This ^^^ I really don't get dry-boxing either! (?)
Are you happy at 62% ?
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HillbillyPyro
that's what she said
Holding solid at 64% and haven't had a better smoking experience. CC's and NC's
I've been hovering at around 63% this winter and my cigars have been burning pretty good.
I have a wineador that is running 64-67 (top to bottom). Opus, Anejo. Tats and CC's at the bottom, Davidoff and Padron at the top. I have a desktop humi with 62 boveda. I keep about 20 cigars in the desktop to give variety that is ready to smoke at 62. My experience is that Anejo, Opus, CC's and Tats have been great at 62. I prefer Davidoff and Padron at 65 and just grab them out of the wineador. They were too dry for me at 62 and the taste was off. Smoked the same Padron and Davidoff at 65-67 and they were great. The My Father line smoked great at 62 as well. This has been my experience based on my taste. Hope this helps.
I think dryboxing is for the wrapper only. It is too short to do anything to the rest of the cigar but may improve the burn by drying the wrapper. It may be the best of both worlds, higher rh for the core of the cigar while having a dryer wrapper.
I keep mine at 62 and I'm very happy. Nothing ruins a cigar experience for me more than having to relight multiple times (ask any of the MN crew). I've never gone above 65, and have always been content. I've also never had mold issues.
Thankfully this is a very easy thing to test, which I'll gladly do. I'll set up 3 tupperdors with Boveda packs, with 5-8 of the same cigar in each, let them rest for X time, punch, and smoke each on a schedule. I'll record wrapper breakage (hence the punch) and number of touchups and relights.
So... which humidities should I test? I think 62, 65, and 70.
How long to wait? I think 4 weeks to acclimate, and then one from each humidor per week.
Which sticks? It has to be something fairly short, but wide enough to reliably punch. Sorry, I'm not gonna smoke 24 of the same Toro in a short time span. The HUHC would be ideal, imo, but I've gotta work with something quickly available.
Thankfully this is a very easy thing to test, which I'll gladly do. I'll set up 3 tupperdors with Boveda packs, with 5-8 of the same cigar in each, let them rest for X time, punch, and smoke each on a schedule. I'll record wrapper breakage (hence the punch) and number of touchups and relights.
So... which humidities should I test? I think 62, 65, and 70.
How long to wait? I think 4 weeks to acclimate, and then one from each humidor per week.
Which sticks? It has to be something fairly short, but wide enough to reliably punch. Sorry, I'm not gonna smoke 24 of the same Toro in a short time span. The HUHC would be ideal, imo, but I've gotta work with something quickly available.
I've usually stuck around the 65-67 mark, but with our weird weather recently, it dropped into the 50s. I've been slowly correcting it, with it being around 63 lately. I seem to be enjoying my smokes, so I might stick around that
Baitfish? Short and a 44 rg. I have a two size punch on my Bugatti torch at home that could punch the baitfish. Idk what you're working with.
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what i do is i grab 3-6 smokes that are in line to be smoked and dry box them (empty cigar box) for a week. at the end of the week what ever i didn't smoke gets but back in my humidor, rinse and repeat.
How about a Diesel Corona? 10 packs are only $25 at CI right now.
Today I realized that the lower section of my humidor was at 70% humidity due to my beads being oversaturated(top shelf is at 62%...last cigar I smoked from the lower section and near the beads was awful and had burn issues, I made it less than halfway through the cigar. Just sayin
Luckily my top shelf is full and my tuperdor is rock steady RH.
Luckily my top shelf is full and my tuperdor is rock steady RH.
i tend to smoke sticks i know are offensively spicy, at a higher rh. it tends to mute that note, albeit, at a loss of other notes. and i also prefer cc's at a higher rh depending on the brand. the more smooth the stick is, the lower i go with rh, to bring out all the flavors. still, it's an ever evolving balancing act. oh and one more tidbit which influences this...i retro every cigar, every puff. sometimes it gets too intense (with tats especially)
Cigary43
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We're all different when it comes to RH and if you ask the experts they will tell you to store your cigars with respect to how they thrive when the tobacco was growing....70/70. The problems with having a 70% RH cigar is of course how it smokes when you store it at that level....burn issues, hard draw, etc. This is why most will tell you to store them at 65% because you will experience fluctuations of RH so the average tends to stay with 65% to counteract those changes. Some thicker wrappers tend to smoke better at a higher RH while thinner wrappers tend to smoke better at a lower RH. When I first started my experience with cigars so many years ago I kept the RH at 70% and liked the way it tasted...I'm not a fan of dried out cigars and to me....anything below 62% tastes dry.
Keep mine 62 -65%. I have a cabinet humidor which I converted from a china cabinet. Have an Oasis Plus on the bottom shelf so the bottom part stays at 65% and the upper shelves are at 62%. Keep the CC on the top shelf and the NC on the bottom shelves.
My humi is dialed in right now at 63% and I'm happy with the results. In the Winter, I only smoke when I go to a B&M or if it's one of those abnormally warm days and I don't need to worry about smoking in the dry air. During the Summer here, it gets really humid, so I still like to keep a lower Rh or else, after 30-45 minutes of drawing warm moist air through the cigar, I find the taste starts to turn a bit bitter and I run into burn issues.
But that's according to my tastes.
But that's according to my tastes.
Smoking environment has a lot to do with how it burns as well. I'm not going to claim expertise, but I do know I've had more problems when smoking in more extreme weather. Whether that can be remedied with a change in storage methods, I don't know. But it brings challenges for those of us that live in an area with huge variance in weather conditions. 100F and 95% humidity in the summer, -10F and 0% humidity in the winter.
Even in winter months when I smoke in the garage, some cigars are more sensitive than others.
Bottom line is find what you prefer. I'm just starting to give this a little more thought. As my CC collection grows, the ones I've had recently smoked a bit wet at 65%. Its a happy medium for most people and most cigars, but you may need to tweak it for your situation
Even in winter months when I smoke in the garage, some cigars are more sensitive than others.
Bottom line is find what you prefer. I'm just starting to give this a little more thought. As my CC collection grows, the ones I've had recently smoked a bit wet at 65%. Its a happy medium for most people and most cigars, but you may need to tweak it for your situation