I am fairly new to cigars. I have always enjoyed cigars, I just never took it up as a serious hobby until recently. My problem is that I have over ordered. I have room in my two small humidors for about 80 smokes. Right now I have about 44. Next week, I am getting another 64. I need about a week until I will have enough room for all of my cigars in my humidors. What can I do to buy about a week? I have read some threads about freezing them to kill any beetle eggs. I figure I can buy some time by freezing them, but how long do I freeze them, and then leave them in the refrigerator? I figure killing the eggs cannot be a bad thing, but will this buy me the time that I need?

I just got overzealous with the ordering.

Any info would be appreciated.

grab a pen and paper and write down this shopping list...first, buy a large cooler. Then, buy some floral Oasis foam. Get a travel soap dish as well. Then drill some holes in the dish and shove the oasis into it. What does it look like? A humidifier? Good. Then put the soap dish in the cooler and close the lid. Feel free to put a hydrometer in there as well and you will see that voila!!! you have a homemade humidor...or as some call it...a coolerdor. Now that your smokes have a safe place to call home, find some spanish cedar and line the cooler with it. If you choose not to do this, maybe buy some empty boxes and store your new cigars in there

If this sounds like too much work, feel free to send those extra cigars to me...I'll find a nice place for them

if you need more help...do a search on these boards or even on yahoo or google for "coolerdor" and all of your questions will be solved. Oh yeah...once you make one, you might as well make another. This place has a habit of making people decorate their houses with coolers 🙂

Thank you.

There are 2 kinds of floral foam, get the wet kind only.

I would buy a 20 dollar DIGITAL hygrometer/temp guage also. And don't bother lining the cooler, just use boxes and store your sticks in them. Your local should have boxes for a couple bucks.

Unfortunately, I think that I live in the only city in America that does not have a local cigar shop. The only place to get cigars here are at one bar and the local cigarette store has a few (very few). Kinda crappy for a community with a population over 100,000.

I found a friend of mine that has an otterbox with a capacity of 15, so I think I am going to be ok.

Thank you for all of the help.

que: where do you live?

don't forget to soak that oasis foam with 50/50 solution.

"I found a friend of mine that has an otterbox with a capacity of 15, so I think I am going to be ok.

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heheheheeee!

I mean, really...how many cigars can 1 person have????

Until you decide what kind of storage you ultimately want, throw the extras in a tupperware container with a small clean sponge that's been dampened with distilled water.

Que, from one newbie to another, get a cooler and make a coolerdor.

I did it the week before Thanksgiving. Its already full. That's in addition to my desktop humidor.

You will fill it up.

I made my first tupperdor 3 days after joining these forums when my 50count humi overflowed. Hombrew's fault.

2 weeks later, had my coolerdor. Highly recommend it.

Where do you live? I'll open a cigar store there and make a killing.

I live in the Tri-Cities Washington (Richland). This place has nothing for Cigars. I have heard a rumor that there is someone that sells then out of his basement, but everyone I have talked to has said they also heard about him, but do not know where he is.

Hey, why weren't you at the Seattle herf? It's not THAT far (kidding). Don't overthink the storage. Most newbies way over humidify. You're not in Arizona or Georgia. Unless your central heating dries your place out like crackers, leave 'm out. Get proper storage for the long run, but relax, you've got time. I usually leave out new arrivals for a month or so anyway. Pick up a hygrometer (digital), and calibrate it. Then you can reassure yourself.

I have a digital hygrometer on the way, but my analog hygrometer reads about 40% if I leave it out of the humidor. I am still trying to get my humidors to stabalize. I soaked the humidifiers in 50/50 and placed a shot glass full of 50/50 in them two days ago and the hygrometer is still reading 40%. I calibrated my hygrometer two days ago as well so I at least know that the needle moves, it is not stuck on 40%.

redsquid, I would have tried to make it to Seattle, but I found out too late and I would have gone if the conditions going over the passes would have been decent. I refuse to travel any way other than on my motorcycle. When it snows, I try not to leave the vacinity of the Tri-Cities. Going down the interstate at 70 on snow can be interesting!

Hey Que, check out this Google link. The Mabton Smoke shop isn't that far from you.

http://local.google.com/local?sc=1&hl=en&q=cigar+store&near=kennewick%2C+wa&btnG=Google+Search&sl=1 

Thank you Thurson, there are a few listings there that I can check out. I think that the mysterious basement vendor may also be listed there. Thanks!

Que