Talk:Humidor

Propylene glycol mention
Shouldn't this article go on to mention the use of Propylene glycol? It is frequenly used in the maintainence of 70% humidity in humidors and nearly always used in tupperdors (plastic humidors).

I agree, it is in widespread use and deserves a mention. I have added a sentence about it. Haavard Ostermann 09:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by OstermannH (talk • contribs)

Instructions on seasoning
I don't know about any of you guys, but doesn't the last paragraph seem a bit unencyclopedic? Wikipedia isn't supposed to be an instruction manual, but I want to see if anyone agrees before I make any changes. Treima 00:55, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree. I removed the paragraph about how to season a humidor and added an external link to the same information 72.225.219.80 21:08, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

The last part about distilled water doesn't make any sense. Unless there is a volatile element of the water the only thing evaporating is the water. 74.12.185.160 (talk) 20:13, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

The seasoning instructions are unencyclopedic and poorly written. I replaced it with a general description of the concept. Haavard Ostermann 11:46, 6 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by OstermannH (talk • contribs) 10:51, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Triva
I removed the trivia section per WP:TRIV. I dont' feel either of these are relvant enough to be intergrated into the article, but here is the section in case anyone disagrees:

Trivia

 * A humidor is also used by the Colorado Rockies baseball team to prepare baseballs before games, the intention being to nullify the effect of the high altitude of the Coors Field ballpark in the team's hometown of Denver, which makes pitching much harder.


 * A humidor is available to purchase from the exotics catalog in the video game Scarface: The World is Yours

Tony P 02:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Notable brands
I'm not sure the notable brands section belongs here. What is the source that says these particular brands are the most notable? Arthurrh 21:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Good call. If one finds reliable sales figures for a range of brands, it could be relevant, until then Google is the place to go for particular brands.Haavard Ostermann (talk) 14:02, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Relative humidity
Before I started editing the article the maintenance section stated 65-75% relative humidity as optimal. The two references I link to state 68-72%, and the last editor changed it to 65-70, with an addendum about personal taste and tobacco beetles. I agree about the tobacco beetles, but I would like some references about the level of humidity. Unless those references are made, in one week I will change the numbers back to 68-72, while keeping the part about personal taste and beetle hatching. Haavard Ostermann (talk) 08:38, 7 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I've marked several quoted numbers as being Citation needed. There is very little scientific reference provided for the numbers given and there is even debate within the community of cigar smokers. Litui (talk) 03:30, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Desktop Humidors [Citation Needed]
How does one add Cite Notes? http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Desktop+Humidor%22 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.182.152.234 (talk) 17:30, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Merging Cigar and Humidor
As I do not agree that the two should be merged and the discussion has been open for three months, I will remove the merge recommendation. I am not an expert on Wikipedia so please let me know if this is not proper procedure. The articles stand on their own and provide valuable information on two different subjects. Thank you. alby13 (talk) 23:52, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Renowned manufacturers
I have twice removed the section on renowned manufacturers. This is because is consisted of two red links, one item that linked to an only slightly relevant paragraph in another page, and one spam link. Before reverting my edit, please discuss the topic here. Green Glass (talk) 20:03, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Copper Lining
Why are humidors often lined with copper? Copper is not even mentioned in this article other than the reference to metal lining. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.139.43.235 (talk) 02:30, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Temperature
The article states that the temperature should be kept below 25°C to prevent eggs from hatching, but it would seem that 80% of eggs will hatch above 20°C, so how much help can keeping it below 25°C really provide? I feel like this is beyond needing citation and should probably just be removed. 68.178.88.114 (talk) 18:30, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Pipe Tobacco?
Is there a source for humidors being used for pipe tobacco? My understanding is that pipe tobacco is usually stored in sealed jars and that storage in humidors is discouraged. Valepio (talk) 02:14, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Baseball usage in lead?
The large paragraph about the Rockies using humidors for baseballs is interesting, but not really what humidors are most often or most famously used for. Since the information doesn't appear in the body of the article I feel it's misplaced. Maybe there could be an "Other uses" section near the end? For my own part I looked up this article because I was interested in getting one for preserving trading cards. 2601:448:C580:6D70:F0B2:C74A:D96B:A518 (talk) 16:35, 4 August 2022 (UTC)