I was wondering if anyone adjusts their RH based on the temperature of their humidors. I read this article (who knows how) long ago, and it made me curious. I generally keep my cigars around 62-65%, and my cooler is usually around 75 degrees.
humidity vs temperature
- Thread starter sirxlaughs
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Check out this article. http://www.cigargroup.com/faq/#5.0a
gibbleguts
BoM april 09
Not really loving that article. The guy talks like it is an absolute that below 68% your cigars will crack and break. I have stored my cigars at 65% for years without this concern. I pretty much stopped reading at that point. I gave up on paying attention to hard and fast rules like 70/70 years ago and decided that I am much more happy at 65/65 then I was before. Guess I would say play arounf a little and find the sweet spot you like.
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I've been wondering a lot about this myself, as a couple of my humidors got a lot hotter than they should have this summer. Seems to me that once I get up around 80-85 degrees my cigars are smoking wet, even at 65%. Now, I've seen that article before and I understand what he's saying, but I just don't believe him when he says "Cigars don't care about absolute moisture content." Maybe the cigars don't, but I do. Every drop of additional water in that cigar is water that needs to boil off during the burn, taking heat away from the combustion reaction. Am I missing something?
-Charles
-Charles
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That is the exact temp/humi levels at my B&M locker. I am curious to see how they hold up over time.
gibbleguts
BoM april 09
I don't think that the temperature harms the cigars. My main issue with storing cigars at those temps is the risk of beetles. If you don't store that much or for that long I am sure it is not a problem. If you store a lot the thought of beetles and the need to freeze hundreds of boxes should anything go wrong just isn't worth the risk. Same as humidity of 70%+ I am sure is fine for not damaging the cigar but the risk of mold and having to inspect hundreds of boxes is not worth it to me. Finally I have grown to like a lower humidty as it has fixed many draw and burn issues that were common for me in CC's stored at 70%.
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I live up here in the high Arizona mountains with heat and low humidity. I use a Avallo humidor.
Due to the low 30% humidity and heat- summer 80-100 degrees. I keep my Avallo in the basement 70 degrees temp. and set at 70%.
They seem fine and happy.:clap:
Due to the low 30% humidity and heat- summer 80-100 degrees. I keep my Avallo in the basement 70 degrees temp. and set at 70%.
They seem fine and happy.:clap:
I was going to say the same thing. I've kept my cigars in an RH in the low 60's for years after finding that they smoke better that way vs 70%.
Thanks, everyone, for the great responses and discussion. As to 75 degrees being high - Yes, it is higher than the recommended temperature, but I've kept my cigars like this for a few years now. In the past, I had installed a peltier to control the temperature in one of my coolers. I gave that cooler to my brother, and since then, my new coolers have all stayed the same temp as my apartment (~75 degrees). I've had no beetles so far, and no other problems with my cigars.