Side by Side Comparison of: Drymistat vs Quality Importers

These drymistat humidifiers do a nice job. Seems to be more consistent than the other options out there.

This is second time I've bought these. They lasted me about 18+ months last time before the crystles wouldn't do their job any more.

Cannot say enough good things about these simple yet effective humidifiers. They keep the cigars maintained beautifully in my humidor without much maintenance at all.

They work great, but make sure you use 2 at once if you have even a medium-small humidor. One isn't enough.

2nd time ordering these things. They work perfect holding my small humidor to around 70%.

Trying to maintain the correct humidity in a humidor can be trick. Take the guess work out by buying a few of the Drymista tubes! Fill them up as needed and place them in your humidor along with your cigars. Done. I recommend using filtered water because I don't like the idea of evaporating tap water chemicals like chlorine soaking into my cigars.I use 2 tubes for a box of cigars but given that they are designed to maintain 70% humidity you should be safe adding more as they won't over-saturate your stogies.

Excellent cigar Humidor. Seasoned beautifully, holds humidity well, in mid 70's. Looks attractive.

Great quality build. Very beautiful Humidor. It comes with a simple lock and key to keep out any pesky cigar thieves. it also comes with a humidifier, which will need to be charged with a solution, and a humidity gauge, which is nice, but you may want to look into a digital humidity measuring tool. I bought this as my first humidor and so far have not been disappointed. The only thing left for me to do now is to find enough cigars to fill it up!

Very happy with the quality of the humidor for the price. Holds about 75 cigars, comfortably. A bit more if you know how to stack them. Completely lined with Spanish cedar. Beautiful to look at from the outside and straight through to the inside. Has a nice tight feel and sound when it closes. Very easy for initial start up. I seasoned it for about six hours, swapped out the analog for a digital hydrometer and its held 70% ever since. Not a big fan of the humidifier it came with so I just took it out and use humi packs. Other than that it's a great looking and functioning humidor. Very pleased.

Bought this as a gift, and spent hours upon hours searching for a quality humidor in the $40-80 range. I wasn't sure what to expect prior to its arrival, but once it arrived I was very impressed. Very nicely packaged and protected in its box. The humidor has a beautiful finish, has ample space, a nice tray, closes securely, and smells of rich cedar. Very happy with purchase, and made a great gift. It looks a lot more expensive than it is!

I love cigars. I've been having such a hard time deciding which humidor to buy to replace the one I have that doesn't hold humidity well. The ones I really wanted were upward of $150 and I just couldn't pull the trigger. I finally decided to buy one that would just "meet my basic needs" meaning it had good reviews and was the right size. I also wanted one that did not have a glass top as I think they don't hold humidity as well. I decided on this model and didn't have any great expectations, but when it arrived it was much bigger than I thought it would be and the fit and finish especially on the inside was fantastic. It is a very solid humidor and it seals up nice and tight when you close the lid. For the money I paid I'm thrilled. It also has a key lock which is a nice touch. I use an Oasis xl electric humidifier in my humidor so I can attest to how the humidifier that comes with this one will work. Buy this and you won't regret it.

I've had this for at least six months now and it is a beautiful and effective humidor. Fit and finish are great. When you shut it you can feel the pressure as you close it, indicating a tight seal.Follow the directions for seasoning it- the wood will take on a lot of water. Also, I buy cigars online and they often are fairly dry. I find that putting a small cup with about 1/4 inch of distilled water in it provides enough extra moisture to humidify the cigars and allow you to reach 70%; just take the open water out once you reach a stable level of humidity around 70%.I replaced the analog dial hygrometer with a digital one because it is easier to read, but I'm sure the original would have worked fine. I also do not use the built-in well for water, but use a separate one with a better absorbant.

Good product. Other places are selling for double the price. get these, you won't be disappointed. Over all its okay. I just order a second set 5 minutes after I received them. try it ,you'll like it I saw the following evaluation, everybody says this is a good product and receive it after use, I think they said is right, I am very happy.

These tubes do a great job I am just not sure what magic makes them cost more than $4 for a set?

TRUERATING™:3/5 - Of all humidifiers in ALL price ranges4/5 - Of all humidifiers in THIS price rangeThere are better humidifiers for a bit more, but these do the job. I need about 2 of them to maintain humidity in a 25 cigar box full of cigars. They are easy to start up and use and maintain humidity for a few months before I have to refill them with water. I like that they use tap water and don't need distilled. This makes it easier to maintain them over time.

