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Originally Posted by Bill86
Ok explain the beads thing, sorry for all the questions just trying to hopefully get this right on the first try.
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Most cigars should be kept humidified to keep them from possibly losing flavor.
There are many different ways to humidify cigars. The beads are one of these ways.
For smaller humidors, beads work quite well. They don't take up much space and they have a unique advantage over most other forums of humidification: they can both release moisture and absorb it. Few other humidification systems can lower the humidity in a humidor when it gets over the set point. Beads are also very simple. Simply buy them, put them in the humidor and water them if necessary.
There are a lot of published pages, mostly by e-tailers, touting 70%RH. While this isn't "bad", as you hang around and have more interaction with other BOTLs here (and most any forum for that matter) you will find that a large number will advocate humidity in the 60% to 65% RH range, because, as a slightly drier smoke, the cigars will burn better, more evenly, have a lesser chance of being plugged and usually have more pronounced flavors.