Can cigars be too moist?
This could be a dumb question but....currently have the cigar jar humidor. When I recieve my cigars they are firm but not too dry and flaky. After some time in the jar they become very soft and the wrapper tends to peel off a little. Also while smoking its difficult sometimes to keep lit. Does this mean that the cigars are too moist?
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But reading your post, I can think of two likely culprits.
1) What kind of humidification are you using in the jar (if any)? Where did you get it from?
2) Do you have a hygrometer measuring the temp / humidity in the jar? If yes, what is the reading? If no, how and where are you storing the cigar? Is it being stored in an environment that is above 70F during the day, or exposed to direct sunlight?
The cigars stay on my desk in my bedroom. The room stays pretty cool and the cigars are rarely exposed to direct sunlight.
If that's the case, I would get rid of it. Those things should hold humidity to around 70% (the ideal). But I've had some of mine malfunction, and send the humidity in my humdity up to 80%.
I would recommend that you replace it with some other kind of humidification... either a Boveda pack or a Drymistat tube. They both cost only a few dollars each either online or from a brick and mortar cigar store, and are much more reliable than the pillow pack you are using.
Yeah, definitely go out to a store and replace that humidification device with something like a boveda pack, or some kind of tube of gel.