Are my cigars too dry?

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WarMace

Gorilla In Training
I need a little help from some of the more experienced members here. I had a couple of cigars yesterday from my humidor. Both of the wrappers seemed very dry. So dry that as I squeezed them, the wrappers began to crack. The humi has a tight seal, reads 65-66% on an adjustable digital hygro calibrated 1-2 months ago, and is humidified by a 65% Heartfelt beads puck. It is stuffed to the brim and I haven't rotated the stuff underneath the top layer too often. Could the humidity not be reaching all the cigars due to not rotating or being too full. The last cigar I smoked was an Avo Domaine #10 from about the third layer down and it even tasted very dry. Aroma was good but it tasted like dry leaves smell when they burn.

Any help will be appreciated.
 
WarMace said:
I need a little help from some of the more experienced members here. I had a couple of cigars yesterday from my humidor. Both of the wrappers seemed very dry. So dry that as I squeezed them, the wrappers began to crack. The humi has a tight seal, reads 65-66% on an adjustable digital hygro calibrated 1-2 months ago, and is humidified by a 65% Heartfelt beads puck. It is stuffed to the brim and I haven't rotated the stuff underneath the top layer too often. Could the humidity not be reaching all the cigars due to not rotating or being too full. The last cigar I smoked was an Avo Domaine #10 from about the third layer down and it even tasted very dry. Aroma was good but it tasted like dry leaves smell when they burn.

Any help will be appreciated.
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Sounds EXACTLY like the same experience I had with a packed full humidor. How long had the cigar in question been in there?

Ruined a PDS4 and EDRM Choix Supreme for me :mad:

No worries run down to Target and get a Vinotemp 28!
 
Softly "squeeze" the foot. If you hear a crackling sound, they are too dry. Try rotating the top to the bottom, middle to the top, and bottom to the middle, and so on and so on. If that doesn't work after a few days try adding a shot glass of distilled water inside the humidor. Good luck. :tu
 
If you think they were too dry, they were. I am not one to rotate my cigars so I don't know if that makes a difference or not. Try it and see. And I am not too familiar with the Domaine but those wrappers do well at 65%, imo. What was the other cigar you smoked?
 
kgoings said:
Sounds EXACTLY like the same experience I had with a packed full humidor. How long had the cigar in question been in there?

Ruined a PDS4 and EDRM Choix Supreme for me :mad:

No worries run down to Target and get a Vinotemp 28!
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Actually my experience with a full humidor is that, once regulated, it holds humidity better - as long as you don't have to sit on the lit to close it.

I'm like RadioMan, I very seldom rotate stock I already have but I do put newer purchases under the older ones so they can acclimate to my liking.
 
SHOE said:
Actually my experience with a full humidor is that, once regulated, it holds humidity better - as long as you don't have to sit on the lit to close it.
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:tpd: I have a packed desk top humi that is self regulating. I haven't had to add water in a while. Then again, I don't open it that frequently (it's for long term aging of a Opus and Padrons). I haven't rotated the sticks in at least a couple of years and they all seem fine. I haven't noticed any difference between any of the sticks.
 
NCRadioMan said:
If you think they were too dry, they were. I am not one to rotate my cigars so I don't know if that makes a difference or not. Try it and see. And I am not too familiar with the Domaine but those wrappers do well at 65%, imo. What was the other cigar you smoked?
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The other one was a RyJ Reserva Real. It was from the top layer and was dry but not as much as the Avo.

kgoings said:
Sounds EXACTLY like the same experience I had with a packed full humidor. How long had the cigar in question been in there?

Ruined a PDS4 and EDRM Choix Supreme for me :mad:

No worries run down to Target and get a Vinotemp 28!
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The Avo had been in for about a month or too.

I'm gonna move some out and see if that helps. I'm probably just trying to put too much in it. It shuts fine but sometimes I have to tetris it a bit to get it to close completely.
 
SHOE said:
Actually my experience with a full humidor is that, once regulated, it holds humidity better - as long as you don't have to sit on the lit to close it.

I'm like RadioMan, I very seldom rotate stock I already have but I do put newer purchases under the older ones so they can acclimate to my liking.
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Same, I find a full humidor is more stable too, I do my best to test that theory. But, I think there has to be a channel for the air to circulate to the areas away from your humidification system.
 
mash said:
Same, I find a full humidor is more stable too, I do my best to test that theory. But, I think there has to be a channel for the air to circulate to the areas away from your humidification system.
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I also keep my 100 ct. humi full and always try to leave a space between sides of the humi and the head and foot of the cigars so that humidity can circulate. In the past year I have not had any problems. Just my :2.
 
I would agree that a full humidor is a happy humidor, but desktops, if packed tightly, can leach out moisture from the cigars packed away from the media & up against the spanish cedar when there is no free movement of air & humidity.

My desktops are reserved for wet cigars that I get from CFO & I don't put water in them any more (anyone who's bought a wheel of 50, or a bundle of 25, of the Blend #7 can sympathize I'm certain). :) I put a wheel of 50 Blend #7 toros in a 100 ct humidor & the humidity spiked from @50% rh (it was empty) to about 80% rh.

There ya go! Get yourself some Blend #7's & sprinkle em throughout the humidor. It'll probably fix your problem right quick. :r
 
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