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that advice is sound, but the cigars should be in an airtight container, and then they should be "thawed" gradually, spending some time in the airtight container in the fridge, and eventually back to the humidor, so the wrapper doesn't break from the trauma of going from ice cold to the warm humidor. From what I have studied, freezing cigars is the most efficient way to rid yourself of beetles, but if you have a lot of cigars, time consuming. I presume you are sure you have beetles? Otherwise don't do it simply as a precaution. Secondly, why pace yourself? Buy the cigars, the humidors will follow. I am at the point where I five year supply on hand at any one time, you never know what could happen tomorrow, next week, or next year, it is best to be prepared, hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

I freeze everything in the summer. Freezer 3 day, frig 1 day then room temp 1 day THEN dor. Very important to make sure you get all the air out of the baggie.

If you ever get a beetle, you'll do the same. Scares you sh1tless! I was lucky to find the little sh1t after he ate his way out of only one cigar....but it was a Partagas SeriesD No4!!! Bummer!!

I laughed when reading your experience with the dreaded tobacco beetle because I had an infestation in my humidor in December of last year..little suckers put a hole in the cigar I had saved to celebrate the milennium..You guessed it..A Partagas Serie D!...I just froze all of the cigars for three days, then two days in the refrigerator, then one at room temp (just like Aberdeen said)..You have to also wipe your humidor thoroughly with warm water completely using a washcloth (preferably a clean new one)..I understand you're supposed to throw out the ones with the holes in them, but I couldnt bring myself to do that..I still thoroughly enjoyed smoking the Partagas on New Year's Eve though..only two typical tiny holes..Best 'gar I've ever had to date!..It definitely scares the &?@! out of you when you discover them..

As Aberdeen has stated, I also would be reluctant to freeze good stogies when no critters are present. I may be lucky, I have yet to have an invasion of the little bugs. One thing that I think is of the up most importance is keeping your temp around 65. As the temp approaches the 71/72+ range, it starts becoming hatching time. I personally maintain 64/65 degrees and 69/70 RH. This works well, and the stogies are smoking beauties.

though Vigilant does make humidors that are temperature and humidity controlled, the only option for my cabinet is humidity control. Now I moved into my present house a year ago last winter, and living in Denver, there was no way I was going to live in this house without central air, so I put that in last spring, and so the temperature in the summer in the cabinet ranges from 68 to 71, a bit cooler at night, and in winter about the same. I have never had the beetle problem, except once when I bought a box a cigars there was already a beetle hole in one of the cigars, but I could not find it, and emptied the box, still no luck, probably got to it at the plant, before the cigars were cellophaned. Even if I found a cigar attacked by the beetle, there is no way I could freeze all the cigars in the cabinet. I wish I could keep my cigars in the 65 degree range, but that would also freeze out my wife, personally I love a cold house, especially in the winter.

at 75/75 I would be concerned about mold. Those plastic jars "humidors" are famous for that.

Berry, how are you going to keep your cigars at 65 degrees in transit to your humidor? Mail and UPS trucks are at least 100 in the back during the summer months.