Cigar blowup

[WyoBob]

I think it would take quite some time for a very large ring gauge cigar to "stabilize" from one humidity to another. If the Nub was placed in your humidor after being stored at 70% (possibly higher) and your humi was at 65%, the wrapper would start dropping in humidity right away. I think the interior of such a large ring gauge cigar would take a very long time to reach 65%. So, "tight" wrapper + high interior humidity = split wrapper.

WyoBob

Originally Posted by WyoBob

I think it would take quite some time for a very large ring gauge cigar to "stabilize" from one humidity to another. If the Nub was placed in your humidor after being stored at 70% (possibly higher) and your humi was at 65%, the wrapper would start dropping in humidity right away. I think the interior of such a large ring gauge cigar would take a very long time to reach 65%. So, "tight" wrapper + high interior humidity = split wrapper.

WyoBob

This makes sense, but now I'm confused and this is where I show my noobness: If this is what caused the problem, wouldn't dry-boxing for a day only compound it by drying out the exterior of the cigars more??

As to solution: I can see where Nubs and other larger rgs would take longer to stabilize, and it seems like the options are to either smoke them right away, store them in a separate humidor at 70%, or give them a long time to stabilize at 65%. What do you all think should be a reasonable period of time to let larger rg cigars bought on line to "settle" to 65%? As I said, I try to let them sit for a month, but I also usually smoke cigars with a ring gauge in the 46-50 range. If a month isn't long enough for a fatty, how would you tell how long is enough other than trial and error? What's your best guess as to how long "a very long time" would be? Or, more simply, for those of you who smoke Nubs, Maxxes and other large rg cigars, how do you store them?

[AriesOpusX]

Solution = don't smoke anymore nubs