Wineador drawer question

[AuTechCoM]

Shameless plugs are very welcome here.

Now that I had a second to re-read your question...

I only seasoned mine for 3 days before i became impatient. I think if you just throw your cigars in a cooler in the meantime you should be fine. but a few other BOTLs said "just load her up and let it season over time." I don't know if i fully agree with that advice but it sure didn't change the outcome for me. since my drawers were still sucking up moisture for a few weeks. i just noticed that I had to recharge my HF Beads every few days to a week but now it is solid and I haven't had to recharge in over a month i think.

[TreySC]

get yourself a ziploc container like the one here http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/showth...Ghetto-Storage throw all your cigars a boveda or 2 they will be fine while the draws season in the wineador

[sparky426]

I got my shelves, unboxed all my cigars into them, and let it be.... Never spiked or dropped dramatically. Just remember this hobby/passion can be as simple or as difficult as you make it. Cigars I believe are more flexible than we give credit. Just my two cents. Cheers 🍻

[Zeede]

Most cedar comes kiln dried, so basically zero humidity. Most places the ambient humidity is 30-50%. So you could just have the drawers out in the open for a week or two and they'd naturally start absorbing some humidity. Then if you were to just drop them in the wineador with the cigars the relative difference would be less.

[Upstatemax]

Most cedar comes kiln dried, so basically zero humidity. Most places the ambient humidity is 30-50%. So you could just have the drawers out in the open for a week or two and they'd naturally start absorbing some humidity. Then if you were to just drop them in the wineador with the cigars the relative difference would be less.

Mine came in pretty dry.

Mind you mine were made and shipped in the winter.

When I put just the brand new drawers in the wineador and let it sit for about 6hrs, it showed a 42% RH.

That was a good clue for me that they needed to be seasoned, lol.

[projectsunfire]

I made the massive mistake of seasoning my drawers when I got them. I was stuck at 80% rh for over a week. Seasoning is definitely not required in Florida. I actually never have to recharge my beads. On the contrary...I actually have to nuke them every few months to remove the humidity. So results will vary a little to a lot depending on geographic location.

Then the second huge mistake was that I thought my collection would fit in a single 28-bottle wineador. I was mistaken by about 300 sticks. A year later and I still have overflow in the old coolidor. So far I have managed to resist the urge to build a 2nd one but its inevitable

[tjhemp]

I made the massive mistake of seasoning my drawers when I got them. I was stuck at 80% rh for over a week. Seasoning is definitely not required in Florida. I actually never have to recharge my beads. On the contrary...I actually have to nuke them every few months to remove the humidity. So results will vary a little to a lot depending on geographic location.

Then the second huge mistake was that I thought my collection would fit in a single 28-bottle wineador. I was mistaken by about 300 sticks. A year later and I still have overflow in the old coolidor. So far I have managed to resist the urge to build a 2nd one but its inevitable

I am afraid this could be me in short order.

[Zeede]

I was mistaken by about 300 sticks.

...yeah...I'm not even remotely in the same neighborhood as you are...

[jhedrick83]

...yeah...I'm not even remotely in the same neighborhood as you are...

Just give it time...

[allusred]

...yeah...I'm not even remotely in the same neighborhood as you are...

You'll sooner than you think make that move.