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GTofMurphy Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, Jan 20 2003, 9:05 AM EST
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1)When storing boxes of cigars is it best to keep them open or shut? 2)Should the humitity be higher if they are shut?
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Jan 20 2003, 10:10 AM EST
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shut.
2. i keep mine in a cooler chest with a soap dish humidifier.
wouldestous Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Jan 20 2003, 10:32 AM EST
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gt- doesnt matter if the boxes are open or shut, the humidity will equalize throughout your entire humidor.
jd1 Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Jan 20 2003, 11:32 AM EST
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Ditto the above; humidity will "seek out" your cigars unless they are in an air-tight container away from the humidification device. Cello on/off (dead horse), slide lid boxes; doesn't matter. If they did, they would ship this way from the manufacturer and sit at your local tobacconist for months on end. Cello and boxes protect your cigars, thats it. Humidity levels will equal out in time.
GTofMurphy Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Jan 20 2003, 11:46 AM EST
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Thanks ALL - Thread closed.
GT
tarheel4lyf Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Jan 20 2003, 1:25 PM EST
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keeping it open......



Go Heels!!!
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Jan 20 2003, 5:46 PM EST
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GTofMurphy

tarheel4lyf is correct. you can't just go around and close threads.

we haven't heard from the guys that store the boxes on the end so the moisture goes to the head of the cigars, leaving a dryer foot for lighting. bet you didn't think of that.

what about the guys who rotate the boxes in their cooler chests, making believe they want equal moisture distribution, when they are just trying to decide whether to bid on a another box of the same cigars if they only have 3 full boxes left.

i rest my case, open, like tarheel4lyf.



digdug77 Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Jan 21 2003, 12:17 AM EST
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Make sure you take the plastic off...right guys (and girl(s?))

Or is this a "plastic on"/"plastic off" question??

JJ - The imposter
digdug77 Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Jan 21 2003, 12:18 AM EST
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Plastic off the boxes

JJ
jd1 Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Jan 21 2003, 5:58 AM EST
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Doesn't matter whether the plastic is off either. If the plastic around the box is not airtight; humidity will find its way in. The plastic is not an air tight wrap around the box, the box is not airtight and the cello on the cigar is not air tight. Sorry for the dead horse posting! Unless your cigars are completely airtight away from your humidification device; HUMIDITY will find and coddle your smokes and keep them happy.
Charlie Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Jan 21 2003, 6:10 AM EST
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Cello on or cello off???

Charlie
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#12 Posted: Wed, Jan 22 2003, 2:57 AM EST
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cello on for safe sex, i mean smoking.
eleltea Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, Jan 22 2003, 4:35 AM EST
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You can't close the thread. I haven't put in my .02
Lowman Offline
#14 Posted: Wed, Jan 22 2003, 4:48 AM EST
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Well.... Go Ahead...
GTofMurphy Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Jan 23 2003, 12:21 PM EST
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CLOSED
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#16 Posted: Thu, Jan 23 2003, 4:57 PM EST
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i'll cover eleltea, he never has any change.
cigarsmoke Offline
#17 Posted: Thu, Jan 23 2003, 5:41 PM EST
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Open again. What if boxes are different sizes? Should you put larger boxes on bottom or top? Will it make a diffence if the boxes were put in upside down? And now for the really serious question. Should boxes be opened real slow or real fast? Which way would least disturb the even humidity that has been attained over time?
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Jan 24 2003, 1:28 AM EST
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cigarsmoke

if put the small ones on the bottom and the larger ones on top, it will look like you have more cigars.

as far as opening the boxes, i tried opening the boxes in a large clear plastic bag,with the end closed tight, and sliding the boxes out and then returning the humidity contents from the plastic bag back into the cooler chest. it's a pain to do it that way, but it works. it really works.
jd1 Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, Jan 24 2003, 5:55 AM EST
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...damn Rick, I thought I was the only one that did that trick! You also need to be careful when you open your coolerdor, sweater box or what have you, so that you don't let the dark out for too long; get in there, get what you want and get that lid shut quickly; the dark works with humidity and letting light in screws it all up!
Lowman Offline
#20 Posted: Fri, Jan 24 2003, 6:13 AM EST
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JD, to avoid the light problem, I keep my humi's in a "dark room" like a photographer. When I am in there, I hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the outside of the door so my wife doesn't open it to let light in.

I also do the plastic bag thing BUT... I also wrap myself in plastic so my clothes do not absorb any humidity from my cigars. Looks like I have a HAZ MAT suit on !!! Maybe I should look into buying one.

Low
jamesconnors Offline
#21 Posted: Fri, Jan 24 2003, 6:36 AM EST
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funny lowman but i do the same thing!!!!
Lowman Offline
#22 Posted: Fri, Jan 24 2003, 7:22 AM EST
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Great minds think alike !! ;^)
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