Well here in Florida right now it is hot as balls outside and like 8 million percent humidity. I can barely even enjoy a smoke any more. It's just so hot and muggy outside. Lately my sticks have been burning like crap. They are always kept at 63-64% humidty and have smoked perfectly until lately when it has gotten really bad outside. I recalibrated my hygros and they still read the same as before I did so I am keeping the same RH as always. Could the miserable humidity outside be affecting my sticks that much? Last night I started a PSD4 and it was fantastic, by the midway point it seemed soggy and burned and smoked like shit. I thought I had it made in the winter when half of you guys were freezing your asses off for a smoke and now in the summer I can't have a good smoke.

Dry box a few and see if that helps out.
Take an empty smaller travel carrier (I know you have a few) and place a few sticks in there with no humidification and let them rest for a day or so.
See if that helps bring them back to life.

But in the fridge they should be shielded from the outside air humidity.
There is always a chance you got a dud or two but they should be good to go.

Are you sitting down outside for a while before you light up?
I ask because the humidity has been brutal with temps in the 90's here for the last two weeks and I haven't had any issues keeping my cigars lit....it is my pipe that has given me fits....so I put it away for a bit.

Echo

Drybox was my next thing to try. I keep my herf-a-dors unhumidified so they will work fine. Thing is the sticks seem to be fine out of the cooler but go to hell while I'm smoking them. I did add some dry beads to the fridge as well in an attempt to drop the humidity in there a bit just in case.

I havent had much of a problem keeping my stcks lately.  But when i have only been smoking outside after 7pm just because of the heat. Hopefully you just had a couple duds.

Sorry, but I doubt he can "dry" box any cigar when the humidity is higher than 70%.
I have similar experience when I spent my 3 weeks in Georgia, hot and humid, even in the evening, worse at downtown Atlanta, damn near ruin my aged Monticristo @2.
The only solution is to keep your cigar in an air conditioned room (then you can dry box), and smoke in an air conditioned room.

OK.....my styrofoam cooler started to sweat a few minutes ago....
Was going to light up a little ISOM but decided to retreat to the AC for a bit....

I will be waiting for darkness to fall but last night it never got cooler than 82 outside.....so this is global warming....
Now when I post this same message in January, I will fully believe it!!!

I will hold of for a much larger ISOM tonight....something with more age than my 10 y/o son on it!!!





Tease pic.....Hoyo de Monterrey Double Corona....yes, it IS as long as the small box....just fits inside for the ride home....

Smoked another stick today and it was much better although it was not nearly as humid out today. I really think the humidity outside is the issue.

Yup. If it's really humid outside (or raining) I get about an hour before I start having issues with canoeing and having to relight. I keep my humidor at 64-65%.

If you just brought it out into a nearly 100% humid environment your cigar might not get too wet in a short time, but light it and start pulling the very humid air through it and it raises the sticks humidity fairly quickly.

I'd try dry boxing, maybe find some 50% silica desiccant packets and plan your smokes ahead by two or three days.

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