I hear ya Ron. Its the same with me, but I've run into a couple that have so much adhesive on the label, its impossible to get off without tearing the wrapper. OF course in that case, it wouldn't really matter if you lit the cigar or not as it would probably tear the wrapper either way.

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rdnstn:

I've only had 1 wrapper ever unwrap on me and I can pretty much guarantee it was because I cut the cap off. I've never really worried about it otherwise because I'm very careful when removing the band. If possible I try to slide it off instead of peeling or cutting it.

ive had better luck peeling the band off at the seem than i have tring to slide it off. i fand that if there is bump in the wrapper then the band hits that and peels the wrapper off with.

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New to this community and new to cigars, really. I bought a humidor, let the humidity get to about 70 percent and then started filling it with cigars. Now I'm doing some reading and wondering if there's a problem that I didn't calibrate the hygrometer? Is that something I need to do, do I need to take all the cigars out and start over?

First of all, welcome to the forums.

Now for the humi. Did you prepare it at all? If not then you should do that. There are plenty of other threads about preparing a new humi, just do some reading. As for the hygrometer, it doesn't need to be in the humi to calibrate it, so no need to empty the humi. You can calibrate it in a tupperware type container or even a ziplock bag. As a matter of fact, I think as you read through the forums, a lot of people here did the plastic bag method.

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Ron

Too busy smoking now to lookup any good cigar quotes.

Thanks, I'll do some more reading. Yes, I did prepare/season it. The hygrometer is analog and built in, so I can't take it out to calibrate it. I got it to about 68/69 percent humidity, but I never calibrated.

If it's built in, then the only way to calibrate it will be to take all the sticks out and do the salt test on it. You could put the sticks in a tupperdor with some humipaks while you calibrate it though.

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Ron

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Luko:

Thanks, I'll do some more reading. Yes, I did prepare/season it. The hygrometer is analog and built in, so I can't take it out to calibrate it. I got it to about 68/69 percent humidity, but I never calibrated.

there has to be a way. or it seems that there should be. I wouldnt think a humidor builder would make it fixed in there. if they did they should know better!!

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Those hygrometers aren't very good anyway. I would just leave it alone and consider it ornamental. You should really get a digital hygrometer and then calibrate that and you will know for sure where you are. Just my two cents and welcome to the forums!

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pilot711:

Those hygrometers aren't very good anyway. I would just leave it alone and consider it ornamental. You should really get a digital hygrometer and then calibrate that and you will know for sure where you are. Just my two cents and welcome to the forums!

What he said. Analogs are strictly for decoration. A Xikar adjustable digital hygro will run you about $15.

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Or you can do what most I'm about to do... just wait a month or two and then you'll be ready to buy another humidor because this forum makes you salivate on all the different blends that are out there... then you can get that digital hygrometer and calibrate that and then see if the analog is on point too...

Don't use that 'ol FREE and CHEAP salt test... use the "Buy another humidor and compare the hygrometer's test" :)

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Only problem with that is that what if both of them are off?

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madurofan:

Only problem with that is that what if both of them are off?

Third Humi???

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Lasabar:

madurofan:

Only problem with that is that what if both of them are off?

Third Humi???

Salt test!

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Bah! I'd say third Humi... or you could buy a pre-existing B&M and then just claim it as your own humidor...

On a side note...
Maybe some of you guys have looked into it or maybe you just know... but how much would it be to start up a cigar shop? The more I think about it and the more I look forward to the future years of my life I think owning a shop would be a great thing to keep up during retirement (I'm only 25 now)

Just curious as to how much a start-up would maybe run (just ballparks here) and if cigar shops are ACTUALLY profitable...

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Lasabar:

Bah! I'd say third Humi... or you could buy a pre-existing B&M and then just claim it as your own humidor...

On a side note...
Maybe some of you guys have looked into it or maybe you just know... but how much would it be to start up a cigar shop? The more I think about it and the more I look forward to the future years of my life I think owning a shop would be a great thing to keep up during retirement (I'm only 25 now)

Just curious as to how much a start-up would maybe run (just ballparks here) and if cigar shops are ACTUALLY profitable...

Well actually a buddy of mine has done a lot of this research. The start up costs can be EXTREMELY high because of costs associated with building the humidor and stocking enough cigars to be taken seriously. however thats not the real issue the real issue is just getting a lot of the brands to even sell to you as an upstart. Brands like Fuente, Davidoff, etc have restrictions before they will sell directly to you. You're MUCH better to buy a pre-existing tobacconist. They can be very profitable but it has to be the right location just like everything else. I'd just be concerned with what these taxes they're tryign to levy and smoking bans are going to do to the industry.

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