pouch humidifiers
- Thread starter beef
- Start date
I keep a handful of these around and use them all the time. I'll pop 1 or 2 ('loaded' after a 15 min soak) in leather pouches, vinal pouches, etc. I've even put them in jars with tobacco to rehydrate. I stuff them right into the midst of the tobacco, so they're definitely touching it. I've yet to have a an issue with it fouling the leaf or growing mold or anything. This works well when I take motorcycle trips and dont want to pack glass jars.
You can,just make sure to shake off all the excess water first.Then there's the Boveda Pack. They're designed for cigar humidors,but work on pipe tobacco, too.Just be careful, don't leave it in the jar indefinitely, because they can over humidify the pipe tobacco.They work better for jars,and not pocket pouches.The moisture source will never touch the tobacco. You can lay the pack right in the jar with the tobacco. Hope this helps.
Years ago (>35) when I first smoked a pipe, there was no internet and few sources of sound advice. I kept my tobacco in a ceramic tobacco jar (never airtight despite the rubber ring) with a slice of apple. Never had a problem with mould.
Take a small sandwich bag, insert a moistened piece of napkin in it, put it on top of your tobacco in the jar. Three to five days should do it.
There are many methods and opinions.
When I've acquired dried out bulk tobacco from somebody's "cellar," I've had extremely good success with the following:
I put it all in mason jars, and cut paper towel circles to be the same diameter as the mason jars (or slightly bigger). I wet those circles not under running water, nor in standing water, but by spritzing them with a little spray bottle.
(It's the only way I've found to achieve moistness without over-soaking them. It also retains their flat shape.)
I lay that circle directly on the dry tobacco, and seal the jar.
I then open the jar back up once every 24 hrs.
If after 24 hrs. the paper towel is crispy dry, I pull it out, re-spritz it, put it back in, and reseal the jar.
If the tobacco is really dried out, this will happen for several days in a row.
But when the day comes that I reach in and the paper towel disk has retained a hint of moisture, I know I'm done. I pull the paper towel out and seal the jar for storage without it.
There are probably better ways, and YMMV, but this has worked perfectly for me, in the case of ribbon, coins, and flakes.
If we are talking about a plug or a rope, this will only over-soak the exterior while the interior remains crispy. It takes a very long time at a very controlled rate to get the right moisture to the center of a plug or rope without oversoaking the outside. In those cases, there is nothing for it but to put it away in a humidor for 6+ months. (I use the "tupperdor" and silica kitty litter method.)
When I've acquired dried out bulk tobacco from somebody's "cellar," I've had extremely good success with the following:
I put it all in mason jars, and cut paper towel circles to be the same diameter as the mason jars (or slightly bigger). I wet those circles not under running water, nor in standing water, but by spritzing them with a little spray bottle.
(It's the only way I've found to achieve moistness without over-soaking them. It also retains their flat shape.)
I lay that circle directly on the dry tobacco, and seal the jar.
I then open the jar back up once every 24 hrs.
If after 24 hrs. the paper towel is crispy dry, I pull it out, re-spritz it, put it back in, and reseal the jar.
If the tobacco is really dried out, this will happen for several days in a row.
But when the day comes that I reach in and the paper towel disk has retained a hint of moisture, I know I'm done. I pull the paper towel out and seal the jar for storage without it.
There are probably better ways, and YMMV, but this has worked perfectly for me, in the case of ribbon, coins, and flakes.
If we are talking about a plug or a rope, this will only over-soak the exterior while the interior remains crispy. It takes a very long time at a very controlled rate to get the right moisture to the center of a plug or rope without oversoaking the outside. In those cases, there is nothing for it but to put it away in a humidor for 6+ months. (I use the "tupperdor" and silica kitty litter method.)
I was hoping someone would say that.
I did it for years, without even needing to, because the old boys said to.
Never hurt a thing.
If you use pouch humidifiers; use DISTILLED water. Tap water or regular drinking water will clog the holes with mineral deposits.
Just soak the disc for 1/2 hour, wipe off exterior, and drop in jar. I love humidifying discs, as they’re cheap and reusable.
Just soak the disc for 1/2 hour, wipe off exterior, and drop in jar. I love humidifying discs, as they’re cheap and reusable.
I wouldn't know the answer to that question. The tobacco in my pouch doesn't last long enough to dry out.
NOOOOOO! Wet paper- ugh. Sandwich bag- yech. And 3-5 days? I don't know if I've ever disagreed with you, h-p-g, but this is a big one.
1. Jar
2. Solid material such as above or shard of terracotta
3. Over night and check, then check every few hours.
A mystery: Some where around here I have a leather zipper pouch marked "seal skin". I don't think it's legal to make these any more. Any way, about 40 years ago I found it in the back seat of my car. Never could find out who it belonged to....
Not at all necessary when you use bits of terracotta, readily available and cheap. They don't clog, tobacco is easily wiped off, and they don't cost a penny, assuming some has already broken a flower pot or two.
If drying or hydrating plug, rope or thick flake, results happen much quicker and more uniformly when they are fully rubbed out.
Last edited:
Look, is it possible to use cigar humidor to store pipe tobacco and serve it in a blessed condition? And what humidity level should be?
Cigar humidors (65-70% humidity) run WAY too high for pipe tobacco.
Yes, it's possible, but the air in a humidor for cigars is problematical when shooting for a specific RH number for open pipe tobacco. Mason jars are way better.
70% RH at 70º is a good starting place.
Yes, but, if I am visualizing the humidor (a guess for sure) there's too much air space therein.