I have this exact setup. I bought a NeedOne 48L 300 capacity about 2 months ago. I have the Govee wireless bluetooth hygrometer and I use the beads and this is the best setup I have ever had. It is always perfect.
@@Dragenisms the beads I use hold around 70. I leave them alone for about 2 weeks until the humidity drops to about 69, then I just spray them lightly with a spray bottle and they go back to about 71 and hold for another couple weeks before I need to spray them again.
@@enjoylife7030how’s the needone holding up? I’m looking to get an electric humidor and it’s between kingchii and needone and I’ve been hearing that needone has humidity issues.
I have a Nuair 1500 and an 840. They have their own humidification system where you only add distilled water. Overall they are ok coolidoors. However they are fairly loud when the humidification system kicks on and is running. Also they don’t seem to uniformly provide the same amount of humidification with the mid to lower shelves show a reading of 72% and the upper shelf shoving a reading of 62%.
Fallout is one of those ZHBs I like to always have on hand. I have a couple coolidors, just basic thermoelectric 12 bottle wine cooler with Bovedas and got some cedar drawers from audew some time ago. When I seasoned them I did it pretty close to how you recommended... wiped the drawers/shelves down, waited a couple days made sure it was stable and filled them up. I really only plug them in during the summer to keep them cool when it gets hot here because I don't have A/C
Great video again guys. One issue I found is the plastic smell in the new unit. After wiping down with water/baking soda mix and leaving for 48 hrs. I would then clean out and pack the unit with rolled up newspaper for another 24hrs . This worked brilliantly 👍
If you use 84 percent Boveda packs to season opposed to wiping down the wood, it will not over humidify and you won’t have any swelling. To me, it’s the easiest method to season.
If yours has a compressor, before you plug it in and put power to it, let the coolidor sit upright for 48hrs to be safe. It might have been sitting on your door step in the upright position but during shipping it couldve been upside-down or laid on its side. Let the coolidor sit open for at least 24hrs before you do anything to let that plastic smell air out. These aren't a must but I've been highly suggested to do these steps. I dont mind taking an unnecessary "safe" step in order to make sure my collection and investment has the close to perfect environment as possible
I live in Houston and the only factor there is how cool do you keep your house and how cold does it get inside your house in the winter? I personally know that my home will be cooler than 70 during the winter. The real challenge is keeping it at 70 during hot months. This is why I went with the cooladore
Seasoning the cedar shelves does not mean soaking the cedar. Not seasoning will draw moisture from the cigars into the cedar. Best to season, using damp cotton swabs
All that's not necessary. Get a solid oak humidor and it requires little humidity to maintain 68 to 72. Throw some cedar chips in it if you got to have cedar aroma. I spent a fortune experimenting. Plywood/ veneer is the worst even if it's lined with cedar.
I just got a king chill colerdoor for Christmas I did season the shelf, 2 days later the temp is set 70. But the humidity stays at 87. Constantly with out cigars? Will the Cigar once I put them in lower the humidity?
If your gonna buy a coolerdor i recommend not buying a needone, theres a good chance it will have a plastic smell that you can’t get rid of and instead of fixing it they only give you a 30% refund and leave you stuck with an expensive humidor that you can’t even use because it wrecks your cigars
You guys say cedar like any cedar will work. Spanish cedar specifically is what you want to use which technically is not a cedar it’s in the mahogany family. Using red cedar or any actual cedar will turn your cigars bitter with way too much actual cedar taste and it doesn’t absorb and release humidity like Spanish cedar. Spanish cedar is also resistant to mold. Me I use acrylic humidors with Spanish wood chips and a boveda 62% humidity packs for perfect humidity and burn zero tunneling and when I squeezes my cigars there’s just a very slight crunch sound and definitely not dried out.
