egoo33 Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 low 60s with winter approacing going to try to get them in the high 50s
1LegLance Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Ok Ray , you caught me I didn't have the full blown affliction as I didn't convert my data into pretty lined graphs....this was late 90's through early 00's and I was using an old computer and just looked at the raw data as a field of numbers. Maybe that is what cured me of the "Piggy Number-itis"....just too much raw data in my system Actually I know the truth, just a big dose of lazy fixed me right up. Here is in the desert southwest of Arizona the spot in the house I used for that setup was much warmer and the fridge cycled ALOT. With the Johnson control unit keeping such a narrow range it cycled a WHOLE LOT. That killed the used ol' girl I started with and I was toooooo lazy to build anew or repair. Thus I went into "Ray remission" and settled on wine coolers in our bedroom which is a much better spot temp and access wise In all seriousness I am just happy to know folks care to care for their investments...I have met plenty of "cigar guys" who keep their sticks in the home fridge, desk drawer, sock drawer or dash of the pickup truck.
rmill3r Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 60%-65%...My house is kinda warm, though, so that sucks :/
PigFish Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Ok Ray , you caught me I didn't have the full blown affliction as I didn't convert my data into pretty lined graphs....this was late 90's through early 00's and I was using an old computer and just looked at the raw data as a field of numbers. Maybe that is what cured me of the "Piggy Number-itis"....just too much raw data in my system Actually I know the truth, just a big dose of lazy fixed me right up. Here is in the desert southwest of Arizona the spot in the house I used for that setup was much warmer and the fridge cycled ALOT. With the Johnson control unit keeping such a narrow range it cycled a WHOLE LOT. That killed the used ol' girl I started with and I was toooooo lazy to build anew or repair. Thus I went into "Ray remission" and settled on wine coolers in our bedroom which is a much better spot temp and access wise In all seriousness I am just happy to know folks care to care for their investments...I have met plenty of "cigar guys" who keep their sticks in the home fridge, desk drawer, sock drawer or dash of the pickup truck. I often wonder how much cycling these systems can take. As you might know, I keep a couple (generally) working humidors (wine cooler humidors) in my shop. I got the shop up to the mid-nineties a few weeks ago and one of my humidors, an older one with little insulation was cycling about once every 3 minutes and 45 seconds. While I don't suggest that others store at such high ambients, I like to know where my systems breakdown. Functional breakdown is what I am referring to, not actual breakdowns. My systems do cycle a lot. Like you said, narrow range means for continuous adjustments (cycles). Like you, I just like to see (and help) others care for their cigars. How one does it means very little, as long as you are satisfied. When I was working (a real job for other people) I was known for smoking several cigars a day. I would take a box, toss them on the back seat of my truck, and leave them there until they were all smoked up. Dry cigars have always been to my liking and as long as I was going to smoke them imminently, I too have been guilty of the 'pickup truck' humidor!!! -LOL Cheers mate! -Ray (I have to agree, numbers crunching is a pain in the arse. I use software to keep it all for me now. I don't know what is worse though, debugging the data, or the software!)
HaterProof Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 A lot of cigars seem to taste best at varying humidities. Take 3 or 4 sticks of your favorite cigar (read: identical cigar) and place each one in a different ziplock bag with different humidities (boveda will work) for about a week and see what humidity you like best. Don't be afraid to light more than one cigar at a time to see. The differences in humidity for the same cigar will be mind blowing. This will give you an idea of what you like and more importantly what humidity your fav cigar tastes best at to you. 1
gtejada Posted October 16, 2014 Author Posted October 16, 2014 I asked the same question not too long ago as I'm sure many others have ....thought Rob's storage thoughts may be of interest to you Awesome! thanks a lot!
Pedro2486 Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 A lot of cigars seem to taste best at varying humidities. Take 3 or 4 sticks of your favorite cigar (read: identical cigar) and place each one in a different ziplock bag with different humidities (boveda will work) for about a week and see what humidity you like best. Don't be afraid to light more than one cigar at a time to see. The differences in humidity for the same cigar will be mind blowing. This will give you an idea of what you like and more importantly what humidity your fav cigar tastes best at to you. I concur. As a bit of an experiment recently I have put 15 cigars from the one box into 3 containers. One with 60 rH bovedas, one with 65 rH and one with 72 rH packs. Then I left them alone sitting next to each other in my cupboard for a couple of months. My findings: I like 60 rH best but that means pretty much jack for anyone else 2
LeafLover Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 My findings: I like 60 rH best but that means pretty much jack for anyone else Gotta be the quote of the year.
mikek Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 Being in the desert with the R/H about 20 R/H,I have to keep mine at 65% or as close as possible,if I don't and I'm out with A torpedo or something big the wrapper will crack before I'm done.I really find most I smoke best at around 62.When I was in Santa Barbara Calif. I didn't have to do anything they always stayed in the low 60's and never over 65 fa. The baggie test is A very good idea!
Baldy Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 Keep in mind that RH will flatuate with temperature too. Of course everyone knows that a cigar us unsmokeable unless it's at 65.154674% RH +/- 0.00001% no more and definitely not less. The hardest part is having to stick the cigar back in the humi inbetween puffs in order to keep it at this ideal RH.
potpest Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 Keep in mind that RH will flatuate with temperature too. Of course everyone knows that a cigar us unsmokeable unless it's at 65.154674% RH +/- 0.00001% no more and definitely not less. The hardest part is having to stick the cigar back in the humi inbetween puffs in order to keep it at this ideal RH. Flatulating is never good for the cigars, especially if it contains hydrogen sulfide 1
Smiley Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 Keep mine at 67% and 18 C. I usually dry box a couple of days beford smoking. This post was beamed up by Scotty...
Mckucci Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 R/H 65% (temperature typically sits between 68-70 degrees)
... Posted October 25, 2014 Posted October 25, 2014 Flatulating is never good for the cigars, especially if it contains hydrogen sulfide Ammonia outgassing, or cigar farts
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