Distilled Water Humidor – Use distilled to ensure your cigars

Any decent Humidor supplier will recommend, or insist on you using distilled or demineralised water in order to keep your cigars in tip top condition. Here’s why distilled water is essential in a humidor.

Why is it imperative that you use distilled water when humidifying a humidor? Distilled  or better still, Demineralised water is water that has been purified through a boiling process. Or a unique filtration process.

It is not wise to use regular tap water in any humidification system in fact it has been reported that using ‘ regular water’ could pose a health risk. For one thing, humidifiers disperse minerals (found in tap water) into the air that can leave behind white dust and crusty deposits which can help the accumulation of unhealthy microorganisms.

Even when spraying beads or sponges, it is wise to use distilled water instead of tap. Why? Distilled water contains fewer minerals than tap water does. The chemicals that regular tap water contained can taint the cigar quality and the cigar taste. Tap water also contains chlorine, which can clog the humidifier’s pores and inhibit operation. All you need is a few drops of distilled water and you can keep the beads moist. Once you do this, dry off the surface and make sure there is no water drip.

Avoid tap water and only buy distilled or demineralised water for your humidifier. This will prevent you from compromising your inventory of fine cigars.

Demineralised or Distilled Water Humidor compatible is available through our main website – www.thedistilledwatercompany.com