Preferred Humidity Percentage

[lucasbuck]

I'm looking into switching from foam based Credo type humidifiers to Climmax. I'm trying to decide between the 65% and 70%. Thanks for any and all input everyone.

 

[SamGuss]

I have heard that ISOM's are best kept at 65%, while most domestics do better at 70%.

Personally I am trying to get one of my humidors to come down to and stay at 65%. COurse no luck yet I have a hard time keeping them from going above 70-72% - arrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :sign:

Sam

 

[TheBeast]

I prefer 68% on everything.

 

[FatherTiresius]

65% for me for everything. Havanas smoke better at a little lower humidity because they're bunched tighter.

 

[mikedevilsfan]

Craig,
SOme think lower is better. I am paranoid though.
I don't think you can go wrong at 70%, espescially since the minute you take them out of the door they begin to drop in humidity.

But I have heard that ISOM's are better kept at 65%.
I can attest that I had one at about 72% and the thing was impossible to smoke.

Hope that helps
Michael

 

[gibu]

I live in a very dry climate so keeping the 70 is a challenge for me at best. If I keep 70 then I feel more comfortable knowing I have some wiggle room if I don't notice soon enough and things go south for a while.


Wow! I wrote that and I'm not real sure it all made sense to me.

 

[dixieland_conjunction]

I live in a very dry climate so keeping the 70 is a challenge for me at best. If I keep 70 then I feel more comfortable knowing I have some wiggle room if I don't notice soon enough and things go south for a while.


Wow! I wrote that and I'm not real sure it all made sense to me.

That made perfect sense to me. I think that's a pretty good plan.

Except for this summer (SD_Stack will back me on this I'm sure - <swim on over Steven>) we have a fairly moderate climate in NC, so I keep mine a little below 70, but not 65 if I can help it.

I do love my 'gars to burn hot so a little drier is OK for me, but, again, aiming for 65 makes me nervous.

 

[sibernation]

I started out at 70%. But to be honest I find that my cigars seem to be doing better and smokeing bettr at 65 or just a tad higher. :thumbs:

 

[Allofus123]

63-65% for me....everything smokes better period. Almost non existent burn problems or split wrappers keeping the lower humidity. 70 if I was planning to store something for say 10-20 years.

 

[LuckyDawg]

i voted 70% in the poll. that's not by choice it's just all my humi will
accomplish. i've found everything smokes better at 65% or even
a little lower. like all123 said, no splits, perfect square burn, etc.
i'm planning on looking into climaxx beads to replace my foam system.
all i have is a desktop humi, maybe 1/2 cubic foot. any suggestions
on how much weight of beads i would need? would what would fit in
the existing plastic canister that sticks to the lid be enough maybe?

sorry to jack your thread a little bit there LB!

l8er

todd

 

[mikedevilsfan]

Question though about the humidity-
At what point do the cigars start drying out?
Ever smoked a cigar from a place that didn't have a good eye on the humidity? Yuck.
Sure it will burn better, but it will ruin the taste also. SO where is the line at???

Michael

 

[lucasbuck]

Excellent question Mike. I'd like to see some of the FOG's weigh in on this one.

 

[SD_Stack]

I go 70%. I've just always done it that way. It works.

 

[LuckyDawg]

i used to go to a stop-and-rob that had a small walk-in
humi. they had a nice selection. unfortunately they had
morons working there that didn't know d@#* about
cigars. last time i went in there, they had let the humidifier
run dry and RH was @ 38%! :0
they had nicely wrapped dust, so i can tell you that 38% will dry
them out! i've seen as low as 60% still smoke well, although i
don't know how long it had been 60% or if that would eventually
dry them out or not.

todd

 

[dixieland_conjunction]

There is a new super-mega-mondo wine store here in town. I don't drink a bit, but went in there with my mom a discovered that they alos have quite a cigar offering (since then I've been several times). They have three huge wall cabinets and a ~200-count humi at every register.

They keep the cabinets well maintaind with a matching super-mega-mondo HumidAir system, but the register humis are a joke!

I was there today when I was waiting to meet for dinner and started chatting it up with a guy that was picking out a few for the long weekend. I then noticed that he had a few in his hand that I was pretty sure had come from one of the register humis. I asked him if he'd checked the gauge when he got them out, because every time I'd been in there, those at the registers averaged about 50%. We walked over to the one he'd picked them form and it read........28% :0 :angry:

The air in the store probably had that much in it! - just leave the lid open!

He thanked me profusely and proceeded to grab three Montes (Serie V Robusto, #1, and #4) from the cabinet.


I was hopeing that he buy me a #2, but he didn't


The good news is that I found Serie V mini belli (I think ??? ) mislabeled as some H. Up 2000. I got a $7.50 stick for $4.89 :thumbs: It was the only one....believe me, I searched the entire box

To congradulate myself, I bought a Mac Diplomat Maddie (Yuuuuuuumy!!! - had one last thursday) and FINALLY a Monte #2.


:sign:


Cheers,
Dixie

 

[SD_Stack]

Wheres this HUGE wine shop dixie? I been going to Frugal McDoogles at Carowinds.

 

[dixieland_conjunction]

Wheres this HUGE wine shop dixie?  I been going to Frugal McDoogles at Carowinds. 

Its new. "Total Wine" - behind Park Road Shopping Center (Park Rd. & Woodlawn). I've only been to Frugals twice, but I think TW is only slightly smaller. I've never seen anywhere colse to that much wine in one place except at a vineyard.

They do have amazing wine prices according to my mom, but their gars are retail. Except, for some strange reason, the Monte #2 ??? : only $9.49. At most places I've been, its around $12.

Cheers,
Dixie

 

[SD_Stack]

There is a Total Wine on Independence across from Windsor Square in Matthews. I haven't been in. Maybe I'll stop by sometime. Thats alot closer than Park rd.

 

[FatherTiresius]

Question though about the humidity-
At what point do the cigars start drying out?
Ever smoked a cigar from a place that didn't have a good eye on the humidity? Yuck.
Sure it will burn better, but it will ruin the taste also. SO where is the line at???

Michael

Not sure I understand the question. There is no "point" at which they start drying out. The less the humidity the drier the cigars. You can leave your cigars at 65% indefinately and they'll smoke (and taste) great. It's especially true for Havanas but also true of nons.

 

[wk-mang]

I keep my cigars at 65%-67% RH and they smoke just the way I like 'em! I feel that this RH also does well for aging! Just my $.02.

Aloha,

Wade