Dried???

[rodwha]

The gauge reads what it does because it was out in my garage as I was laying everything out to take pics. The Boveda is 65% and the temp in my chamber is 65*.

I do moisten the cap every time.

My cutters are all new, which I use on small ring smokes like these and Torpedoes. Otherwise I use a punch.

This rarely happens but it has happened before on larger smokes.

[Drez]

The gauge reads what it does because it was out in my garage as I was laying everything out to take pics. The Boveda is 65% and the temp in my chamber is 65*.

I do moisten the cap every time.

My cutters are all new, which I use on small ring smokes like these and Torpedoes. Otherwise I use a punch.

This rarely happens but it has happened before on larger smokes.

Well, in that case..It could still boil down to a couple of things.. Maybe hesitation or jerkiness when cutting. Could cause the wrapper to rip or crack. More than likely it just boils down to every leaf is different. Some may have thin or weak spots, and some may crack just for the hell of it. Sounds like you've just had a couple do it close enough together to see a potential issue. I don't think the cellophane is an issue, but everyone stores according to how they prefer. Maybe just a couple of bad luck sticks, and hopefully you don't have many more!