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asianbiker8asianbiker8 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 551
ok, out of room in my humidor (damn), dont have room to put a coolidor in the apartment yet (double damn), filled up my biggest tupperware (triple damn), and have bunches of cigars in cigar.com bags with little humi-care packets in them (quadruple damn!). how long can i keep the cigars in those bags? i will have to open them up a few times a week to get some air in the bags right? anything else i should know?

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  • KingoftheCoveKingoftheCove Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 908
  • phobicsquirrelphobicsquirrel Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 7,349
    yup, but I will add this.. Though I don't recommend it, I gave a cao mx2 to a friend, and 6months (possibly longer) he pulled it out of his pandry and smoked it. Well while we smoked I noticed something, it got lit once, and almost till the last 1/3rd burned almost perfect. Mean while the cigar I was smoking had some burn problems. So there you have it. Was the cigar dried out... sort of. It did burn well too. Sort of kills the idea of a humi.
  • jr_p951jr_p951 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,121
    Sounds like you need a new end table!! If you have an excess amount of cigars that are causing problems, you can send them to me! I'll take reeeeaaaal good care of them!
  • CAcigarguy007CAcigarguy007 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 239
    asianbiker8:
    ok, out of room in my humidor (damn), dont have room to put a coolidor in the apartment yet (double damn), filled up my biggest tupperware (triple damn), and have bunches of cigars in cigar.com bags with little humi-care packets in them (quadruple damn!). how long can i keep the cigars in those bags? i will have to open them up a few times a week to get some air in the bags right? anything else i should know?
    I use humi pillows almost exclusively (I do have some pg/dw soaked foam as well. Just stick the pillows in a separate zip lock bag (un sealed of course) just to be safe. My big 'Ol sterlite bin with weather stripping around the top holds solid. Others don't use them but they work like a champ for me in summer and winter.
  • bandyt09bandyt09 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,762
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  • bigharpoonbigharpoon Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,909
    I'd keep them in the bags with the humi pillows and smoke out of your humidor. As space in the humidor becomes available rotate your cigars from the bag(s) into the humidor, give them a few weeks to acclimate and they're ready to smoke.
  • danielruasdanielruas Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 778
    Get to smokin'!
  • james40james40 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,450
    I have about 1/2 lb of beads (70%) you can have bro. Me and Jorge are meeting at hoffers on the 14th - I can hand them off then if you want to join us.
  • asianbiker8asianbiker8 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 551
    Hoffer's on the 14th huh, i'll see what the wife and I are doing. Today I found a cooler that I like. Have to save up the money for it, and i'm going to get 2 lbs of 65% beads. Thanks for the offer of your beads though James.
  • james40james40 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,450
    No worries, I'm wanting to go down to 65% myself.
  • kaspera79kaspera79 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 7,144
    bigharpoon:
    I'd keep them in the bags with the humi pillows and smoke out of your humidor. As space in the humidor becomes available rotate your cigars from the bag(s) into the humidor, give them a few weeks to acclimate and they're ready to smoke.
    This is what I have done in the past ... Worked for me.
  • JudoChinXJudoChinX Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 775
    I didn't see this mentioned yet, so just be sure to get fresh air into the bags from time to time (weekly is a good choice) to avoid mold issues when doing this for longer periods of time.
  • asianbiker8asianbiker8 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 551
    Yeah, I've been opening them up every few days
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