Separating cigars in your humidor?
 

Hello all!

Like the name suggests, I am a bit of a noob, and I'm just looking for your honest thoughts on this topic. Just recently, I got back into smoking cigars, and I bought a decent variety of smokes from an online retailer. Normally, I like a good medium bodied smoke, but I also ordered some full body cigars.

Now, my question.... Should I separate cigars of varying power? My humidor has cedar dividers, and I was thinking about using those to keep them from touching. Is that suffient to keep the flavors of the full smokes from mingling with the flavors of the medium or mild smokes? Should I keep them in the cellos, too? I don't smoke a lot, and some of them may be in the humidor for a couple of years before I smoke them.

Your thoughts, please?
Nick

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No need to seperate or take them out of cello.

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For all your questions: It doesn't matter.

Flavors and strengths do not jump from one cigar to the other unless they are artificially flavored. As for cello, it's the most asked question on the boards and again, it doesn't matter.

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Excellent! I never liked keeping them in the cello, and I was hoping that it wouldn't really matter. Of course, there is more temptation to smoke them once they are naked! ;o)

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Haha! Yeah they do look good naked! :tu

Like everyone else said, don;t worry about separating them. (Unless they are infused cigars).

Happy smoking!

If you have a bunch of singles, I would keep the cello on. Singles tend to get shuffled around more, and the cello will protect the wrapper. :2
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:tpd: I agree. Yes they look prettier naked but a few shufflings to get to the smokes on the bottom of the humidor could be all it takes to accidentally damage the wrapper of another prized smoke. Plus should you pull them out and accidentally drop one of them, sticks tend to take hits better when still in the cello as opposed to being naked. I learned this lesson many moons ago the hard way. Now if a stick comes without cello and if it's something I consider to be prized I will usually stick it in a single baggie just to help keep it in good shape.

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I agree with respect to flavors "marrying". Separating them for the sake of organization is not a bad idea. Harder to do when your collection grows.
Absolutely. Cello on or off is entirely personal preference. But it seems to me that the protection it provides is well worth leaving it on.

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I really do appreciate your thoughts, gang. No judgemental or pushy...just your thoughts. Thanks again!

I think that my humidor might be getting smaller by the day...lol... Maybe I need to look for another one.

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There is one caveat: if you are buying flavored or infused cigars (like Acid's) then you need to keep those separate -- in a separate humidor. Otherwise they will taint your non-infused cigars.

Cello is a personal preference. I prefer to leave my cigars in the cello.

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only if they fight


:r

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Sometimes They Do! :D "Pick Me"! They Say!:r

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Haha like dogs at the pound.
Do they give you sad cigar eyes when looking for a smoke?

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This is what makes this board so awesome!

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I tend to keep all my cigars in their respective cello for protection. There are mountains of cigars in my humidor, and every time I choose a cigar to smoke I shuffle through them causing them to fall. However, as stated previously, they look hella sexy without their cello!