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Why doy ou have an exit sign in your freezer?

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It shows the way out.

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The freezer is pretty big so there are a few emergency exits.

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Sorry for the delay, I just got home not too long ago. The microwaved cigar will be done when I get home tomorrow with the 24 hours frozen cigar.

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sweet.... hopefully you find something, though I'm thinking you may need to find some infested cigars...or manually inject them...

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pardon my ignorance but is there a proper way to freeze your cigars that have been delayed in shipping? just to make sure before they enter the humi? Or is this over cautious? thanks!

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Sorry for the delay but my Internet is down and I can't upload pictures from my phone. Full update when it's up.

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I would have loved to see you use a regular freezer as we don't all have access to industrial strength

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It turns out my modem was the problem and not my internet. I've already started taking pictures so I'll do a full recap when I wake up tomorrow.

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how much would you like to pay for beetles cigars? :ss

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cant wait to see what happens

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Sorry for the delay ya'll. I've got the pictures up and ready, and I didn't start the experiment until my modem came in yesterday. The cigars have been waiting in the VinoTemp for some future happy times.

Now, continuing:
Microwaving #4 Nuke Me
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1561

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1563

Taking this out, it was quite hot and soft. It smelled and felt almost like the nub of a smoked cigar - very musty, very soft. No damage that I could see.

Here are the cigars wrapped in sandwich bags and awaiting tuperware, my car, and the hot Southern Californian sun.
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1564

And the car of course:
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1565

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http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1568

Day 1
I couldn't find my tupperware so I'll drop Target and buy 4 boxes. Cigars have no beetles though, but at 100+ degrees, we'll see how long until something happens.

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Day 2
I picked up some tupperware and threw the cigars in. After a day in the car, here's a look at the cigars in their individual containers.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1584

And how hot was it when I checked?
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1586
Not quite triple digits but close enough.

Here is a shot of all the cigars individually. No bugs so far, but I'll be reporting for the first week than weekly after. Sorry on the last picture, it was pretty bad and I didn't notice until just now.

24 hour freeze
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1587

48 hour freeze
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1588

Control
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1589

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Nuke Me
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1590
Bad picture of that and no, it is not warped!

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I am just curious. Couldn't the heat inside the car and the bags with little oxygen kill any beetles that might be present?

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I'll look for the report again, but I remember reading that 160 degrees for 2 hours is enough to kill beetles; 100 degrees is definately not enough. As for oxygen, I've seen beetles hatch in alumiun tubes which also can have a good seal. The bags though do have air ciruclation though so that's not a worry.

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Looking forward to how this turns out

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how cold is a typical home freezer? Like if there is just holes how long would i freeze?

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Fighting with my phone because the pictures aren't working right. Here's a temp shot of day three, no bugs in any of them.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=1608
It's beginning to cool down here for 90 degress should do.