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Green Stuff On Wrapper?
Hey everyone, Once in a while I'll pull out a stick that has some green spots on it, usually just bean sized and usually just covers an inch or so area on the wrapper. I wonder if that's mold or something else? Is it safe to smoke? It only happens maybe every 20-30 cigars, sometimes worse in a box where it might have the… -
calibrating a Xikar Hygrometer. This is news to me.
SteveInTexas started a thread regarding the humidity using Boveda 69% packs. It led to a discussion regarding his Xikar Hygrometer. Using the Boveda calibration kit his Xikar only read 71%. I had the same non adjustable hygrometer sitting in a junk drawer for the exact same reason. It was 4% off after about 48 hours in the… -
Going on vacation
I have about 500 cigars in a Whynter 251S and a number of tupperwear storage containers in my basement which remains at around 65 to 67 degrees. I moniter with 4 wifi and several more bluetooth hygrometers. I’m going on a trip for nine weeks and have several concerns. The tupperwear containers, when left un disturbed for a… -
The Salt Test Woes
Hey folks I’m on a quest for perfect temperature and RH in my humidors and decided to pop the salt test on my two generic digital hygrometers (I bought them at Amazon, don’t remember the brand name. I guess that was my first mistake.) Anyway, I sprinkled a little bit of distilled water into a capful of table salt and set… -
Transcontinental RR 150th Anniversary
Wednesday May 10th marks 150 years of our country being joined together by rail. Back in 1869, the golden spike was driven in Promontory Point, Utah offically completing our nation's first Transcontinental railroad. To celebrate, the Union Pacific Railroad (one of the two original companies that constructed that line) has… -
Overflow Tub Rh spike
I set up a 20 qt airtight tub as temporary storage with a Humi-care hx10 (yes it blew apart when i filled it, I dried it out enough to re stuff and duct taped it back together) anyway every time I sealed the lid the Rh will start to climb and after about 6 to 8 hrs. will hit 80, I unlatched one side of the top and stuck a… -
Journey to Chateau Opus X
I'm new to this site, but not new to cigar smoking. I've been smoking about 10 years. I was recently gifted a box of Fuente Fuente cigars that I know little about. The top says Aged 3 years, Chateau de la Fuente, Fuente Aged Selection, Journey to Chateau de la Fuente. On the side it says Limited Edition 2007, and 4 Fuente… -
cigar shipping
o.k. guys i been trading and passing some smokes,now 1 out of 4 smokes i get in return either cracks or just starts to deteriorate,after about 3-7 days, gentlemen we need to work on better packaging for shipping, now if some of my smokes i have shipped out arrive like crap to some of you please let me know, i cant fix… -
Building my own humidor.
I bought my first humidor about a year ago when i started smoking higher quality cigars. Because im a poor college student I bought one for about 30 bucks online, to say the least i was not happy. I am planning on building a higher quality, nicer looking humidor. I have found a couple of online tutorials that i think would… -
Humidity Level?
Hi everyone - this is my first post - I've been smoking for about 6 months now and would definitely consider myself addicted to the hobby. I have a humidor that currently houses 26 cigars (with 5more on the way) just a selection of different brands sizes, etc. I've got ICE Gel Crystals in my case for humidification but am…
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