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Mr Roso
Connoisseur Topic Starter

11 years ago

What's worse for cigar storage?

65% RH at 50 deg F or 50% RH at 80 deg F

:-k

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cacman
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

What's worse for cigar storage?

65% RH at 50 deg F or 50% RH at 80 deg F

:-k

Mr Roso wrote:

IMHO 80° is a definite no-no.

shaun341
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

80 deg is the temp where they say that beetle eggs can hatch so that would sound worse to me then 50 deg. 65 RH is perfect imo also.

elRopo
Aficionado

11 years ago

warm air has the capacity to hold more water vapor and as temperature increases inside your humidor the RH will tend to rise accordingly. As long as the temp doesn't climb above 80 deg, and the RH stays between 60- 70% you should be fine. At temps below 70 deg. a somewhat lower RH is desirable. I believe 50% @ 80 deg would dry out your cigars + as others have said would increase the chance of hatching cigar beetle eggs that are present in almost all tobacco.

Mr Roso
Connoisseur Topic Starter

11 years ago

Thanks for the replies. I am playing with the settings of my new wineador and I'm having trouble maintaining 65% RH consistently.

euodias
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

Thanks for the replies. I am playing with the settings of my new wineador and I'm having trouble maintaining 65% RH consistently.

Mr Roso wrote:

How high/low does your humidity spike?

Mr Roso
Connoisseur Topic Starter

11 years ago

How high/low does your humidity spike?

euodias wrote:

52%-68% and temp around 65-70 deg. It fluctuates in 24 hours, but the outside temperature does too. So I believe it's the internal fan of the wineador that is causing the lower humidity at times when it tries to maintain 65 deg.

ZRX1200
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

Beads dude.

euodias
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

That's a little much. You'll want to get it dialed in a little more, but don't be in panic mode. How full is it? are you using beads to maintain humidity? A relatively full humidor with plenty of beads should stay stable pretty easily unless you are opening it constantly.

Mr Roso
Connoisseur Topic Starter

11 years ago

#10

Beads dude.

ZRX1200 wrote:

Yep, that's what I'm using.

Mr Roso
Connoisseur Topic Starter

11 years ago

#11

euodias wrote:

It's pretty full, using 70% beads, and not opening the door.
My guess it's the cooling fan trying to keep 65 deg. because the room is in can get quite hot a few hours in the day.

ZRX1200
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#12

High humidity = mold
high Temps = beetles

tonygraz
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#13

high humiidity + high temps = moldy beetles.

JKilburn
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#14

High humidity = mold and wombat swamp nuts
high Temps = beetles and wombat under boob sweat

ZRX1200 wrote:

euodias
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#15

It's pretty full, using 70% beads, and not opening the door.
My guess it's the cooling fan trying to keep 65 deg. because the room is in can get quite hot a few hours in the day.

Mr Roso wrote:

Try changing the location of your hygrometer, see the reading are more consistent in certain locations.

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