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yes, in the after party about 2 weeks ago when someone had the same issue as me with a box of tabernacle

I notice this happening as the weather cooled from 80-85 to 60-65. Some people say smoke cigars out in the snow with no tunneling so, Im guessing the cigar dealers are just playing a joke on me because on all of the brands from all the retailers, tunneling keeps happening. Tried dry boxing...

Ok, so Ive been resting cigars for 1-2 months in 65 and 69 humidity. They will just keep tunneling. I heard from cigarsdaily that it is a construction issue due to lack of skilled rollers in Nicaragua, who knows if this is true, but pretty much all of my broadleaf and darker cigars have this...

I will do!! thanks!!

Im not trolling anybody, if anything, my cigars are trolling me! they are freaking unsmokable!

I cut the tunnel portion and this was the result. It was just to show what is burning and whats not.

Must be some cigar lingo I am not familiarized with. Kudos to you man 👍

Actually, when I light my cigars, I start from the edge to the center. I also relight that way. The cigars just keep on tunneling. There seems to be some uneven humidity on the leaves.

It seems as the filler is dry and the binder or some outer leaf is wet, causing the tunneling. Dont really know what could be causing it.

I smoke inside so no wind. If it was humidity related, I'm leaning more towards dry because I've been keeping these stogies in the low 60s and dry boxing in the 50s. So in theory they would dry from the inside out, making the filler burn faster than the wrapper

I know, it shouldnt be this way since its not that cold, just low 60s. As far as I know humidification has been consistent 65-72 throughout the year. I have hygrometers all over the place. Do you think my cigars might be a little dry on the inside and wet on the outside? I did lower the humidity...

I tried slow puffs, the cigars just die out. I have to keep on relighting every so often. I didnt have these issues months before, even when my cigars where at higher humidity (70-72%). I've noticed this happening as the weather became colder. I live in El Centro where its very hot 8 months out...

Right. I left the cigar out in the sun for about 30 mins because my house is in the low 60s, and its already burning better. Im guessing when the weather is cold and the cigar is burning, oily wrapper leaves insulate the inner ones, creating the tunnel.

Heres an update. Connecticut cigars have better burn, but the oily maduros wont stop tunneling. 65 humidity for over a month. I smoke slow, I smoke fast, they will keep tunneling no matter what.

So far, dryboxing for 1+ days has been working great! Better burn, better flavor. Sometimes I get a little of black hard ash around the 2nd and final thirds. But I dont seem to get it anymore at the first third like I used to with all the sticks.

I have 2 humidors. One with 69 bovedas and one with cigar oasis. They both do a pretty good job keeping at 69, but extra humidification might have gotten in when my house was at 75%+ for a long period of time and I was frequently taking cigars out to smoke.

Now that I remember, the side of my house where the humidors are at was crazy humid from about May to November. It was around 75%. It could've been that humidity got inside and cigars absorbed it fast when I was opening the door to grab some smokes. I was using dry wood to lower the RH because...

Im using bovedas and cigar oasis. Theyre very reliable, they have always been. Hygrometers read what the boveda and cigar oasis states, yes they vary but only by about 1%. I tested them before on salt water and they work fine.

Definitely. I had 65% in the past and they smoked beautifully.

Rh is reading lower because I left the doors open for a while. One of them normally reads 68-70 and the other around 70-72, but both present the issues.