Humidor for cigars

Fans of cigar smoking often face problem that cigar is either over-dried or has become damp. To restore cigar will help you humidor. Thanks to the fact that inside of it is always maintained definite temperature and humidity, restoring of cigars happens quite quickly and they again return their initial taste and flavor.

But first of all humidor is intended for cigars storage. In humidor are maintained air humidity approximately 70% and temperature approximately 20 Celsius degrees. These terms are the most optimal for cigar storage.

At present moment there are a huge number of humidors of various dimensions. In the end of XIX century humidor represented huge box in which were stored from one to several thousands of cigars. In the middle of XX century wide spreading got humidors that comprises from three hundred to five hundred cigars. Today more often are met humidors that comprise from twenty to twenty five cigars for storing cigars in the office, apartment. There are also entirely compact variants, so called travel humidors for one-three cigars.

Humidors are made of hard wood of expensive species. Expensive variants are made of red or pink wood, cheaper - of nut or oak. Partitions inside the humidor must be made only of Spanish cedar. This type of wood is characterized with low gumminess, fast absorption of moisture and slowly water-yielding capacity.

When choosing humidor you have to choose the bigger variant than you need. It is necessary that humidor had partitions as to store several types of cigars together is inadmissible. Though there are fans who affirm that cigars on the contrary win of being stored together and their aroma mixes. To check the humidor quality is very simple, it is enough to try to close it. If you feel resistance of the air that is squeezing inside, it means that everything is ok, the cover is adjusted but humidor doesn't have chinks. In case if the box just slams than in front of you is not humidor but usual casket that is not suitable for cigar storage. Humidor is not just expensive thing; its availability tells that the person really values cigars and looks after himself and his guests to get only positive emotions from smoking.