Acclimating Cigars to Fall/Winter

Cam_91

Does anyone have advice or knowledge of conditioning cigars to winter weather for a better smoking experience? Not sure if there’s much that I can do. This is for cigars in my desktop humidor rotation that I typically dry box before enjoying.

Last year I had some problems with swelling during winter. I want to limit the issues that could cause me to pitch too many cigars. The weather change isn’t drastic in my area. I’ll mostly be smoking in 50°-65° with humidity close to the same.

Is there anything I can do to limit the “shock” a cigar experiences if I anticipate the weather to be colder, more humid, etc? Thanks in advance

deadman

Knit them little sweaters

rsherman24

That ain't winter. That is a perfect fall day.

With humidity 50-65 while smoking, I would not dry box. Keep your humidor 62-65 and take the cigar out an hour before smoking if you can

Rdp77

I get just the opposite here. When it gets winter...that would be when it’s below 32 for long periods of time...the humidity here drops drastically. Anything I have in wooden humidors I have to keep close eye on. Usually I’ll just move everything to a cooler and typically don’t have any problems.

ShawnOL

+1 on leaving them out of the humidor for a while. You could probably leave them out until the next day to be smoked.

VegasFrank

Condoms bro. You'll need magnums for all of your lunatics and ogres.

Cam_91

Little knitted sweaters and condoms, that it? What else

VegasFrank

Be a man and smoke broadleaf in the winter. Camaroon and Connecticut wrappers are fragile.

Yakster

Drybox them, leave them out a while where your going to smoke them before you light up would be the first thing I thought of.

IndustMech

Don't worry about it. It's hockey season, you'll be sending all your cigars to Frank.

EgoBoundary

Toscano
All terrain , all weather cigar.

Yakster

Time to smoke a pipe.

CAcigarguy007

Our weather is similar since I only live about 40 miles away from you. I don't do anything special. 65% bovedas year round and all is right. I also don't waste humidity on boxes or wood, only use cedar sheets in my large tupperadors. Haven't had any problems with this set up and it's been holding steady for years and years so I guess my answer is 65% bovedas.

Yakster

I go as low as 62, but 65% is good.

Amos_Umwhat

I was reminded today as I walked in the cool moist weather that Umbagog's hold up really well in that environment. Not acclimating what you have, but just buying a durable cigar to start with. Leave the connecticuts and cameroons to a more controlled atmosphere.