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Stevemal
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness  Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:31 am |
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Armod, sounds like you need a cigar case, 2,3,5 finger or even a small herfa-dor box. That way you can toss in a humi pillow or a humi tube and keep them humidified. All of those can be had cheaply on cbid.
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:12 am |
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lazylightningNY wrote: JTokash wrote: lazylightningNY wrote: As long as I keep the humidification units filled with fluid, the coolerdor stays at 70-72%, but there's no hope for the humidors. They get the moisture sucked out of them as soon as I fill the humi units. Have you tried using a room humidifier to boost the RH in the room where you keep your humidors? I do that and it helps quite a lot. Without it running, the house was around 20-25% RH this past winter, with it running (and the door to the room open) I could get the RH in the room up to around 45-50%, and if I closed the door to that room I could get the whole room up to 70% RH if I wanted to. This is one of the best room humidifiers I've used: http://www.airoswiss.net/info/ultrasonics/7135.aspx-JT I had a big humidifier in my den last year, but it was a pain in the ass having to remove the tanks and refill them with water every day. I finally said, F it. For me, being able to breathe and not blow blood out my nose from 20% RH was worth the daily water refilling routine. -JT
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:10 am |
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I installed a whole house humidifier a few years ago. Best thing I ever did for winter!
No more shocks, no more bloody noses, heat feels warmer.
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HDKorp
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:14 am |
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19redwings wrote: I installed a whole house humidifier a few years ago. Best thing I ever did for winter!
No more shocks, no more bloody noses, heat feels warmer. +1...we did that 2 years ago while upgrading the furnace and A/C...well worth the $300 spent _________________ . 
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Acesfull
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:23 pm |
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$300 you got ripped... i can get one for $90
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19redwings
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:49 pm |
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I picked up an Aprilaire 700 on ebay (new) for $185 and installed it myself.
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HDKorp
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:36 pm |
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19redwings wrote: I picked up an Aprilaire 700 on ebay (new) for $185 and installed it myself. 1. Also got a Aprilaire...600? 700? 2. Never, ever have messed with duct-work before 3. $100 for install...worth it to me not to have to fix my screw up 4. Included in the 10 year warranty for the system _________________ .
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Acesfull
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:51 pm |
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That is a good price on that unit Bill.. my cost is $176
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:12 pm |
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Acesfull wrote: That is a good price on that unit Bill.. my cost is $176 I picked it up in Feb of '07. Brutal cold up here and every light switch, dog touch, etc resulted in a shock. Took about a week to soak up the moisture and get some huimidity going, but damn, so nice! Cranked the bitch until I got some condensation on the windows then backed down a bit. _________________ Can I get it in yellow?
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:30 pm |
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That was a great side-benefit when I kept salt-water aquariums...the evaporation from them was several gallons a day and I never had low humidity problems in the winter  _________________ The future is no place to place your better days... "I'm gonna catch me one of them raccoons...then I'm gonna cut the bitch with my new knife!!!"
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:53 pm |
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Stevemal wrote: Armod, sounds like you need a cigar case, 2,3,5 finger or even a small herfa-dor box. That way you can toss in a humi pillow or a humi tube and keep them humidified. All of those can be had cheaply on cbid. I was thinking the same thing. It will be the next purchase I make for cigars. I need to get a stone and steel for my knives first. blunt knives scare me.
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:16 am |
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when all is said and done, the bottom line is, it's just easier and cheaper to keep the cigars in the coolerdor for the winter. No fuss, no muss, no dent in the checkbook.
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Post subject: Re: I'm sick of winter dryness Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:53 am |
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lazylightningNY wrote: when all is said and done, the bottom line is, it's just easier and cheaper to keep the cigars in the coolerdor for the winter. No fuss, no muss, no dent in the checkbook. I agree. My coolerdor stayed at 67% all winter. I misted the beads once, just for the heck of it. 
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