Hello all. I'm new here... be gentle

[JiveTurkey]

Welcome from north of you in the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon.

1) Personally, no.

2) Maybe it's the subliminal marketing from the blue light.

3) I prefer my cigars to be in the low to mid 60s % RH when I smoke them. This is where I keep my desktop humidors where I pull cigars from to smoke.

Any higher and they can feel plugged, not burn as well, and taste acidic. That said, my coolidor seems to want to stay at 75% RH, but I don't pull cigars here to smoke, rather to stock the desktop humidors.

There's a general range, but ultimately you decide what you prefer. Also, some cigars tend to do better at different RHs.

[ashauler]

Welcome to the board, thanks for your service.

[VancouverMark]

Welcome to the forums. Great intro post by the way.

I keep my cigars stored in my humidor around 65%. I haven't tried a lot of the cigars you mentioned although I do have some of them in my humidor. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Mark

[CptnBlues63]

Hi and welcome from Western Canada.

[buzz]

Welcome from AZ. Thanks for serving!

1. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...adron+1926+box
2. You were probably wearing glasses when you bought them. My vision sucks at night...
3. I like 65% for smoking, I've heard/read somewhere that 70% is better for long-term storage.

-Buzz

[cinda]

Welcome to the board!

[Mangyrat]

Welcome to the forum.

The box is worth nothing but keep a few around in case you ever want to do a coolerdor.

I never smoked a CAO Vision, when i saw them in the local shop the guy said they were on the milder side and thats not for me.

I personally would not go with 72% thats a little high, I prefer between 65 and 68% for cigars im smoking that day.

[Jay Roveda]

Thanks all for the warm welcome.

@JiveTurkey lol, the blue light got me. I did smoke one before I bought the box though. You're right about the cigars feeling plugged at the higher humidity. I've noticed that before. I'll probably let the humidity drop a bit if I plan to burn them

@Craig I had pondered the idea of "sick periods" because of my familiarity with wine aging. The period of time that the wine is maturing from adolescence to a teen is regarded the "dumb phase" and is essentially the same concept. Thanks for the tip

@Buzz Those boxes are different than mine. Mines a box of #6, which leads me to believe it's worth at least a half mil, but I'd settle for a refill

@Mangyrat I may have been wearing my goggles. I was fresh off a flight into San Diego. There is a tiny hole in the wall cigar shop called Little Italy I'd patronize on my way out of San Diego. Funny thing is that the shop is owned by Iraqis. Coolerdor? hmmm like a frigidor but in a cooler? Never thought of that before. Thanks!

Well, after all this cigar talk, I'm pulling a few out for Saturday night. The great thing about South Lake Tahoe California is that it's a five minute drive over the state line to the casinos in Nevada, where they don't have stupid liberal Californian's to tell me not to smoke anywhere near a standing structure. And if someone does, I can blow smoke in their face without the badge wearing tax collectors issuing me a citation.

Now the hard part, which to pick?

[dominicd1990]

Welcome from Conn.