So I posted a gripe about my humidors earlier and got lots of good info (thank you). I went to smoke one tonight and the humidity dropped from 62 to 59 overnight and decided to smoke one from the small humidor. Cigar was pretty hard and taste was not great. I’m wondering if these cigars I’m storing should be put in some Tupperware and stored like that for a while or maybe low 60s and (on occasion) high 50s isn’t bad enough to dry them out to the point I need to change anything. I know what to do to change how I’m storing them I’m just wondering if the 15-20 sticks in my humidor that’s not holding more than 62 humidity (despite my 72 Boveda packs) should be put in a Tupperware quarantine or they will be ok there while I try some different methods to keep a higher level
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Would a cigar stored in the low 60s and high 50s for a week be dried out?
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whew thanks. When I have a smoke from the low 60/high 50 humidor I think it’s a mental thing that I think the cigars are way too dry and bitter. I’m putting a small piece of folded paper towel damp with distilled water in each one to hopefully bring the humidity up. It’s winter in Pittsburgh and very dry so I’m guessing that’s part of why I can’t keep the humidity where I want it
When a cigar is too dry it will burn faster and hotter. Faster and hotter normally means harsher and maybe more bitter. I dry box just about everything for a week or two at 62%. It will not hurt to put your cigars in Tupperware until you get your humidity control problems figured out.
Do not wet a paper towel and use that to bump up the humidity. It will be a mold magnet! Go get a Boveda cigar bag and put your cigars in it. I believe they come at 69% RH. Then get 84% Boveda seasoning packs. Enough for your humidor size. That would be two, 60 gram packs for a 50 stick humidor, double for 100, triple it for a 150. Then shut the lid and leave it alone for 2 week (14 days).
I live in MN and it has been a cold winter. I have 2 Boveda 72%, 320 gram packs in my 150 stick wood humidor. It is holding a steady 69% RH with my desert like home air. The humidity is being sucked out faster than 2 huge Boveda packs can replace it. That is with an excellent handcrafted wood humidor.
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Cool thanks. I will take the paper towel out today. Boveda packs will suck up excess mixture right? I was thinking maybe putting that cheap black humidifier that came with the humidors in there and hopefully having the Boveda packs soak up any excess moisture those produce (although that may essentially be doing the same thing as my caveman paper towel method no?
I received a 100 count desktop for Christmas and it is a pain in the butt. Four 75% packs won't keep it above 65% even with wiping it down with distilled water and keeping distilled water in a bowel in the bottom. I may have to go back to my tupperdore and 69% packs that were working fine for me. Shame because the desktop looks so good.
I store and smoke all my cigars in the low 60’s. Rarely have burn issues and still great flavors. I’m lucky that my ambient humidity rarely drops out of the low 50’s in the winter making wood humidors easy to deal with.
lots of people(myself included) actually 'dry box' some cigars to lower humidities prior to smoking. For me, anything with thick (or oily)leaves or lots of ligero i feel does better dry boxed. CC's also seem to perform better after a couple days in a dry box. So yeah i dont think theres an issue!