The Cigar Oasis XL

The unit comes with a refillable, replaceable water cartridge that will last up to one year before it needs water, depending on how often the humidor is opened. The Cigar Oasis XL has a built in system, which accurately monitors the humidity and uses a quiet fan to filter and circulate the air in the humidor eliminating “musty” odors so common in well-sealed humidors. Cigar Oasis XL is designed to always keep your cigars fresh.”

I bought this handy little humidifier to help maintain humidity in my cabinet humidor.

I keep about 300 cigars in this cabinet and I’ve been concerned that my humidity levels aren’t uniform throughout. I’d read about using a fan, but had hadn’t done it yet.

I ordered a few extra hygrometers and stuck them at the top, middle and bottom of the humidifier and let things sit for 72- hours.

In this 8 cubic foot cabinet that I’ve been trying to keep at 65% using heartfelt beads, my calibrated hygrometers showed the following humidity data:

Upper: 58%

Middle:63%

Lower: 69%

Front Door:65%

So…the existing method was clearly not doing a good job.

I unboxed the Oasis XL and filled the reservoir with reverse osmosis purified water, attached the battery-pack and placed it centrally on the bottom of the humidor. I set the humidity to 65% and walked away from my babies for another 72 hours.

After 72-hours, my humidity data was:

Upper:64%

Middle:65%

Lower: 66%

Front Door:65%

I like this little humidifier. It obviously is doing a good job of moving air around and seems to be able to act as a reliable humidity control mechanism. My heartfelt beads are still in the humidor so they’re obviously contributing to the overall scheme, but the oasis is rounding things out nicely.