If the box is wooden, the porouseness of the wood will surely take away some of the humidity until it equalizes. My small El Presidente 23 with a good ~500grams of Boveda and a dish of water (no acryl balls) takes a good full day to reach the Bovedas' 69 percent if I put in a fresh box of 10 Plasencia Nesticos. Since many boxes are for cigars that I regularly smoke, I usually just re-organize the new cigars to the already humidified box inside the coolidor.
@JevonThomas-fj7pc Surprising. I used an airtight jar with two packs, and the hygrometer reads the exact percentage I put in. Maybe a difference in the environment?
@@sportbikeguy9875 Don't they have bigger packs for bigger volume, though? You can buy several and just place them in key locations. I've even seen walk in humidors throw them on top of each box.
The newair I got in the manual told me to not wipe the shelves and let it sit in there till the humidity comes to what you want and then add cigars.
I have this exact setup. I bought a NeedOne 48L 300 capacity about 2 months ago. I have the Govee wireless bluetooth hygrometer and I use the beads and this is the best setup I have ever had. It is always perfect.
What humidity does the water beads keep it at? I typically like my humidors a little lower around 67ish
@@Dragenisms the beads I use hold around 70. I leave them alone for about 2 weeks until the humidity drops to about 69, then I just spray them lightly with a spray bottle and they go back to about 71 and hold for another couple weeks before I need to spray them again.
@@enjoylife7030how’s the needone holding up? I’m looking to get an electric humidor and it’s between kingchii and needone and I’ve been hearing that needone has humidity issues.
Ive been seriously contemplating buying a coolidor the past few weeks. Perfect timing for this video!
I have a Nuair 1500 and an 840. They have their own humidification system where you only add distilled water. Overall they are ok coolidoors. However they are fairly loud when the humidification system kicks on and is running. Also they don’t seem to uniformly provide the same amount of humidification with the mid to lower shelves show a reading of 72% and the upper shelf shoving a reading of 62%.
Fallout is one of those ZHBs I like to always have on hand.
I have a couple coolidors, just basic thermoelectric 12 bottle wine cooler with Bovedas and got some cedar drawers from audew some time ago.
When I seasoned them I did it pretty close to how you recommended... wiped the drawers/shelves down, waited a couple days made sure it was stable and filled them up. I really only plug them in during the summer to keep them cool when it gets hot here because I don't have A/C
Great video again guys.
One issue I found is the plastic smell in the new unit. After wiping down with water/baking soda mix and leaving for 48 hrs. I would then clean out and pack the unit with rolled up newspaper for another 24hrs . This worked brilliantly 👍
Good word🤙🏼
I wiped down the inside with a mixture of distilled water and baking soda to get rid of the plastic smell.
Bovida has a starter pack for seasoning. Just bought a Mojgar 16L with the starter pack. gonna give it a go
When I get the humidity up in my coolidor and I plug it in, the cool air chases all of my humidity away. What am I doing wrong?
My Coolidor instructions said not to wet the wood. I was use to seasoning the wood from the smaller box humidors but my coolidor said otherwise
What is the propylene glycol to water ratio?
3:1 3 parts distilled water to 1 part glycol
If you use 84 percent Boveda packs to season opposed to wiping down the wood, it will not over humidify and you won’t have any swelling. To me, it’s the easiest method to season.
If yours has a compressor, before you plug it in and put power to it, let the coolidor sit upright for 48hrs to be safe. It might have been sitting on your door step in the upright position but during shipping it couldve been upside-down or laid on its side.
Let the coolidor sit open for at least 24hrs before you do anything to let that plastic smell air out.
These aren't a must but I've been highly suggested to do these steps. I dont mind taking an unnecessary "safe" step in order to make sure my collection and investment has the close to perfect environment as possible
Good word
Makes sense I’ve heard these have been known to come with a plastic like smell. Thanks for the advice! 👍🏽
Wooo!
What did the guy on the right light his cigar with?!
😂
Could you use Boveda packs to season coolidor?
