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Not necessarily. Plenty of fake cubans rolled with cuban tobacco.

Yep, you should be fine at that. Just make sure you've calibrated your hygro so you know you are getting a good solid reading. What's your storage like? Humidor? Tupper'dor? Wine Cool'idor? A 4% RH swing isn't crazy, but more than I expect to see in many cases. I assume when you say...

Not at all. Low 60's (%) is nothing, many even prefer it. High 50's (%) is starting to get in the worrisome range, but not for short periods. You need to give the system time to stabilize. Drop it to 67* and leave it for a week. If everything settles nicely, drop it again by a degree or two...

I see nothing in those pics that looks like mold. If you see fuzziness when looking at whatever you are seeing it's mold. Wipe it off with a clean cloth and put the sticks by themselves away from your others and check your humidity. Silly question, what's your RH in your humidor? Don't think...

Lee, It's not that the lower the temp, the lower the RH will go, but that the lower the temp, the less total moisture can be held in the air. You should be able to get to 65*/65%, it is just a bit harder to maintain because it is easier to overshoot that. Honestly, I wouldn't expect that...

WooHoo! I won't take very much credit for that though, I really did just take a guess on that. Sorry man, that cigar is still waiting on me. I'll get to that one this weekend at the latest. I wanted to sneak it in yesterday, but I just didn't have the time. Sorry for the hold-up gents.

I've got a trip to NY two weeks after the 4th. Might be tough to convince the little lady to give me the hall pass. I'll keep an eye on this and see if I can swing it.

Good Lord. This was actually published in a Cigar Magazine? No wonder so many starting out in this hobby come into it with such bad information. All of the above false, of course, with the exception that with the last statement if you add in "the foot of" between "mold on" and "a cigar" I...

Have a great day, bro'!

I'd love to do this, but besides the drive, the 4th is my Anniversary. Good luck putting this together and I'll hope to make it down south another time.

This is a wonderful short smoke.

Wow. No chit. That really throws me. I would have told you that of all the marcas I could have recognized Partagas. Never had that specific smoke, but still.

Check the "Cigar Deals" thread often. Good way to pick up samplers of good sticks without breaking the bank. Or, if you haven't already, look for the "Noob Sampler" thread and get on the list. Gotta break that Trader Rating cherry somehow. :wink:

JL 1 earlier at a Memorial day party. Probably a Cohiba Sig (whichever is the PC size) when I get home.

Well, let's just say that if you are correct, I'm going to owe Kirk cigars for sure! LOL. I smoked the second cigar yesterday and I'm feeling less and less sure of myself as we progress. Still mulling over that cigar. I will say, both of the first two smokes have been great. Maybe I should...

Bah. Stupid bolts. Can't win with goal tending alone.

Nice set up!