Best Medium-Sized Humidors: Cigar Storage For Average Cigar Collections

Benefits Of Medium Humidors

Overall, medium-sized humidors are the most versatile storage solutions for the majority of cigar collectors. While it’s very easy to run out of space and overfill a small humidor, sometimes large ones are just too big.

With medium humidors, this is unlikely to happen. Most offer a reasonable storage that oscillates around 100 cigars, which is plentiful for the majority of cigar enthusiasts.

A 100 count cigar should be fine with even with just a box’s worth of cigars, which is often between 20 to 25 sticks. However, you may want to include a few sheets of Spanish cedar to absorb any excess moisture.

Given their slightly smaller size, the contents are quite easy to manage and you’ll be able to place your collection how you want. In most cases, there should be enough space between them for air to circulate too.

Furthermore, medium-sized humidors aren’t going to take up too much space. Whether you want to keep it somewhere discreet or use it as a room’s centrepiece, you’ll be able to easily find somewhere to place it.

Medium Humidor Drawbacks

However, if your collection is in the process of growing, you may be surprised how quickly you can fill one of these up. This can be frustrating when it happens as you may just not have enough room.

Nevertheless, you should avoid overfilling your humidor. If you do, you’ll prevent air from circulating, which prevents moisture from being diffused evenly throughout the humidor. As a result, you’ll get some moist pockets and dry areas too.

If or when this happens, you can either purchase another humidor of equal of greater size. Otherwise, you may want to keep your humidor for presenting your cigars that are ready to smoke. Meanwhile, you could store the bulk of your collection to age in a coolidor.

Finally, even if medium-sized humidors are of a manageable size, they’re still quite bulky. As such, it may be hard to find somewhere to properly keep it.

What Humidifiers Do You Need For Medium Humidors?

Medium-sized humidors are generally quite easy to sufficiently humidify as most devices are designed for their average cigar counts. However, it can quickly become a nightmare if you use devices that aren’t adapted to this sort of storage.

Most humidors are supplied with floral-foam humidifiers, which we insist that you discard immediately. These cheap humidifiers are usually unreliable and require regular recharging.

Furthermore, they continuously diffuse moisture only in the surrounding area. Any nearby cigars will be exposed to high humidity while those that are further away may get nothing at all.

We’ll soon be providing a full guide to humidifiers to help you choose the right devices to use in your humidor. In the meantime, we’ll provide some of our favourite recommendations.

Our Favourite Humidification Solution

For humidors with a cigar count of between 100 to 300 cigars, we believe that Boveda offers some of the most reliable and versatile humidification devices that you can get.

As an example, a typical 100 count humidor can be humidified using one of several configurations:

• 4 x 60g Boveda Humidity Pack (one for every 25 cigar count)
• 1 x 320g Boveda Humidity Pack (one for every 150 cigar count or cubic foot)

Remember that the number of packs used should reflect the humidor’s capacity and not the actual number of cigars inside it.

We regularly use both of the above and they work well. The larger 320g packs are ideal for vast environments and they diffuse evenly across the whole humidor. As you can’t over-humidify with Boveda, one of these is perfectly fine for a 100-count cigar humidor.

Meanwhile, the smaller 60g packs are great for either smaller humidors or by using several for larger ones.

Thanks to their two-way humidity control, they absorb excess moisture. Therefore, you can be assured that they will maintain a consistent relative humidity level.

There are also several levels to choose from. While we tend to use 69% for most of our cigars, you can also opt for 65%, 72% or 75%.

Finally, don’t forget to season your humidor if it’s either made from wood or has wooden parts.

What Next?

Now that you’ve seen the best value humidors to buy online, check out some of our other humidor guides for more recommendations:

• BU Cigars – Home
• Humidors & Cigar Storage Home
• Largest Humidors To Buy
• Best Small Humidors
• How To Build Your Own Humidor