Like these guys already said get a zip lock, Tupperware will do the trick. Pick up 65-68% Boveda packs and you are good to go. Buy them from the local store so you don’t have to wait for shipping.
@Gindog1 Sorry about all the jokes. We've heard from plenty of guys who's wives have gotten them cigars, but never 400 at once. Are you sure she didn't say $400 worth of cigars? LOL. It's virtually unheard of that a new guy who knows nothing about cigar storage, and already owns 400 cigars. So we assume that one of our own members is pulling our leg with a fake profile. And I made that joke using the analogy of a novice driver driving an 18 wheeler in oder to compare it to a novice smoker getting 400 sticks. And it turns out you drive an 18 wheeler? LOL
Tell us about your job. That looks interesting.
If you are away from home now, and depending on how long that will be,......
If it's only two weeks, maybe everything (including boxes with plastic wrap) would be ok in ziplok bags, away from direct sunlight, and heat-A/C drafts.
If it will be more than two weeks, your wife needs to get some boveda humidity packets. They sell them by the dozen on amazon for around $40. They sell different humidity levels. Either 69% or 65% is what you need for cigars. You need 1 (60 gram size) for every 25 cigars, but a dozen will make a good start. Ask her to put all the cigars with bovedas inside sealed storage containers, or ziploc bags (1 gallon size or two or three gallon size ziplock to fit any full boxes of cigars). Keep away from direct sunlight, and heat-A/C drafts.
There are a lot of mistakes we can help you avoid. The biggest one is wooden humidors. They are unnecessary. Sure they are pretty. They smell great. But they can be a pain in the butt to regulate humidity. Most guys on here use some type of plastic storage, even if they also have a wooden humidor.
I will say I have a kind of neat job, Well I work for a production and most men watch it every Monday night. When that sport over I move on to the next sport. So I on the road a lot every year.
I pick up cigars about about 2 years a go. I pick up a stick from town to town nothing over 4 or 5 sticks. I just alway just leave them in the bags. I went to Mexico this year and pick up 2 boxes of cubans while there to ship home when I got back in the states. I had her to take to the cigars bar near our home to keep for me in their storage where they keep there membership sticks in. To keep 2 boxes there is counting me 60.00 a mouth to keep there. Witch is very high to me to keep them in. I always pick up some to smoke from different towns so it make it somewhat neat to get to smoke some really good sticks.
I have never try keep any cigars ,I smoke what I had all the time. My wife ask me what I would like this year I told her some smokes. Well she went out and bought 10 boxes for cigars. So maybe not 400 stick but well on it way. It more than what I can smoke in a day or even a month. Either way I hateto lose them. I hope she get them in a cooler this weekend with boveda packs.
Dunno. I think sometimes DZR is given too much credit.
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I've had a few come apart like that in the last week or so. Took them right out of the cooler and lit them. There was a huge difference in Rh, something like 69 down to about 30 in my garage. I'm letting them sit out of the box for an hour or so on the advice of the smart guys on here and that seems to have fixed things.
I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
My wife pick me up 400 sticks. I'm new to cigars smoking and not sure how long they will last without being in a humidor. Could some one give me a little advice. I sure hate for them to get molded or dry out.
Welcome to the forum, DZR. Most humidors will say how many cigars it can hold. Also, bovada packs is the way to go.
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Put the canoe-ing end, or the end that is burning the fastest, on top so you can see it when you set it on your ashtray.
Helpful, thank you. Is this helpful in evening out the burn?
A lot of people place the long side up due to "heat rises" but all that does is exacerbate the issue. Think of it as an airplane wing. As the air is drawn through, the thinner and hotter air is pulled in near the base, and the cooler air is more slowly pulled in at the top. This will cause the bottom part to burn slightly faster. With care, you can correct the burn of a wonky cigar just by holding/setting it differently.
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Tell us about your job. That looks interesting.
If you are away from home now, and depending on how long that will be,......
If it's only two weeks, maybe everything (including boxes with plastic wrap) would be ok in ziplok bags, away from direct sunlight, and heat-A/C drafts.
If it will be more than two weeks, your wife needs to get some boveda humidity packets. They sell them by the dozen on amazon for around $40. They sell different humidity levels. Either 69% or 65% is what you need for cigars. You need 1 (60 gram size) for every 25 cigars, but a dozen will make a good start. Ask her to put all the cigars with bovedas inside sealed storage containers, or ziploc bags (1 gallon size or two or three gallon size ziplock to fit any full boxes of cigars). Keep away from direct sunlight, and heat-A/C drafts.
There are a lot of mistakes we can help you avoid. The biggest one is wooden humidors. They are unnecessary. Sure they are pretty. They smell great. But they can be a pain in the butt to regulate humidity. Most guys on here use some type of plastic storage, even if they also have a wooden humidor.
Keep us posted.
I pick up cigars about about 2 years a go. I pick up a stick from town to town nothing over 4 or 5 sticks. I just alway just leave them in the bags. I went to Mexico this year and pick up 2 boxes of cubans while there to ship home when I got back in the states. I had her to take to the cigars bar near our home to keep for me in their storage where they keep there membership sticks in. To keep 2 boxes there is counting me 60.00 a mouth to keep there. Witch is very high to me to keep them in.
I always pick up some to smoke from different towns so it make it somewhat neat to get to smoke some really good sticks.
I have never try keep any cigars ,I smoke what I had all the time. My wife ask me what I would like this year I told her some smokes. Well she went out and bought 10 boxes for cigars. So maybe not 400 stick but well on it way. It more than what I can smoke in a day or even a month. Either way I hateto lose them. I hope she get them in a cooler this weekend with boveda packs.
Some interesting misspelling.
Dunno. I think sometimes DZR is given too much credit.
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Most humidors will say how many cigars it can hold.
Also, bovada packs is the way to go.
DZR
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