jjanecka wrote:If you're running a tupperdor I wouldn't worry about adjusting humidity. All that air circulation junk is for large humidors like walk-ins and warehouses.
Bingo, exactly right.
I use multiple 116-quart Sterilite tubs and have for years. Inside each I have jars of the superabsorbent polymer balls/gels soaked in 50/50, some 69% Boveda packs, some random Spanish cedar sheets, hunks and pieces, and piled-up boxes, Ziploc bags (open-topped not sealed) and 5-packs of cigars. Just piled up on top of each other. No fans, no trays or shelves or dividers, no meticulous efforts to create air channels for air circulation, etc. They're all just thrown in there up to the brim of the container. There is one hygrometer near the top, in one location only. I generally never "rotate" the cigars and change their positions, they stay wherever they are in the container, typically for years.
Result, from many years of experience -- Cigars from ALL areas in the containers perform identically. All (except for badly-rolled ones, of course) burn great and taste great. There are zero differences based on where in the container a cigar is from, from the very bottom to the very top, from nearest to the humidification devices to the furthest away from them, from right next to the hygrometer to the furthest point away, etc. None of it matters. At all.
From this we can conclude that the humidity in these containers stays relatively uniform throughout.
So I agree completely with what you said. Worrying about 'air circulation channels' and battery-powered fans and such is an unnecessary waste of space, money and time, at least up to and including containers the size of 116-quart Sterilites.
Beyond that size, I can't comment, and it probably becomes necessary at some point on the size spectrum. But not until after the size tubs that I use.
Hope this helps!
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