Salmoneye wrote:Cello is not 'porous'...It IS slightly permeable, but not very...
That is why it is extensively used in the processed food industry...
If cello was indeed as permeable to air as many cigar 'aficionados' incorrectly write about online, then crackers, cupcakes, etc. would all be dry as a rock and stale before they were sold...
If you are one of those people that continually rearrange, and fondle your 'sticks', then Cello on cigars in a humidor can somewhat protect the wrapper leaf from damage...
All IMNSHO, of course...
There's other factors......namely....the thickness of the cello.
Cello on versus off is an old debate.
True that a cello on cigar will respond slower to a given rh in a humi, compared to a naked cigar.
But sometimes, that can be a good thing, especially for the noob who doesn't know what he is doing, and hasn't figured out how to control his storage rh.
And, cello does quite a bit more than "somewhat" protect a wrapper imho........I would say it protects it very well.
And, then there's the beetle factor...