Yes Im ignorant

First Tubos ... Do you store them in the tube or out ? Is there enough breathability in the tubes for them to mature and humidify over extended periods of time ?

Second, Tupperdors ... to "burb" or not to "burb" By not burbing is the positive air pressure better for the gars, or does burping allow for the air and humidity to draw into the sticks better ?

First ... did you try a 'search the boards'? There are hundreds of threads and posts on your query ... 😉

Now that I've gotten that of my chest ... I'll give you my thoughts (after all, it is getting close to Christmas:

The tubos are not air tight ... but because of the cork that is usually in the cap, they are very slow to humidify. Most will tell you to take the caps off, leave them in the tubes ... and place them in your humidor.

Most wooden humidors are not airtight. They are designed to breathe ... and it is a very necessary part of cigar aging and preservation. So, if you keep your cigars in an airtight container ... it is very important that you open it every so often to let the cigars breath, or they could develop mold, or could go sour on you.

mklein, as far as storing tubos, as far as I can assertain that pretty much is personal preference. Unless they are sealed, they will allow some air to circulate.Some people store them in the tubes w/ th bottoms off to allow for better circulation. I would think trial and error would be the way to go here. As far as the tupperdor question, who can leave their gars alone long enough to leave them completely sealed? LOL! I am constantly opening them up,if only to admire my Babies. Air circulation is a good thing in moderate amounts, I think it allows the natural gases that cigars exhale to dissipate. Please keep in mind that I am a relative newb also, you might want to wait and get other opinions as well. Dont get too offended if some of the vets (i.e.old fogies)on this board bust your chops about not doing an archive search. For the most part, they all are pretty good guys. Some just don't realize what a pain in the a$$ it is read a bunch of posts to come up with the answers you need. Sorry about the rambling, hope I have been of some help. Later...Erik

See, what did I tell you? LMFAO @ Slim, he posted while I was pecking and beat me before I could warn you! Later... Erik

If you are using a truely airtight tupperdore

I would suggest drilling some small holes in the

lid.. like Slim said you need at least a small

amount of "fresh air" circulation.. this way you

dont have to worry about remembering to vent.. An

airtight container is asking for mold growth.. just

be conservative about the venting holes.. monitor

the RH and adjust the vents as needed. JMHO

cayman

Slim also was much clearer and more concise. He also must be in the holiday spirit. That was a verrrry mild Slim Slap! Hehehe

Clearer and more concise ?!?

I haven't posted while drinking (or drunk) is quite some time now ... LOL!

If you're anything like the rest of us CBid addicts, you won't have any problem opening your tupper regularly. You'll be putting new boxes in, new 5-packs and just plain checking in on your babies.

However, if for some reason this changes, drill some holes.

Oh yes, your other question. I take the lids off the tubos and leave the cigars in.

I keep them just the way they come. I've got a box of tubos I've had for about a year and I smoked one the other day and they felt nice and humidified just like the rest of my cigars.

I open mine often enough that it's never been a problem for me or even been something I've thought much about ...

My Partagas Sabrosos don't sit in the humi long enough to worry about 😉

Keep asking questions. Don't worry if they've been asked before. If one of the hall monitors around here doesn't like it they can move on to another post.

Tubos, some people think the cigar ages better with the tube closed. I know of fellas vacuum sealing boxes for better and more complete aging. That's over years though. They will smoke better faster with the cap off or the tube discarded. Depends how long you want to keep it. If you have 3, try each method. Store them for a year or 2 and see how they smoke. Tupperdor, I think oasis is more conducive to mold growth than say Climmax Beads. That's just an opinion based on reading lots of posts about humidors. You can drill a couple small holes if you want. If you open it pretty regularly it may not be an issue.