Is 60/61 degrees acceptable?
 

Hey fellas,

I recently received an Edgestar 28-bottle wine cooler and am in the process of converting it to a humidor thanks to Chas! After a few days of it being plugged in, it has stabilized at 60/61 degrees. I have cranked on the knob towards the warmest level but that's it. I have 5 empty cigar boxes and beads in there.

I bought a timer at someone's recommendation but the RH level drastically drops when the cooler turns on so I have it constantly running to see what happens. I can set it to come on for 15 minutes but that is almost too long.

So is that temperature fine for long time storage and for smoking cigars now? I have read that is slows the aging but should be fine, but just wanted to see what opinions are out there... :computer:

Re: Is 60/61 degrees acceptable?
 

In the winter my coolers in the basement get down into the low 60's and even very high 50's regularly and I've had no ill effects. :2

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Opininions are certainly available. I have experimented and questioned experienced cigar folks over the years and from that my opinion is that 60 is just fine. Only problem might be that it is a little harder to keep the humidity up with lower temps but you can deal with that easy enough.:2

Re: Is 60/61 degrees acceptable?
 

Oops, the wrong smiley icon came up at the end of my post... I'm really not yelling at you guys for opinions and I can't edit it! :)

Thanks for the responses, I appreciate it!

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If it works for you and you like your smokes that way I see no ill effects. My coolers usually are between 62-65 degrees.

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I agree with what's been said here. 60's are fine.

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Lower temps are fine, in fact people even freeze cigars, although I wouldn't recommend it unless you have to for the dreaded beetles. 60 is fine.

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Yup, like others have said, thats fine.
Scott

Re: Is 60/61 degrees acceptable?
 

My vino thats in my basement sits at a cool 63*, 68 or so RH with no problems whatsoever.

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Thanks for all the answers, I appreciate it! Makes me feel better :)