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Sleddog46Sleddog46 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
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When you get a new box of sticks, is it better to let them rest or can you smoke them right away.
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    genareddoggenareddog Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I let mine rest for awhile but just depends on how patient you are. 
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    bandyt09bandyt09 Posts: 4,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You got a whole box, smoke one whenever you want, just don't base the rest of the box on the first one. I typically use 1 week acclamation time per 1 day in transit.

    I have been own, albeit rarely, to smoke one the day they arrive.
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    Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ESPECIALLY in the summer months you don't want to get too happy the day they arrive by truck. Put them down for a nice nap. This time of year, not too bad.
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    dirtdudedirtdude Posts: 5,653 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A box of 20 or more I might burn one right off the truck but a box of 10 or so I will definitely let them rest a bit.
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    Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A quick question, did you or do you intend to buy these at a local cigar shop? If that is the case you can ask the shop how long they've been sitting there. If they've had them at least a couple of weeks then they're ready to smoke when you get home, that is unless you leave them on the dashboard in the sun during hot weather on your way home while you stop into your local dancing girl establishment to see your favorite dancing girl dance. In that case, two weeks wait. 
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    RhamlinRhamlin Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Usually best to give it a week or more to adjust after shipping but that can be tough to do sometimes. 
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    YankeeManYankeeMan Posts: 2,654 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bob_Luken said:
    A quick question, did you or do you intend to buy these at a local cigar shop? If that is the case you can ask the shop how long they've been sitting there. If they've had them at least a couple of weeks then they're ready to smoke when you get home, that is unless you leave them on the dashboard in the sun during hot weather on your way home while you stop into your local dancing girl establishment to see your favorite dancing girl dance. In that case, two weeks wait. 
    If you do happen to leave it on your dashboard, you can always re-moisten it like President Clinton.  I'm just sayin'...
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    Sketch6995Sketch6995 Posts: 4,495 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Smokes alot ROTT, I've tried it a few times, it turns out better if they were shipped correctly to begin with, that's with a boveda pack in a zip lock bag.
    Usually I regret it though.  I let them sit in the humi for at least 2 weeks, sometimes even a month.
    But if they were shipped right they are fine.
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    Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2018
    Sketch6995 said:
    @cbuck
    Smokes alot ROTT, I've tried it a few times, it turns out better if they were shipped correctly to begin with, that's with a boveda pack in a zip lock bag.
    Usually I regret it though.  I let them sit in the humi for at least 2 weeks, sometimes even a month.
    But if they were shipped right they are fine.
    Besides correctly packaging cigars to protect against damage and drying out, my biggest concern with shipping problems is the temperature fluctuations, especially high heat.  You can ship it right, with proper humidity and enough padding, but when mother nature and the US postal service start cranking up the heat on that package,......  smoking them ROTT is not for me. Winter maybe but summer never.

    But, what if I'm wrong? Maybe this summer I'll take one of my sticks out of storage,.... package it for shipping, and torture it by leaving it in a hot vehicle for a day, then inside for a day, then back in a hot vehicle for a day then let it bake in my black mailbox for the afternoon. That evening I'll grab an identical stick from the humidor from the same box and fire it up. Then after I get a few minutes into that one I'll light up the test subject too. See if I'm right about my assumptions in a side by side test. That ought to be fun. 
     
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    webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's cold that really dries gars out, I think. We've had delicate shade wraps blow up when they set in the truck thru a holiday weekend in single digits. Haven't seen that happen in Summer.
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    IndustMechIndustMech Posts: 4,679 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When I'm expecting a package being delivered by UPS I have them hold the package at a UPS store near me, at no cost. This avoids the package sitting outside till I get home.

    I think the USPS has a similar option, but I haven't tried it yet. Not sure if they can hold 1 package. I know they could hold all your mail, but that would be inconvenient  

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    It's cold that really dries gars out, I think. We've had delicate shade wraps blow up when they set in the truck thru a holiday weekend in single digits. Haven't seen that happen in Summer.
    

      I'm curious. How do they package these raw tobacco products for transport? Were they not shipped with some humidifying aid/device or did the device freeze up or otherwise fail? Were they shipped in a tightly sealed baggie/container or just a container/baggie that was just pretending to be airtight?

    My only experience is with the finished product. I'm theorizing that, during a short transport time-frame, taste is what will suffer most when "a cigar" gets it's temperature cranked up too high. And therefore we should avoid smoking ROTT in heated weather much more so than cold. I'm theorizing that ROTT in cold weather wouldn't taste as bad.  
    

     
     
    

    

    

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    IndustMech said:
    

    When I'm expecting a package being delivered by UPS I have them hold the package at a UPS store near me, at no cost. This avoids the package sitting outside till I get home.

    I think the USPS has a similar option, but I haven't tried it yet. Not sure if they can hold 1 package. I know they could hold all your mail, but that would be inconvenient 
    

    
I've done this as well,.... with USPS. Better that it stay indoors until I pick it up.  
    

     
     
    

    

    

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