63-67
Same as the other Dan, when I got into cigars all the shpos and catalogues told me 70. But my cigars consistently would burn poorly, wrappers split and turned sour around halfway.
Also initially I was using a cheap China humidor and floral foam soaked in water and trusting the analog hygrometer that came with the cheap China humidor. I found cbid and won a $1 bid for a digital hygrometer along with my cigars and it was reading 75 so in an effort to go to 70 I didn't rewet the foams for a while. I noticed my cigars were smoking nicer, tasting better, and didn't get any split wrappers. The digital one was reading 66. I also found the forum section of this site around that time and learned about 2 way humidification and a sealed case storage method instead of the leaky wooden humidors.
My big humidor is a Pelican case I lined with cedar and I have about a dozen Boveda 65's in there with the cigar boxes and a pound of heartfelt 65% beads. I occasionally soak the beads and the bovedas take out the excess. My desktop is a handmade quality one and seals well, but definitely requires more maintenance. But that one I also do the beads and Boveda method. Bovedas are doing the maintenance and the beads are there to recharge the Bovedas.
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