Thread: Cigars & Humidors

I think there IS A RIGHT ANSWER TO THIS.
Leaving a cigar wrapped or unwrapped is an individual preference.Humidity will permeate the wrapping of a cigar..the cellophane..so it is true that you leave em wrapped.
IF you store unwrapped cigars and they TOUCH a cigar of another type/style/flavor...the oils from one cigar will agglomerate with the other cigar and CHANGE the flavor and personality of all uncellophaned touching cigars. The oils migrate from one cigar to another. It does take some UNDEFINED time to do this. IF you have 200 cigars and you have MIXED them with other types they will become changed even if you smoke a cigar a day...

So I suggest: DON"t let uncellophaned cigars touch another brand/type. That's why dividers are supplied with big humidors.
Unwrap or leave em wrapped at your whim as they get and keep humidity ~ the same.
Ageing a cigar does matter. I had a box of cigars that I HATED!!! I stashed them in the back of my humidor and forgot about them. In several years I stumbled upon them and they were terrific tasting...
For maintaining humidity I think the Heartfeltindustries.com beads are about the best technology we have today.
I don't use them exclusively because I have migrated from 50/50 glycol/distilled water to other types of beads to the heartland. I find Heartfelt the best/easiest, most stable. Here's my humoidor that I've had for ~ 18 years. A stripped upright lab freezer. Good airflow. Good tight seal for humidity control, big space. I had a heating pad inside to regulate temperature..found that I didn't really need it. Stored in my basement in Jersey. A humid/dry hot/cold area..Basement is fairly stable.
Inside
In the picture of the inside of the humidor upper left is a pan of glycol 50/50 distilled water and a floral foam block. Still in service!


On the door


Some travelers that I have. They are bulletproof, hold an amount of cigars for my trip and maintain humidity well.



Tom