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How temperature and humidity affect your cigars

On Klaro humidors, humidity is the bigger number in the middle of the hygrometer, temperature is the smaller number in the upper right hand corner. The ideal temperature is 70 degrees fahrenheit, the ideal humidity is between 65 to 72%. First let’s talk temperature:The most important thing about temperature is to...

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Dealing with low humidity in your humidor

In times of extreme cold, like our recent winter storms (late December 2022) across large parts of the United States and Canada, humidity drops precipitously and it can be hard for any humidor to properly maintain humidity. Watch a quick video of Michael's personal humidor, walking you through the easy humidity-raising...

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What Does Temperature Control Do For My Humidor?

There’s nothing wrong with being hyper-meticulous about your humidor’s RH (relative humidity), whether it’s a travel humidor, a small humidor, or a cabinet humidor. After all, an overly dry cigar can be totally ruined even if it doesn’t actually crack or split open. It negatively affects the flavor of...

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How to Organize Your Humidor: FIFO, Aging, Stacking, and More

We’ve seen the inside of some of your humidors. Disheveled messes, many of them. So it’s no surprise you forget about some of the cigars in your collection or can’t track down an exciting new selection you bought weeks ago. Some cigars never get smoked, even, because you can’t...

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Humidor Feature: Introducing the KOBI Glass Top Humidor

Professional baseball players can attest to a universal, unmistakable feeling they get when their bat connects to a fastball in a certain way and they know, with great likelihood, it’s clearing the outfield fences. That’s kind of how it feels when you see the Klaro KOBI humidor for the first...

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An Argument for Small Humidors

There’s a common, almost cliche piece of advice you’ll hear when shopping for a humidor. “Buy bigger than you need.” Many offer that suggestion first before any other advice–before mentioning Spanish cedar, before talking about humidor humidifiers, before talking about the importance of a quality seal. Instead, you hear, “Buy...

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Humidor Best Practices

Humidors are incredibly low maintenance tools, especially for the hard work they put in to keep your cigars nice and safe. But for all their low maintenance, they’re still not the type of equipment you can “set-and-forget.” They require some routine care—and granted that you pay attention to their needs,...

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Why Cedar Thickness Matters in Your Humidor

You save up for an attractive but still affordable humidor, searching online until you find one that’s a hundred bucks but looks like it’s worth twice that. Once it arrives, the seal seems good, and the hinges are made of brass. You season it as instructed, store your stogies, and...

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Restoration Tips for Your Antique Humidor

There’s a saying that “antique never goes out of style.” Well, it may not be a saying, but it’s true. The market for cool, lightly used, stylish old goods is always hot. Thrifting is very en vogue. And it’s absolutely possible to find an exceptionally old humidor that would...