Mastering Humidor Setup: Solutions for Cigar Lover's Headaches 

It’s unbelievable how much easier maintaining cigars has become when I switched to boveda.

I’m off grid mountain man with a several hundred cigar collection. I have a solar system that powers my freezer and lights, but it’s not enough to power an electric humidor to boot. I’m using Tupperdores with Boveda packs for humidity control, and those are in insulated plastic tubs that controls temperature. On really hot days I put a blue ice pack in each plastic tub. With the individual Tupperdores in the plastic tubs, the ice pack doesn’t hurt the humidity in the individual Tupperdores. In north Idaho it gets hot, but we don’t have high humidity, so controlling temperature isn’t really difficult at all. It requires a little diligence to monitor my cigars, but it’s worth it. I’ve got digital hygrometers in each Tupperdore. I rotate the Tupperdores inside the plastic tubs from time to time. I’ve got several thousands of $ in cigars, and so far so good. I haven’t had any issues. I’m building a basement b4 long, and my cigars will be stored there. It’ll be a constant temperature in the basement, and my maintenance of my cigar collection will be minimal. Since I don’t have to buy an electric humidor, I can buy more cigars. I do fantasize about a walk-in humidor though. It would be cool to walk in and look at my cigar collection. Maybe I’ll build one in the basement?

Love my Klaro Felix acrylic humidor - looks great, has a cedar tray, digital hygro, seals perfectly and my bovedas last forever. Holds about 30 sticks, that's plenty for me.

I have a Walmart plastic Tupperware with a a nice rubber seal and plastic clips to keep the lid on snug. That with boveda packs has kept me on track for years.

Totally nailed the whole "Guy Nesting" thing. Too funny. Great video once again Tim. Keep up the great work.

Thank you for the great video!

New to cigars and I’m enjoying learning

This collection must be contained perfectly 😂 so true nothing worse than humidor anxiety when you’re getting low on delightful cigars 👍🏻

After 5 years out of cigars with focusing on pipes, im now getting back into it. The only real humidity options back then were the sponges soaked in water, or later beads, but they were in their infancy and not very good. This made tupperdores a real issue because of mold. Now coming back i was concerned about expense of buying storage for the modest collection of 100 or so cigars i want (not over 1000 like before lol). But with the Boveda packs now available in large sizes, £30 on a tupperware tub, 2 boveda packs and a hydrometer im good to go. Love it

I’ve used a Basic Wooden Desktop Humidor (50 cigars) with a Cigar Oasis electric humidifier (has a fan and a florist-type thing that held distilled water for a month), which made the humidor hold less (like 40 cigars) for about 10 years and enjoyed; however, it’s a pain to fill, it’s good but not great, as it takes two weeks to condition a refill of cigars because it’s not a tight seal and just now, the Cigar Oasis has MOLD! I’m over it and going to a Wine Fridge Thing! Thank you for the video. I love Diesel too! 😊

I made a humidor out of a used Pelican case, cedar planks from Amazon, and Boveda packs. Works amazing.

I just got a humidor for my birthday. This couldn't come at a better time. Thanks 👍🏽🤙🏾.

I got started about nine months ago with a 50 count desktop humidor. I seasoned it with the Boveda seasoning kit and I maintain the humidity with one 72% pack and one humicare stick. That's worked really well for me. I also have a humidor bag and a herfador with 72% packs in each.

A lot of information. Thanks alot

I recently got a 16L Needone for my birthday and got a second drawer from them to replace the flat shelf on top. So far I love it!

Great video. To add to it- - I bought a Goove Blue tooth humidity monitor for $13 you mentioned and it is awesome because I don't have to open my wooden humidor to check the humidity. I just go on my phone every once in awhile and check although being honest it's not changing much which is a good thing. - I bought these tiny beads on Amazon which are for maintaining humidity. They are hard and tiny in a big bag of them. You simply put them in a small small dish, add water and they will grow in size 4 to 5 times. Now you put the beads in your humidor in a little net bag and they act just like the bovo packs but are meant to be rechargeable so they'll never wear out. So far for two months they are working great and keeping me right at 70%. - I like the look and smell of a cedar wood humidor and don't find it labor intensive at all. You're going in and out and getting a stogie everyday so it's not hard to check the status of them. - seasoning the new wood humidor. There was nothing to it I just took a rag that was wet and wiped the entire inside leaving no puddles. Put it a humidity gauge in it and checked it two days later and I was right about where I wanted to be.

