Humidor issues

Hi All,

I purchased this humidor 3 months ago:

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=M-TDH250&cat=10

I had it seasoned and stabilized @ 68' 70%, added 200ish cigars, keep it in my basement out of the sunlight and since the seasonal change the humidity has dropped and stabilized @ 62%. The humidity was stable for 1 month @ 68' 70% after filling the humdor with cigars. I know this is not major, but I would rather it be closer to 70. The only thing I have changed about the humidor was adding 3 gel tubes and 3 gel cans along with the two shot glasses full of distilled water that were there from day 1. I don't have room for an electric humidifier. I moved the humidor, over the weekend, to my bedroom on the second floor to judge the humidity throughout the house, the humidity rose to 63%. I returned it to my basement today and removed all of the gel packs to see if the gel was absorbing the humidity from the shot glasses, I will follow up with a post in a few days.

Anyone have any ideas as to how to increase humidity? I've spent enough $ on the cigars that I want to make sure I don't dry them out and ruin an expensive hobby.

Thanks for the input.

Mike

 

How is the room temperature in the basement? It may be that it is too cold in there.

 

the basement is 67 or 68 depending on the the time of day.