Quote Originally Posted by theHammer56 View Post
Maybe I'm slow on the uptake here - but why would it take months to get to a lower rh? To me, letting a cigar rest to mature the taste (months) is much different than resting to lower the rh (days). Just curious as to your philosophy.
Rule of thumb (and it's close because I've verified in the past) is 1 week for each % rH you want to drop at least for a true robusto.
I've gotten cigars in that were up around 72% and it took approximately 3 months to get down around 62%.
A lot depends on the size too as a rg/length greater than 50/5.5 can take longer.
A petite corona seems to take about 3-4 days per %, at least that's what I've tracked.