clintCigar
6 years ago
Got these ROTT and did a quick random humidity test. The left is a cello wrapped pack and the right one came out of a zip seal bag. The left reads 57 and the right reads 58. So yeah def needs some rest time to get back up to 65+ relative humidity.

Here is a link to the fullsize image:
http://warriorbreaks.com/misc/cigars/cbid_humidity_test.jpg 


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clintCigar
6 years ago
I'll post a few more random tests here as I get them.
Tittums
6 years ago
Yeah, cigars through the mail and generally any transport have a rough life. I was tempted by these when I first saw them reviewed by Tim but I just think about how many more cigars I can buy with that money and never get one.
clintCigar
6 years ago
The amount I spend on sticks makes the meter cost negligible lol
Tittums
6 years ago

The amount I spend on sticks makes the meter cost negligible lol

clintCigar wrote:



I usually have an allowance for cigars but I overspent this month. A different site had a good deal on AJ Fernandez Montecristos which is the first full body that taught me I love full body and I had to pull the trigger.
Buckwheat
6 years ago
I hate to break it to you. But a $30 Hygrometer is not going to give you very accurate RH readings. You're in the stadium at best. Also, don't sweat a few % RH. If the cigar smokes well to you then it's properly "hydrated". The whole 70/70 thing is just a set of numbers pulled out of someone's A-hole.
Use your own tastes to determine what's RIGHT vs. WRONG. 🌫
danmdevries
6 years ago

I hate to break it to you. But a $30 Hygrometer is not going to give you very accurate RH readings. You're in the stadium at best. Also, don't sweat a few % RH. If the cigar smokes well to you then it's properly "hydrated". The whole 70/70 thing is just a set of numbers pulled out of someone's A-hole.
Use your own tastes to determine what's RIGHT vs. WRONG. 🌫

Buckwheat wrote:



Yup.

I don't use hygrometers anymore. 65% beads and Bovedas, and don't smoke anything till it's been sitting in there for a good long while. It's worked out well for several years.
clintCigar
6 years ago

I hate to break it to you. But a $30 Hygrometer is not going to give you very accurate RH readings

Buckwheat wrote:


It's actually pretty accurate. I've pulled several sticks that have been sitting for months with 69% boveda and every one of them read 68-69%
Tittums
6 years ago

It's actually pretty accurate. I've pulled several sticks that have been sitting for months with 69% boveda and every one of them read 68-69%

clintCigar wrote:



You probably don't want to but if they are easy to take apart (and put back together) you could look up the chips they are using to see the tolerance on them. I imagine it is +/- 2% though.
Buckwheat
6 years ago

It's actually pretty accurate. I've pulled several sticks that have been sitting for months with 69% boveda and every one of them read 68-69%

clintCigar wrote:



If they're good to you; they're good!
Palama
6 years ago

Yup.

I don't use hygrometers anymore. 65% beads and Bovedas, and don't smoke anything till it's been sitting in there for a good long while. It's worked out well for several years.

danmdevries wrote:



+1

When I first started, I spent too much time worrying about the hygrometer accuracy so once I ā€œset myself freeā€, it was liberating.
USNGunner
6 years ago

+1

When I first started, I spent too much time worrying about the hygrometer accuracy so once I ā€œset myself freeā€, it was liberating.

Palama wrote:




Yep. I understood the chicks going braless better after I set myself free too!

?t=42
clintCigar
6 years ago
^looks like some of those might need their humidity checked
NapalmMan67
6 years ago

+1

When I first started, I spent too much time worrying about the hygrometer accuracy so once I ā€œset myself freeā€, it was liberating.

Palama wrote:



I always forget, are we supposed to take the red pill or the blue pill man?


Oooooooo, the colors!
RMAN4443
6 years ago

I always forget, are we supposed to take the red pill or the blue pill man?


Oooooooo, the colors!

NapalmMan67 wrote:


Take them both, and you can hear the music in techni-color....8-[
clintCigar
6 years ago
izonfire
6 years ago

The whole 70/70 thing is just a set of numbers pulled out of someone's A-hole.

Buckwheat wrote:


Were they using anal beads?
USNGunner
6 years ago

Were they using anal beads?

izonfire wrote:



Whole heartedly. I don't think they're related though.

:-k
Abrignac
6 years ago

Yep. I understood the chicks going braless better after I set myself free too!

?t=42

USNGunner wrote:



I wonder if he needs a quality control manager. It would be a hands on position, but I’m sure I could handle it, them.
Whistlebritches
6 years ago
After many years I have found cigars kept between 58-63% age as well as those kept at 70% but have less chance of mold issues and smoke waaaaaay better straight out the humi.
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