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Proper storing of 3 cigar box
s_pilok1
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Received Montecristo #2's (Cuban) today. I ordered 15 of them and they came in 5 boxes...3 cigars to a box. Boxes are sealed with Cuban seal and I was wondering on exactly how I should properly store them. Should I leave them in their sealed boxes and place them in my humidor, or should I take them out of their boxes and put them in my humidor?
Thanks.
Stan
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Just curious, where did you order them from? Reason I ask is that if you are asking how to store them you must not have any experience with them.
Store them separate from any other cigars for a couple weeks. Me personally I’d leave them in the boxes. After a couple weeks open one box and check for signs of beetles. You can google those signs and go from there.
I've have much experience with them. In the past, I ordered #2's from Decent Cigar Emporium in Dublin. However, then, I ordered a regular box which contained 20 or 25, I believe. Now I'm getting them from another source in Switzerland, and this is the first time I got 5 small boxes all sealed which can easily fit in my humidor. My question is should I leave them in these factory small boxes or take them out. The only other time I got cigars in these small boxes was leaving Heathrow in London, and I bought a few Cuban Punch cigars in these small boxes.
Recently, I got a box of 25 Romeo & Julieta Wide Churchills (Cuban) from my Switzerland source and they came in a normal box that I emptied into one of my humidors. Normally sized full cigar boxes MUST be opened, and therefore cigars must be put in a humidor. Small boxes DO NOT have to be opened until you wish to smoke the cigars in that small box. So, my question is a valid one.
Stan
I stated that it seemed you didn’t have any experience with them because of the question you asked. No one claimed that your question was not valid; however, it appears that you have answered your own question.
Just an fyi though…I along with many others here have several full boxes that have not been opened. I generally store full boxes in a coolidor.
What did you just say? Small boxes do not have to be open until you wish to smoke the cigars in the small box? Maybe I am not envisioning what kind of box this is, but if it is made of wood and has a paper seal, then it needs to be put in a **** humidor. The three count box is not a humidor. Maybe I don't understand what you're talking about.
Also don't have to empty the 25 count box into the humidor. You can put the whole box in the **** Humidor. If you're humidor isn't big enough, then put The **** box and a **** gallon bag. Or buy a cooler. Or buy a bigger **** humidor.
Post a picture of this three count box that you can leave sealed. I'm interested to see it. Thanks.
I recently picked up a few boxes of Cohiba on a beach in Mexico. Usually they come in larger boxes but these came in 5 packs inside Glass Top Hunidors. I'm assuming I won't need any humidification. Is this correct? Thank you in advance.
Here you go. Got 5 boxes fully sealed with 3 Montecristo #2's in each.
Stan
Me personally I would worry more about removing the cigars from those boxes than I would a wooden box. Cardboard of any kind invites mold.
Most cigar boxes from Cuba (in fact, even most from other countries) are in heavy cardboard boxes...not wooden. And I do know that those are put into larger humidors unopened and seem to last.
Then there you have it. Why ask?
Because being on this forum for the 1st time, I want to hear from some of you experts as to your opinions. It's still a controversial topic as you can see by this thread.
I don’t claim to be an expert, but it’s been quite awhile since a bought a box of cigars that was not in a wooden box. Whether the cigars be from Nicaragua, Honduras, The Dominican Republic, or Ecuador.
Fake.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
Here's an idea: seeing as how you're pointing out that it's your 1st time, head on over to the newbie welcoming thread and introduce yourself instead of testing us with questions you say you already know the answer to. You might find a warmer welcome, even find that you fit in. Or not.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Not controversial. Leave them in the box. But Rusty is right. Keep’em separate from a big group until you are certain you don’t have beetles… the only infestation I ever had was from Montecristos…
( from Cuba)
Sorry. NOT testing you. I sincerely did not know the answer to storing these cigars. It seems that there is NO answer. Some say to unbox them and others say to leave them in the box.
This is like the argument that ensues when asking whether one should leave the cigar in its cellophane wrapper or whether to take it out when storing it. I guess I just expected a consensus of opinion on my question.
👆🏻Herein lies the main reason I see that you are getting the responses that you are. You posed a question and you obviously didn’t like the answer 👇🏻
You yourself claimed it to be a “controversial” topic. There’s nothing controversial about it. So why stir shìt? I guess now you want cellophane to be discussed? As you say, you have had “much experience” so why ask such questions? Someone with “much experience “ only ask those kinds of questions if they want to stir shìt. Or they are completely full of shìt. I guess the jury is still out.
OK. This discussion is getting weird. I'm out of it. I tried a question and kept getting confrontational comments thinking I had some kind of motive. That's enough. I'm content with the knowledge I have and will discuss the joy of smoking cigars somewhere else.
Wait! Don't do anything rash that you'll regret for the rest of your life!
Give us another shot. Please!
I mean, just look at that response time; 2 minutes! Where else can you get a 2 *&^%$# response time?
mmm, no. You asked a question, and then argued with every answer. We're confrontational? Got a mirror? See for yourself.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Beautifully mature responses.
Thank you. We’re here all week.
The responses weren't meant to be mature. They were meant to make you chuckle and perhaps help pull that stick out of your aŠs; even though it's not our job to pull that stick out of your aŠs, we like to help because that's who this family of smokers are.
Dang, someone made Peter cuss....
You're quite a "family"...one which I'm glad I'm not part of nor will I ever be. If you really knew me, you probably just shut your mouths.