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Originally Posted by msgtmac

My 5 Vagas and filipes are not staying lit. They draw good but unless I continually puff on them they produce little smoke and eventually after a great deal of huffing and puffing they get hot and bitter and not worth smoking. They came from CI but have been in my hum for @ 4 weeks. 65-70%Smoked a Perdomo lot 23 last nite and had no problems, bought it from a local shop. Please help

Sounds like they are still too wet! Try "dry-boxing" (place them in dry humi for several days- no moisture source) a few for a week or so, then trying them. CI sticks are well known for shipping very wet, and taking some time to get back down to smoking humidity. Also, I find my sticks smoke much better between 60 and 65%, and actually prefer my humi to stay right around 62-63% range.

Good luck