This cigar Journey has been extremely fun and exciting over the last 3 years. We have meet tons of fantastic people, and have had wonderful conversations with all. Not to mention the exchange of so much cigar information throughout the community. It has been an absolute pleasure. With that being said, it is time to get back to focusing on another passion of ours. Many of you know that my wife and I have been working on getting our Micro-Bakery up and running. That is what we intend to do this year. We are laser focused and confident in our ability to make sourdough bread as well as many other delicious treats. We look forward to watching other cigar content creators spread their knowledge and thoughts on old, new, and upcoming cigars. Like I always say ladies and gentlemen. Smoke great cigars, and if you can smoke with company. You will be bettering your day. D~Lov & Wife are out. Bye Guys! 😃🙏💪
Don't get frustrated with us beginners...we appreciate your knowledge more than you know. Thank you sir. Got an excellent burn line down to the nub and the flavor so much better.
How long do you drybox your cigars on average? I do around 10-18 hours on average, was wondering if that's enough, usually smoke it when it test around 62-65% on the humidimeter
Hey D Lov, loved the video! Just had a few questions about humidity. Does the deviation for the meter not matter if I calibrate them? Im using the boveda 75% calibration kit for all my govee meters and so far it seems to be pretty accurate when I calibrate them. Currently, I have my humidor set at 65RH at 73F, I am thinking whether it would be better for me to go up or go down in RH. would 62RH be too low? My average ambient outdoor humidity is around 70% right now
Instead of dry-boxing, wouldn't it be better to store the cigars at a lower humidity say 62% or 65%? Especially if you like your cigars to be on the drier side.
I always had issues smoking out of the humidor, but have great results now with dry them out first. Why don't big cigar channels ever talk about the importance of drying them?
Sadly most reviewers care more about volume, than giving a high quality review. There are more subscribers and views in the volume game. The more reviews a RU-vidr drops per week, the more you have to take their review with a grain of salt. Most are only in it for the free cigars unfortunately. 😏
@DLovWife knowing this from the beginning would've saved me a lot of cigars and bad experiences. I watched tons of "beginner" videos and never heard of drying them.
So great to hear from you guys! Can you ship your stunning bread and cakes to the uk? 😂 we would love them. And keep the amazing cigar recommendations coming please 🤞🏻good luck to both of you.
Thank you so much for the love and support! 💪 Hopefully I can keep everyone updated more often on the delicious treats my wife and I are making. Have a blessed on friend. 😃
😂 🤣 Absolutely. I actually enjoyed this cigar. It is a little young, but it has crazy potential. Sitting on 3 boxes of these right now. Might go for a 4th soon. 😁💪
Thank you bro! At the moment, I am a huge fan of Felipe Gregorio. I have pretty much been smoking any and everything that man has put out. My all time favorite cigar is a Don Aurturo Destino el siglo Opus X. Hmm, I don’t really do pairings. I enjoy smoking cigars without coupling it with anything the best. 😃
Honestly, the advice you have given has been game changing for me, especially around dry boxing, but also the brands you have recommended, I’m in the uk and have to buy cigars from Germany, we go on holiday there every year so no problem. But I’m buying all the stuff you recommend and it’s all stunning. So thanks again brother for all your advice, and all the very best to you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@MG-iu9yj I am glad that my wife and I were able to help you maximize your smoking experience. Who knows, maybe we will come back if we ever get a good work life balance again. 😃
@Beeppoop My storage temperature is at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. I dry box my cigar between 60% -63% RH under the cap. I have even gone down as low as 58% under the cap to get the cigar to open up. 😃
I open my humidors once every two weeks and do an inspection. If your humidor is running on the high side for moisture, then you definitely run the risk of mold.
Hey Bro! My wife and I retired from being cigar reviewers a few months ago. It became extremely hard to keep it going with how much I work. If things ever calm down again, then I might try to get back to it. 😃
We are doing well brother. We retired from the cigar reviewer life a few months ago. It was just time to move on. Thank you for subscribing and showing the channel love 😃💪
Basically the conditioning process works like this. If my cigars are let’s say 70% RH, and I place the cigars in the dry box which naturally rest at 55% RH @ 70 degrees. The cigars will find an equilibrium point between the high of the cigar and the low of the dry box. Basically my cigar will be lowered to the low 60% RH @ 70 degrees under the cap. This may take a few weeks to a month depending on the size of the cigar and moisture retention. If you keep your cigars at 62% RH, then your cigars will find an equilibrium point between the 62% and the high end of your cigar as time passes. This process is going to take much longer because you will be bringing down your cigars in a wetter environment than mine. After an extended long period of time, I suppose it’s possible to have your cigars gradually fall all the way to 62% under the cap, but I couldn’t tell you how long that would take. 🤷♂️ Also, I don’t know the long term effects of storing cigars at low humidity levels for an extended period of time. I tend to store my cigars as close as I possibly. Lastly, I have need seen anyone that does the method you are talking about have any cigars that burn well on any consistent basis. The includes most of the top reviewers.