So I've been using these for about 2 years now. I have 4 of them in my 100ct humidor and they do a good job keeping the humidity 67-68 (where I personally like it). I have to refill them about once a month and I have a Boveda 69 in there to absorb any excess and make sure it never creeps up over 70 (the Boveda has lasted the whole 2 years like this). The downside seems to be that the Drymistat sticks, after 2 years of use, no longer work. When refilled the gel doesn't seem to absorb water any more and they have mostly become sticks filled with water...which I do not want in my humidor.

Might just be the best invention since the wheel. If you are like me you let your Humidor run out all the time. These little guys boost it back in shape before you can ask for a second cigar.

I am on the fence with this product. One of the major gripes I have read is the packaging. It did indeed come in a plastic baggie, which didn't bother me in the slightest. Both tubes were in great sealed condition, no leakage or damaged containers. It would have been nice if there were some instructions for those that don't know how to use the product, a quick internet search fixes that. And yes you use the cap that has the holes in the end, if its leaking, you put too much water in it!My tubes came pretty full so I didn't have to add much water, and I did go ahead and add distilled water even thought it's not a requirement, I had some laying around so why not.I really like that these are the size of a cigar, so you don't take up much space in the humidor, and you can place them throughout for a nice even spread of humidity.My biggest issue right now, and a huge one, is I am not sure if they are working. I just ordered a new digital hydrometer to replace my analog one which I think is way off. As of now it reads 60 RH which is a bit lower than I want. I will update once I get a more accurate hydrometer.In the end I really like the idea behind this product and hope that it is working for me, 4 stars assuming it is, will adjust later if needed.

holds a lot of cigars

it arrived so nice and beautiful. the wood and paint was phenomenal, the fresh smell of wood right out of the box was pure amazing!! Unfortunately, it doesn't hold the humidity as expected from my other humidors :((. perhaps I just happened to have a bad one? I I wish that wasn't the case. The magnet on the humidifier control and scale kept falling off. Weak magnets in general. I'd prefer getting something stronger from local stores.

Ordered this for my husband for Father's Day. Upon receipt, impressed with the large size of the box. Perfect condition and the instructions on how to season the box are straight forward. I hope he likes it!

Bought a $500.00 humidor sent it back because lid wouldn't close even. Gave this one a try and couldn't be happier. A few minor flaws but holds humidity perfectly. Highly recommended from a 25yr cigar man.

Good top open humidor. Took about 4 days to acclimate. Received the package and the corners in the back were banged up. Nothing to do with the product itself but with the handling of the delivery. Lock is basic and kind of cheapened by slop with the key turn. Internally the humidor is practical and spacious. For the price I'd say the humidor is a great buy! You get what you pay for when it Comes to humidors.

These types of humidors look good and work well if you have the time to season them and keep up with the humidity levels, but can be high maintenance. If you're just starting a cigar collection, I recommend starting with cheap jar that seals air-tight. These wooden humidors are intended to be used by folk that are much more enthusiastic about long-term cigar storage rather than folks like me that tend to smoke them faster than I can keep them.

I mean I love the idea. I can never get my humidor to keep humidity. I know how to season it and actually went through all the steps again prior to installing these. I have a small shoebox sized humidor with 10 or so cigars at a time. I filled and put both of these in it and within 1 day humidity when from 80% (high from seasoning) to around 20%. I left these in, but ended up buying a sponge and I've been keeping it wet with distilled water and just left it in the bottom, that seems to work!

Got the sticks but my humidor only stays at 60 not 70 like is stated but they kind of work.

I guess we have to replace it every year, after a year using, it starts leak badly

These don't have the open surface area needed for a box style humidor. I had 3 in a box with only about 20 cigars and it only maintained 60%. I emptied their contents into an old tray style humidor and it made a huge difference. I will say these work very well for travel humidors though. But for the money, boveda packs are a far better option for everyday use.

I received the humidifier tubes promptly and correctly. My issue with this is there is no information at all on what to do with them or how to use them or how long they work or anything? It's not like they are an expensive purchase, but I'd like to use them to the best advantage. Also, it's unlikely that I would reorder, not knowing anything about the product. We'll see!

The tubes are ok. Just ok. They arrive already full and puffed with crystals, but I put them into my new humidor and....nothing. My hygrometer needle dropped all the way by the next day. I thought maybe there wasn't enough distilled water in the tubes. Checked. No, they were fine. So I added 2 Boveda packets (see my review) and then everything was ok. I don't know, maybe it was just me, but the tubes were just 'ok'.

