benja123 wrote:I think I may have one of those under the bed holding Godknowswhat. Whatever is in there can be tossed ina hefty bag, I bet. Great save, PM, thanks!
Project to transfer over this afternoon before the next (and final?) batch arrives. I took the Norteno Lmtd Ed Churchills out of the massively long thin box to shove in the humidor but saved it, gonna stack em back in there and move boxes over to Sterlite and back under da bed.
There are many models of Sterilite and other brands. Pay attention to the seal. You don't need airtight, but you need fairly close to it. The Sterilite tall tubs with the two handles that lock up and over the lid seem to fit the bill, and work great for me. Other models may not have a good enough near-seal. You'll have to experiment.
There are also rubber-gasket-seal models that are essentially airtight, but they tend to be smaller and not available in the huge sizes (like 116-quart) that regular Sterilites come in, and many believe a completely airtight seal can be bad as it doesn't allow a small bit of fresh air exchange or allow escape of ammonia and other gaseous aging products.
Some believe mold and other badness may be consequences of an absolutely perfect airtight seal. I tend to believe them, after getting mold on a box of Joya De Nicaragua Antano 1970 that was in a gasket-sealed box... and never getting any mold on my enormous number of other cigars that have been in not-quite-perfect-seal containers (like the handles-lock-over-lid 116-quart Sterilites), ever. Not a single stick in over a decade.
Quote:Caliber IV digital hydrometer you say?
Hygrometer not hydrometer. And yes, they are the best, without getting into $200+ lab-grade units which is overkill for sure. Going rate for Caliber IV is around $22 or so. Just make sure to calibrate them. Occasionally there's a bum one you have to return, but it's rare. For example I now have 12 of them, no bums, all were calibratable within the provided -6 to +6 range and most are -1, 0 or 1 offset actually.
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