First post- Smoking a cigar in freezing temperatures question

[Chopper]

Greetings all! I haven't posted in the introduction forum but I will soon.

I've noticed that when I smoke in cooler temperatures my binder/wrapper has a hard time keeping up with the filler.

How can I acclimate my cigar for cold weather smoking?

Is it even the cold weather that's a problem or wind that I didn't notice or something?

TIA.

[NCRadioMan]

Could you be smoking faster, causing tunneling, since it's cold?

Welcome!

[Chopper]

I take at the quickest one hour to smoke a 5x50 so I don't think it's tunneling.

Is there any way to acclimate the cigar or do you just take it out of the 70 degree house into the 30 degree outdoors and get to puffing?

[NCRadioMan]

I'm stumpped. You would think with the cold comes low humidity and that should help dry the outside of the cigar before the inside and it would burn. Does this happen with all of your cigars?

[Totemic]

H2000 wrapper cigars maybe? Although, I thought that was largely no longer an issue.

Other than that, I can't think of a reason why you would get tunneling like that.

[Rev2010]

Might have something to do with the cold, especially if there's any wind. I think the only thing you can probably do is keep touching up the wrapper with your lighter.


Rev.

[c2000]

If there is wind you would get scooping (I think) I don't know about tunneling.. A cigar is meant to be enjoyed in a warm quiet setting,,I have smoked in the cold and its just not a good experience..

Jerry in Minnesota.

[Denny32]

Originally Posted by c2000

If there is wind you would get scooping (I think) I don't know about tunneling.. A cigar is meant to be enjoyed in a warm quiet setting,,I have smoked in the cold and its just not a good experience..

Jerry in Minnesota.

I do not know about the quote of a cigar is meant to be enjoyed in a warm quiet setting. I love to be outdoors. And living in the North, I often find myself outside after a nice snow fall with my snowblower. I usually light up a cigar while the machine is warming up. Then go and clear off the entire neighborhood sidewalks (I have lots of old neighbors who really appreciate it).

In some aspects I do agree with Chopper's burn issues, so I tend not to grab a high $ smoke but rather a less expensive one.

I do find I seem to puff away a little harder or more often when strolling behind the machine which does cause some tunneling, which in turn it seems to make the cigar a bit too harsh. But by then I am at old Joe's (95 years of age) who invites me in for a Hot Toddy and some splendid conversation.

[Cigary]

That is how I roll when I smoke outside in cooler weather. I hate smoking in cold freezing ass weather,,,not conducive to enjoyment for me.


[quote=Rev2010;1979880]Might have something to do with the cold, especially if there's any wind. I think the only thing you can probably do is keep touching up the wrapper with your lighter.

[totallytentative]

I was wondering about this same thing. Yesterday I was trying to smoke a robusto and was getting tunneling and it had trouble staying lit. This was in below freezing temperatures and I was only keeping warm by bundling up and having a heater close to my feet. Big mistake, I decided.

I couldn't help but wonder if it was because it really was just too cold. I mean they say fire requires fuel, oxygen, and HEAT, and that if you take away any one of those things you don't get combustion....

BTW that smoke was somewhere between 60-65% RH, so it wasn't too wet.

[Denny32]

[quote=BTW that smoke was somewhere between 60-65% RH, so it wasn't too wet.[/quote]
I keep my cigars for the week in a dry box @ about 60%RH. So I doubt it has too much to do with the humidity levels in the cigar itself.

I had yet another chance this morning before coming into the office to go outside and rid the neighborhood of that dreaded snow. I paid a little closer attention to my cigar this morning, how it was burning, and how fast I was smoking it. This morning I did not find too much tunneling, I did find as the time neared for me to get into the office I was working harder and faster to move the snow. This did cause me to puff faster and I can honestly say (compared to sitting in a relaxed atmosphere) it was not as enjoyable of a smoke. The temp. this morning was 3F.

[eber]

I live in WI and smoke outside or atleast in the cold pool house and have never had a problem with tunneling in fact they have smoked almost as well as at the B&M. the only thing that I have noticed is that they go out faster in the cold. I keep my sticks at around 63%-67% RH

[styxer]

I've smoked quite a few sticks in the cold, living in Sweden, and my experience is that it's the wind who causes me trouble