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Also < 55% will begin to dry out your cigars which is bad and will lead to bitter cigars that unravel and burn fast.
>75% puts your cigars at risk of mold and that destroys ALL of them. If you achieve perfect humidity, your cigars may achieve plume, which looks like white small mold but it is not. It is the sugars in the cigars crystalizing. I had some plume early this year. Takes afew months. I smoke too soon so it is hard for mine to achieve plume.
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Lastly, do not take your cigars out of the cellophane as it is not necessary. You should however take off the plastic wrapper to any boxes and just leave the whole box in the humidor if you own a large one like I have.
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The best budget humidor you can get IMO is a plastic container with a gasket lid, a cedar tray, and a couple Boveda packs. I have 2 of that setup (tupperdors) and LOVE them. There are folks on r/cigars that have hundreds of cigars including premium ones (Opus, God of Fire, CCs, etc) and they use that setup. They are pretty much foolproof if you can keep them in a temperature controlled environment. The Bovedas will last a year plus since they are air tight. You just have to open them every now and then to let them breathe and rotate the cigars. I use the large Sistema container, Mantello tray (or 2, it will fit 2) and 2 60g Bovedas (all from Amazon). You can usually do the full setup for around $50. I use the 65rh Bovedas because I like to stay in the mid to upper 60s for humidity. I have a couple other humidors, too, and do like the look of a nice wooden humidor. Honestly, though, I trust the tupperdors a lot more. The only reason I'm considering a wineador is to prevent temperature fluctuations. I had a scare when my AC went out this summer.
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Caldwell is solid all around. I've heard to expect the prices to go up because of the factory fire they had a couple months back, but haven't seen an increase yet. Re: plume... I don't know where I stand on that subject. It is pretty hotly debated. I've read some of the study results from both sides. Some say plume is 100% legit, others say all plume is mold. I probably lean towards the latter but am not educated enough to argue one way or the other. Either way, I haven't experienced it. Regardless, everything I've heard is that even if it is mold, as long as it is on the wrapper only and not on the foot you can wipe it off and still smoke the cigar. Again, I've never experienced it so don't know how I would react. And I'm 100% not saying you're wrong; I don't have the expertise to give a well-informed argument either way. I do have some super toothy cigars and they absolutely have great added flavor with the oil pockets. |
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My Dad smoked King Edward Cigars. They came in a box and those boxes became useful for collecting baseball and football cards. I was 14 and would go to the garage and lite up a cigar. Once I got use to them I enjoyed them. Most of my classmates chewed tobacco. I didn't care for chewing tobacco.
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This is an EXCELLENT option.
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There is a BIG difference between plume and mold.
The little white dots that are produce by the sugars can easily be wiped off and have no impact other than to know your sugar has a perfect age and humidity. If you have ever been unfortunate to see mold, I haven't in my humidors but my cousin did once, they kill the cigar and usually you see other signs like greenish color and slightly swelled cigars from over moisture.
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Todays sticks:
E.P. Carillo Encore Torpeedo Oliva Melanio V Torpeedo
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Just pulled out one more:
Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro
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ACID has a HUGE following for those who like flavored cigars.
A lot of younger cigar smokers like those. Old farts like me not so much.
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