Cigar blowing up in Traveldor??

[Mattso3000]

Had this traveldor for over a year now and keep a Boveda 69 in it for humidification. I have never had a problem with it before, but for some reason the Tat I'm smoking now started to burst. It's only been in the case for 3 weeks, not sure what the problem is as the hygrometer reads 65 constantly... Any suggestions to keep this from happening in the future would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Matt

[jesseboston81]

Which Tat is it? The la Verite 2008s are prone to wrapper issues at that humidity.

[Mattso3000]

Tat Verocu #5. Just got done smoking the HdM you sent after work today and noticed this thing cracking on me. Never had a wrapper crack like this.

[CigarNut]

Sometimes a rapid change in RH will cause a cigar to split. For example going from 65% RH inside your traveldor to 30% (or 90%) RH in the outside air. This effect can be exaggerated when you start smoking the cigar due to the heat.

[Mattso3000]

Originally Posted by CigarNut

Sometimes a rapid change in RH will cause a cigar to split. For example going from 65% RH inside your traveldor to 30% (or 90%) RH in the outside air. This effect can be exaggerated when you start smoking the cigar due to the heat.

RH is very low out today, as I recall when I opened up the box last night to check the selection before going out of town for the weekend everything was fine. I just picked it up and walked outside to grab something as it was sitting in the livingroom. I will have to remember to keep the humi inside on drastically different RH days and just grab a cigar out of the box. Thx.