Cheap CigarExtras Crystal Clear Gel Humidifiers for Cigar Humidors

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I have 2 of the round humifier items but I am only currently using 1 in my humidor. The humidifier arrived with the crystals dry and ready to be moistened. The package contained instructions to fill the puck with a recommended PG solution or just plain distilled water. I used pure distilled water and let the crystals absorb. Minutes later it was ready to be used in my humidor. I use a calibrated Madelaine Hygrometer/Thermometer that is accurately calibrated and the humidifier brought my humidor to the mid 70% RH range. I opened the humidor to let it air out for a little while and now it is maintaining 69-71% RH. I would suggest letting the crystals absorb the PG/Distilled water then let it relax out in the open a bit, then place it in the humidor. I bought the 100 cigar humidifier for my upgrade humidor that I plan to purchase in the near future. I just hope that I have as good luck with that as I did the 50.

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These are a GREAT idea improperly manufactured. Out of the box each one I purchased exploded inside the humidor leaving the damp little sponge like crystals all over the top level of my cigars soaking and staining them horribly. However there is a way to make these work.

These little boxes are filled with little sponge like crystals which are small and hard when dry, but when you soak them in solution or distilled water for 10 15 minutes they increase in size as they soak up the fluid. then as they evaporate over time providing humidity to your cigars they shrink again and so on and so on. The problem is that the manufacturer overfilled all of these. If you soak them for a few minutes, they will entirely fill all the open space in the housing. They continue growing slightly more over the next few hours. If they put too many of these crystals in one of these containers they will grow to the point where they pop off the slotted lid and all of mine did scattering these hundreds of little wet crystals all over my cigars.

Here is the solution, but do it BEFORE ever putting them in your humidor.

1. Use a thin knife to remove the slotted lid. Around the edge you will find a thin groove which is slightly wider is spots. Firmly hold down the cup on a table so it doesn't move and very carefully pop off the lid by inserting the knife point into the wider gaps and prying slightly until the lid lifts. Inside are what looks like not enough crystals. Be patient.

2. Fill the cup with it's crystals to the very top with distilled water and let it sit for an hour to allow all the crystals to grow to their maximum size. Fill it with more water as necessary to make sure the crystals grow to their maximum size.

3. You will likely see that the wet and enlarged crystals now protrude above the edge of the cup like container. That means they would have eventually popped off the lid. Take a gently curved straight edge like a butter knife and scrape off the excess crystals into a bowl so that the level of crystals that are left is all slightly below the edge of the cup. You now have the humidfier filled to the proper level.

4. Carefully replace the lid. You will notice that around the flat lid with the slots there are very slight ridges in places on the edge. You will also notice that around the inside of the cup there are matching slight indentations. You have to line these up and firmly press the edges down working around the outside until all of the lid is down flush with the edge of the cup. This is what the factory should have done but didn't.

Now use your humidifiers per instructions and you will find that they work great!

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When I received the product, I added distilled water, when I returned later to put the humidifier in the humidor that gel had expanded (more like expoded) to the point it popped the lid off and gel was everywhere!!!! Do NOT recommend this product. Cheaply made!

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I needed this gel humidifier because I have dry heat in my home so during the winter months, nothing else would keep my humidor above 70%. Be sure and fill with distilled water to starting with 50% full to expand the crystals. Wait about 15 minutes and the crystals will expand to the size of the rectangle container. When you refill, never go over 75% water level or the crystals will pop the cover off, which is what happened to another reviewer. It's never happened to me because I never fill it up past 75% full and this humidifier keeps this humidor (highly recommended) at 72-78% humidity for a month without looking at it, when full of cigars.

I also recommend this electronic hygrometer, which you can stick to the end of the humidifier, facing the glass top of the humidor for quick readings without opening the box. It's extremely accurate after calibration and the battery lasts forever. The glass analog hygrometer that comes with these and many other humidors are more ornamental than accurate.