Recent content by charrah

I just wanted to know the answer to a question but this has turned into a rather comical thread, thanks everyone for making it funny. this provided me with a little entertainment for my monday afternoon :)

Im just using the standard  thing that comes with the humidor, and no i dont have a wood stove but i do have a fire in the fireplace about 1 or 2 times a week. Its on a completely different floor than my humidor but just thought id add that

So my humidors about 2 months old now and ive  had no issues with it. But now during the dead of winter im having some issues with maintaining my humidity. I like to keep it anywhere between 65-70 but lately its been dropping below 60 so Ive had to wet a rag and sort of been re-break it in to...

So today I just got a 5 pack assortment of San Cristobals. In my 50 cigar humidor I only have 1 divider and about 30 RYJ churchills. So now I want to throw these 5 in there but they're all different. When placing different cigars in the same humidor I know I need to keep the different ones in...

As a relatively new smoker with a limited budget, I've been hearing a lot about Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente. $80 / box of 20 and all wrapped individually in cedar? It seems pretty good to me yet I haven't been able to get a single. I've seen every type of review saying they're some of the...

Follow up - on thanksgiving after about 45 minutes of smoking RYJ churchills with some of the men in my family most of us had enough of it. We sort of were bored of it and most of us still had a little more than a 1/3 remaining. Theres nothing wrong with the size in my opinion, it just takes too...

"When I first got into cigars I gravitated towards Churchills as well under the thought that bigger was better. To each his own but I rarely go for a cigar that big anymore. 1) Rarely do I have 1.5-2 hours to dedicate to a cigar. 2) Even if I do, after 1.5 hours most cigars can get a bit...

Thanks a ton, I'll be sure to let you know what I think.

I just recently turned 18 and a lot of my friends, me included, have been getting our feet wet in the world of cigar smoking. My father is a casual smoker and really doesn't know much about cigars. I live close to a reputable cigar shop but the old guy who runs it hasn't been very helpful the...