Cracked Wrappers.
First_Warrior
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With the humidity low this winter. I recently had to toss a cigar because the wrapper started to un roll. I was gentle with the stick but the wrapper cracked and fell apart. The next day I pulled the same brand out of my humidor and lightly misted it with a spray bottle of water. I let the cigar rest in the humidor for a hour and lit it up. No issues with a cracked wrapper.
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Just cracked the wrapper on a New World Cameroon with my V-cutter. Waiting for the El Ligador wrapper repair to dry. I'll have to try misting the cigar next time.
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I have had three of my sticks crack on me in the last week while resting in the humidor.
1.) San Andres
2.) Leaf by Oscar 6x60 Sumatra
3.) A Southern Draw Connecticut
Very frustrated with this, as it's my first time experiencing this behavior from any of my sticks. I have a NewAir CC-100H with about 80 cigars or so running 70 degrees and 70 percent RH. I don't keep any cigars in the cellophane, but it looks like I will start to from now on to try and curb this from happening in the future.
Anyone else got an idea of how this happens besides quickly shocking the cigar from low RH levels to high RH levels?
Thanks.
That may have something to do with it.
Thin wrappers and high humidity are a bad combination.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
70% high? Isn't that the ideal storage rh?
Most here prefer lower. Personally I do 65-68
70 sounds good, it's a round number, but it's far from ideal, especially where you are, go lower and let your cigars acclimate for a few hours before you smoke them if you can.
Ideal storage, according to whom?
If it wasn't high, then why are so many people having troubles at 70, while those of us who are running 65-68 don't seem to have those issues.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Neither do those of us who run 62-65. Of course, my rh today in Vegas is 12%
@VegasFrank, yours don't sit long enough for rh to be a factor....
This is so hotly debated I don’t even want to weigh in on what is best.
Fact of the matter is the little hygrometers we use aren’t that accurate. +/- 2 at best. If you could move the hygrometer around inside your humidor you’d likely get different readings. Point is arguing 68 or 70 is pretty pointless. Goal should be to stay below 70 in your smoking box. Aging box is a different animal and there are as many opinions out there as there are possible scenarios of temp/rh
And I have said a thousand times that it is all preference. What works best for that specific person.
My point wasn't that it should be this or should be that.
My point was, quit listening to the X-spurts and figure out what works best for you.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Couldn’t agree more.
I find a crappy roll usually leads to a cracked wrapper. Could be wrong.
Way way less at 65 which works for me.
I was thinking 68-70 is normal too. Good thread, now lowering my humidors. Having some trouble getting too humid in MA now. Think my seals may not be the best.
At least for the time being, provided the same majority of people keep believing in the 70 percent theory, all 65% Boveda are cheaper than the 69%. For years I've been perfectly content with this, so here's hoping it doesn't change.
@BKDog do you do anything special in the summer when it gets humid?