help needed re Nudies Lanceros

[Bill Hayes]

I broke out another lovely lanceros yesterday after 2 weeks in the humidor. has come along nicely, although far too early. still loved it. I stored them with 2 65% boveda packs but I think my hygrometer is not accurate. They have dried out considerably as though they have been dry boxed. The boveda packs were probably too small and are nothing but crystals now. To bring them back, should I start with about a 60% boveda packs and work my way up to 65% slowly, changing up % every 2 or 3 weeks or simply let them be? I fear they will split is done too quickly and that I will affect the flavour considerably. Lesson learned. PS. The cigar went well with a coffee vanilla porter. Thanks

[MagicalBikeRide]

I’ve found Boveda to change the RH in my humidor / tuppadors very slowly. Others will have a more informed opinion, but I’d just go with the RH you want from the outset. 

[Sir Diggamus]

Hey Bill!

If 65% is your desired rh then I think you are fine to plop a couple of 65% Boveda back in your container. I don’t know how big your tupper is, but Boveda has a size rating for each of their packets. For a smaller tupper that holds 40-50 cigars I use 2 of the Size 60 packets at 65%. It generally keeps the rh at closer to 67-69% but the cigars seem to be fine. I went to 62% for a bit and the cigars just seemed to be too dry, I think the 62% are great for very large containers or coolers for box storage, but for storing loose cigars I like the 65% packs.


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[Bill Hayes]

15 hours ago, Sir Diggamus said:

Hey Bill!

If 65% is your desired rh then I think you are fine to plop a couple of 65% Boveda back in your container. I don’t know how big your tupper is, but Boveda has a size rating for each of their packets. For a smaller tupper that holds 40-50 cigars I use 2 of the Size 60 packets at 65%. It generally keeps the rh at closer to 67-69% but the cigars seem to be fine. I went to 62% for a bit and the cigars just seemed to be too dry, I think the 62% are great for very large containers or coolers for box storage, but for storing loose cigars I like the 65% packs.


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Thanks mate, I have an old school humidor with Spanish cedar. I reckon the cedar has soaked up some of the moisture in the cigars which is a tad odd seeing as I had two small 65% boveda packs in the humidor already that were sucked dry after the cigars went in. I feel maybe the lanceros were at a nice 70/75% and I dried them out a touch. I will look into getting some more boveda packs right for the volume. Thanks again, Cheers

[Fireball]

I put them in a tupperdore with some other nudies and some 62 boveda packs. RH fluctuated wildly for a few days and is now slowly settling in where I expect it too based on how I maintain rh in other cabinets (this statement is just a reference to the fact that bovedas maintain different rh the farther away from 70 f temps- at least that’s how I understand it)

Moral of the story. Make sure you have large enough bovedas, and give it some time.

[gormag38]

9 hours ago, Bill Hayes said:

I reckon the cedar has soaked up some of the moisture in the cigars which is a tad odd seeing as I had two small 65% boveda packs in the humidor already that were sucked dry after the cigars went in.

Is it at all possible that the humidor wasn't properly 'conditioned' before you placed the cigars/boveda in? Could be that the spanish cedar was 'sucking up' all the moisture from the small bovedas and cigars because it was 'dried out'. 

[Sir Diggamus]

Is it at all possible that the humidor wasn't properly 'conditioned' before you placed the cigars/boveda in? Could be that the spanish cedar was 'sucking up' all the moisture from the small bovedas and cigars because it was 'dried out'. 

This could be it too. If the humidor wasn’t seasoned prior to putting the cigars in it then the wood will suck up the moisture from the Bovedas and they won’t go into the cigars.


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