highdudgeon
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Hi,
I have five desktop humidors and, thanks to this forum, one coolidor (a 70qt model Coleman). The Coolidor works so well that I'll soon be selling of humidors on ebay and making a second, larger coolidor to store cigars in their original boxes. The idea is to maintain one or two small desktops for "regular" use, each featuring a good selection of what I have in storage, and knowing that, in all likelihood, the others might go untouched for months, if not years, at a time. So, here's the question:
I live in a dry climate. Right now it is winter and quite foggy, but spring begins, in earnest, in March and there is very little rain until next September. Now, I've experienced burn issues with some cigars and was told by my tobacconist, who keeps his walk it an over 70rh, and others, to simply remove a cigar in the morning and let it sit out until evening. Fair enough.
I went the way of 64rh beads from Cigarmony. They work. Everything is between 65-67rh. I'm hopeful this will improve things.
Questions: 1. Is this going to be enough during the hot times? It becomes hard to maintain 72-73% in the house with our puny AC. Would 70rh make more sense?
Question 2: Long term storage. I've read many times that, for long-term storage, 70 and even a bit over is preferable. could it make sense to use the 65% in the "user" humis and 70% in storage>?
Am I being too critical>?
I have five desktop humidors and, thanks to this forum, one coolidor (a 70qt model Coleman). The Coolidor works so well that I'll soon be selling of humidors on ebay and making a second, larger coolidor to store cigars in their original boxes. The idea is to maintain one or two small desktops for "regular" use, each featuring a good selection of what I have in storage, and knowing that, in all likelihood, the others might go untouched for months, if not years, at a time. So, here's the question:
I live in a dry climate. Right now it is winter and quite foggy, but spring begins, in earnest, in March and there is very little rain until next September. Now, I've experienced burn issues with some cigars and was told by my tobacconist, who keeps his walk it an over 70rh, and others, to simply remove a cigar in the morning and let it sit out until evening. Fair enough.
I went the way of 64rh beads from Cigarmony. They work. Everything is between 65-67rh. I'm hopeful this will improve things.
Questions: 1. Is this going to be enough during the hot times? It becomes hard to maintain 72-73% in the house with our puny AC. Would 70rh make more sense?
Question 2: Long term storage. I've read many times that, for long-term storage, 70 and even a bit over is preferable. could it make sense to use the 65% in the "user" humis and 70% in storage>?
Am I being too critical>?