If you can keep a humi at 50% in your environment, that would be the best way, but I can say it's probably going to be pretty tough... Does any company make 50% beads? You need something that can remove RH from the air.
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I know the Shilala beads are programable. I don't know how well they'd hold that low RH though.
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I believe Cigarmony also offers lower humidity beads that are for guitars and photographs. :-)
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HCM beads can bet set to 50% RH. As the RH creeps up over time they can be reset. It will take a bit of time in your refrigerator to reset them.
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So this is my latest awful idea, I'm going to get a Tupperware, put in some baking soda, put a hygrometer in the Tupperware and stick the thing it the fridge, when the humidity stabilizes I'll put a cigar in it and pop the lid on. Then I'll take it out of the fridge and as long as it's air tight I should have a nice little dry box until I open the lid. The baking soda is to absorb funky fridge smells.

I want to try this first because I don't want to go out and build a low RH box for Hawaii when I'm leaving here in April anyway.
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If your tupperware seals, there should be no need for the baking soda. It won't get any "funky fridge" smells in a sealed environment.
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Better safe than sorry I always say, bakng soda is cheap anyways and I'm thinking it might even help to regulate the RH.
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Baking soda will not help you with RH. It probably won't hurt anything but I don't think it will help either...
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I would not use baking soda......who knows how that would change the flavors!
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I'm not actually putting it in the baking soda.. Baking soda just absorbs smells. I'm trying it with a black market, the wife bought me 2 and the first one was unsmokeable, so seeing what happens. If it screws with it not like it's a huge loss.
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I think the thing we are getting at is Baking soda absorbs smells, cigars have oils in the wrapper that have their own unique smells, I imagine the baking soda might suck that right out of the cigar.

I wouldn't do it... But it's your call.
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:-)
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