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Alright so here goes nothing. I've always enjoyed a cigar from time to time but never really built up a collection. when i was in the mood id just head to the local smoke shop and pick one of theirs out.
Well there is a problem with that now. im in the sand box right now so obviously there is not a smoke shop anywhere around me so if i want to get back to smoking cigars im going to have to go all out. my biggest question is will my cigars survive in a humidor in these high temps? i would really hate to ruin some cigars because it is just to hot for them here. any help is appreciated guys.
Im also open to suggestions on what to buy
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Just returned from a 10 day trip to find tobacco beetles on some of my sticks. We had the A/C set to 85 not thinking about my cigars. The rest are in the freezer trying to kill any beetles just o be safe.
I'm relatively new so far, but I have two favorites at this point
Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 Connecticut
Gurkha Empire Series VI (probably favorite of the two)
As far as where to start. The experts say start Mild and work your way into full. I played golf one day in 100 degree temps and had a full flavor cigar. I won't be doing that again....I can tolerate full cigars now, but only in the evening when it starts to cool off
Not sure what to do about the mail thing, that blows
Oh, welcome to the forums! And thank you for your service to our country.
Fridges, apart from the now infamous quote on these forums, that "you would not want to treat your cigars like leftover meatloaf, nor have them tasting like it too" , will also suck the moisture out of your gars unless it is a thermoelectric refrigerator designed for both temp and humidity control. Wine fridges typically work for this. If one of those is not an option, would you be able to dig a hole, and one deep enough to escape the high temps? if you could that would leave you with only humidity to worry about and just about any humidor solution on the marlk=ket will do that for you!!!
Living in SE Texas, I normally keep the a/c set at around 78 when at home and 82 when out, my humis are in a shady cool part of the house, I have the RH controlled well to 70-72% using active humidifiers along with gel (bead) bricks and pucks depending on the size of the humi, I will get RH spikes, for example when the outer bands of Hurricane Alex dumped all that rain on the Houston area last Thursday / Friday my RH spiked to 76% and the a/c was having trouble getting the room RH below 50%, even though the outside temo was moderate due to the cloud cover!
I regularly check my stogies and touch would, so far no sign of beetles, but I don't expect to see them due the the humidity being so low even if the temo goes up
I also try not to worry about it too much, I started smoking cigars to relax, I didn't start buying cigars so I would have one more thing to worry about!!!