Gurkha Factum the second review

[ryan54]

So I posted a simple review of my experience with the Gurkha Factum. My first post about them was ok they tasted perty good but I was experiencing a very uneven burn and had to put it down simply because it was annoying me. Well I brought a couple over to one of my smoking buddy’s houses today and we fired em up. Same taste but about 1/5 of the way into the cigar it cracked really bad and unrolled. Then a short while later my buddies cracked and same thing happened. I checked my humidor and found that it was dead set on 70% and about 68 degrees. My hygrometer has been salt tested and it is perty accurate. I got my other hygrometer from my other humidor I keep at work and stuck it in the one at home and let it sit for an hour and they both registered the same. I purchased these cigars from cheaphumidors.com with a humidor purchase and I’m wandering if I got Junk cigars from them. Or if they cigars where not taken care of on their end. Any experience with this sight? I want to like these cigars they taste perty good.

[MarineOne]

How long did you have them sit in your humidor?

I have a feeling they weren't ready to be smoked yet, and were a little more dry than you thought.

[ryan54]

They have been in my humi a little over a week. Should I leave mail order cigars in my humi for a while before smoking? I'm still new to humidors and stuff I use to just go to the B&M get one and smoke it. I’ll let the others sit for a few weeks then see if I get the same results.

[EdgeMan]

Yeah, try letting them rest a bit. If you can help yourself.

[Shelby07]

They have been in my humi a little over a week. Should I leave mail order cigars in my humi for a while before smoking? I'm still new to humidors and stuff I use to just go to the B&M get one and smoke it. I’ll let the others sit for a few weeks then see if I get the same results.

30 days minimum. If you smell any ammonia put them back.

[MarineOne]

They have been in my humi a little over a week. Should I leave mail order cigars in my humi for a while before smoking? I'm still new to humidors and stuff I use to just go to the B&M get one and smoke it. I’ll let the others sit for a few weeks then see if I get the same results.

The ones I've gotten over here sit for at least a month, sometimes longer, because they really dry out on the trip over here to the sandbox .... unless they're packaged properly. The Sancho Panza's that come from CI are surprisingly ready to smoke as soon as I get them but like I said its all about HOW the cigars are packaged.