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Store cigar boxes on there end, ie not flat. I'm trying to make use of what space I have and wanted to store a box of cohiba secretos vertically
Any thoughts on this?
Any thoughts on this?
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if you are running out of space my gob has plenty of room, hope this helps.
I started out with nothing and i've still got most of it left - Seasick Steve -
No problem, I do it when I run out of space?
Make sure that your pyramids/belicosos are stored with the head upwards?Comment
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This an interesting question...
First of all, I'll confess I have the same storage issue and I do store the odd box vertically or on it's side.
What interests me is how gravity effects the oils and or continuing fermentation. I wonder if cigars are stored foot up whether all the goodness moves down and gives a tastier final third? I haven't noticed anything like that.
On a different note I certainly agree with those who state that you should handle/ move boxes or sticks as little as possible.Comment
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Well I believe the best way to store boxes of cigars are upside down. Years ago (here we go, another old git story) it was commonplace to store upside down - the theory being the pressure on the top row created a flat, uniform appearance. I still believe it - off to put some shirts through the mangle now.I'm sure there are greater things in life than a fine cigar ........... but right now I can't think what they might be.Comment
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Originally posted by Lee Nub View Post
NO NO NO NO NO...................idea mate, sorry.
Seriously though, can't see any reason why not. The only comment I would make is that unlike the other posters, rather than standing them, I would put them on their side. That way they will still be lying flat and, if its a full tightly packed box, I cant see that the top ones weight will have any effect on those at the bottom.Comment
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The Lion man (crosseth with a hound) doth talketh sense.
It certainly sounds like a sensical suggestion anyway... the cigars will still be lying along their length then, as opposed to on a cross-section.Comment
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I should have added that this would be over a long period of timeOriginally posted by Lionhound View PostI'm sure there are greater things in life than a fine cigar ........... but right now I can't think what they might be.Comment
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Originally posted by Robert747 View Post
I'm with this guy but for a slightly different reason. I store about 200 cigars in jars at present and have turned them foot up and head down. Had issues of the foots getting splits and small cracks in them and I believe that the weight of the individual cigars causes the cracks to form on the delicate foot of a cigar. I switched them to head down position and haven't had the problem since. Hope this helps, and guys sorry about the cracked feet on the cigars if u got any like that! Lol it won't happen again!Comment
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So thats the reason for all the fucked up cigars Im gettingOriginally posted by kingcohiba View Post
Lover of fine Cubans since 2006
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Originally posted by Kdot View PostSo thats the reason for all the fucked up cigars Im getting
Ha! Wait til u get the ration I sent out Friday! I kept the pish sticks...cuz I'm gangsta like that!Comment
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LMAO, loving the patter, you learn fast my sonOriginally posted by kingcohiba View Post
Lover of fine Cubans since 2006Comment
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lee i got plenty of room in my humidor... but the safety of the cigars i can not promise... seems to be a fire happening every day that 1 cigar suffers from...Comment
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Look Lee .... sounds to me your cigars need a good, long holiday. Send 'em over to Southend an' I'll get 'em all back into Tipps-top shape for you .... even that box of black vibrators that you're pretending George got for you, but which we both know really came from Ann Summers.
On storing. If I have to store boxes on their sides, and if the box is no longer full, I pad any space with small bubble wrap just to stop the cigars moving against each other and causing damage.If you want to, you can.
And, if you can, you must!Comment
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Oh, Puh-leeze
Hello?
People?
They're fucking cigars, chaps, not porcelain.
All this hooha about "Oh dear, my humidity is off 0.0004418%," and "Oh my, the temperature has dropped to absolute zero in my humidor room," and "Should I light my vitola with a cedar stick or a blowtorch."
Go to Cuba (or the D.R., Honduras, or anywhere tobacco is grown and cigars are made) and watch them process your precious leaves, handle them, roll them and store them. Observe the conditions: no climate controlled areas, no white gloves, no TLC. It's a bunch of dried up old leaves rolled into a cylinder, then packaged up as quickly as possible for sale to a bunch of sots in the UK to make a quick and tidy profit.
You blokes talk about and treat stogies like they were gram's delicate tea cups. Yah, sure, mishandling or greatly drying out your primo vitola might cause the wrapper to crack some, but the truth of the matter is that these funky, rolled-up, old leaves are actually pretty damn hardy.
Case in point: I once dropped a rilly, rilly nice stoogie into the fucking pool! Cheap shit that I am, I fished it out, let it air dry for a couple three days and smoked the sumbitch! Other than the wrapper eventually flaking completely off (they do tend to be a tad delicate), smoked just fine.
So stack yer Secretos vertically, upside-down, stuffed into nooks and crannies, suspended from the ceiling, or up the dog's arse... whatever, and stop fucking worrying and obsessing over them. Just enjoy!
(migh too sense)
Originally posted by Lee Nub View Postrokkitsci
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