Quote Originally Posted by rodwha View Post
How does the climate come in to play? I would have thought it was its own climate. I'm guessing where it's humid a lower RH might be wanted?
I live in New Mexico and its very dry much of the year. If I keep my cigars at 65% or lower i tend to get peeling wrappers. When I take those same cigars at 65% to Louisiana they smoke just fine. I switched to 69% for home and those cigars behave perfectly and taste great. At 69% when I take them to Louisiana they swell and split and have burn problems. I have also tried 62% and 70%, and I have a buddy here in NM that keeps his at 72% and seems to have no problems.

Main thing is to experiment a bit and see what you like. One great way to experiment is to buy a couple of five packs and a small boveda of each RH you want try. Split them into ziplocs wait a month or two and smoke them.