This is the 5 or 6th humidor I've owned just in the past 10 years, so I have some experience having been around cigars for over 35 years. I'm having a slight issue seasoning this one to 70% RH.It's been a while now and I'm @ 65 on a calibrated Hygrometer. The unit appears well built, tight seal on lid but time will tell on performance.

Box is nice and tight, however humidifier continually falls off and will not stay on. Also the humidifier gauge does not work and has not worked since it was delivered. Not worth returning for these issues though.

Bad: Both the humidification device and the hygrometer failed to stay stuck to the magnets. They would fall from the inside roof after the humidor lid was closed for a while. A little later and the magnets themselves no longer adhered to the cedar, as the sticky backside of the magnets was no longer effective.I’ve resorted to placing the humidification device and hygrometer on the floor of the humidor, but have to give up cigar space in doing so.Good: The construction, cedar, and seal seem very good. Seems to be holding the humidity well.

Nice looking box. Holds closer to 75 than 100 sticks. I had to adjust and tighten the hinges in order to improve the seal. After that, it's shown to be working just fine. For the price, I'm not going to complain about the minor work I had to put it to make it function correctly.

The quality is fine, but the description is very misleading. You'll be lucky to get 60 cigars in this box. 100 only if you fill it with cigarillos.

Humidor fit all the cigars as described. For the price I can not complain. If priced higher than it is the failing glue on the metal plate for the hydrometer would only get it 2 stars. Removing the upper rack is a bit of a pain as there is not easy place to grab for removal. The dividers are held in place with friction from the felt ends. This works for me as I have an assortment of cigars of differing sizes.

One of these came damaged in shipping and leaks, but that doesn't really matter because they don't really help hold humidity.

Either we are doing something wrong, or they just don't work. It does not hold the humidity like the description says.

I may have gotten duds - I had 2 of them in a seasoned humidor without any cigars and the humidity plummeted. I put in a smaller boveda pack and it went right back up. For what it's worth I think the openings need to be bigger.

I can't seem to be able to tell if these make a difference. They seem to just be taking up space in my humidor. I took them out for a two week period and noticed no difference on my humidity vs a shot glass of water.

Put 2 of these in with a dozen cigars in a Quality Importers Desktop HUM-25EL. After multiple cups of distilled water sitting in the humidor and staying at 70% with the water I thought it would be good. With just these tubes alone, the humidity will not stay above 60 percent at 75-80 degrees even without opening the humidor. (I monitor through the glass and have an electric and built in humidity meter.) After a few months, the tubes still don't need water added. I wish they would at least dry out and keep the humidity up.

Put the two in my 50 cigar humidor (less than half full), Humidity dropped to 50%. Was using the Boveda 70% packs without issue. Re-seasoned humidor at 84% for a few weeks. Put these back in, and still back to 50%. Added several shot glasses of water with these and humidty went up to 80%. Was able to maintain 70% only with a couple shot glasses full of water in addition to these. I don't know if for some reason I need more of them, they are defective, or just junk. Never had an issue with the Boveda packs just got tired of having to buy 2 new packs every 3 months. My suggestion is to try something else or buy 2-4 of these for every 25 cigars your humidor can hold.Update- the included instructions said 2 per 50 cigars but I'm noticing the wording on the site now seems to reflect 2 per 25, though not directly.

Looks good when received saw a few chips in the top and didnt think anything of it. Later on I realized it couldn't hold the Humidity at all. Then I inspected it and found a crack on the bottom

Despite seasoning this one, and buying an additional humidifier, this product still can't maintain the appropriate humidity. It looks nice, but if you want a quality humidor I'd suggest looking elsewhere. After seven months, I am giving up, don't make the same mistake.

This one is hit or miss. I had to return the first one because of visible construction issue at the top lid.The second one was great until the cat leaped off of it and it suffered a fall.The replacement for that one would not hold humidity for more than 7-10 days. I re-seasoned it twice, to no avail.I'm hoping one more replacement will hold humidity. If not, I'm bailing on this model entirely.Update: The latest replacement won't hold humidity either after a 2-day seasoning. Steadily dropped day by day from 70% down now to 64%. I have three humidisticks and the supplied humidifier device, and about 60-65 cigars in there. Very disappointed in the performance of this humidor; 3 of the 4 I had could not hold humidity. Dismal.

