Hey all---i've heard the term 'dry box' tossed around a lot...can anyone explain what it is and what its used for a little more clearly? (I tried a search---no luck)

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It's just an empty cedar cigar box. If your cigars are a little green you can let them dry out a little in the box to improve the draw.

to elaborate a bit, i use a dry box -- just a plain cedar cigar box -- to put a cigar or two into when i want to smoke them, but they're just a bit too humidified. i'll put a cigar that's been stored at 70%rh into a dry box overnight before i smoke it. that way, the cigar is protected from drying out as it would if left in open air, but the spanish cedar helps take some of the excess humidity out of the cigar.

some brands seem to be "wetter" than others, even if they've been in a humi at a lower than 70% rh -- perdomo comes to mind.

foreplay helps with this.

Where's Marla? She let her box get dry once. LMAO

So should I use this for all my smokes? And how long should I leave em in there before smoking???

Daniel

"experiment" See what you like.

I dry box my cigars at about 60% for a week or two. I use a humidor and try to keep the humidity at between 60-63%. Cigars smoke great and burn straight.

Bongo, I have mixed opinions about this practice. Some say it is the only way to go, others (like myself) think it is unnecessary.

Think about Cuba, producers of some of the greatest cigars around and a country where the humidity is consistantly above 70%. Do they dry box? They can't!

Make you wonder!

DRJ

bongo: as robby said, "experiment."

it's really a matter of personal choice.

i started dryboxing cigars only when i noted that they were taking a LONG time (like over a month) in the humidor (at 70%) before they were smokeable. i would only dry box certain cigars that i now know from experience tend to have a very tight draw (perdomo especially).

what i do now is keep my humidor at 65-68%. for most cigars, they'll smoke just fine out of the 'dor. if i do meet up with one that STILL has a tight pre-light draw, i'll dry box it overnight. if it's still tight, i'll keep it dry-boxed for a day or two more. that does the trick 99% of the time.

ok---then how bout this question...

If i've noticed a bad burn on almost all of my cigars (regular old humidor), will; dryboxing help? and if so, how long do you think? is a few hours enough? overnight?

Daniel