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dirtdude
dirtdude Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Anybody have any thoughts on what would make a cigar swell up and virtually explode. My storage is a wineador at 60 degrees and 70% rh, the ambient conditions in arizona at the time was 82 degrees and 25% rh. I am thinking I need to let the cigar rest at ambient temp for a while but what are your thoughts?
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  • jgibv
    jgibv Posts: 9,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    dirtdude said:
     the ambient conditions in arizona at the time was 82 degrees and 25% rh. I am thinking I need to let the cigar rest at ambient temp for a while but what are your thoughts?
    yep; let the cigar sit out for a while before you smoke it....that *should* solve the problem. 

    try to do a search for "dry boxing", that should reveal some threads and more info on the subject.   


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  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jgibv said:
    dirtdude said:
     the ambient conditions in arizona at the time was 82 degrees and 25% rh. I am thinking I need to let the cigar rest at ambient temp for a while but what are your thoughts?
    yep; let the cigar sit out for a while before you smoke it....that *should* solve the problem. 

    try to do a search for "dry boxing", that should reveal some threads and more info on the subject.   

    will do, thanks
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  • Usaf06
    Usaf06 Posts: 11,892 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I keep my temp in my winedors around 65-67 degrees. 
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  • Patrickbrick
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    It could also be user error and have nothing to do with the cigar itself.  Smoking to fast can cause a cigar to blow up too.  Was the cigar heating up as you smoked it?
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  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Usaf06 said:
    I keep my temp in my winedors around 65-67 degrees. 
    I wish the temp was adjustable on mine but it holds a steady 60, I might be wrong but I figured a steady temp would be better than the 50-85 swings we get now.
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  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Patrickbrick said:
    It could also be user error and have nothing to do with the cigar itself.  Smoking to fast can cause a cigar to blow up too.  Was the cigar heating up as you smoked it?
    that could very well be the case, it was a friend that was visiting who doesn't normally smoke cigars, I dont remember what I was smoking that night but it kind of blew a a bit also. I have been letting them adjust to temp since with no problem
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  • Luca
    Luca Posts: 2 ✭

    Well I have a Whynter CHC-215S Wine a Dor Question I have 6 Boveda pack 72% and I placed them on all of the draws and a cigar oasis plus 3.0 where do I place that on top draw or leave it on the bottom

  • BKDog
    BKDog Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A colder humidor is just fine. And when it comes to humidity, go ahead and keep pushing past 70 and you'll eventually find out the hard way that it's too much.

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