Xikar xi809 Crystal Humidifier Jar, 2 oz

forget about boveda. this is by far much better, cheaper and longer lasting. just use distilled water on the crystals

Works great. I wished the jars were bigger, or as big as they appear in the picture. But they are rather small. And rather pricey. But they do work if you have large humidors with a large cache of valuable cigars in them. This size jar is good for about 100 cigars. So take it from there. Once you get these, take off the top, fill it up with distilled water, then replace the lid with the black breathable top, and your good to go. Just place it inside your humidor. Again, depending on the size of the humidor dictates the number of these you will need overall. Although Xikar makes these in tube form as well, these are easier to use. Hope I helped someone. if I did, a yes vote would be appreciated.

These jars come with enough crystals. You need to add propylene glycol to the jar, up to the full line. About half an hour later the crystals will have completely soaked up the pg solution. I have two of the 2oz jars in my 100ct Tupperdore right now and they're keeping the RH at 72%. I'm going to experiment with some methods of lowering the RH to 65%, as the Tupperdore is fully sealed.These jars are perfect, if you know what you're doing.

I haven't actually placed these in my humidor yet, but really, what do I have to worry about? I've been smoking premium cigars for about 8 months now, and I've owned a humidor for almost 7 months. I've used Ci-gel crystals supported by Water Pillows, and for the last 5 months, Ci-gel supported by Boveda 72% packs (two 2oz Ci-gel jars and 2 Boveda packs laying beside and slightly over the jars on one side of my divider with my cigars on the other with my hygrometer attached to the lid of my cherry Capri 50-count humidor.) I find the crystals supported by the Boveda packs provides the most stable environment for my cigars, and I only tend to lose humidity when the crystals shrink, which seems to take forever (I live in central Indiana,) or when I get low on cigars. Lately I've been switching over to Xikar everything if I can. I have the Xikar MTX Multi-tool Cutter on my keychain, a Bugatti B-1 Torch lighter that I got as a bonus item from cigar.com that started having problems after using inferior butane, so I replaced that with a Xikar Element double torch with a punch cutter built in, and I've switched to using all Purofine butane (which also fixed the problem with my Bugatti lighter.) I had some technical problems with the Xikar Element, but they have a lifetime warranty on all their products, and for less than $3 I was able to return the lighter to them, and I suppose it wasn't able to be fixed because Xikar sent me a brand new lighter in box within 3 weeks of shipping the Element that I purchased on Amazon to them. If you purchase anything made by Xikar, make sure to register it on their website for warranty (they even send leather cases for their X-series cutters and all of their lighters, and the cases for the lighters are actually cut to fit each individual lighter.) So, back to the Xikar crystals; its Xikar brand, and I've had little to no problems with the Ci-gel crystals and I have complete faith in Xikar, so I'm not worried at all. I will still bolster my humidity regulation with the 72% Boveda packs (two 72% packs and two 2oz jars for a 50-count humidor and I've even removed and stopped using the Water Pillows altogether,) mainly because of the arrangement layout of my humidor; I think the two 2-oz jars fit better than one 4-oz jar would, plus by logic it distributes the humidity more evenly. If I have any problems at all with the Xikar crystals I will definitely update this review, but at this time, as a person who's become somewhat of a serious cigar connoisseur, I'm going with Xikar with everything I can. Btw, anyone investing in a good cigar lighter, I seriously recommend purchasing only Purofine butane, which is Xikar's personal brand, and seems to even clear clogged lighters that you may have used inferior butane in.

First time using this product - received with about 3dz little pellets - I thought it was defective...after further research - you need to fill with liquid to the fill indicator lines - and the rest takes care of itself. 1 small instruction sheet would probably save them a lot of returns...

This product has finally gotten my wood humidor to hold its humidity stable.