Interaction of temp and rh

[shilala]

Relative Humidity is relative to the temperature. That's why it's called relative humidity.
The actual difference of volume of water in a cooler at 55 degrees and a cooler at 75 degrees both at 65% is so tiny it's negligible, and literally not worth mentioning.
You have absolutely nothing to worry about, Colin. You should be overjoyed. You done good.

[BigCat]

Thanks for the replies, fellas. Your input is helpful and I feel better about it now.

Neo - that chart you referenced is what raised a concern for me. I know I've seen it before somewhere else, but can't recall where.

Scott - I should have mentioned, the beads you gave me in the newbie sampler trade are at least partially responsible for the solid rh Thanks again!

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by shilala

Relative Humidity is relative to the temperature. That's why it's called relative humidity.
The actual difference of volume of water in a cooler at 55 degrees and a cooler at 75 degrees both at 65% is so tiny it's negligible, and literally not worth mentioning.
You have absolutely nothing to worry about, Colin. You should be overjoyed. You done good.

[neoflex]

I have had one beetle outbreak many years ago and have noticed a beetle hole in a couple cc's recently that I could have sworn wasn't there when I first received the stick but fortunately I keep the very few cc's I do have separated in their own storage just because cc's do make me nervous in this aspect. Probably the best excuse I have to not clipping down taht slope. Witnessing a beetle outbreak and seeing them pop up here on the boards when the weather warms up is enough to keep me nervous. I have way too much invested in what sits in my cabinet to have it not give me a knot in my stomach when the temps climb above 70 degrees.

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by neoflex

I have had one beetle outbreak many years ago and have noticed a beetle hole in a couple cc's recently that I could have sworn wasn't there when I first received the stick but fortunately I keep the very few cc's I do have separated in their own storage just because cc's do make me nervous in this aspect. Probably the best excuse I have to not clipping down taht slope. Witnessing a beetle outbreak and seeing them pop up here on the boards when the weather warms up is enough to keep me nervous. I have way too much invested in what sits in my cabinet to have it not give me a knot in my stomach when the temps climb above 70 degrees.

Perhaps I must the rare exception and lucky one but I have never, ever, had a beetle outbreak due to CC's.

I have had only one beetle outbreak in my nearly 20 years smoking and storing cigars that was attributed to FAKE CC's. They were a box of R&J Churchill glass tops sent by an uncle in Cuba that thought he was doing a favor for us.

I don't freeze mine. I don't take any steps to avoid it. I store them in the summer as high as 77 degrees, due to not being able to afford colder temperatures in Florida in the summer due to high electric costs.
In fact, in the middle of winter now, my humi temp is no lower than 72-73 during this past cold spell we had.
I store boxes, with each vitola to its own original box.
I use two generic boxes to store high end singles.
I use a zip lock bag to store other NC singles.

Knock on wood, has worked well for me.

[MajorCaptSilly]

There was a lot of debate about this years ago on alt.smokers.cigars newsgroup. The conensus was that temperature has little or no effect on cigars (unless you're freezing or baking them). The correlation between temp and RH is non-existant. If you are at 57 degrees and 57% humidity, your cigars may be a little dry for you. If you're at 57 degrees and 75% humidty, you're going to have wet, plugged cigars and maybe some beetles.

MCS

[BigCat]

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

There was a lot of debate about this years ago on alt.smokers.cigars newsgroup. The conensus was that temperature has little or no effect on cigars (unless you're freezing or baking them). The correlation between temp and RH is non-existant. If you are at 57 degrees and 57% humidity, your cigars may be a little dry for you. If you're at 57 degrees and 75% humidty, you're going to have wet, plugged cigars and maybe some beetles.

MCS

That's pretty much what I thought, but I wanted to run it by a few people. Seems that is the consensus here as well. Thanks for your input.