What is your temp./humidity pref.?

[rpb67]

Set and Forget keeps my cigars at 65/65.

Perfect for me.

 

[MichiganM]

I prefer 65/65 when realistically maintainable.

 

[Mikes]

I like keeping the walk-in at 64% and 65 deg. But since it is cold out the temp is down to 60 deg.

 

[Boppa-Wasch]

I like keeping the walk-in at 64% and 65 deg. But since it is cold out the temp is down to 60 deg.

Did you say WALK IN??? Post pics!:thumbsup:

 

[caudio51]

I think he has somewhere

 

[cvm4]

Did you say WALK IN??? Post pics!:thumbsup:

http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=8464

 

[caudio51]

I knew I could count on Cliff to find it

 

[stogies&hoagies]

62 % for me.

 

[acaffey]

65-67% for most of the dominicans, etc. and 64-66% for "everything else". Average of about 68 degrees - about 65 as a low in the winter and 72 or so as a high in the summer.

 

[frankluke]

i keep all my cigars in a cabinet,67 temp 62%..on average

i think everything smokes and tastes bettor with the lower humidity.

 

[caudio51]

Less burn problems at the lower RH IMO

 

[Boppa-Wasch]

Less burn problems at the lower RH IMO

What he said!

 

[knife]

What he said!

Yep!

Going below your ideal temp for a while is no big deal, but going above can be deadly. One of my desktop humis didn't fare well post-Katrina flood, because it got too bleeping hot for too bleeping long, being stuck in a storage facility.

No Habanos in that one, though :waving:

Also, I like drier...64-68% RH tops. Except for about 3 months, I'm usually more worried about keeping my humidity down than up.

 

[Scottological]

Does anyone have experience or foresee problems with storing cigars (mostly CC's) below 60 degrees? I keep a steady RH of 65% in my coolerdor, but in the basement, during the winter, it stays at a constant 57-58 degrees. (It takes some extra work, of course, to keep it at that level in the winter.)

This is the first winter I have it, and out of fear for the damage the cold may do, I'm juggling my whole collection in a series of tupperware containers.

So does storing cigars at 57-58 degrees present any problems?

 

[caudio51]

Well just remember that warm air has a greater capacity for RH. It might be tough to keep it at 65% RH at temps that low.

I don't see any problems other than keeping the RH up.

Maybe some other guys can shed some more light

 

[architeuthis]

I try for 60% RH and the temp stays right around 70 degrees where my huge-ador resides. Actually, I've not put any water in this thing in a long long time, as Houston is so naturally humid. In the summer I have to open it and blow a fan into it for an hour every week to keep the RH from going up to 70% of it's own accord.

Coolerdor is too new and too close to empty to have anything to report with it. I do keep it filled with empty cigar boxes though.

Thanks.

 

[caudio51]

The empty cigar boxes help a lot

 

[williegstyles]

My humidity ranges anywhere from 63-66% and my temp ranges from 68-73 degrees.

Ditto