Makes perfect sense, kind of embarrassed I didn't put two and two together there. Thanks!

Ring gauge - thinner cigars generally get more flavor from the wrapper -- its geometry....just don't ask me to explain it

Type of leave and fermentation - two wrapper leaves from the exact same plant can be very different based on whether they are from top of the plant, middle or bottom...and even then, they can vary based on how long they are allowed to ferment

Cigar manufacturers are notoriously coy about what kinds of leaves are in their cigars and where they were sourced

Non-Cuban cigar packaging is almost never dated -- so you generally have zero clue how much age a cigar has before you smoke it

delta is correct that similar wrapper and origin is a great place to start -- but don't get disillusioned right out the gate...it may take a while

Last year I found a cigar with identical description to a couple of my favorites...same wrapper, filler, factory...I was thrilled because it was somewhat unknown and cbid auction prices were half what I pay for the ones I love......and it absolutely sucked

what's the humidity in the room that your humi is in?

what are you using for humidification now?

is the seasoning boveda still in there?

how full is it? how big is it?

are you confident that it is sealing well? try sliding a dollar bill through the door?

glass top?

Caliber IV, properly calibrated using a Boveda pack (using the average of multiple readings, etc.).

Don't bother with anything else.

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SOunds like a whole lot of science goes into this lol. I'm going to have to do a lot more research, thanks for giving me some things to look into!

I have not picked up a digital hygrometer yet, but that is on my to-do list. I live in the South, so there's always about 150% humidity in the atmosphere. The Boveda pack is still in it, guy at the shop told me it all I'd need to leave in it...is that flase info? It's a solid wooden 100 count box, and it does seal nicely.

If it is a number between, say 62 and 70, you can leave it in

I'm not sure there is such a thing as an analog hygro that is worth anything, even if calibrated....however, it can maybe tell you a little bit, at least as far as trends, if you do calibrate it...google salt test....won't be dead on balls accurate, like PM suggests, but it will do until you get a digital

I'm not sure there is such a thing as an analog hygro that is worth anything, even if calibrated....however, it can maybe tell you a little bit, at least as far as trends, if you do calibrate it...google salt test....won't be dead on balls accurate, like PM suggests, but it will do until you get a digital