How important is temp in your humidor?

[s15driftking]

Originally Posted by madurolover

jkorp, I freeze everything that I get in the mail. Even if it comes from another BOTL. I always say it is better to be safe than sorry.

link to a tutorial on freezing?

T.y.

[madurolover]

Originally Posted by s15driftking

link to a tutorial on freezing?

T.y.

http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showthread.php?t=29048

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[HAZMAN]

Thanks for the info brothers. I may end up moving my cabinet to another room.

[mrreindeer]

Originally Posted by jkorp

At 70 I start to worry. I like to keep my temp in the mid 60's, but I have a Vinotemp so that's easy.

For peace of mind if you can't get temp controlled storage, just inspect your cigars often. And you may want to start freezing (plenty of threads on this also).

Even though I have temp control, I still freeze just about everything.

Hey Bob & Hazman, yeah, I started to worry as I noticed my humi staying above 70 in one of the coolest lower levels in my home. I noticed it even got to the high 70's at one point. That was enough to get me to run down to Target and pick up 2 Vino's on clearance.

And whattaya know, even having a tupperdor in the Vino for a month, I noticed beetles inside, I'm sure from keeping it in too high temp & too high humidity before the Vino-days.

But this was the only time I froze my cigars. I've heard mixed things about freezing cigars so I haven't been doing it. Some have mentioned freezing messing with the flavor of a cigar...who knows. Donnie and jkorp are probably right to freeze though as a precaution.

Originally Posted by madurolover

jkorp, I freeze everything that I get in the mail. Even if it comes from another BOTL. I always say it is better to be safe than sorry.

But do you disinfect?

Originally Posted by madurolover

Bobby, a lot of people keep their humis in a dark closet. No problems for the humi being in there.

I kept mine in my closet for a while before the Vino but the Boogerman got to them.

[HAZMAN]

I have never had a beetle issue, but you guys have me worried now. I am thinking of going the route of the freezer prior to entering the cabinet.

[s15driftking]

Originally Posted by HAZMAN

I have never had a beetle issue, but you guys have me worried now. I am thinking of going the route of the freezer prior to entering the cabinet.

ditto, i am going to put EVERYHTING in the freezer... its gonna be a logn weekend!

[jkorp]

Originally Posted by madurolover

jkorp, I freeze everything that I get in the mail. Even if it comes from another BOTL. I always say it is better to be safe than sorry.

Yes indeed.

Originally Posted by jm0307

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However, I once found a definitive beetle hole in a Piedra, which necessitated freezing ~100 cigars stored alongside just to be on the safe side.
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Same here, found a hole in a Piedra from a 5x5 box once, also found a smooshed / dead larvae in the bottom of a wrapped Piedra bundle and lastly a larvae in the foot of a BGM. These are my 3 beetle scares, I started freezing everything after the first one.

It's been said a million times and I'll say it again, "better safe than sorry."