I keep my excess cigars in a vacuum sealer bag. I vacuum until bag gets just snug, not tight at all. Seal it up and it holds humidy level with no fluctuations at all. I use a 72 boveda and the boveda last forever in that environment. Im talking years.

I like the Needone and my acrylic humidors. Very consistent and easy to control. I also have 2 air tight Acrylic boxes for overflow and they really keep cigars properly humidified. the Needone is still my absolute favorite.

I spent around $12 on a tupperware box, another $9 on a hygrometer from Amazon, and $3 for a 69% boveda pack. For around $24, I have a set and forget humidor, allowing me to spend the big money on cigars. No reason to spend money on a humidor unless you simply want to.

Great video, i use a Tuppedor for long term or as a refill back up and the ones or favorites on the wooden humidor, wooden humidor for me is a short term use and of course keep it with boveda packs

New subscriber here, thank you for all the information. I just upgraded my tabletop wooden humidor to a My Fathers cigar 50 stick unit. ( My wife bought it for our twentieth anniversary) Using the Boveda packet starter kit. Just finished my 15-day seasoning, and I am getting ready to move my gars into it. Though now I kinda like those automatic units you have... But it is a beautiful unit...

Have moved to medium sized Bovida bags with 60 gram 69% pack and a sliced of cedar, placed inside my good looking wooden humidors. 20-25 cigars, top and bottom. Only issue with them is air circulation, especially for my aging storage. Thermoelectric may be next-gen for me. Thanks, Tim!

Newbie here, I bought a pack of Oliva Serie V torpedos, a $7 XOX acrylic container, paper thin Spanish cedar sheets for $5, and Boveda packs on the less humid end of the range. Super cheap and it keeps the sticks as fresh as they were months ago! The Boveda packs last way longer sealed in acrylic than they do in a box too.

I have 9 analog hygrometers and one hard wired digital. I calibrate them all together every few years, they work just fine.

Just ordered a king chií 23L it’s about time to get my cigar in a cooler environment

Appreciate all you're Knowledge being I'm a Nubie to the cigar world!!

Great tips for all cigar smokers thank you!

My wife bought me a Needone and to season it I was able to get two birds stoned at once. I rehydrated my Bovedas in a tray of distilled water inside of it. When the packs were renewed my humidity was at a good starting point.

I'm just starting to get real even though I've smoked Cigars for over 10 years. I wish someone told me about keeping a journal. I'm just building my top list and there have been good ones that I can't recall because I failed to record what it was. :( Went to a cigar lounge with friends this year and have been learning for real ever since.

The easiness of packets is clearly attractive for a newbie like me but I have the say the whole analog hygrometer and humidifier with a set place in the inside box is just crazy pretty. Might keep it for the beauty of it while still getting packets & an electronic hygro

Boveda packs work pretty good

I’ve had a lot of Diesel’s and don’t recall disliking any of them. Waiting for you to get these back in stock (boxes)!

I’m Italian and hear how you make the voice of the wife, makes me understand that all wives in the world are equal 😁😁😁

I have a needone 23L and used a 84% boveda pack to season. No issues keeping 65% humidity ever since

Switched to plastic food containers with silicone gaskets and ditched my cedar humidors. So much better than fighting against wood.

Great video!! Wish I’d seen this when I first started.

LMAO. Great video. You nailed it. All my hobbies involve nesting. Never wanted to have it stated that way, but... Can't wait to get a nice showcase sized humidor. So far, starting with a pretty little desktop humidor. Another great video. You got a new Subscriber. :)

I love the diesel vintage! Keep a dozen or so in the humidor at all times!

Great video!

Awesome, thanks for all the info bro!

I have a acrylic box it’s perfect.

I like the $18 rubbermaid brilliance clear Tupperware with the air locking gasket.. Throw a 2 way humidifier pack in with a small hygrometer and ur good to go..

Appreciate you Tim

If you're gonna go with a wooden humidor,id suggest seasoning it with a GOOD whiskey, bourbon or scotch. I also used a shot of the same scotch for humidification .It added some flavor to some of my more bland cigars.

