I have been scouring the Internet looking to see if people consider cigar and wine to be a hobby and collection as opposed to an investment that they expect to gain on in the years to come. Turns out MOST are considering the value in their "collection" and therefor that is why they continue to invest in this hobby.
Apparently it is all that wrapped into one. So then, why do these people continue purchase cheap and inexpensive, made in China crap to pass for a humidification system? I have compared many hygrometers and all of which allow a fluctuation in RH of +/- up to 15%?!? How reliable is this in your humidor or wine cellar? The ideal way to keep the condition and value of your "investment" is the ability to keep the RH within a 1-2% fluctuation. Think about the expansion of your corks or cigar wrappers. They need room to expand with pressure and weather but if they expand too much they will be withered and the corks will dry out.....not ideal.
What if you are a restaurateur and your pull is Wine Offerings? You MUST produce a quality wine that is kept in precise conditions if you want $100 per bottle or more. I recently went to Las Vegas for the IPCPR trade show in July. We went to this wonderful little French Bistro and ordered what was supposed to be a fabulous bottle of Bordeaux worth $180. Well when we got it our waiter apologized for the temperature and condition of the wine but still poured it for us. Cork in the wine floating, and the temp of the wine was probably 40 degrees....too cold for red! I asked what they had for a system and he said a cooler that was supposed to keep it at 58 degrees and nothing else.
Well if there had been a humidifier in there with that cooler controlled by our Habitat Monitor there have been no problem to keep that wine at 58 and the humidity at 45% so that the temp did not dip so low and the cork would not have dried out. People, if your temp is too cold the humidity is drawn out of the air. You NEED humidity to balance out the atmosphere, it is a fact.
The Habitat Monitor can shut off the cooler and turn on the humidifier simultaneously so your environment is perfectly balanced, trust me. Do not have someone return a $180 bottle of wine or a $100 cigar!
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