Tubos: Cigar Protection or Marketing shtick

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Originally Posted by Mark

Be warned - most tubos (except the ones hermetically sealed with a non-permeable solid) are not going to hold the humidity much longer than cellophane. I don't trust the average tubo (aluminum tube, cork buffer, aluminum screw on cap) any longer than a week to hold a cigar in smokable condition, whereas a plastic baggie will hold most cigars in smokable condition for that long as well. If you are giving cigars to someone without a humidor, your best bet is not to get tubos, but get whatever you think they will enjoy and put it in a humidor bag. This is the only way to ensure that the cigars will be enjoyable for a long period of time.

I can see a case made for the tubos sealed with cork being better, but still a few months out of the humidor and most likely (depending on your climate) that cigar is going to be crunchy.

I'm not sure how long they plan on keeping it but I doubt it's going to months on end.

For what it's worth, I gifted a handful of Upmann Coronas Major to my buddy who smoked 1 or 2 the same night and threw the rest on the counter of his bar.

The next time we were playing cards at his house (probably 2 1/2 weeks later), I grabbed one to spark it up and it wasn't dry at all. It was actually pleasantly smokeable. I know they're not hermetically sealed but ffs, they do hold up well enough to be giftable.