Accidental Dry Boxing

[mrretrohale]

Lit a monte 2 yesterday that was forgotten in my cigar caddy for a week with no humidipak. Thinking that that would be dry boxing, albeit accidental. The first few draws were typical and then it started tunneling. Tried to fix it by just torching the sides a bit but the wrapper refused to catch all the way to the end. I felt like I was smoking a pipe keeping the wrapper up with the cigar. Same thing happens today, left a couple of cigars in my caddy overnight, took out one to smoke and it refused to catch on the wrapper. Does this happen to anyone else? Is there a cause for this? I have my coolidor sitting at around 65% and 68f 20c

I know the solution to this problem is simple 1)put a humidipak in 2) stop leaving cigars in the caddy.

[BMWBen]

What is the outdoor Rh where you are?

[dicko]

Was the second cigar from the same box? It could be a construction issue. The fact it is tunneling in particular.
However it could be any number of humidity issues as you say. I'm sure some more knowledgeable members will chime in.


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[mrretrohale]

What is the outdoor Rh where you are?

40%



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[mrretrohale]

Was the second cigar from the same box? It could be a construction issue. The fact it is tunneling in particular.
However it could be any number of humidity issues as you say. I'm sure some more knowledgeable members will chime in.


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The second was a super partagas. It may have been really shitty luck.. being me it could be


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[Mattb82]

I would think that if it was too dry the wrapper would be affected first and would burn quicker to the filler. I may be wrong but it sounds more like a construction issue. 

[stinkhead]

1 minute ago, Mattb82 said:

I would think that if it was too dry the wrapper would be affected first and would burn quicker to the filler. I may be wrong but it sounds more like a construction issue. 

Agreed with this. I normally only get tunneling if I have a humidity spike and the filler is drier than the wrapper

[vladdraq]

2 hours ago, mrretrohale said:

Lit a monte 2 yesterday that was forgotten in my cigar caddy for a week with no humidipak. Thinking that that would be dry boxing, albeit accidental. The first few draws were typical and then it started tunneling. Tried to fix it by just torching the sides a bit but the wrapper refused to catch all the way to the end. I felt like I was smoking a pipe keeping the wrapper up with the cigar. Same thing happens today, left a couple of cigars in my caddy overnight, took out one to smoke and it refused to catch on the wrapper. Does this happen to anyone else? Is there a cause for this? I have my coolidor sitting at around 65% and 68f 20c

I know the solution to this problem is simple 1)put a humidipak in 2) stop leaving cigars in the caddy.

try to puff slowly, 1-2 times per minute. 

[mrretrohale]

Agreed with this. I normally only get tunneling if I have a humidity spike and the filler is drier than the wrapper

When I inspected both of them they were fine prelight I've smoked from the boxes without trouble. Might really just be a crappy day out


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[mrretrohale]

try to puff slowly, 1-2 times per minute. 

My tempo is usually about 1-1.5 minutes between puffs. I used to huff right through and wonder why they tasted awful at the end. This usually works and in this case it was still lit, the filler that is.


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[Mycroft]

9 hours ago, mrretrohale said:

40%

What temperature range - night/day? Is humidity constant? 

[canadianbeaver]

This is so unfortunate. We keep cigars (lots and lots) in humidors and boxes in places away from our standing humidors for days.

Sometimes when we travel, this can be for up to two weeks. 

And believe me, I am no expert at this. Just a good consumer. May I suggest you keep cigars on the prowl in plastic ziplock bags?

CB

[mrretrohale]

 

3 hours ago, Mycroft said:

What temperature range - night/day? Is humidity constant? 

can't be too sure of how constant it is but as the snow melts that may cause the rise. it was about 7-ish that day

[mrretrohale]

40 minutes ago, canadianbeaver said:

This is so unfortunate. We keep cigars (lots and lots) in humidors and boxes in places away from our standing humidors for days.

Sometimes when we travel, this can be for up to two weeks. 

And believe me, I am no expert at this. Just a good consumer. May I suggest you keep cigars on the prowl in plastic ziplock bags?

CB

Yeah will take every precaution to stop this from happening. ziplock, boveda, vodoo anything 

[Mycroft]

1 hour ago, mrretrohale said:

it was about 7-ish that day

I meant temperature and humidity where the cigars were kept, not when they were smoked. 

[PigFish]

I have left cigars in automobiles for weeks at a time. I love dry cigars...

Tunneling is a construction issue. You need to look beyond the single variable of rH. Cigars tunnel because they are under packed and missing core tobacco components. MHO... -the Pig

[mrretrohale]

I meant temperature and humidity where the cigars were kept, not when they were smoked. 

I didn't track the temp or RH in the cigar caddy but I'm assuming the seal would be tight enough so that it wouldn't be dried. Or at least not extremely.


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[mrretrohale]

I have left cigars in automobiles for weeks at a time. I love dry cigars...

Tunneling is a construction issue. You need to look beyond the single variable of rH. Cigars tunnel because they are under packed and missing core tobacco components. MHO... -the Pig

Thanks for the input piggy! I think I'm just refusing to believe the luck that two cigars back to back from different boxes were both buggered.

Worse things have happened.


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