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I got a 50 count humidor and used boveda 84% packs for 2 weeks. I have 3 boveda packs in now is it ok to stuff it with cigars or should I wait a couple days to let it Balance out? It's 75% humidity in there now. I have the xikar purotemp wireless hygrometer in there.

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Got a calibrated hygrometer in there? That should tell you all you need to know.

For seasoning, I like to put a few shot glasses of distilled water in the humi, let that sit for a while. One man's opinion.....

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Sounds like you finished seasoning it but I'd wait until the RH comes down to at least 70. I know many (me included) like it around 62-65 but it is a personal preference. For sure 75 is too high for storage.

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I live in the north east and it's getting into the cold season and with the head on all the time I think the boveda packs will be below the target amount. It went down to 73 now..

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Sounds like you finished seasoning it but I'd wait until the RH comes down to at least 70. I know many (me included) like it around 62-65 but it is a personal preference. For sure 75 is too high for storage.

Agree with this. I'd let it come down and stabilize a day or two at 65% before stocking. Saying this assuming you are stocking it with CC's. My experience is that it takes about a week for a new humi to season and stabilize. Be sure to use a reliable hygrometer which has been tested to be accurate.

Good luck.

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It's down to 71. I have boveda 69% packs. I few cigars cracked a tiny bit but no biggie. I will give it a few days when it gets to 68 or 69 percent.

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Agree with this. I'd let it come down and stabilize a day or two at 65% before stocking. Saying this assuming you are stocking it with CC's. My experience is that it takes about a week for a new humi to season and stabilize. Be sure to use a reliable hygrometer which has been tested to be accurate.

Good luck.

... well said.

It is easier to put water into a cigar than to get it back out.

If you don't have a taste for what water does to the taste of cigars, I would suggest trying them dryer first and wet them progressively if that is your desire. Starting with wetter cigars, you may never discover the benefits of the dryer cigar.

Unless you drop cigars, wet cigars suffer more maladies than the dryer ones do. Mold, for example, is not an occurrence of the dry cigar but a wet one.

Your cigars, if newer from vendors, are likely on the wet side anyway. I would dry the humidor to the low 60's and let the cigars have some room to degas from the supplier.

Best of luck on your new humidor! -Piggy

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I have 69 packs in there. When they were a little bit dryer they would Crack when I was smoking them. Plus in NY the heat from the furnace will dry them out a bit.

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I was thinking 69 packs in the winter and 65 packs in the summer.

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This does not make any sense amigo!

I posted this the other day on another thread in this forum.

There seems to be a little confusion about what absolute humidity does as opposed to relative humidity. Either number, without a corresponding temperature number means precious little to tobacco.

If one holds rH constant and raises the temperature, percent moisture content in tobacco will decrease all the while were absolute water content (as it pertains to space) will increase.

Many people fall for this as they link absolute water content in space with percent moisture content in tobacco. You have to view this from a different perspective to understand it readily.

Look at it this way. If warm air (now this is not really how it works but we will use it as an analogy anyway) loves water, then it will fight tobacco for it! This means that tobacco will lose it, as the air gains it.

The cooler temps therefore will moisten your cigars. The warmer temps will dry them!

Like others here I am an advocate of consistent temperature control for my cigars. But this does not mean that the vigilant smoker cannot adjust his/her rH to counteract environmental impacts due to changing temperature.

80˚F is not going to do damage to anyones' cigars. You will likely find them a little dryer during those months and if you store at the low 60's (rH) during winter, you may need to increase your rH a little during summer. If you normally store in the mid-60's you might find no seasonal adjustments are necessary. It takes some time to move water out of cigars.

Cheers! -Piggy

I am not making a comment on your tastes, just water content in cigars. Cooler weather, constant rH make cigars wetter. Just a fact of the matter!

Happy smokin'. -Piggy

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As someone who went through this perfecy humidity process reluctantly I fully agree with Piggy. There is a general fear of having a dry cigar. It feels like you are doing it wrong since the object of a humidor is to keep the sticks wet. But wet cigars suck. And it really is hard to dry them out correctly. And when you do hopefully damage hasn't already been done.

I store CCs in the 60-65 range and NCs in the 65-70 range. And then also dry box them if time allows before smoking to take excess moisture out. The only thing I enjoy now about a humid cigar is the chewiness of it. Otherwise, the flavor is bitter, the burn is worse, and they are very difficult to keep lit. Good luck.

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Really a personal preference and over time you should try them at various levels to see what works best for you. I keep my CC's around 62rh and 68f.

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Sorry if this question has already been addressed, but I did not see it. What RH level do you store your Cubans at? Also, is there a certain RH level for non Cubans? Right now, I keep everything at 69%.

Thank you,

As someone who went through this perfecy humidity process reluctantly I fully agree with Piggy. There is a general fear of having a dry cigar. It feels like you are doing it wrong since the object of a humidor is to keep the sticks wet. But wet cigars suck. And it really is hard to dry them out correctly. And when you do hopefully damage hasn't already been done.

I store CCs in the 60-65 range and NCs in the 65-70 range. And then also dry box them if time allows before smoking to take excess moisture out. The only thing I enjoy now about a humid cigar is the chewiness of it. Otherwise, the flavor is bitter, the burn is worse, and they are very difficult to keep lit. Good luck.

ThatAlfonso summed it up well. And I concur with LLC, these things are a personal preference. I've had Non-Cubans in my inventory in the past and kept them at 69rh. My Habanos cigars I keep at 62-65rh.

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