Uneven burn issues in San Francisco

4theLoveofCedar · 08-25-2013, 09:14 PM

Just got into cigars at the beginning of this year and now I'm totally obsessed. I've had consistent uneven burn issues with almost all of my cigars, even though I am using 65% Heartfelt beads, take care to light my cigars evenly with a soft flame, and smoke cigars that usually get good construction reviews, like Tatuajes. I recently realized that because of the fog, the humidity here is off the charts, like 80% and above most of the time. As a result, it seems like my issue is keeping my cigars dry enough, and I've recently started blow drying my humidity beads to dry them out so they can soak up more humidity. I'm hoping this will help with my uneven burn issues. I started drying out the beads a couple of weeks ago and haven't noticed any improvement yet. I'm hoping it just needs more time to even out the humidity in the cigars. Wondering if anyone else is having these uneven burn issues smoking outdoors in high humidity regions. Am I just always going to have uneven burn issues or if I can keep my cigars dry enough, will they start to burn better despite the ambient humidity? Any other thoughts on this?

08-25-2013, 09:14 PM	#1
4theLoveofCedar Burn and Turn Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 25 Trading: (0)	Uneven burn issues in San Francisco Just got into cigars at the beginning of this year and now I'm totally obsessed. I've had consistent uneven burn issues with almost all of my cigars, even though I am using 65% Heartfelt beads, take care to light my cigars evenly with a soft flame, and smoke cigars that usually get good construction reviews, like Tatuajes. I recently realized that because of the fog, the humidity here is off the charts, like 80% and above most of the time. As a result, it seems like my issue is keeping my cigars dry enough, and I've recently started blow drying my humidity beads to dry them out so they can soak up more humidity. I'm hoping this will help with my uneven burn issues. I started drying out the beads a couple of weeks ago and haven't noticed any improvement yet. I'm hoping it just needs more time to even out the humidity in the cigars. Wondering if anyone else is having these uneven burn issues smoking outdoors in high humidity regions. Am I just always going to have uneven burn issues or if I can keep my cigars dry enough, will they start to burn better despite the ambient humidity? Any other thoughts on this?