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After reading a good bit and noting information available in various places on the net, I shifted my target from 70/70 to 65/65 about a year ago.
This worked well during the winter when room temp is about 68. During the summer the wineador units run more due to the room temp being about 75/76. Although the house temp varies from season to season, that is where we are most comfortable during that time of year and we sleep well at those points.
During the summer months, the wineadors cool more and the cooling cycles and related condensation cause a bit of instability of RH levels.
Also, this year I put a much larger wineador in service and it is a compressor model which has a bit more condensation than the thermoelectric units.
Mid summer some of the cigars were smoking decidedly on the dry side.
So, I changed the target to 67/67 about a month ago and things are smoking much better. Some cigars are still going to take a while to burn evenly, seems like the fatter and longer the cigar is the longer it will take to stabilize at a different point.
Everything seemed to burn better at 65/65 with just a barely noticeable loss in flavor. However, I now think that level leaves no margin for error and runs the risk of being too dry during seasonal shifts of the ambient temp.
At 67/67 things are smoking better and tasting better. However, not all cigars burn as well. Don’t know if or how much that will improve when they stabilize for a long period.
Even so, I have previously noticed that some of the cigars I enjoy the most flavors from are ones that I have to pay attention to smoking and if put them down for even a slight period they will go out.
Targeting 67/67 seems to work out much better for me.
I will note that since RH is relative to temperature a % of RH doesn’t mean too much without the Temp to which it is relative. In terms of moisture content anyhow.
This worked well during the winter when room temp is about 68. During the summer the wineador units run more due to the room temp being about 75/76. Although the house temp varies from season to season, that is where we are most comfortable during that time of year and we sleep well at those points.
During the summer months, the wineadors cool more and the cooling cycles and related condensation cause a bit of instability of RH levels.
Also, this year I put a much larger wineador in service and it is a compressor model which has a bit more condensation than the thermoelectric units.
Mid summer some of the cigars were smoking decidedly on the dry side.
So, I changed the target to 67/67 about a month ago and things are smoking much better. Some cigars are still going to take a while to burn evenly, seems like the fatter and longer the cigar is the longer it will take to stabilize at a different point.
Everything seemed to burn better at 65/65 with just a barely noticeable loss in flavor. However, I now think that level leaves no margin for error and runs the risk of being too dry during seasonal shifts of the ambient temp.
At 67/67 things are smoking better and tasting better. However, not all cigars burn as well. Don’t know if or how much that will improve when they stabilize for a long period.
Even so, I have previously noticed that some of the cigars I enjoy the most flavors from are ones that I have to pay attention to smoking and if put them down for even a slight period they will go out.
Targeting 67/67 seems to work out much better for me.
I will note that since RH is relative to temperature a % of RH doesn’t mean too much without the Temp to which it is relative. In terms of moisture content anyhow.
