Should I season the humidor first with distilled water without the beads in it? Or should the beads be placed in the humi while seasoning?
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Season first, I usually season for a 7-10 days before adding the beads.
I find the Boveda Seasoning Packs work great. You can get them from Amazon with free shipping very cheap. If you don't have any you can just fill a couple bowls with distilled water and put a clean sponge in the bowl, roll the sponge around so its nice and soaked. Place in your humidor and close it. Repeat daily, rolling sponge in distilled water, for a week. |
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Either will work as long as you contain the potential fluid build up in something. All you are really going to be concerned about is when it maintains the humidity at the level you want with consistency, imo.
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I was thinking more like some salmon fillets and a grill that's fired with mesquite and oak. |
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I do not believe in wiping down the wood with water, but each to their own. A small cup with distilled water sitting in an empty humidor should be enough until you get the beads and cigars.
In general, a full humidor regulated humidity the best and just use the the "squeeze test" to see if you are cigars are where they should be. You drive yourself crazy if chase the hygrometer readings... |
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In general, a full humidor regulated humidity the best and just use the the "squeeze test" to see if you are cigars are where they should be.
Meaning firm but with a little give? (btw hope you get to ride today Moses) :D |
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Certainly a nice day for a ride. Perfect temp's out. How many cigar humidor did you buy? |
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I squeeze test cigars to check if they are too dry/wet all the time, or to check for soft spots/voids. The only reason they would get damaged is if they were dry and cracked. Or if you were really squeezing the isht out of them.
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And just to play devil's advocate, how do you know the damage you observe at your B&M is from squeezing? Cigars can sustain damage in many ways. :2 Now if you have observed customers squeezing cigars and then see the damage, that is a different story. |
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I see a lot of cracked heads and torn wrappers, it just seems squeezing would be what causes them. I really don't see the point tho, the B&M has a hygrometer in there and it always reads somewhere between 68-72% RH... that should be good enough for most people. |
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Not a squeezer myself. Not to say that I haven't done so, but I do not find it to be a reliable test for me. I am also not one to shove a cigar in my nose at a B&M either :)
At good B&Ms all the cigars should be well-kept (well humidified), otherwise I go elsewhere... |
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At a B&M, I look toward construction & appearence; not humidity. Any knots and if it is too tight at foot is basically it. I respect the B&M’s stock, but I do feel one should be able to handle a cigar. The tobacconist should take them out of the box. B&M's stock is usually too humid for my taste. |
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Be careful with what you buy, especially with NC's. |
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Teh stupid thing is, there are such varying levels of firmness between different cigars, that it isn't really all too informative a test. |
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