I have 50cigars in it and it is struggling. Reading about 65 humidity. Not too impressed.

After several attempts, I can't get this to hold moisture. I've seasoned a lot of humidors before, but this just will not hold humidity,

Pretty box but doesn't function properly. It will not maintain proper humidity. Apparently it doesn't seal properly. I recommend plastic rubber sealed humidor; ugly but functions excellent'

WORTHLESS !! WASTE of time and money. Product arrives in a slimy plastic wrap with no instructions. I went online and carefully followed what instructions were available, Almost impossible to fill the tube with any distilled water and when I was able to add ANY distilled water, humidity level in my humidor decreased to 67% in a matter of a few days. I added a second Drymistat and it did absolutely nothing. I now have to make a trip to my quality cigar store 30 minutes away for a quality humidifying device. To make matters ever WORSE, Amazon tells me this product does NOT qualify for a return. What a piece of ****.

My tubes arrived covered in a gooey ooze inside a sandwich bag. Not sure if they were broken or that is the way they are supposed to be? First time so not sure how to use these. No instructions were provided, but from what I read you were supposed to add water and place them in a humidifier. I cleaned them off in water but they still seem to be leaking something similar to the consistency of petroleum jelly.

The shipping was great, but unfortunately the packaging was not up to par. The humidor arrived crushed about a fourth of the way down. It was crushed so badly that tye tubes were cracked and the water would constantly leak out underneath the refill line. Both tubes were broken in the same spot, so they are both unusable due to the liquid leaking onto the cigars. I would not recommend this humidor because it is also non-returnable.

This thing just can't keep the humidity level even with two sticks in a small size humidor (up to 25~50 cigars) with only 5 cigars in it. removed the seal cap per instruction online, and put the vented cap back on and the crystals are at the right levels, but still humidity plummeted to low 60%. after giving it the benefits of the doubt for two days, i switched back to the old generic puck. if this worked for you great. but it just didn't work for me.gonna try something else.

Useless! I have a size 50 cigar humidor I used both tubes in humidor with 15 cigars and never brought humidor above 60%. Whats the point?

These really don't do much at all. Not sure why all the good reviews. Im using them as extra humidification since the winter weather in Massachusetts is draining the humidity out of my humidor. I have a small humidor, about 300 cubic inches. At first I added one to it while keeping the other humidifier I already have in. No help. I then added a second one and still not much help. The two combined only raised the RH about 1 or 2%. Going to just order a different product somewhere else.

I received my humidor today. Not impressed with the workmanship at all. I have to agree with several of the reviews that the workmanship is not that great. My humidor has bad patch jobs around the back corner and front side. along with cracks in the wood where they attached all the hinges and the key lock and I mean everyone of them. It's like they didn't drill pilot holes and it split the wood when putting on the hardware. The humidor out of the box is at 50% humidity which is a little low from what I have seen in the past with other purchases. I guessing it will take a couple of weeks to raise it to where it needs to be if I keep it. I hope with the poor quality of the hardware doesn't mean the seals are as bad and it won't stay level. I am going to reach out to the seller and see what they have to say about it. I have not decided if I am going to keep it or get a full refund since it just arrived tonight. I will update the review once I hear from the seller.Update ***I tried to reach out to the vendor and Amazon does not allow it on this product. So it looks like my only option is to go through Amazon directly and try to get a replacement or refund. I would not purchase this item just for that reason. I have lowered my rating to one start for this reason. If the vendor is hiding behind Amazon then It's not worth purchasing.

I purchased this humidor and since I seasoned it, the box has never held the desired temperature. I should have sent it back for a refund, but hadn't had the time. $60 plus paper weight.

Would nit recommend. I have been seasoning this thing to death. Used multiple methods of the past 2 months. Asked for help on multiple forums and veteran cigar smokers. Humidity will not hold. If fact it keeps dropping. I'm puzzled. Even used different hygrometers. I gave up, I can't my money back. As per everyone's advice I'm getting a cooler. I even had it about 95% full of cigars.side note, it looks great, very impressive, held humidity for a bout 2 weeks. Then failed.I don't like giving bad reviews, but for $6O I could have bought some really nice cigars and have been happier.

after 4 weeks trying to season it, sending it back .... won't hold the humidity

Doesnt keep it fresh enough. Had to buy a tempature gauge as the one given didnt work

Nice looking box, but there were splits in the wood at all of the hinges. Amazon has been great in processing and facilitating a return. Disappointed since seemed to be the one I wanted.