Smoking indoors

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I am wanting to smoke my cigars indoors this winter, but I need to sell it to my wife and make sure that there is NO smoke residue and smell left in the house. Any suggestions on air cleaners?

rusirius

LuvMycigar.blogspot.com:

I am wanting to smoke my cigars indoors this winter, but I need to sell it to my wife and make sure that there is NO smoke residue and smell left in the house. Any suggestions on air cleaners?

Frankly I don't care what kind of air cleaner you get, IF you smoke cigars in the house it WILL leave smell and residue in the house... The best you could do would be to set aside a room in the house for smoking... Make sure it doesn't have a return from the AC/heat in it and seal it a little better (e.g. cracks under the doors, etc) and perhaps even put in an exhaust fan of some sort...

rmccloud

I would think about getting a heater for the garage and cracking the garage door a bit. It would probably be better to do that than worry about upsetting the wife when something goes wrong with the smell (and it more than likely will).

urbino

Coincidentally, just last night I bought one of those big torch-like outdoor heaters at Target, so I can smoke in comfort on the patio all winter.

kuzi16

i hear the orick does a good job.

LuvMycigar.blogspot.com

Urbino,

I have a table top version. How does yours work. The table top version works up to about 50 degrees then it gets too cold outside.

urbino

LuvMycigar.blogspot.com:

Urbino, I have a table top version. How does yours work. The table top version works up to about 50 degrees then it gets too cold outside.

I dunno yet. Haven't even put it together. I'm not expecting to be able to sit around in my shirtsleeves all winter, though. I just want it to moderate things enough that, in conjunction with proper clothing, I'm not chilled to the bone by the time I finish a good smoke.

NorthsideSmoke

Far be it from me to duplicate a post asking a similar question

But what filters are you using if you smoke indoors and care about the smell?

VegasFrank

@NorthsideSmoke said:
Far be it from me to duplicate a post asking a similar question

But what filters are you using if you smoke indoors and care about the smell?

You should check the dates of these threads. This one is from 2008 and you are unlikely to get a reply.
😂

NorthsideSmoke

What? 17 years too much lol

Vision

Was Amazon a thing 17 years ago??

VegasFrank

Yes, but mostly books.

NorthsideSmoke

And DVDs built a huge library back then of them.

dirtdude

Just change the filters on your wife and smoke away

ShawnOL

You're the king of your castle. Lay down the law.

NorthsideSmoke

No it’s also the grandkids and both daughters are sensitive to the smell.

Believe it or not the smell of stale cigar smoke isn’t appealing to a lot of folks.

Found a couple units to decide from, haven’t decided if I will go that route or stick to the garage, but with utilities costs going up and the fact it wasn’t cheap last year, I think if I could just convert one of the spare rooms to a smoking lounge the cost of running an air filter over heating a garage might be the best way to go. As long as it works and my house doesn’t end up smelling like an ashtray.

Bumping an ancient thread, I figured well it already has the title and since it’s really just a discussion does it matter when it started? There’s still information, and it was the only thread I found on the topic.

I fear the second poster may be right. “No matter what I use it will still smell like stale smoke”

So was looking for some feedback from folks who may have tried it.

peter4jc

Here are a few thoughts, Frank, since I converted my extra bedroom to my lounge...

You'll have to isolate that room from the rest of the house, or the smell will migrate.

Good seals on the door and any vents/cold-air returns will have to be put in place. A good exhaust fan with adequate intake from somewhere, so the fan can remove smoke/smell, is a must.

If you close off that room to the HVAC, you'll probably need a space heater in there.

Does your spare room have a window, or two windows? Any shared walls with other rooms? Do you have a basement?

NorthsideSmoke

It’s a townhouse so no basement. Window in the room. Don’t see a return, normally have the vent blocked anyhow since it’s a spare room. You’re right about it being cooler in that room but certainly easier to heat than a garage as you well know since we’re basically in the same climate.

It’s a spare bedroom so rooms on either side of it.

It added about $125-150 a month to the electric bill to heat the garage (for the duration of my cigar session) last winter November-April we’re talking $800-900 to the electric bill.

So the question is do I invest that money into an air filter? Or is it a lost cause and that’s just the way it is?

Late spring through fall I prefer to be outside. But when we go below freezing it’s just not enjoyable to be outside.

Do you use an air filter with carbon for the smell?

peter4jc

I'm usually using my room for 3 sticks, from 4pm until 11pm, and if I go up there during the day, say at 11am, it has this wonderful cedar/smoke smell, without any stink. I have a large area rug, but no carpeting, and not much else to hold the smell. The walls have a wonderful tan hue on them; I have a folding chair against the wall for extra guests, and when I move the chair, its outline can be seen on the wall where the smoke couldn't stain the paint. So, it's never perfect as far as the smoke being exhausted.

My best guess is that with a fan in the window blowing out with some air coming into the room from ?, you'd be okay. Add some corrugated or something else around the fan, too, so it pulls air better. There are videos that show how helpful it is to cover the front of a box fan, cutting a hole the size of the blade's circumference (if you happen to use a box fan in the window).

Maybe you could open the vent in the room and use that for the intake air.

Sorry if this is elementary. You most likely know all this already. I'll bet with a minimal investment, say a box fan if you don't have one, and some cardboard or masonite, some ductape and some weatherstripping for the door, you could do some experimenting. Do some prototyping, and after a few days, you'll know if it's viable. If the experiment fails and your family objects, and you have to retreat to the garage, any residual smell will stay in the spare room and eventually fade.

I've always been intrigued by the RabbitAir, but the cost has kept me from pursuing one.

NorthsideSmoke

Rabbit air was one I was looking but yeah, cost.

I found this for way cheaper good reviews but you can never really trust those anymore.

https://a.co/d/2LUguPc

Possibly with an exhaust fan. We will see what that first electric bill looks like and then I will decide.