Burning problems...

[Kevin76tx]

Hello. I'm still a newby to cigar smoking. I am having problems with my cigars burning uneven. I just got done smoking a Saint Luis Yey Reserva Especial and it was as if one whole side of the cigar didn't want to burn. That ruined the whole experience. It's not like it was a cheap cigar to my standards. It cost me $5.50. That's decent for me. But this also happened with a Trilogy Native Cameroon. What's going on?
The humidor room where I buy my cigars is kept at 75%. My humidor stays about 64%.
Any ideas? Thanks.

[QuietC]

i've heard by keeping the humidity down that it'll help the burn, so maybe give the cigars you buy a week in your humi, in order for them to dry out a lil. also i learned from someone on here that when the cigar is running, to leave that side up and that sometimes helps even the burn.

[Roham]

Ya, if it's running it's sometimes best to leave the run on top and just let it sit in an ashtray(totally horizontal) for a few minutes to even the burn out before you start puffing

[Yeagermeister]

in addtion to maintaining the proper humidity levels, it's also wise to touch your cigars burn up with your lighter - burning the slower areas of the paper off as to make it even. You can also lick your finger and moisten the wrapper of an area that seems to be burning fast.

even the most expensive cigars can have a shit burn.

[SFG75]

in addtion to maintaining the proper humidity levels, it's also wise to touch your cigars burn up with your lighter - burning the slower areas of the paper off as to make it even. You can also lick your finger and moisten the wrapper of an area that seems to be burning fast.

even the most expensive cigars can have a shit burn.

Excellent advice here, this is what you can do as a "solution" to this problem. As others have clearly stated, the problem is a humidity one.

[Kevin76tx]

Wow! thanks for the great respnoses!!!
What do you mean by evenly humidified? How would one side get more humidified than the other?
In the shop, they have one of those big home humidifiers. The cigars are on shelves with the lids open so you can see the cigars.
I have dampened the opposite side to let the slow burning side catch up, but that didn't work well. I also lit the slow burning end to make it catch up. The cigar would almost go out if I didn't puff on it almost constantly! It was hard to smoke. It seems to me that the cigars is too moist, right? Thanks.

[ggiese]

Hello. I'm still a newby to cigar smoking. I am having problems with my cigars burning uneven. I just got done smoking a Saint Luis Yey Reserva Especial and it was as if one whole side of the cigar didn't want to burn. That ruined the whole experience. It's not like it was a cheap cigar to my standards. It cost me $5.50. That's decent for me. But this also happened with a Trilogy Native Cameroon. What's going on?
The humidor room where I buy my cigars is kept at 75%. My humidor stays about 64%.
Any ideas? Thanks.

Probably was unevenly humidified. Hard to tell what happened in the humidor at the store. It's also possible some where between the distributor and the store something funky happened with the humidification. Plus, 75% is a bit on the high side. If it's kept at 75%, I'd give the cigar a couple of weeks to rest in my humidor before I would smoke it.

It could also be how its stored in your humi. Where was the cigar stored in relation to the humidification device? A consistent 64% rh should actually decrease burn problems, as long as it was evenly humidified.

If you have a problem like that again, I'd take the cigar back to the store and ask them to replace it. Most shops will do that for you (as long as you haven't burned it down to a nub). Only rarely have I seen a decent cigar like the San Luis Rey burn like that...