Do you dry box? - Page 2

d'am · 08-31-2010, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icantbejon

For those that have tried and don't find it useful:

1. What went wrong?
2. Why do you think it happened?

Just wanting a little more info is all.

I don't think anything went wrong. I just didn't notice much or any of a difference. If I store my cigars at 65%RH, a day at ~50%RH doesn't like much of a change. Like a lot of others, I'd prefer to select a stick from my humidor just before I smoke it, rather than planning in advance.

bishjd123 · 09-01-2010, 10:06 AM

I store mine at 65/65. It allows me to grab and go for what piques my interest at the time I want to smoke.

OLS · 09-01-2010, 10:15 AM

I Lay a cigar out on the counter overnight. Improves every aspect of the smoking experience.
Naturally, I do not make allowances for the preferences of others, this is how I DO IT. But I
had my first bad draw in maybe 50-75 smokes the other day. Sale stick, du Dauphin, so like
Bobarino, I call that a manufacturer's defect.
In answer to your specific Q's, a week might be too long, a month probably ruins the cigar,
but never say never. PLANNING for smoking is more of a harvest of ready to smoke sticks.
I would go through all my stock, pull out a flaked wrapper here, a hideous wrapper there,
a particularly oily cigar in another box, then I put them all in a desktop. When I want to smoke
a couple of cigars over a weekend, I might pull out two or three for that and lay em out overnight.
If they don't get smoked, I just toss em back in the desktop. For those who posted and stated that
they do not want to be restricted or over-planned, I think that the desktop in the middle of deep
storage and "a night on the counter" is a good happy medium. And I'd be lying if I said that
I ALWAYS DRYBOX.

dvickery · 09-01-2010, 01:45 PM

i age at 62%...this can be for a looooooong time...rarely less than 3 or 4 years any more and seldom are the cigars themselves less than 10 years any more.

open boxes(the boxes i am smoking from)...i move to a humi at 65% or 66%.

i just find they smoke better(slower) and taste better(for me) if i "wet box".

just gotta be different
derrek

icehog3 · 09-01-2010, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dvickery

i age at 62%...this can be for a looooooong time...rarely less than 3 or 4 years any more and seldom are the cigars themselves less than 10 years any more.

open boxes(the boxes i am smoking from)...i move to a humi at 65% or 66%.

i just find they smoke better(slower) and taste better(for me) if i "wet box".

just gotta be different
derrek

Interesting take, Derrek, I say "whatever works".

JohnE1000 · 09-07-2010, 10:49 AM

All of my cigars are kept in 65rh, so dry boxing is not needed. I don't plan which cigar to smoke next. It depends on what I am in the mood for at the moment; it could be any cigar.

Acidic drinks and food can ruin your pallet, so I stay away from this types of food, it I am planing on smoking.

Petit Coronas and perfectos are better smoked on the dry side. Larger gauge cigars are more forgiven to humidity.

09-11-2010, 09:02 PM

I like my cigars stored at 70-75% humidity. I usually pull out some sticks for the week and put them in a dry box or travel humidor.

09-01-2010, 10:06 AM	#22
bishjd123 Have a Smoke and a Smile Join Date: Dec 2009 First Name: Jeff Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 196 Trading: (16)	Re: Do you dry box? I store mine at 65/65. It allows me to grab and go for what piques my interest at the time I want to smoke.

09-01-2010, 10:15 AM	#23
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: Do you dry box? I Lay a cigar out on the counter overnight. Improves every aspect of the smoking experience. Naturally, I do not make allowances for the preferences of others, this is how I DO IT. But I had my first bad draw in maybe 50-75 smokes the other day. Sale stick, du Dauphin, so like Bobarino, I call that a manufacturer's defect. In answer to your specific Q's, a week might be too long, a month probably ruins the cigar, but never say never. PLANNING for smoking is more of a harvest of ready to smoke sticks. I would go through all my stock, pull out a flaked wrapper here, a hideous wrapper there, a particularly oily cigar in another box, then I put them all in a desktop. When I want to smoke a couple of cigars over a weekend, I might pull out two or three for that and lay em out overnight. If they don't get smoked, I just toss em back in the desktop. For those who posted and stated that they do not want to be restricted or over-planned, I think that the desktop in the middle of deep storage and "a night on the counter" is a good happy medium. And I'd be lying if I said that I ALWAYS DRYBOX.

09-01-2010, 01:45 PM	#24
dvickery Team of 1 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: derrek Location: edson , alberta , canada Posts: 685 Trading: (0)	Re: Do you dry box? i age at 62%...this can be for a looooooong time...rarely less than 3 or 4 years any more and seldom are the cigars themselves less than 10 years any more. open boxes(the boxes i am smoking from)...i move to a humi at 65% or 66%. i just find they smoke better(slower) and taste better(for me) if i "wet box". just gotta be different derrek __________________ i hope i someday become the man my dog thinks i am

09-07-2010, 10:49 AM	#26
JohnE1000 Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 393 Trading: (39)	Re: Do you dry box? All of my cigars are kept in 65rh, so dry boxing is not needed. I don't plan which cigar to smoke next. It depends on what I am in the mood for at the moment; it could be any cigar. Acidic drinks and food can ruin your pallet, so I stay away from this types of food, it I am planing on smoking. Petit Coronas and perfectos are better smoked on the dry side. Larger gauge cigars are more forgiven to humidity.

09-11-2010, 09:02 PM	#27
Tank Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Do you dry box? I like my cigars stored at 70-75% humidity. I usually pull out some sticks for the week and put them in a dry box or travel humidor.