I’ve rehydrated a boveda pack. I like it. I think what you truly need to do though, is vacuum seal it! It last as if you bought one new. I will only rehydrate it 3 times and then throw it away and buy new. Like he said they are cheap. No need to rehydrate till it’s dead.

Yeah, I plan on getting an electric one in the near future. I will second the Govee monitors. They are great, can look in the app to see temp and humidity along with history as well.

Thanks for the info

I also recommend the Humi-Care Black Ice Jar

I wish I would have stayed with my first desktop humidor. 30-40 ct, inexpensive, manageable. But, at some point, I dove deep into the world of cigars and convinced myself that needed the 400 ct new air. I’m never going to have more than 40-50 on hand at any given time! I do store wine and bourbon in there as well, but it really is overkill and tougher to maintain humidity due to cost of using multiple Boveda, a cigar oasis, or anything other than water and a sponge.

Using a 100ct acrylic humdior. I tried 69% bovedas and my cigars seem to keep staying too wet. Ive switched to 65%. Hopefully we'll get a better outcome. Almost all of my sticks started tasting ashy about halfway through. Lets hope that fixes it 🤞

Go with acrylic through in some boveda packs and a caddy and call it a day my cigars are perfect

I live in South Florida, its so dam humid here year round I hardly need to mainain humidity. Even with AC cranking, humidity hovers around 60% with almost no maintenance. Some maintenace keeps it at 65%

As someone that smokes maybe 2-3x a month I really like desktop humidors. BUT... The thing with desktop humidors is you often get what you pay for. A lower end desktop humidor (especially glass top ones) is usually pretty leaky. So you end up going through boveda packs like candy. IMO I'd much rather get a tupperdor vs. a low end desktop humidor. A really well made desktop humidor will have a great seal and a 62% Boveda pack is all you need to keep RH 60-62% (I find this range is optimal for flavor and burn for both NW and Cuban Cigars).

Small cooler and boveda. Away from the sun, heat and extreme temps. Zero issues.

Make friends with the guys at your local cigar store and they may give you a free acrylic one. The container they keep their little boveda packs in is the same size as Tim's stand up one. Free humidor!

Finally, one thing in my life I have right, my house is ALWAYS at 72 degrees F. Smoken! LOL

Great video. Maybe now people will stop with the “why use Boveda for seasoning and having to wait for two weeks. Just soak it with a sponge”. People don’t realize the margin of error that can occur with using water. Also recommend a digital hygrometer that you can calibrate and getting the Boveda calibration kit

I found it literally impossible to keep a wooden humidor going. I was one of those guys who would open it a thousand times a day to check on it. Finally, I saved my sanity and gave it to my wife for her jewelry and bought a jar with a Boveda pack.

I am at a loss when it comes to the term "cigar collection". I have a 25 stick humidor with a 69% Boveda pack. I fill it, I smoke them and in a month and a half it's empty again 😕 Buy more cigars and repeat. 😀

I’ve had a 150 count humidor for about three years …I’ve out grown it…gonna start looking for a bigger affordable one Really do love my needone 150 but……

Needone was on sale. got one for the future camper van and current use

I got one of those King Chii that is in this video. Found out that the largest/longest stick would be a Churchill stick that would fit. Barely..

I have recently moved from a tupidor to a Needone 16L electric humidor. I am new to cigars. I use the 69% Boveda packs. Yet last night when smoking a Caldwell Blind Man's Bluff Deluxe, the cigar's wrapper was unraveling and felt dry, crispy. Any advice. My temp is about 70 and my humidity is about 69. This was happening with the tupidor and now with my electric humidor.

If only I watched this prior to buying an Amazon particle board humidor. Tuberdore or acrylic is the only way to go along with Boveda and digital hygrometer.

i use a tupperdor, i put a wet little towel with frozen ketchup packets for the temp

I use those same exact Tupperware containers and they work perfectly , they hold consistent humidity for months. Right now I have 5 tupperdores , 4 acrylic jar humidor's and a wooden humidor. I think my collection is getting out of control in a good way 😂 but I am seriously thinking about getting one of those electric ones like you were talking about a few weeks ago...