@@DLovWife thanks for the reply :) What about the RH of the environment you're smoking in. For example in the dry winter months do you want your cigars to have more humidity or less to match the environment? Cheers :)
It takes a long time for tobacco to absorb moisture into the leaves. Unless you smoke in the rain. You will be fine. I always shoot for my cigars to be between 60% -63% RH under the cap. If you find you are smoking too dry, then smoke at a higher RH. If you find the cigar to be too wet then smoke at a lower RH. The ground work is up to you. 😃
Smoked my first La Palina yesterday, the White Label, and I was blown away. It wasn't overly complex but it was a very unique flavor. So now I'm intrigued by the Goldie's. Do you have a favorite vitola or do you love them all?
D-Lov! Brother i gotta be honest with you i was having all kind of woes trying to control temp and rh of my 10 tuperdores/desktops and trying to drybox with high humidity in the crib didn’t seem like it was doing anything. So i finally just gave up and pulled the trigger on that kingchii wineador i was asking you about. Thing is like i said dryboxing wasn’t cutting it with my house’s high humidity so i just switched to 65rh bovedas and kept the thermostat on the unit at 70. And its night and day difference my sticks are smoking better they got more strength flavor ect, my only concern is since my stash is so sizable now that it’s probably gibs take me 1.5-2years to run completely through my inventory. Do you think the cigars that will be in there mid-long term like that will have lost too much of their oils by the time i get around to smoking them? I family hope you’re able shed some insight as usual brother. May ﷲ ﷻ bless you and yours Ameen. 🙌🏼
Hell yeah bro. Controlling temperature is extremely important brother! I am able to store all of my cigars in weather tight containers because my home has stable temperatures. I use my KingChii as a dry box because it provides me with even more control over temperature. This increased my efficiency in conditioning my cigars. Hell, I would even question if you need to have Boveda in your thermoelectric with the high humidity levels you spoke about in your home. I haven’t used Boveda in years. I find it to be unnecessary unless you store cigars in wooden humidors. As for losing oils, It’s all about monitoring brother. If you feel like you need to add moisture because your cigars are feeling on the dry side, then you add moisture as needed. Just be attentive and you won’t have any issues. 😃
@@DLovWife My man! Ok. I was having huge temp swings and i think that’s one of the reasons i was having so many troubles, that and maybe since i had so many tups and desktops i wasn’t opening them all regularly enough for air exchange? Either way with all the sticks in one place with controlled temp and the lower rh they’re doing great right now. I’ll take your advice I’ll just see how long i can ride this gravy train lol. As far as the high humidity in the house the issue was that wasn’t a way to drybox them as both the humidity in the house and outside were sitting either close to or over 69 pretty much all times. It’s an issue that can’t go unaddressed because we obviously don’t want mold/mildew in the crib. I had bought a refurb’d dehumidifier but it tried to flood the house lol. Just waiting for a brand new unit i bought if best buy ever stop bs’n around lol. So once i do get the rh in my home down to let’s say 40-50ish then the bovedas might not be as redundant since i do open my wineador quite a bit. Thanks for giving me some peace of mind as always my brother of the leaf!
I'm still a novice in my cigar journey. I've been searching for a long form video that tackles over humidity because I had a feeling it was responsible for all my cigar issues - you nailed all of them! So thankful to find this video. Thank you! Subscribed.
Cool video. Thanks for the info. A lot of folks have great results with dry boxing. Unfortunately the humidity where I live is constantly 10-20% higher than my humidor so dry boxing won’t do anything for me but make it worse.
It’s not likely that dry boxing would make it worse. You just need to full understand how humidity works. Humidity is temperature dependent. The humidity runs high in your home, then you need to lower the temperature to reduce the moisture that is in the air. What is the humidity in your home and at what temperature do you keep your house?
If you have a video that addresses this please point me to it. Why dry box a cigar rather than just storing it at a lower humidity to begin with? What humidity do you keep your cigars at for storage vs when they are dry boxed?
Basically the conditioning process works like this. If my cigars are let’s say 70% RH, and I place the cigars in the dry box which naturally rest at 55% RH @ 70 degrees. The cigars will find an equilibrium point between the high of the cigar and the low of the dry box. Basically my cigar will be lowered to the low 60% RH @ 70 degrees under the cap. This may take a few weeks to a month depending on the size of the cigar and moisture retention. If you keep your cigars at 62% RH, then your cigars will find an equilibrium point between the 62% and the high end of your cigar as time passes. This process is going to take much longer because you will be bringing down your cigars in a wetter environment than mine. After an extended long period of time, I suppose it’s possible to have your cigars gradually fall all the way to 62% under the cap, but I couldn’t tell you how long that would take. 🤷♂️ Also, I don’t know the long term effects of storing cigars at low humidity levels for an extended period of time. I tend to store my cigars as close as to the conditions they were stored at in the factory. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rbqZkTsaWYk.htmlfeature=shared
Hell yeah brother! It’s always great to get an OG back in the game. Bro every time I think about retiring, an OG hits me up and gives me the motivation I need. 🤣
Man I’m glad to hear you like this brand, that gives me some peace of mind. How’s this model been working out brother? I got one of the 48l-c’s on the way with an extra drawer. Been having some burn issues recently and trying to keep a r even remotely stable temp of all my tups using the hvac, especially now during winter has been a nightmare. And i imagine it will pay for itself over time with not having to regulate the whole house temp so narrowly. Can’t wait for it to get here and it’s ready to go! Always good to see one of y’alls videos 🙌🏼
Hell yeah bro. It’s a very good unit. KingChii units are actually made at the same factory that Needone units are made. They are basically sisters. KingChii units are definitely good humidors.