RIP brother
I live in Texas and came here to see if cooling is all that is needed vs a cooling & heating humidor 🤔
I live in Houston and the only factor there is how cool do you keep your house and how cold does it get inside your house in the winter? I personally know that my home will be cooler than 70 during the winter. The real challenge is keeping it at 70 during hot months. This is why I went with the cooladore
You are inside, why not use a soft flame to toast the cigar?
One issue .ever have different humidity from top shelf to bottom shelf .for example 70 on top 73 on bottom humidity
Seasoning the cedar shelves does not mean soaking the cedar. Not seasoning will draw moisture from the cigars into the cedar. Best to season, using damp cotton swabs
All that's not necessary. Get a solid oak humidor and it requires little humidity to maintain 68 to 72. Throw some cedar chips in it if you got to have cedar aroma. I spent a fortune experimenting. Plywood/ veneer is the worst even if it's lined with cedar.
I just got a king chill colerdoor for Christmas I did season the shelf, 2 days later the temp is set 70. But the humidity stays at 87. Constantly with out cigars? Will the Cigar once I put them in lower the humidity?
Just use bovedas packs. Much easier and cleaner
And you can select different RH levels with Boveda.
Literally wondering why they did not mention this. It’s the true set it and forget it. They even have packs just for seasoning.
@@balfresalazar6718be a man and do it without boveda
Glycol sounds great with cigars
I love smoking cigars from different brands
If your gonna buy a coolerdor i recommend not buying a needone, theres a good chance it will have a plastic smell that you can’t get rid of and instead of fixing it they only give you a 30% refund and leave you stuck with an expensive humidor that you can’t even use because it wrecks your cigars
Or just use boveda packs
You guys say cedar like any cedar will work. Spanish cedar specifically is what you want to use which technically is not a cedar it’s in the mahogany family. Using red cedar or any actual cedar will turn your cigars bitter with way too much actual cedar taste and it doesn’t absorb and release humidity like Spanish cedar. Spanish cedar is also resistant to mold. Me I use acrylic humidors with Spanish wood chips and a boveda 62% humidity packs for perfect humidity and burn zero tunneling and when I squeezes my cigars there’s just a very slight crunch sound and definitely not dried out.
you are correct thats a fair call out thank you
The dude who cracked his case put way too much water on that wood if he cracked the case. Just wipe the wood down, don't saturate it.
I use the cigar oasis 3.0 in my needone 48l it works great
I just got the 100 count one just got my cigars in today
Does having boxes of cigars in there change humidity?
It can but i know many who still do
Jason in mine i found it can pull the humidity down some at first if its a good sized wood box
Yeah I noticed I put about three boxes in mine and I noticed it went down but it did come back up. Thank you guys for the videos and the responses.
If the box is wooden, the porouseness of the wood will surely take away some of the humidity until it equalizes. My small El Presidente 23 with a good ~500grams of Boveda and a dish of water (no acryl balls) takes a good full day to reach the Bovedas' 69 percent if I put in a fresh box of 10 Plasencia Nesticos.
Since many boxes are for cigars that I regularly smoke, I usually just re-organize the new cigars to the already humidified box inside the coolidor.
Why not just run Boveda?
heartfelt beads are far and away the best beads to use. Surprised you guys got through this without cracking a smile with your wood wiping commentary
Why the aversion to using boveda guys? 😂 it's literally set it and forget it without all the fuss.
I was wondering the same.
@JevonThomas-fj7pc Surprising. I used an airtight jar with two packs, and the hygrometer reads the exact percentage I put in. Maybe a difference in the environment?
Bovedas are great for small spaces, the larger the space the more impractical they get
@@sportbikeguy9875 Don't they have bigger packs for bigger volume, though? You can buy several and just place them in key locations. I've even seen walk in humidors throw them on top of each box.
gotteem
Both are fooling. They themselves do not know how to smoke cigars. They are only spending cigars.