the_brain
Megalomaniac Genius Mouse
This always comes up and wanted to add my $0.02.
First off I am a 2 cigar a day guy, not one of the major connoisseurs that hang out on this board, just an enthusiast. I was looking at the 60% vs. 70% thing, like everyone else, and wanted some more info. As a result I put together the below test.
I had 2 humidors and ordered beads for each at 70% or 65%. I allowed each to stabilize for 4 days before adding the cigars and let them stay in the humidors for a month before starting this process. This test is single blind (I did not know if the cigar was 65 or 70 until after the whole test was done). I put multiple of the same cigars into both of the humidors. My wife then selected for me each night without telling me what rh I was testing. I took notes and she correlated it with the rh. All of this is MY impression of the results, there was no scientific testing, just smoking.
Cigars that showed a MAJOR difference:
1.) Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 50 Years Robusto Box Press Best at 70% - much richer at 70%
2.) Punch Rare Corojo Champion Best at 65% - much better draw at 65%, flavors rounder and smoother.
3.) Partagas Lusitania - Best at 65% - More twang and nuttier at 65%
Cigars that showed some difference:
1.) Camacho Corojo Churchill Natural Better at 70% - mellower at 70%
2.) Camacho Corojo Churchill Maduro Better at 70% - mellower at 70%
3.) La Aroma De Cuba Robusto Better at 70% - harshness gone at 70%
4.) La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Magnifico Better at 65% - better draw and stronger at 65%
5.) Punch Rare Corojo 10th Anniversar Better at 65% - better draw at 65%, same otherwise
6.) H. Upmann No. 2 Better at 70% - flavors rounder, richer at 70%
7.) Viaje Oro Reserva VOR No. 5 Better at 65% - better draw and stronger at 65%
8.) Alec Bradley Tempus Centuria Better at 70% - richer at 70%
9.) Arturo Fuente Hemingway Best Seller - Better at 70% - smoother at 70% (note that the draw was a bit better at 65%, but not enough to overcome the better flavor at 70%)
10) Montecristo Edmundo - much smoother at 65%rh
No Difference:
1.) OpusX Belicoso
Looks like Im keeping both 65% and 70% rh boxes.
First off I am a 2 cigar a day guy, not one of the major connoisseurs that hang out on this board, just an enthusiast. I was looking at the 60% vs. 70% thing, like everyone else, and wanted some more info. As a result I put together the below test.
I had 2 humidors and ordered beads for each at 70% or 65%. I allowed each to stabilize for 4 days before adding the cigars and let them stay in the humidors for a month before starting this process. This test is single blind (I did not know if the cigar was 65 or 70 until after the whole test was done). I put multiple of the same cigars into both of the humidors. My wife then selected for me each night without telling me what rh I was testing. I took notes and she correlated it with the rh. All of this is MY impression of the results, there was no scientific testing, just smoking.
Cigars that showed a MAJOR difference:
1.) Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 50 Years Robusto Box Press Best at 70% - much richer at 70%
2.) Punch Rare Corojo Champion Best at 65% - much better draw at 65%, flavors rounder and smoother.
3.) Partagas Lusitania - Best at 65% - More twang and nuttier at 65%
Cigars that showed some difference:
1.) Camacho Corojo Churchill Natural Better at 70% - mellower at 70%
2.) Camacho Corojo Churchill Maduro Better at 70% - mellower at 70%
3.) La Aroma De Cuba Robusto Better at 70% - harshness gone at 70%
4.) La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Magnifico Better at 65% - better draw and stronger at 65%
5.) Punch Rare Corojo 10th Anniversar Better at 65% - better draw at 65%, same otherwise
6.) H. Upmann No. 2 Better at 70% - flavors rounder, richer at 70%
7.) Viaje Oro Reserva VOR No. 5 Better at 65% - better draw and stronger at 65%
8.) Alec Bradley Tempus Centuria Better at 70% - richer at 70%
9.) Arturo Fuente Hemingway Best Seller - Better at 70% - smoother at 70% (note that the draw was a bit better at 65%, but not enough to overcome the better flavor at 70%)
10) Montecristo Edmundo - much smoother at 65%rh
No Difference:
1.) OpusX Belicoso
Looks like Im keeping both 65% and 70% rh boxes.
