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Normally, I buy a quantity of cigars that I’ll smoke within 1 to 2 months. Usually, I’ll keep them in a wooden cigar box with a fresh boveda. This seems adequate, given that I smoke my cigars on hand within 90 days or less from the date they are delivered. What say you? Am I doing enough to preserve my cigars on hand?
 
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Tin Man said:
Normally, I buy a quantity of cigars that I’ll smoke within 1 to 2 months. Usually, I’ll keep them in a wooden cigar box with a fresh boveda. This seems adequate, given that I smoke my cigars on hand within 90 days or less from the date they are delivered. What say you? Am I doing enough to preserve my cigars on hand?
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A Boveda can make them too soggy. If you bought a humidor, there should be a humidifier included. Just maintain the water level with the dropper. Need a moisture gauge also. I use a Boveda to season my humidors, and they should be empty.
 
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butchna said:
A Boveda can make them too soggy. If you bought a humidor, there should be a humidifier included. Just maintain the water level with the dropper. Need a moisture gauge also. I use a Boveda to season my humidors, and they should be empty.
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Bovedas are very useful. They come in the boxes of some cigars. They can be used to maintain humidity in a humidor (I don’t have one).

Edit: Most often, I use 69% bóvedas; temps between 68 and 74 degrees, depending on the season.
 
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Tin Man said:
Bovedas are very useful. They come in the boxes of some cigars. They can be used to maintain humidity in a humidor (I don’t have one).

Edit: Most often, I use 69% bóvedas; temps between 68 and 74 degrees, depending on the season.
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I reuse them when they’re shipped with my orders. Using them for moisture in my humidor decreased the quality of my stogies. Much better since I figured out what the humidifiers were for.
 
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Not satisfied with the humidors that I can afford, I’ve been storing my cigars in a plastic tub with a good seal and 69% bovedas. I’m waiting to receive the hygrometer that I ordered. It’s an upgrade from humibags.

Cigar Page’s recent box sale coupled with a discount coupon prompted me to order a box each of Don Carlos reservas and Hemingway Best Sellers. AFs are seldom marked down. Couldn’t resist getting them for a little over $6/stick. Needed better storage than humibags for this lot.

Normally, I have less than 40 cigars on hand. I made makeshift trays out of the bottoms of two Don Carlos boxes.
 
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Tin Man said:
Not satisfied with the humidors that I can afford, I’ve been storing my cigars in a plastic tub with a good seal and 69% bovedas. I’m waiting to receive the hygrometer that I ordered. It’s an upgrade from humibags.

Cigar Page’s recent box sale coupled with a discount coupon prompted me to order a box each of Don Carlos reservas and Hemingway Best Sellers. AFs are seldom marked down. Couldn’t resist getting them for a little over $6/stick. Needed better storage than humibags for this lot.

Normally, I have less than 40 cigars on hand. I made makeshift trays out of the bottoms of two Don Carlos boxes.
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I’ve had a kingchii electric, not crazy expensive. Different sizes available, mine says it holds 350 I think. I don’t know how many cigars I have but it’s not near that many and seems pretty full. Air tight seal so works well with Bovedas. I keep temp at 70. Easy peasy.
 
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The storms have passed, and the rising sun glows beneath the lingering cloud deck. Time for a post-breakfast stogie, a BDL natural.
 
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butchna said:
The longer I do this cigar thing, the more varied my taste becomes. Still prefer the sweet medium and below, but really enjoyed a more rustic stogie yesterday.
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For awhile, connies and naturals were my preferred smokes in warmer months, when beverages are on the rocks. Maduros and Cameroons were for winter months, when beverages are neat or hot. @Gandalf encouraged me to disrupt that pattern, and last summer, I switched from cigars being an afternoon or evening indulgence and smoked some fuller bodied cigars in the cooler morning hours with coffee or water as accompaniment. This past winter, I indulged a number of times in butt-freezing morning stogies, usually spicier, fuller bodied selections. Now that the weather is getting milder, I expect that I’ll continue to mix it up with creamy connies and stout darker offerings whatever the weather. My favorite cigar is the AF Don Carlos reserva, and I’ll buy and smoke them whenever a deal makes them affordable to my budget. 😉
 
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Tin Man said:
For awhile, connies and naturals were my preferred smokes in warmer months, when beverages are on the rocks. Maduros and Cameroons were for winter months, when beverages are neat or hot. @Gandalf encouraged me to disrupt that pattern, and last summer, I switched from cigars being an afternoon or evening indulgence and smoked some fuller bodied cigars in the cooler morning hours with coffee or water as accompaniment. This past winter, I indulged a number of times in butt-freezing morning stogies, usually spicier, fuller bodied selections. Now that the weather is getting milder, I expect that I’ll continue to mix it up with creamy connies and stout darker offerings whatever the weather. My favorite cigar is the AF Don Carlos reserva, and I’ll buy and smoke them whenever a deal makes them affordable to my budget. 😉
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I’ll put that one on my list of cigars to try. My body won’t allow me to enjoy my bourbon neat anymore, so I need a little…and I’ve been going through the bottles. Recently opened up a Green River Straight and it’s righteous! Yesterday it was chilly and in the middle of my work week, so I enjoyed a Maduro with decaf. Flows well together.
 
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Tin Man said:
Normally, I buy a quantity of cigars that I’ll smoke within 1 to 2 months. Usually, I’ll keep them in a wooden cigar box with a fresh boveda. This seems adequate, given that I smoke my cigars on hand within 90 days or less from the date they are delivered. What say you? Am I doing enough to preserve my cigars on hand?
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butchna said:
A Boveda can make them too soggy. If you bought a humidor, there should be a humidifier included. Just maintain the water level with the dropper. Need a moisture gauge also. I use a Boveda to season my humidors, and they should be empty.
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Tin Man said:
Bovedas are very useful. They come in the boxes of some cigars. They can be used to maintain humidity in a humidor (I don’t have one).

Edit: Most often, I use 69% bóvedas; temps between 68 and 74 degrees, depending on the season.
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Really depends on the humidor. If someone is getting soggy sticks with bovedas you’re doing something wrong. General rule is 72 bovedas for wood box because they leak a tad, 69 for a tupador or a frigador. The one exception is Cubans, which don’t do well at 72 and need to be dryer to smoke well. A constant temp like a frigador provides, helps keep moisture from evaporating or condensing. I keep mine at 65 degrees and use 69s in all my frigates and both Cuban and the rest are perfect for me, even for a couple of years. Boveda 65 is ok for long term storage or if you have all Cubans in a wood box in a high humidity environment.
 
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