What a well humidified cigar looks like

[adic88]

The dreaded pinch test. It can make or break (literally) your cigar if its not been stored properly.

18 degrees celcius, 65% RH, cigar chiller setup.

My outside temperature is about 25-28 degrees Celcius, occasionally spiking to 30 degrees. Make adjustments accordingly.

[#2 man]

Two questions: no.1 can you do that not having smoked half ?Like straight out of the box? no.2 does that work even if your cigar isn't under filled ?

[adic88]

1. Yup.

2. Yup. The cigar in the video wasn't underfilled, perfect. Draw was firm and nice. Although, your point is well taken, some cigars are a lot more "solid", in that case, the "give" when you pinch it will obviously be less, but it should still be there, and the wrapper shouldn't crack.