Humidity Pillows in Packages
Renaissance_Man
Posts: 973 ✭✭
in Cigar 101
Cigars 101
I just wanted to give a tip to everybody regarding Humidity Pillows. I have been getting cigars in the mail sometimes with the pillow placed in a pretty bad way, which can result in disastrous effects. When you place a humidity pillow right next to your cigars, you end up with cigars covered in gel. However we look at it - it is not a very desirable situation. The least, if the cigars themselves are not affected, you end up with sticky and gooey cellophane wrappers, which on their turn stick and glue to your other cigars. To avoid this ALWAYS separate the pillow from direct contact with the cigars - the same way you do with your regular humidifier in your humidor. You have several options (all of which I have employed in the packages I send):
1. You put all the cigars in an additional plastic baggie and then put them and the pillow in your zip-lock bag.
2. You put everything in the box and put the pillow on top of them in the actual box. Don't worry - it will still help... Not a very good option though...
3. You wrap the cigars in cellophane or thin garbage bag plastic and then slip them in the zip bag with the pillow.
4. You put a paper/cardboard card in-between the cigars and pillow within the zip bag.
There are a lot of other ways, of course, but the bottom line is - try to separate the cigars from direct touch with the pillow. It will make your trading partner very very happy!
Now how do YOU guys put ur pillows
? Any other ways we can do this?
I just wanted to give a tip to everybody regarding Humidity Pillows. I have been getting cigars in the mail sometimes with the pillow placed in a pretty bad way, which can result in disastrous effects. When you place a humidity pillow right next to your cigars, you end up with cigars covered in gel. However we look at it - it is not a very desirable situation. The least, if the cigars themselves are not affected, you end up with sticky and gooey cellophane wrappers, which on their turn stick and glue to your other cigars. To avoid this ALWAYS separate the pillow from direct contact with the cigars - the same way you do with your regular humidifier in your humidor. You have several options (all of which I have employed in the packages I send):
1. You put all the cigars in an additional plastic baggie and then put them and the pillow in your zip-lock bag.
2. You put everything in the box and put the pillow on top of them in the actual box. Don't worry - it will still help... Not a very good option though...
3. You wrap the cigars in cellophane or thin garbage bag plastic and then slip them in the zip bag with the pillow.
4. You put a paper/cardboard card in-between the cigars and pillow within the zip bag.
There are a lot of other ways, of course, but the bottom line is - try to separate the cigars from direct touch with the pillow. It will make your trading partner very very happy!
Now how do YOU guys put ur pillows
? Any other ways we can do this? 0
Comments
I wonder if it has something to do with pressure from flying when an orderis shipped out that way.
For a while C.Com was sending out pillows which were over-filled and they were popping during shipping. Then there was a time when the pillows were coming almost dry. But lately they have been just right. Not too much or too little water added.
If you are worried about direct contact with your sticks...place a small sheet of paper or cloth to just cover over the humi. It will still affect your RH in the humi just as well.
1. It is an older humi pillow/bag.
2. It is pretty hot out.
3. The package has changed from places with higher pressure to places with lower pressure or vice versa - something that happens ALWAYS when you send a package to more than 200 miles away.
4. There has been some fumbling around in the post office and the package has gotten kicked around a bit - it happens ALL the time.
5. There was pressure applied to the pillow/package/bag
I am sure there are other reasons as well, but these are the most common ones. It is interesting really. We think that once the pillow is in its little bag its all perfect, but its far from the truth. The only thing of this sort that I have found 100% does NOT leak out gel or crap has been the DryMistat tubes...