Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?

[kaisersozei]

From the physical description of your cigars, it sounds like they are holding up perfectly. Perhaps the drybox experiment will help to determine if you prefer a drier smoke, however your ambient RH is higher than your humi, so it will be more like wetboxing unless you can get it to hold 60%.

Originally Posted by kaisersozei

From the physical description of your cigars, it sounds like they are holding up perfectly. Perhaps the drybox experiment will help to determine if you prefer a drier smoke, however your ambient RH is higher than your humi, so it will be more like wetboxing unless you can get it to hold 60%.

Yeah, I put a cap of silica gel in the box first and slowly adding distilled water to it a little at a time until I can get 8 hours of 60 RH before I add the sticks.