😂hated sticks rolling off! Made my own cedar side rails for the racks

My name is Dillon from Shreveport Louisiana I’m new to humidors how often should I reseasion my humidor box I would really appreciate it if someone could let me know great job Tim until we smoke again stay safe out there brother

I have a lot of humidors and maintain my house humidity between 60-70% and use 65% Bovedas.

The serious nesting guy voice 😂

I have A 50 count wooden cigar humidor with 2 60 bóveda packs at 72% but I’m having issues getting my humidor up to 65% which is where I like. With the bóveda packs the humidity sits around 60-61%

A really good thing that I’ve learned in Cigars hobby sphere, because when you call somebody a brother and you’re willing to share Cigars with him and act like they’re one of your best friends, you don’t just drop them and act like they don’t exist anymore. It’s not right Tim.

Go to your local pharmacist and order a bottle of propylene glycol, use a 50-50 mixer, propylene glycol, and distilled water in your humidity device this will regulate the humidity at a constant, consistent level. Also, do not put your humidor anywhere near a window or anywhere where direct Sunlight comes in and hits them.

You missed the stand up humidor on your back left

Tupperware is the way to go until you're ready to upgrade to an electric coolador with electronic humidity maintenance. A cigar oasis keeps mine perfect with almost zero maintenance.

Save a few more bucks and buy the bovida pack and a good digital gauge. Keep a Tupperware/ acrylic for long term and a nice small wood one for display

Dose that ceader wood add a slight flavor to the cigars? Im not a cigar smoker but your enthusiasm almost makes me want to take up cigar smoking, but im all ready a Connoisseur of fine smoke wich is a price endeavor in its self

If you don’t mind spending the money get a heating & cooling thermoelectric coolidor and drawers for it, otherwise tupperdors are the way to go. I use bovedas for both (65% or 69%, but I’m in a fairly humid place) and put cedar sheets in my tupperdors.

Whats a decent recommendation for good humidors?

how do we keep the humidity? increase it or decrease it??

Do I need to season my humidor I just got my first

I have a question....and I hope you can answer cuz you're the only one that can....if I order cigars from cigars daily...does someone get them from the humidor I would get them from if I was in the store...or do you have different cigars you grab from...

Switched from a humidor to a "tupperdor" and never looking back. I got so tired of trying to maintain my wooden humidor...

I want to get into cigars what would you recommend for a beginner and I have a king chii 26l humidor

For aging go with a tupperware it hold the humidity like a champ.

Is it necessary that the wooden humidor, when u close it, does that sound like “the air is getting out” ?

do the cigars have to be kept from touching the hydration source? i/e Boveda pack etc? or can the packs just be laid under/on top of the cigars if space is a problem?

I recently purchased the king chi- exact model in this video. How do I properly season it? I cannot get it to the correct temperature.

In larger standup humidors where is best to position the fan to circulate air?

What about portable humidors? Are they reliable? For around a week? If anyone can give a hint...

How much water should i put on the electronic humidor storage? Thanks?

Is it possible to recover a humidor full of cigars that have been left mostly unmaintained for nearly a decade? I recently found my late father’s humidor and would like to try to recover the cigars inside if possible.

Some of my cigars in my humder shrink what causes that?

I got a vivohome 23L humidor and spent a month trying to humidify it. Wouldn't go over %60. Plugged the drain on the back, same issue. What is the difference between these cooler humidors when they all look the same but don't seem to operate the same? I've turned them into tupperdor coolers till I spend the money on a schmécke or needone.

Can I put my jar humidor in a wine fridge on the warmest setting (about 65 degrees f)?

Will the boveda pack do the same job of little plastic humidifier included in some of the cheaper humidor’s? I’d buy the digital hygrometer I see a lot of negative reviews on an the analog ones.

I have several humidors in my collection. So I actually have an Amazon subscription send me a box of Boveda's every six months.

Do you have any videos regarding re seasoning your humidor? its winter time in New Jersey and my humidor is about 6% less humidity than in what in the fall and summer. I have a diamond crown Wesley 90 count humidor. I put in three 60 gram 72 RH bovedas, and my humidity is at a steady 63% RH. I was told it should be around 69 to 72 RH, is that true?

what if I only bought 2 cigars on a receny trip that I want to smoke with my son for christmas, how do I store them?

Hey there non cigar question for you what mic is that that you use?