Rich93

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  1. Piggy, thanks for the quick response. In my attempt to understand the relationships I'm just looking for the direction of a change and not an empirical evaluation of the amount of change to be expected or the rate of change. Although I expressed my attempted "explanation" poorly in scientific terms, I think I now have the direction correct. Or I hope. So, for example, just to check my understanding, suppose I have a wineador and am faced with the following hypothetical choice: (1) set the temp to be 65F and hold the rh at 65, or (2) leave the wineador unplugged in a room with the ambient temp of 75F and hold the rh at 65. The PMC of the cigars will tend to be higher under (1) than under (2). I don't know how much higher or how long it might take for them to be higher, but the direction will be up. Experimentation would be necessary to know how important this effect is in practice. Correct?
  2. I've recently acquired an end table humidor from Bob Staebell that I intend to use for storing boxes (beautiful piece of furniture, by the way). What is the consensus on this question: Should I put in the boxes sealed tightly or should I store them cracked open a millimeter or two so that some air can get inside? If it matters, given my age and the uncertainty of when the grim reaper might strike, I do not intend to store them for longer than a five year period. Thanks for the help!
  3. I was hoping someone would answer this question directly but no one has, so I'll try. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm trying to wrap my head around this topic but am working with very limited brainpower. Piggy's rules: (1) As rh goes up, PMC goes up; (2) as temp goes up, PMC goes down. Question: Are these rules holding the other variable constant? That is, for example, as temp goes up while holding rh constant, PMC goes down? If so, then the simple answer to poorman's question would be "PMC of the cigars would be higher in the winter." Assuming I'm right so far (hope so), I'll try an explanation of why this is so. At lower temperatures with rh constant, the maximum amount of water vapor the air will hold is reduced and since the percentage of this maximum that is water vapor in the air is the same (constant rh), there will be less water vapor in the air. But the amount of moisture in the environment hasn't changed, so the moisture that is not water vapor in the air must be somewhere else, namely, the cigars and anything else in the environment that will hold moisture. Piggy says the cigars compete with the air for holding moisture. As temp goes down, rh constant, the air is losing and the cigars are winning. Do I have it right <cringe>?
  4. I'm the original poster and I now use a UPS that cost about $65. There have been a number of mini power outages in my area and the UPS has done its job. I don't know how long the UPS I bought would keep power to the wine cooler in the event of an extended outage, but those are so rare where I live that I don't worry about them. The one second outages seem to occur with every bad storm. Thanks to all who contributed to this thread.
  5. Has anyone had any issues with this vintage of RASS? A friend of mine, who is an experienced smoker of Cubans, has had a couple from the cab and says they were no good. He says they are legit RASS, not fakes, but just tasted off. I did a search of the site but couldn't find any comments. Thanks!
  6. Thank you Papa. I do have about 2.5 lbs of Heartfelt 65RH beads in there though I don't know how well they would absorb the extra humidity. I don't believe the beads qualify as the active system you describe. Yes, I will use the wineador for current smoking stock.
  7. I recently bought a NewAir wine coolor with shelves and drawers by Forrest Price (Forrest's work is very nice and fits well). Everything looks good except I discovered that the NewAir unit will reset to the lowest temperature (54 degrees F) in the event of a power interruption. I like to set it at 65dF with 65RH Heartfelt beads. There are times when I am out of town for extended periods and if I leave the unit plugged in and even a momentary interruption occurs the cigars will be cooling to 54dF. I will hook up an inexpensive battery backup such as are used with computers but if the interruption is lengthy and I am out of town that solution will fail. That leaves me with two choices: leave it unplugged when I leave town and let the temp rise or leave it plugged in and let the temp fall to 54 if power interrupts. The temperature in the house will be 78 or 80 when I am out of town. What harm will come to the cigars if I do one or the other? Which alternative will do the least harm? Remember the beads will be 65RH. Thanks for any advice you may give.
  8. For Christmas I broke out the Cohiba Robustos. Note my elegant smoking room. Merry Christmas to all!
  9. For me, it's It's a Wonderful Life, which I've seen many times. Jimmy Stewart's first movie after being a real war hero in WWII, not a Hollywood hero. For those who don't know, Jimmy's war experience was a lot like Gregory Peck's portrayal of General Savage in 12 O'Clock High, but in real life. Jimmy was a colonel rather than a general, but he led bombing missions over Germany just like Peck did in the movie. Recently I saw The Shop Around The Corner, a pre-war Stewart movie, for the first time and I loved it. It's now number 2 on my Christmas movie list. My wife's favorite is Love Actually which, except for a few moments like the Wisconsin bar scene, I just can't stand.
  10. I'm currently reading War and Peace by Tolstoy. I'm enjoying it a lot. If you want to read it on vacation, however, it better be a long vacation. For more realistic reading material I second another poster's endorsement of the Smiley trilogy by John LeCarre. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy comes first, then The Honorable Schoolboy, then Smiley's'People. You have to take them in order. Or, better yet, sometime watch the BBC productions of the TTSS and SP, starring Alec Guinness as Smiley. They're still the best things I ever saw on television.
  11. Welcome Hunter, and thanks for your welcome to me.
  12. No, I've been lurking here for a while now. But the recent announcement may cause me to get a couple more tupperdors and stock up some more just in case the increased demand for Cubans make them harder to obtain or more expensive.
  13. I live in a western suburb of Chicago. I'm 66 years old and was a lifelong cigarette smoker until 26 months ago (but who's counting?). After being nicotine-free for 6 months or so, I was turned on to Cubans by a friend. When I was a cigarette smoker I never got much pleasure from the very occasional cigar that I smoked - I wanted the smoke in my lungs too much. Now, however, I love them. Needless to say, I don't inhale. I smoke one or two per day, but if it's two the second one will be a smaller cigar, like the Bolivar Corona Junior that I'm smoking as I write this. My favorite cigars so far are Monte 2, Partagas P2 and D4, Hoyo Epi 2, and RASS, and I'm always trying new ones. I seem to buy them faster than I smoke them and now have a stockpile of almost 500 cigars. I have one good-sized humidor that goes by the name of "Havana Foot Locker" or sometimes the Medici, and four Rubbermaid tupperdors that each hold two boxes. Although I've tried humidifying the foot locker with a Cigar Oasis, I've pretty much given up on it and now use Heartfelt bead tubes. Not being much of a drinker my typical accompaniment to a cigar is coffee and my smoking companions are usually my laptop and the two cars in my smoking room (the attached garage). Married, one son on his own, retired actuary. I enjoy this forum very much and have learned a lot from it. The Corona Junior is finished now and it's time to repair to the heated part of the house.
  14. Where is the email from the vendor? Was it removed?

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