Newbie Questions - HELP

cigarmonkel · 11-08-2012, 03:51 PM

Hi and welcome to the forums! I think you will quickly find out that you will receive tons of different answers and everyone has their own way of doing things. Some people like their cigars at 65% humidity and some like it at 70% others like low 60's. You want to try to avoid anything over 70% and above 70 degrees F. Anything over that is asking for trouble, beetles and mold are never fun.

As far as the cello goes, it's personal. Like Mo said, he took his off and the cedar ended up being quite a compliment to the aging where as some keep it on (as conch said) to help protect the wrapper of the cigar from damage. There are tons of threads about aging in tubes or the cedar wrap they come in sometimes and cello. I'm sure the more you start to look around the forum the more you will learn.

as for a check with your cigars in the current stage, i was once told a cigar should feel like a firm banana, not squishy but not rock hard either. Maybe it was a joke and someone pulled one over on me but thats what I've lived by when my hygro's batteries went dead or I was without one in my early stages.

welcome board!

11-08-2012, 03:51 PM	#8
cigarmonkel User Title goes here Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: a2/ypsi. in the mitten Posts: 1,594 Trading: (32)	Re: Newbie Questions - HELP Hi and welcome to the forums! I think you will quickly find out that you will receive tons of different answers and everyone has their own way of doing things. Some people like their cigars at 65% humidity and some like it at 70% others like low 60's. You want to try to avoid anything over 70% and above 70 degrees F. Anything over that is asking for trouble, beetles and mold are never fun. As far as the cello goes, it's personal. Like Mo said, he took his off and the cedar ended up being quite a compliment to the aging where as some keep it on (as conch said) to help protect the wrapper of the cigar from damage. There are tons of threads about aging in tubes or the cedar wrap they come in sometimes and cello. I'm sure the more you start to look around the forum the more you will learn. as for a check with your cigars in the current stage, i was once told a cigar should feel like a firm banana, not squishy but not rock hard either. Maybe it was a joke and someone pulled one over on me but thats what I've lived by when my hygro's batteries went dead or I was without one in my early stages. welcome board!