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Originally Posted by dave

None of those need any aging, whatsoever....IF you buy them from your local. If you get them from any big-box online retailer, I suggest you put them in your humi for at least a couple of weeks. Some (CI, Famous, others) tend to store/ship wetter than most of us like. Others (JR, Thompson, Best....) could be a crapshoot, wet, dry, delays in pack/ship.... Just a good practice to put them away for a little bit. That isn't aging, however.

Not to mention the often adverse conditions the package goes through in transit. It may be sitting in a sorting center for a while, or on a loading dock in the sun.