I've been on this forum for a few years and I keep seeing posts about beetles, freezing and mold.

Now, personally. I have never seen a tobacco beetle or had a cigar with a beetle hole. I have never had a cigar with mold on it, and I do know the difference between mold and plume.

I keep my cigars in a Big blue tupperdor that holds just about 330 cigars when full. They are layered out with cedar separators and it does get burped one or two times a month when I'm shopping. I don't have a hygrometer, just crystal jars and the basement stays below 72 all year long.

You noobs have to learn what a "Real" squeeze and sniff is.

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is it...

Jade and ZRX sharing a phone booth, behind the seedy ghey bar?

Why yes........yes it is.

I think beetles only come out when the humidity is above 80%, temp is 80+, and it stays that way for at least a few days. Oh and if beetle eggs/larvae etc. are actually in said cigar.

I've never seen them myself and unless you gots no brains, you're not going to store cigars in the conditions above. The few stories I've read/heard involved a rogue cigar that was given to them that obviously wasn't treated with the respect it deserved.

I could see mold happening more often, but unless you get OCD with your humidifiers, chances are you're going to forget about them more often than you're going to over-humidify. Again, the humidity has to be up there along with the temp in order for that to happen.

So keep the A/C on, add moisture only when needed. Otherwise leave your cigars alone! 🇨🇮

Or...if you're like me, not the least bit OCD, but more than a little concerned about the thousands of dollars in cigars, many of which are nearly irreplaceable, you'll take the time to learn about the risk and not just what Mr. Fear 'thinks'. The risk of beetles and mold are real and they are significant. Both can be largely avoided thorugh simple precautions and proper storage, but I think it's foolhardy to suggest that it isn't something I should concern myself with.

Well, I expected to get a little flame on this post, but I wanted to start some comment on the subject. It seems a lot of brothers are a little OCD about their cigars and this hobby does begin to involve a lot of money. And, yes, my wife has no idea how much money is down in the basement invested in cigars.

My memory/start in cigars goes back to my dad, a real old timer. He would soak a half of a soft brick in water and put it in his "keeper box". He would take one or two out at night and put them on his dresser and the next day after work and dinner he'd usually nibble the end off and light up.

I sure do miss those nights sitting there with dad and his quart of Ballantine beer, Friday night fights and his cigars.

The beatle came from here. Received some cigars that where sopping wet. A couple months later, found a beatle hole in one cigar, with a dead, dehydrated beatle in the foot under the cello.

There's a reason why I keep my storage in the low 60s. Mold won't grow, and beatles will dehydrate and die. Of course most cigars smoke better at that humidity level too.

DP, I haven't bought from the NC guys in years. Too much moisture for shipping!

Here it comes again================ Squeeze & Sniff . Seriously, it's pretty hard to go too low in RH when storing cigars, but really pretty easy to over humidify.

I find it bewildering that people buy into the 70/70 story if they have ever been in the Caribbean or south America.

The only place there that I have been is Aruba which is a desert island, the rest are hot and humid. Way above 70 degrees.