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Toilet Room as walk-in humidor?

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I tried to do a search, but my search skill sucks.

I recently purchased boxes of cigars, so I am totally running out of room.

I am now putting the boxes in the restroom :(

The humidity inside the restroom is around 50% and remains quite stable. I don't use this restroom to take
showers, so the temperature also remains fairly stable at 79 degree.

I know I should buy a cooler but it is not an option for me right now.

My plan is just to store the cigars in the toilet (restroom I mean :blush: ). If I want to smoke them, I will transfer the smokes I want
into the humidor for weeks to adjust for optimal smoking humidity.

My question is: will storage in 50% humidity in the long run dries out the oil from the cigar, and causes irreversible damage to the smokes? Or can 50% humidity be good enough to age cigars?

edited: to make it more clear
 
Pardon me? you mean the room your toilet is in right? Not THE toilet.





I need more coffee.
 
Yeah, sure, the toilet! I just stick them in the tank, along with my cash, guns and other assorted loot!

But seriously, go out and get a small tupperware container, remove the smokes from the boxes so they'll fit and you'll be much better off.
 
So you can afford to buy a couple of boxes of cigars, but you can't afford to go out and buy a cooler?

But to answer your question, storing cigars at 79 degrees, and 50% humidity will dry your cigars out. Will they be so dry that they aren't smokable? I don't know about that, but being that dry will make them smoke very hot and the flavors will not be as good as possible. Also that high of a temperature is inviting a cigar beetle breakout.

Can you afford, or do you have, a couple of tupperware containers that you could put a piece of a damp spounge in with your cigars? That would work better than storing your cigars in a toilet.
 
My toilet stays right around 100% humidity. There's a little lever I can use to temporarily lower the humidity, but it comes right back up to 100% pretty quickly...

:laugh:
 
You can get a shit load of smokes in a toilet room :laugh:

50 RH is too low, and 79 ambient is too high. Take a load off, buy a cooler.

Brian
 
Yeah, sure, the toilet! I just stick them in the tank, along with my cash, guns and other assorted loot!

Holy sh!t Andy! You're the only other guy I know that does that too! I usually use the ziploc freezer bags doubled up, then with some duct tape wrapped three times around the seal. I learned that the hard way when I lost over $10,000 due to water infiltration. Ten g's ruined, and I had to reclean my scrubbed guns again.


Really put a damper on my assassination attempt that week. :(
 
So you can afford to buy a couple of boxes of cigars, but you can't afford to go out and buy a cooler?

My wife won't like it if I get another cooler :( , but I can at least hide the cigars in the restroom.

Yes you are right. I think I probably need to get some tupperware.

Thanks for everyone's advice.
 
My toilet stays right around 100% humidity. There's a little lever I can use to temporarily lower the humidity, but it comes right back up to 100% pretty quickly...

:laugh:


Same here. I am finding, as time goes on, the need to lower my humidity every morning at around 4-5am. Really getting annoying. Damn toilet use to make it through the night. Not anymore. I blame global warming. ;)
 
I tried to do a search, but my search skill sucks.

I recently purchased boxes of cigars, so I am totally running out of room.

I am now putting the boxes in the restroom :(

The humidity inside the restroom is around 50% and remains quite stable. I don't use this restroom to take
showers, so the temperature also remains fairly stable at 79 degree.

I know I should buy a cooler but it is not an option for me right now.

My plan is just to store the cigars in the toilet. If I want to smoke them, I will transfer the smokes I want
into the humidor for weeks to adjust for optimal smoking humidity.

My question is: will storage in 50% humidity in the long run dries out the oil from the cigar, and causes irreversible damage to the smokes? Or can 50% humidity be good enough to age cigars?

edited: to make it more clear

What type of cleaners do you use?

I'd stay away from anything with bleach!
 
hmm, OK. I know it's a bad idea now.

This restroom is basically very clean, no smell at all, as I only wash my hands here,
but I think I was too naive in hoping to solve the storage problem once and for all. (it can store at
least 100 boxes!)

My failed "restroom-o-dor" project :blush:
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So you can afford to buy a couple of boxes of cigars, but you can't afford to go out and buy a cooler?

My wife won't like it if I get another cooler :( , but I can at least hide the cigars in the restroom.

Yes you are right. I think I probably need to get some tupperware.

Thanks for everyone's advice.

I just got a gun for my wife.......best trade I ever made! :thumbs: Maybe you could get a cooler for yours ;)
 
Um, yeah, that's just scary, or something, yeah, um, yeah, ok, so probably not the best idea. Hell if it comes to money, just buy a few small cheap Humi's and then store then wherever, gonna be much cheaper than a cooler or anything like that, and alot safer than flushing 'em away, but then I don't know shit, so, yeah. ???
 
Um, yeah, that's just scary, or something, yeah, um, yeah, ok, so probably not the best idea. Hell if it comes to money, just buy a few small cheap Humi's and then store then wherever, gonna be much cheaper than a cooler or anything like that, and alot safer than flushing 'em away, but then I don't know shit, so, yeah. ???

Huh?
 
Um, yeah, that's just scary, or something, yeah, um, yeah, ok, so probably not the best idea. Hell if it comes to money, just buy a few small cheap Humi's and then store then wherever, gonna be much cheaper than a cooler or anything like that, and alot safer than flushing 'em away, but then I don't know shit, so, yeah. ???

Huh?
Not Huh...Yeah! :laugh:

Brian
 
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