Do different cigars react differently to RH levels?

[DB17210]

Good morning! The reason I am wondering this is because last night I sat down to enjoy one of my Torano Loyals. I have had them in my humi that's been maintained at a steady 67% RH level since I got my Heartfelt beads. When I took it out to smoke, I gave it a quick squeez and it had a little give but not too soft. As I worked my way through the stick the burn was uneven, tight, slow burn, and low smoke yield on normal draw. Upon further inspection I realized that it was getting rather spongy too as I made my way into the 2nd half. I gave up as I got into my last 3rd because it had gotten even worse. All of these symptoms would lead me to believe that it was being over humidified. However, I smoked one of my Perdomo's the night before and it was perfect. I checked my other cigars in the humi and they all seem fine except for my other Loyal that I have. That one feels a little soft too. I have had both of them in my humi for about 3 weeks. As some of you may know from previous posts I was having some RH level stability issues until I got my beads. Prior to the beads my levels were never going above 72%, but there was just no consistancy. The cigars are a brand new release, and I know the ones I bought were some of the 1st ones Torano even had available for sale in the US. I did smoke one from the same box at the event where I bought them and there were no issues. Any suggestions you have would be great. I would really like to be abel to salvage the remaining one I have left.

[craig]

Yes, to the title question.

Cello on or off? (seriously)

[DB17210]

Yes, to the title question.

Cello on or off? (seriously)

Cello is on for all in my humi.

[craig]

Take the cello off the Torano and give it at least six weeks, twice that to be on the safe side. Manufacturers often ship their cigars fairly wet. Cello retards moisture gain/loss, and even without cello, a typical Cuban wrapper in a corona size retards moisture gain/loss to about (the equivalent of) 1% RH change per week (above 65% RH). Thus, keep the foot exposed, and perhaps clip the head. Torano's wrappers seem to me to be a bit on the oily side, which would slow the rate down quite a bit more. (Below the equivalent of 65%, tobacco is much more porous.)

As an aside, RH is just a convenient proxy for the moisture content of the tobacco leaf. We really want 11% - 13% of the cigar's weight to be water (IIRC), but there's no convenient, accurate, and non-destructive way of measuring that.

YMMV on all of the above.

[DB17210]

Take the cello off the Torano and give it at least six weeks, twice that to be on the safe side. Manufacturers often ship their cigars fairly wet. Cello retards moisture gain/loss, and even without cello, a typical Cuban wrapper in a corona size retards moisture gain/loss to about (the equivalent of) 1% RH change per week (above 65% RH). Thus, keep the foot exposed, and perhaps clip the head. Torano's wrappers seem to me to be a bit on the oily side, which would slow the rate down quite a bit more. (Below the equivalent of 65%, tobacco is much more porous.)

As an aside, RH is just a convenient proxy for the moisture content of the tobacco leaf. We really want 11% - 13% of the cigar's weight to be water (IIRC), but there's no convenient, accurate, and non-destructive way of measuring that.

YMMV on all of the above.

Thanks very much for the advice!

[Nicholas Hawtrey]

Hello,
I like pot cigarettes more than cigar. i think cigar is little bit more heavy that's why i prefer pot cigarettes or simple cigarettes.

thanks!!