Impatient :(

[NCRadioMan]

Get a shot glass, fill it with dist. h20. Heat in microwave for 15 seconds and place in the humidor. Repeat every 12 hours for 2 days. You humidor will be seasoned. Those seasoning packets are a waste of money, imo.

I've seasoned 5, 500 counts this way and never had any problems. As you go you will learn that people make this hobby much more worrisome and harder than it needs to be.

[BlindedByScience]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Get a shot glass, fill it with dist. h20. Heat in microwave for 15 seconds and place in the humidor. Repeat every 12 hours for 2 days. You humidor will be seasoned. Those seasoning packets are a waste of money, imo.

....unless your humidor has been stored in a place where the ambient RH is higher than you want it to be.....

Unless I'm mistaken the seasoning packs are "bi-directional" humidification devices, like Bovida packs. They will regulate the RH to whatever their setpoint is. They are actually pretty cool, IMHO.

I've always relied on a salt tested hygrometer and acted accordingly. My is that you can't hurry the process....it takes some time to get a wooden humidor properly seasoned and working correctly.

One man's opinion - N.F.H.

[N2 GOLD]

Patience is a good thing to have. I put them in now you will have not but sloppy wet cigars...

Patience, Patience, Patience, Patience, Patience, Patience & more Patience...

Never try & rush the hands of time...

[DBall]

You can't put them in the humidor I gave you?

[OLS]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

As you go you will learn that people make this hobby much more worrisome and harder than it needs to be.

And so my entire philosophy on cigars is distilled into one simple sentence.

[big a]

Originally Posted by J0eybb

Tupperware.

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Get a shot glass, fill it with dist. h20. Heat in microwave for 15 seconds and place in the humidor. Repeat every 12 hours for 2 days. You humidor will be seasoned. Those seasoning packets are a waste of money, imo.

I've seasoned 5, 500 counts this way and never had any problems. As you go you will learn that people make this hobby much more worrisome and harder than it needs to be.

Just do a quick searh on here about seasoning humidors. I have taken a damp sponge to the inside of my humidors with dist water. Some people are very really don't suggest this but lots have done with with success. Key is to not to over wet the wood to where it will warp. Than I put the shot glass in and after 2-3 days she was holding at 69%. Put the cigars and HCM beads in and after a couple weeks it was holding at 64%. Still is to this day 2 years later.