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I have numerous cigars that appear to be tunneling. Usually a box or most of a box full of cigars. A small hole in the center that goes through nearly the entire cigar making it bitter as hell. no amount of squeezing or rolling the cigar helps. It does appear to only affect round and not box...

I'm pretty new to cigar smoking, I've been having a consistent problem where my cigars go out a few times per smoke, I usually just relight but I've begun to notice I never see a glowing ember around the edges of my cigars. Could they all be tuneling? How do I fix this?

A few weeks ago I changed to Heartfelt beads and from that moment on my problems began...tunneling, channeling until the then darn things just wouldn't burn. Hygrometer says a perfect 65 RH. I'm like what the hey is going on. The cigars are soft as naugahyde in a car seat seat. Well if there...

Can someone explain tunneling is a easy to understand way? What causes it and how to prevent it. Is it a storage issue or a smoking issue?

How do you all properly relight a tunneling cigar. Many times I'll attempt to relight the edges just to have them not stay lit 30 seconds later. How does everyone else do this?

So the other day I was enjoying a cigar and noticed the cherry kept dwindling down to the very center of the cigar. seemed like it was a constant battle to keep the wrapper lit. pretty much ruined my experience with it. Nothing changed, it was kept at 65% and I smoked it in my house, so there...

Hoping someone can help me out with this.. The past few days this has happened on all my cigars.. All different cigars and the one I just smoked was even dry boxed for a few hours. What happens is my cigar burns just fine until I ash. When I do, I get a cone shaped cherry like I should but...

So I'm getting a little better at smoking cigars and at this point I rarely have the problems with tunneling that I used to have. But when it does happen I can taste it almost immediately. Its that distinct ammonia or some other chemical taste. Do you guys know what I'm describing and do you...

Hi everyone, I have been having a terrible problem lately with ALL of my cigars. For some reason, every single one is tunneling and/or not staying lit. After about 1/4 to 1/2 an inch after lighting a cigar the wrapper goes out and the filler continues burning for a little bit, only to...

I've had a tunneling problem for quite some time. I used to buy single cigars, and recently started buying boxes. I haven't thrown down for a humidor yet, so I've been using a tupperware container, with a couple water pillows and a jar of madelaine's crystals. The humidity usually reads out at...

The last couple of sticks I have smoked have developed major tunneling burn problems where they start burning down the center of the cigar before the wrapper burns. This pretty much destroys the cigar as the draw becomes impossible and I get no smoke. I clipped a half inch off the foot and could...

I've had a number of cigars tunnel on me lately. They tend to be newer ones that haven't spent a ton of time in the humidor, but it also seems to happen to ones that have been dryboxed for a day or two. I have always assumed that cigars tended to come slightly "wet" from CI, and it makes sense...

I've read through the years about folks having tunneling problems with their cigars. The latest (with pics) was "Irons" review of the SLR Reserva Serie "G". I've experienced this problem through the years, as well. I've always considered "tunneling" a more severe form of "the wrapper not...

Okay, here's the deal. Tried a cigar I liked (no loved) about a year ago in corona size. Liked it sooo much I bought a box of churchill size. Almost all the cigars would keep going out, but the taste of these babies I really liked, and swore I would never buy one again. A year later, I broke...

I picked up a Torano Exodus this weekend at a local B&M. I lit it up at work after lunch and had a tough time with it. I was out of the wind and paying a decent amount of attention to it (even though I was working). The damn thing kept tunneling on me and required a lot of touching up to get the...

THe ash isnt staying together, and i can see a hole going right down the middle of it causing it to fall apart. Nothing you can do? bad hand made smoke?

Just another quick noobie question. It this cigar what you would be considered tunneling or just an uneven burn? You tell me it got better as the smoke went on.