Need some advice on my humidors

[AdrenalineJunkie]

Well I bought a 100 capacity humidor off of cigar.com some time ago and recently someone gave me an old 150 ct one. I started reading around and it seemed like everyone kept their box at 65% so I decided to do so also. I got the puck and honestly its doing its job real well. I'm just not really liking the cigar quality coming out of the humidor. I know some cigars do better at 70% from what I read so my question is should I change the RH? I have about 20 RP 1992 and 20 CAO Man o Wars between both humidors. I just think that the sticks seem more stiff and more likely to split and unravel when lit. I'm also having an issue with the 2 way velcro coming off of my humidor and hygrometers. I'm not peeking every day and I'm not trying to dwell on it but I want to let my cigars sleep until the spring time here in Philly. I don't want to end up with dry sticks and I'm an anal person so I really hate the velcro peeling off. Also can I add/remove beeds from the puck or should I get the sack with the beeds in it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Michal]

Like it was written few times: 65% for smoking, and 70% for ageing.
And if You want to keep them until spring, then we have few months, so 70% would be better I think.

Also can I add/remove beeds from the puck or should I get the sack with the beeds in it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If You have 65% Puck, then removing/adding beads will not work. If You'll remove them, then the rest will get dry faster trying to give 65%RH to your humi, and if You'll add then it will just dont work... I think

The only way is to buy 70% Puck

Hope I could help.

 

[wanlail]

as far as the splitting and unraveling is concerned, it may be due to the winter weather if you're outside.

http://www.cigarpass.com/forumsipb/index.php?showtopic=27525
http://www.cigarpass.com/forumsipb/index.php?showtopic=27558

As far as dropping the % of the puck, you just need to have more of the beads opaque instead of clear. If i'm not mistaken, i think i read that you can put some of the beads in a 150 degree oven and dry them out in a few minutes to help give the desired rh. also, is your humidor sealing correctly? my roommies didn't seal correctly and gave him rh problems for a while too. then again, maybe i'm just talkin outta my ass

 

[Infinity]

My cigars are all stored and smoked between 62 and 65 RH,
always tastes good to me :thumbs:

Brian

 

[Brickhouse]

I was a 70% guy in the past, but ever since accidentally ordering a 65% puck, I haven't gone back.

Everything smokes better 60-65 IMO, I haven't had the pleasure of aging anything yet.

 

[tone-ny]

I was a 70% guy in the past, but ever since accidentally ordering a 65% puck, I haven't gone back.

Everything smokes better 60-65 IMO, I haven't had the pleasure of aging anything yet.

X2

 

[grateful1]

I was a 70% guy in the past, but ever since accidentally ordering a 65% puck, I haven't gone back.

Everything smokes better 60-65 IMO, I haven't had the pleasure of aging anything yet.

X2

yup!





You may also want to 'combine' the smokes into 1 humi <seperate by some cedar>. I don't like to let a humi get too low on smokes. A full humi will usually be more stable with it's humidity level. IMHO!

 

[Mrepp]

I’m going to agree with most folks here. You may have to let them settle a while but my best smokes are at 65%. I have a humi at 60%, 65% and one at 70%. I really dislike the one at 70%. It seems very hard for me to maintain and the smokes don’t smoke well. 65% is all around perfect.

 

[Marcos]

I also prefer 65% to 70%. Over this summer I switched from 70% media to 65% media and noticed a big difference. I liked it alot. Now that the colder dryer weather is here and the home has forced heat that is dry as well, I was having real trouble keeping the RH at 65% in my humi. It was very low. I switced back to the 70% media and now the box is holding steady around 65%. I guess the mediocre seal, and the dry air, and slightly lower temp in the house allow for this. Either way, I am back holding steady at 65% and happy once again .

 

[mmburtch]

Since I switched to @65%, I have not had a stick go out, haven't had a bad burn that didn't quickly correct itself, and have really enjoyed some great cigars that I had thought were simply constructed poorly.

 

[fenian'98]

I also used to buy into the 70/70 as an absolute until I found CP. After going to 65% I'll never look back. They just burn perfectly.

 

[Rod]

I agree with the 65% RH level. My cooler is kept at about 65%, and the cigars seem to smoke very well.

 

[bilder]

Sometimes being a noob is nice.

I went straight to 65% beads after reading all the stuff on the forums.

No muss, no fuss.