Quote Originally Posted by cbr310 View Post
I had a humidor for about 10 years now, never used it. Think it will hold around 50 sticks. I read up on distilled water to hydrate it. Ill be trying to grab some samplers to see what i like. Is this like pipe tobacco where I can only put certain kinds in or can I toss them all together? Do I need a hydrometer? it has a moveable divider in it. If I buy samplers do I need to let them rest in humidor a few days or can I smoke them? Sry for the questions, I been searching here and so much to dig through. I got addicted to the piping side very quickly and feel the same happening on this side. Thanks for any and all info!
It can be a lot of fun setting up your first humidor. It can be done with distilled water (effectively and relatively easily) but you have to be careful to not get it too wet if you are wiping it or you can damage the humidor (especially if it's one of the cheaper models). Easier by far is to pick up a couple of Boveda 84% seasoning packs. They take all the work out it. Then switch to something in the 65% - 70% range (most here favor 65%) for maintenance of the relative humidity (rh).

Yes, you should have a hygrometer, a digital one (the analog ones are notoriously inaccurate), preferably one that is adjustable and you should calibrate it (they make Boveda packs for that too).

Always best to rest new sticks from the sampler packs, but don't let that deter you if you have one you are itching to try.

You can put them all together, with one caveat. Flavored or infused cigars should never be stored with regular cigars. The flavors will leach into your other cigars.

Have fun!