Your RH "sweet spot"

[squizz]

Dang, im 68-70% for both resting and smoking. Guess I need to do some trial runs with lower RH. I love the way my cigars smoke though :-/

[DWC]

.... For sub 46 gauge I run at 58-62 RH.

For + 46 gauge and I run at 65% RH. .....

Absolutely.

I only have one smoking humidor, around 60rh. I keep all sizes in there. But if I have a hankering for a cigar that's not in there I won't hesitate to pull one from my storage stock, that's at ~65%, if it's 46gr or bigger. Anything smaller has given me burn issues at that rh.

The smaller sizes I won't even try at 65% anymore. I just move whatever I wanted to the smoking humidor and wait it out.

-Dan

[joeskow]

59-62% rh for me at 64F in the winter and about 70F in the summer..

[Phillys]

59-62% RH and 64-67F year round.

[Carts]

I run 60-61% for everything

[planetary]

I have 65% RF beads and Boveda packs, and keep the wineadors at 16.5C/62F currently. Due to uncertainty in smoking opportunities, I don't dry box. I find the cigars are sometimes a bit too moist. When I get the Aristocrat in a few weeks and start seasoning, I think I'll dial it in to 62/62 to begin with.

[meatball41]

my storage is 63-65% RH, I dry box a few days if I remember, no worries if I dont but the last third takes more relighting if I forget.

[jp1979]

61%

[stogieluver]

Ran my Aristocrat at the preset of 65% for the first year. Then, based on the comments here about running at a lower rh, I lowered it to 63%, which took about a six to eight weeks to stabilize. Been running at 63% for about six months now, but after reading this thread, I'm going to lower the unit again down to 60%. The temp in my man cave averages around 71 df during the summer and around 68df in the winter (which increases the rh). At 63%, I find I have to relight larger ring gauge cigars more frequently than I would like. Hoping 60% will help that.

Like Piggy says, why store your cigars at a higher rh and then dry box them? Just go ahead and store your cigars at a lower rh and then you don't have to worry about dry boxing them. I like his advice.

[CUBANO]

68F and 65 % RH

[Deodato]

62% and 20c for me. mmMMMmm.

[JWBurns]

I've been running at 67%, but after reading this thread I may bump it back down. Seems like when I was running lower 60's, my cigars felt dry and brittle. I have noticed however I've been having to relight a lot more than in the past. Time to make a change.

[stogieluver]

Just to be clear, this thread applies to CC's. NC's should be stored at 70-72%, according to what I've learned here, elsewhere, and from personal experience. CC's do better in the low 60's. NC's will tend to be dry and brittle if stored in the low 60's. JMO.

[jimsta10]

66-67% at 18-19'C.

I'm finding it a bit to wet for my liking...thus dry boxing them for 2-3 days before smoking. Im considering lowing it to 63-64% not sure if 1 or 2 % will make a big difference. trial and error i guess..

[eswary]

Miami, Florida resident here. For me it's all about pulling moisture out. I rarely have to add moisture to my unit.

My sweet spot is 60-63 RH. Temperature is controlled via wineador at 65-68 degrees F.

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Ran my Aristocrat at the preset of 65% for the first year. Then, based on the comments here about running at a lower rh, I lowered it to 63%, which took about a six to eight weeks to stabilize. Been running at 63% for about six months now, but after reading this thread, I'm going to lower the unit again down to 60%. The temp in my man cave averages around 71 df during the summer and around 68df in the winter (which increases the rh). At 63%, I find I have to relight larger ring gauge cigars more frequently than I would like. Hoping 60% will help that.

Like Piggy says, why store your cigars at a higher rh and then dry box them? Just go ahead and store your cigars at a lower rh and then you don't have to worry about dry boxing them. I like his advice.

I like the lazy, no-fuss approach. I store everything around 60% at room temperature (22 C with central heating and AC) and all has been perfect for me until now. Experimenting and learning for oneself is a slow process but totally worth the patience and efforts

[Professor Twain]

I like Rob's idea of the ideal humidity being lower for thinner ring gauge cigars. I don't have separate humidors but when I pull a cigar to smoke, I take both the humidity of my desktop humidor and the outside humidity to aid in my choice. If my humidor is running around 60% and it's 70% humidity or less, I'm likely to pull a skinny. When my humidor is up around 65 and it's 90% humidity outdoors, I'm much more likely to go for a robusto. It's not a rigid rule but in general I think the thin ring gauge burn better a bit dry, and the thicker ring gauge burn fine in about any circumstance.

[RWhiz]

My humidores have stabilized between 58% and 65%. All seem to be smoking fine, however sometimes I think I'm on the low end of the best humidity range.

[JWBurns]

Just to be clear, this thread applies to CC's. NC's should be stored at 70-72%, according to what I've learned here, elsewhere, and from personal experience. CC's do better in the low 60's. NC's will tend to be dry and brittle if stored in the low 60's. JMO.

Thanks for helping this new guy out! Much appreciated sir.

[PeterJames]

62-65% RH & 70 Degrees F

[mk05]

At the end of the day, this is all a matter of taste. Do what you believe works for you. However, just note that Cubatabaco has been urging its customers how to store cigars properly for over a hundred years. What to do with that information is your prerogative. I know what I prefer from my own experiences, and from sampling matured cigars from other storage conditions.

[jimsta10]

Hey guys,

Quick question, i currently have the HF 65% beads and if want lower the % to say 62% should I:

A. swap them over to the 60% beads

B. try drying them out.

My fear is that by drying them out, they will eventually jump back up to 65-66% in a matter of days..

Cheers

[earthson]

High 60s for aging CC, 59-60 for CC that won't live to see their 4th or 5th birthday. 68-70 for Fuente and Padron. Works for me in a fairly humid environment, 700 ft above sea level, 36th parallel, averaged over the years.

[BonVivant]

older cigars for smoking 70-75ºF/-59-70%RH

younger cigars for aging 75F/60%RH

[stin187]

I run my cabinet at 63%/18°C. It gives me a bit of a variance as the top will be 63% (where the "brain" is located) and the bottom usually reads 67% (where the humidifiers are located) which is all tolerable to me. I'm very happy with he way both me cc and nc are smoking so I call it a win.