Optimal resting/acclimatization time

What do you feel is the minimum or optimal resting and acclimating time for newly arrived Cigars?

Curious to see some opinions on this

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I don't know what the optimal time is honestly. I generally wait a couple weeks, but I guess it really depends on- how many of the same cigars I received, how bad I want to try them, what time of the year it is (I live in NY so if it's winter or really hot and humid I wait longer) and if I am smoking cigars at that time. I go through stints where I don't smoke for awhile and just let stuff rest or I'm buying and not smoking.

I've smoked cigars the same day I've received them and months later. I read a thing where people will wait 1 week for each day of shipping and I feel as if that's generally a better rule of thumb than my own judgement

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Depends on the cigar and the source.

In my experience, some of the big warehouse guys ship pretty wet, so a month minimum (if you can help yourself).

Now if the cigar itself was rushed out by the manufacturer, it could take a year or more.

Shipping & Rest Consensus
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Hope the above link helps. Helped me, and I’ve gotten good results.

Lately, Cigarbid and cigarpage sticks go to bed for about 2-3 months. They’re probably ok before that, but I’m not in a rush to get to them.

Bum sticks will go a week or two before I smoke one. Mixed results, but I think I’ll start waiting at least 2 weeks. More excited to smoke these, as the Bums know their sticks.

Everything else is a mixed bag of waiting, as I haven’t had many shipments of sticks from other sites. I also like testing the waters, learning first-hand, and will sometimes smoke ROTT.

I don't have a hard set time to wait, but I would say I wait at least a month, but often it is much longer. I think they smoke better if they have sufficient time to fully acclimate to my preferred Rh which is 63-65. But in truth, I keep them until I decide it's getting smoked.

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Shipping & Rest Consensus
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Hope the above link helps. Helped me, and I’ve gotten good results.

Lately, Cigarbid and cigarpage sticks go to bed for about 2-3 months. They’re probably ok before that, but I’m not in a rush to get to them.

Bum sticks will go a week or two before I smoke one. Mixed results, but I think I’ll start waiting at least 2 weeks. More excited to smoke these, as the Bums know their sticks.

Everything else is a mixed bag of waiting, as I haven’t had many shipments of sticks from other sites. I also like testing the waters, learning first-hand, and will sometimes smoke ROTT.

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Thanks for the link. Good info

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Three months when buying from online. This is probably overkill, but ever since I started using this rule, I haven't smoked an over-humidified cigar. So why change it?

I have a trusted B&M in town that keeps their cigars at a good RH, and if I'm itching for something new and I'm waiting on cigars that are resting, I head there.

I've had good luck with only about a month or so. Cant say i have had anything still be over or under humidified after a month.
Could just be the few places that I ever order from though

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Working through some Cigarbid winnings from Jan, and they're smoking nicely.

For just pure acclimation, the typical rule is 1 week per percent RH of change. So, it really helps if you know what RH they came in at.