DIY Humidi Tube Help

[bobarian]

Unless you are storing cigars in the travel humi for over a month it should not be necessary to add anything. Most travel humi's have great seals. But if you dont want to use something like a Boveda pack(takes up very little space, you can take a regular aluminum tubo and just drill a mess of holes with a very small bit.

[SvilleKid]

Originally Posted by bobarian

Unless you are storing cigars in the travel humi for over a month it should not be necessary to add anything. Most travel humi's have great seals. But if you dont want to use something like a Boveda pack(takes up very little space, you can take a regular aluminum tubo and just drill a mess of holes with a very small bit.

Tried this. Problem is that the inside tends to have burrs from all the drilling, with exterior burrs on the opposite side (if you drill thru both sides with one move). You can sand or grind the burrs off the exterior easily enough. But if you leave them inside the tube, the burrs tend to (eventually) break the beads up. Also, the tubos are not as strong as I thought they'd be, resulting in the pressure from the drill bit causing the sides to dimple in somewhat. A dowel close to the interior diameter would help with this, but greatly increase the drill time and effort. The project turned into much more work that I expected!!! I still have several in my humis, simply because they were so much work that I just couldn't throw them away. However, they are not what I had hoped they would be. As a result, I also have several of the heartfelt tubes, which I appreciate much more than my homemade ones from tubos. They are much, much, much easier to add water to when they need it, and you can see the beads to know that they do (or don't) need attention. You almost have to pour the beads out of the tubos to tell the true condition of the beads. Always have to worry about spillage!!!

Good luck if you go for it.