Duty " Smoke more, think less... That is the most intelligent thing I have ever heard regarding RH/ Temp. Dont lose sleep over it, take reasonable care and know that 70/70 is hard to maintain constantly.
I see this month's ccom email endorses the 70/70 rule.
I noticed this myself, and I don't know, my experience thus far, what little of it there is, tells me that 70 degrees at 65% is a better figure to go with. I'd imagine 70/70 for the distinct purpose of long term aging might be ok, but I have had very few cigars smoke well at 70%.
Yeah, I have to say I'm darn happy with the 66% my main humi stays at. As for temp, I don't think mine have ever gotten down to 70. They stay in the 73-77 range. No problems so far, knock on wood.
I keep my tupperdors right around 70% rH... My humidor represents my "smoking queue" and I have a system for rotating in new sticks (I won't even go into that here)... I give them at least 10 days of rest in the humi before they're considered for smoking. The humidor stays at 65% dead on. I definitely find they smoke a lot better at 65%. When I smoke one, I bring another out of the tupperdor and add it to the rotation. The system is working really well so far, but it is hard to wait the 10 days for some sticks to have gotten sufficient rest in the humi.
I've been havin problems with my temp now as well! I've been keepin my humidors in my kitchen in a cabnit, I looked at the temp last night after dinner it was over 80 degrees!!! Ouch! Looked at it this am and it was upper 70s! My rh is still hittin at 65% thanks to the beads! So I moved it to my bed room this am, in that room it stays pretty cool, so I'll see what happens today! If that don't work I'll put them in basement where it's even cooler!
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