70%, is best. I live in a real dry climate. Must keep em high and go from there.
70%, is best. I live in a real dry climate. Must keep em high and go from there.
Look at that... I plumb got myself 5 raisins and 7 termites.
Damn, Ive been keeping mine at like 73.
It comes down to personal preference..... We can arugh over what weight oil to run in our cars to. 5W-30, 10W-30. There really is no wrong answer to this question. Some guys like it around 65ish and some like theirs around 70ish. My beads keep my humidor at 68% almost all the time. That rh seems to work for me, so I dont mess with em.
Thats true, but I always thought that 75 recommended, plus I don't know shit about cigars...
However, I got some Montecristo #4 from my brother a couple weeks ago. The first 2 I smoked were much better than the one I smoked last night. The first 2 were probably drier than the one last night because my bro doesn't have a humidor.
I keep mine at 68 to 70. I tend not to have burn problems and I do live in a very dry environment. It's all personal preferance...
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OK I give what does iSOM spell out?
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I feel good about my cooler as long as it's in the mid-60s to 70 range, with no abrupt fluctuations like what would happen if the lid were left open. And the beads keep it in that range. I live in a dry climate, which requires me to recharge the beads once every 6-8 weeks, and more frequently in the summer.
From what I understand, 70/70 is for long-term storage and aging and if you're doing this, then you're set up to maintain these "ideal" conditions for years at a time, rarely opening the unit. Cigars bought and smoked within a few weeks or even months (or even a year) will likely receive no noticable benefit in a perfect 70/70 environment. While keeping them in the "range" will preserve a decent draw, minimize burn problems (but it won't eliminate them), and you'll be able to have a place to put all the cigars you get in trades, order online, or bring home from your b&m, which is likely most cigars for most of us.
Cigars I tend to want to store for a wihle go to the bottom of the box, for minimum impact.
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I like to keep mine 65ish tending a little over...
when I kept em at 70 I seemed to have my cigars split while Iwas smoking them and they tended to go out more and I'd have to relight a half dozen times.
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What do you mean by split? As in the wrapper got a crack in it and would start to peal back? This is not caused by higher RH; in fact the higher the RH the less likely a leaf is to crack. Think of leaves on the ground. A dried up non wet leaf will crumble easier than a non-dried up leaf.
the wrapper would crack kinda *shrug* it was back when I was first getting my tupperdor first setup, maybe it was something else... I get what your saying tho.
*shrug* they dont do it anymore and I dont have to relight as much... so its all good
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I'll go ahead and speak up for 70%, since it seems to be in the minority around here.
I used to keep my humidor around 65, but switched to 70% (well, it stays closer to 68, but whatever).
I liked them both ways, but I think I like the smokes at 70% slightly more.
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