Filling up a humidor

[Kangaroo495]

Dear FOHers,

In the nearest future I'm going to buy a wine frisge for cigar storage purposes. At the moment I only have a destop 30 ct with a few singles in it.

As soon as I get the wine fridge I plan on buying a couple of boxes to get the collection started. However it will take me some time before I fill the thing up to a level at which the humidity will be sustainable. As I understand, a humidor only works properly if it's about 2/3 full.

What do I do in the meantime, while I'm still filling the thing up? If I've only got 2 boxes in there, I assume the humidor won't work properly..?

Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers.

[krs]

when I first started using my wine cooler It was less than a third full and the humidity held up fine, adding an additional pc fan was essential for me to even it out from top to bottom.

I guess you could always fill up the extra room with empty boxes if your having problems....

I have my old smaller humidor in the wine cooler that i use to keep singles so that takes up a bit of extra room..

[Bartolomeo]

1. Suggest some kind of circulation, CPU fans are best as the Oust doesnt really move the air

2. Buy some empty boxes as previously mentioned.

3. Make sure to monitor RH and Temp regularly and keep an eye out for condensation

4. You will fill this humi quicker than you think

Bart

[Kangaroo495]

Empty boxes. Why didn't I think of that?

Might chuck my desktop in there too..

Thanks gents.

[Taino]

Empty boxes is a good call, depending on the size you can put a couple of tupperwares on the back and a couple of cigar boxes in the front and that would do the aesthetics trick

[OZCUBAN]

Empty boxes. Why didn't I think of that?

Might chuck my desktop in there too..

Thanks gents.

My new one only has empty boxes in it at the moment

Cheers Oz

[NitrousPurger]

when you think about it, the only volume that an empty box would occupy would be the volume of the wood that the box is made of, not the interior volume of the empty box. what im trying to say is that you would need to seal the empty boxes to get the most benefit. you could just put each one in its own ziplock bag

[Disburden]

when you think about it, the only volume that an empty box would occupy would be the volume of the wood that the box is made of, not the interior volume of the empty box. what im trying to say is that you would need to seal the empty boxes to get the most benefit. you could just put each one in its own ziplock bag

I was wondering how the empty box would work, thanks for the tip!

[aavkk]

Yea, the more spanish cedar in there the better. My advice would be to go with a cooler that has built in fans like mine, http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp...p;aparam=214157

All of the shelves easily pull out so its customizable for storage. I've had it a year and love it. I however may need to sell it because of an upcoming move. If I have to it will be sorely missed.

As for humidity control, the more spanish cedar and the more beads you have the better. I currently have 6 pounds of beads in mine spread out across top to bottom in 1 lb bags.

[jacksfull]

Empty boxes. Why didn't I think of that?

Might chuck my desktop in there too..

Thanks gents.

Full boxes are better

[Rogers72]

I have a humidor that is not quite as big as most wine coolers but it holds 15-20 boxes. With the 65% beads, it has always been rock steady whether crammed full or almost empty. I just place the beads in two separate containers and put one of the container toward the top and one toward the bottom.

[OZCUBAN]

My new one only has empty boxes in it at the moment

Cheers Oz

UPDATE : I now have full boxes in there now not as many as I would like

But I still have a few empties in there mainly for looks and i think it might help with humidity control +my 200 count Siglo

Cheers OZ