Cigar Oasis XL Electronic Cigar Humidifier
September 4, 2010 by Cigar Maven
Filed under Cigar Books
- Fully Automatic
- Totally Unattended, Reliable Operation
- Virtually Maintenance-Free
- Accurate Humidity Control with Built In Hygrometer
- 2 W x 6 L x 3 1/2 H
Product Description
“Set It & Forget It”
A Truly Fully Automated Humidifier:
Unique sensor measures humidity and microprocessor controller operates a quite fan to circulate humidified air within the humidor to exact desired humidity to within 1% RH. Control unit powered from any wall AC outlet or Battery Operated (4 AA Battery Pack Included).
? Fully Automatic
? Totally Unattended, Reliable Operation
? Virtually Maintenance-Free
? Accurate Humidity Control with Built In Hygrome… More >>
Cigar Oasis XL Electronic Cigar Humidifier
I have been using the cigar oasis for about 1 year now. It has made my cigar maintenace a simple pleasure. The oasis has kept my humidor at 70% humidity for the entire year. I have replaced the water container 3 times so I am getting about 4 months for each refill. That means including the water my total cost of maintenece has been less than $45 annually. Keep in mind that I have 1 oasis humidifying a 300 cigar humidor that is opened at least once a day. The only issue I have had is that the metal contact ends in the oasis that the power cord plugs into are very delicate. One was damaged when I moved the oasis. Luckily there are two contacts and it still functions perfectly.
Rating: 5 / 5
Oh the years I wasted using the stupid old style humidifiers, battling to keep the correct level of humidity. This is the greatest invention since the creation of the cigar it self. I love it!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
Right after the warranty expired it started acting erratically. Contacted manufacturer, they advised putting it in a Tupperware container for 2 – 3 minutes. Next disconnect and reconnect. None of these worked, they said if I could find it cheaper on EBay, go for it. I had the option of returning the unit and for $34.00 they would refurbish and return. Cannot recommend this product with confidence.
Rating: 2 / 5
I haven’t had the same luck with mine. When it arrived, the included batteries were dead. Not a mechanical fault with the item, I know. Got it running, set the humidity point to 70 and let it run. My humidity never went above 62. Took my digital hydrometer down to my cigar store to check the calibration and it was off by 1. The Cigar Oasis had been reading 70.5 or so in this same time. Luckily, I took the cigar oasis with me and set it in his walk in humidor with my digital one and found the calibration off by 10! So, I went home and cranked up the set point to 80 (highest it can go) and now my humidor is running at 69 – 72. This has been consistent for the last month.
Now the problem is that the Cigar Oasis thinks the humidity inside needs to be at 80 and runs, shuts off, then runs some more, shuts off, then runs trying to get the humidity to 80. The first set of batteries have died in less then one month.
I wrote to the manufacturer asking for help with calibration or if I was doing something wrong and they never returned my emails. Not that impressed by their customer service for sure (dead batteries and won’t return my questions).
Now that I have the set point at 80 it works okay. But I can’t give it a solid recommendation. If you can buy it from someone locally, it may be better so you can exchange it if you have issues like I did. I could have returned it with no problem (and paid for more shipping to them and then back to me for the exchange), but figured that since it is working I’ll just run with it and replace the batteries whenever.
Rating: 2 / 5
Finally I can leave for a month and not have to worry about my Cigars.
Rating: 5 / 5