Quote Originally Posted by JimF View Post
"Would have to disagree with much of this post. Many, many cigar collectors store at around 55% humidity and temps in the 60s. That is their preference for long term storage." . . that may be their preference but at that RH, the cigars will be lifeless!

"I would be terrified of mold at 73% humidity. To me that is just begging for problems." . . . never had a critter . . in all my years. It takes high temps like 80F *and* RH (78%) to get critters. And even then it's not certain.

I can't imagine a cigar aged at 55% RH . . it's has to be "dead"!!
I have a few thousand cigars stored at 60% RH that are far from dead...

The British would typically store their cigars in the mid 50s, as Don suggested. That is far closer to the historic norm.

The most serious arguments now have to do with air exchange. Lots of Far Eastern collectors completely seal their cigars for long term aging. I'm talking about multiple decades, and using modern plastics to seal.