Greetings!!
In this region, my home, of the People's Republic of California, there are only two places a man can go to get education and information on the proper care and feeding of his beloved cigars. The first being populated by downy-faced lads, toting pipes and answering sincere questions with jests and derision, the second being small, fancy, and priced only for those with more money than sense. So I ask you, the Forum, my questions…
I have smoked the occasional cigar for quite a while, recently, I fell in to a deal on a large humidor, and an even better deal on a quantity of some good cigars. Now I am not able to smoke as much as I would like to, so I really need to know the ins and outs of how to properly store my cigars. Information, even on the web, is spotty at best, and there are as many opinions as, well, you know the rest. But the people who contribute to this forum seem to be unusually knowledgeable, and I would greatly appreciate any info you might be able to pass on.
If the perfect temp/humid. for a cigar collection is 70/70, what happens when;
Humidity High/Temp High-
Humidity High/Temp Low-
Humidity Low/Temp High-
Humidity Low/Temp Low-
For someone like me, who is not a connoisseur, who doesn't have time to babysit my humidor, who can't talk the wife in to moving the crib out of the house and the humidor in from the garage, who lives in a climate that varies from extreme heat to moderate cold, what are acceptable limits of fluctuation for Humidity and Temp?
It is pretty straightforward to up the humidity in my humidor (add fluid) but how do I lower the humidity?
Are the additive solutions OK to use? If you use anything other than distilled water, does it impart any of those chemicals to your cigars?
Sorry for my long-windedness, and Thank You in advance for your consideration, I will appreciate any advice you all can give me, and remember,,, use small words...
