Was curious how do you guys keep track of how long different cigars been resting?
Thanks.
Little stickers you can get at Staples or somewhere like that. Mark the date you put them into your humi or purchsed them and your good to go.
Yep, that's what I do for sticks I get at the B&M or in trades/passes etc. Otherwise I just keep my C.Com order forms/bills which have the date of purchase on them.
I use an excel spreadsheet. Works great, the only issue I have is multiples of the same brand put in at different dates, which can be stickered to differentiate. Say my new box of diesels, and I already have 15 diesels from 2 years ago. Use whatever works for you.
I just remember. I buy mostly boxes, and singles I don't worry about unless it's going into my aging humidor. Also, since I buy 99% of my sticks with ccom I can always look at my order history if I forget. For stuff that's over two years ago I tend to remember anyway.
I have 2 large humi"s and keep a little notebook for each with the type of cigar, current inventory and the arrival date. When I take some out I delete them from inventory so I know what's in there without having to rumage around, but I still do anyway. Usually buy batches of 20 or more of each so it's fairly easy to keep track of the dates this way. If I get some of the same cigars I put them in the other humi or leave them wrapped if they are in with some older ones in the same humi. Most of mine are unwrapped so I can't write on them. In my daily humi I don't keep track at all, just smoke em up. So far this has worked pretty well if you keep up the books.
I go the little sticker method and also keep my cellophane on because I do a lot of rummaging around my humidor looking for and not being able to decide on something to smoke.
I use the sticker on the cello also. I have a label maker and print the day it goes into the humi. Unless I get a cigar from someone else, then I put/leave the date it went into their humi. Just to know how long it has been sitting.
I use the 'ole Avery Mailing Labels. You can go right into MS Word and pick a template then go to town! I put the name, size, and date they go into the humi. And it makes it easy if you buy a bunch of any certain one. Cut-'n-paste and a printer are my friend!!
I use an Excel spreadsheet, much easier for me than getting labels and writing on them etc....I indicate box date, my storage date, vitola, box/singles....
Instead of a individual date on each sticker i used a 2 digit code. The year i stared smoking is number 1 and months go A-l. So a 2B is second year of smoking and stored in February of that year.Makes for smaller lables and is something only i can decode.
I use the Avery address labels and type up the info I want on my computer then print. With small font I can add a lot of info on there and then cut em into strips. I like to have plenty of info at my fingertips when I grab a stick. I used to just put a date. Then I started adding more info. Now I can pick up a more recent purchased stick and know everything about it. It helps me pick older sticks when bundles or singles of the same type are stored together. I got plenty of Avos that I bought in ten and five packs. Never bought a box but I have a box full of them all at different stages of maturity. It's too much info by most guys standards but I like doing it that way.
I suggest the sticker method, because your collection will grow way too quickly for your memory to keep track of. I put day/month/year, source, and/or sampler type if relevant, and price paid/stick (in a letter code). Works for me.
I used an app to keep track, called humidor. The first 10 pieces is free and after that you have to pay .99 cents. Or google virtual humidor and you will find some good apps that will help you to keep track of the date.
I use the Avery labels as well. I put the date and if someone gave it to me or I got it in a pass/trade, I put a name also. If it does not have cello, I use a strip of a post it note with the date, box code, etc wrapped around it like a band.
I use the Avery labels as well. I put the date and if someone gave it to me or I got it in a pass/trade, I put a name also. If it does not have cello, I use a strip of a post it note with the date, box code, etc wrapped around it like a band.
I have a Diplomatico from you that has that post it note band. Thought that was super slick plus I have never had one of those and had been wanting to. Thanks again bro.
I just bury ones I truly love and forget about them till I rotate them then I bury them again. I love finding a cigar 2 years later that I didn't even know I had. Recently found a Comacho I've never even heard of. It's led a rough life but I think with some TLC and a couple bands in strategic places it'll hold together.
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