Dark Kiwano
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:16:25 PM
Ok reading a lot of the post here and it seems as a lot of you have a good size inventory. I am working on mine but haveing a hard time keeping track of what I have and what I want 😣 , what method do you all use if any?

(from the looks of some of the pictures a couple of you could use a system). [sarcasm]

fishinguitarman
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:19:50 PM
My system is to make sure I never start a system because I don't need a system
APBTMarcel
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:20:17 PM
I just use word and made a chart myself. It's nothing special but it does the job. The first time I took inventory it was hell, but now I do it every time I get new ones and it's not near as bad.
APBTMarcel
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:20:33 PM
FGM is the system
fishinguitarman
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:21:28 PM
I am systemless
ScottFW
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:35:36 PM
I use Excel. It's not too much hassle to add a line or five when you receive a new shipment, if you have kept up on it from the beginning. I know how many of a particular stick I have without having to play humi tetris so much.

More important than keeping track of what I bought myself is keeping track of what I've been sent in trades. When you start trading there's no way you're going to remember who gave you what unless you have a system. You need at least some rough idea of where to send any future retaliation.

schusler
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:37:40 PM
i have a mind, like a steel trap!
NYYankees
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:39:52 PM
I smoke through mine too fast to adopt a system for my 'collection'.
fishinguitarman
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:48:00 PM
Guess depends on the size of your collection.

At one point when I was up to 700-800 or so, I had a spreadsheet, but having whittled it down to less than half that, I just don't find it necessary anymore. I do use different colored stickers to mark various cigars or maybe a sharpie, but that's the extent of it.

schusler
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:55:10 PM
FGM is low.... BOMB HIM!!!!
fishinguitarman
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 5:03:47 PM
low is such a relative term

](*,)

FZ1
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011 5:11:14 PM
I use excel - too many coolers to keep track of in my head. I also put stickies on the boxes so I know when I received them (so I know how much aging they have)
dpnewell
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 5:53:01 PM
No system. Sometimes when I'm going through cooler #3 or tub #4, it's like, "uh, I haven't had one of those in months. Forgot I even had them". Then I have an unexpected treat. Much more fun then a system.
cpeyton
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:09:53 PM
I got an iPhone app called myhumidor, it's pretty cool and free.

CP

Dark Kiwano
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:22:37 PM
yea I got an app for my phone but it really dont work when I am away from the house and I have my sticks on 2 diffrent contenents. I have the tendincy to lose track of what I send to the house.
Bombdawgy
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:31:30 PM
I smoke-em if I got-em...
gimbel
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:38:16 PM
Mental inventory. Only have around 500 sticks if that.
watchurai
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:53:56 PM

No system. Sometimes when I'm going through cooler #3 or tub #4, it's like, "uh, I haven't had one of those in months. Forgot I even had them". Then I have an unexpected treat. Much more fun then a system.

dpnewell wrote:

Swap "the bottom of the cabinet" for "cooler #3 or tub #4, " and you have my system as well.

Although, I do tend to keep makers separate. Easier to zero in on a stick I may specifically want that way.

stogiemonger
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 7:12:41 PM
No need for a system. It would only frustrate me and take enjoyment away from the hobby. That said, I know what I have, for the most part. That's just me.
dubleuhb
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:04:16 PM
No system, I got it all in my head, ...what were we talking about ?