why 65%?

[Jhard1121]

My humidor is determined to keep my cigars at 70-72. Maybe I am seasoning the wood too much. I do notice that the cigars tend to go out and require numerous relights at this RH. I need to find a way to keep it down to the 65 range

 

[DeeDubya]

My humidor is determined to keep my cigars at 70-72. Maybe I am seasoning the wood too much. I do notice that the cigars tend to go out and require numerous relights at this RH. I need to find a way to keep it down to the 65 range

Just dry box them a couple days before you smoke them. If you don't know, a "dry box" is a small humidor without humidification. It allows slow drying to prep them for smoking. Generally, 2 or 3 days is long enough, depending on the ambient RH.

 

[Gordy]

my humi is at about 75% and im having all kinds of problems with my smokes.. need to lower it down a little

 

[doublerobusto]

Fill the humidor and it may take it down a bit. I filled mine to capacity and needed to added another humidification element to maintain the 70%.

I need to get the beads and be done with the old florist crap.

my humi is at about 75% and im having all kinds of problems with my smokes.. need to lower it down a little

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

Two reasons here, first is I use beads and it seems like 65% beads average 65-68 where 70% beads average 70-73 and I like the lower range. Second is it just seems like all cigars smoke well at 65 while only most smoke well at 70 for me.

I gotta 2nd Mitch's comments, CC's and NC's smoke better for me when I keep my humidor in the 63-65% RH range.

 

[Ducati]

my humi is at about 75% and im having all kinds of problems with my smokes.. need to lower it down a little

Problems like what? Mine seems to fluctuate between 72-78% and I haven't *noticed* any problems, although I could entirely be ignoring them or not noticing. :sadstare: