Effects of RH

[shilala]

Ya know what, Steve? Everyone is gonna come in here and tell you something different, and end up telling you their own particular preference.
Like me, for instance. I've tried pretty much everything at pretty much every rh.
Ultimately I found I like my cc's around 55-60%. At first, I like my nc's a little higher, around 65%. Now, I like them down around 59%.
My suggestion would be to find a starting point (65% is a darned good suggestion) and slowly work from there.
I think one thing everyone will agree on is that wet cigars don't perform well, and they don't taste so good. I agree with that, too, but I don't think you'll get even 3 guys to agree on what "wet" is. That's because as you guessed, different cigars do better than others at given RH's.
Being as it's too much work to keep different humidors for all my particular likes, I've just settled. I like them at 55-60%, so that's what everything is gonna be, even if maduros taste better (to me) at around 63%, and maduros are my favorite.
I think I'm starting to hit that phase where I don't want to struggle with my smokes anymore, I just want to enjoy them. The easier it is keeping them, the more fun it is.