Tubos

[Maggs44]

I thought I read this in another post, but cant find it and dont remember the answer. I just got my first tubos (5 assorted) and want to know how to store them. In humi with tubes as is, or tubes opened.

This may sound like a stupid question or one covered many times before, but, if the tubes are sealed, how do the cigars dry out? Must they be stored in a humi?

I really enjoy CPass, but all the good info and deals I am finding, I just overflowed my humi. Time to take all the info and get a cooler set up.

I have read here that some use the florists foam and it works fine, but others use beads. Beads are a far greater cost (isnt it like $20) Are they worth it?

Thanks everyone for all the insights and experience.

 

[mhn]

they are not air tight...if you want to test that opinion, simply throw a sealed tube into a fishtank and see how smokable it is afterwards

 

[Josh]

Break the seal and pop the top, IMO. But no, they aren't air tight. It still doesn't allow for much airflow though.

 

[lucasbuck]

I say leave 'em sealed. I've heard great things about cigars aged in tubes :thumbs:

As far as humidification goes get the CLIMMAX BEADS

They are more then worth the cost. You won't be sorry.

Include a note that you are from CP and Vern will give you a discount

 

[BACCHUS]

It depends on the type of tube. If it is an aluminum tube, it is not airtight and the cigar will dry out fairly quickly. I put them in the humidor but don't worry about popping the cap. (I am a path of least resistance kind of guy when it comes to cigar storage.) As for the glass tubes with a plastic stopper and seal, those babies are generally pretty airtight so I do not bother to put them in the humidor. I have kept Dominican RyJ's in their original packaging, un-humidified, for more than a year and they still did not dry out.

I know, I'm a heretic, but I also have a job, and interests other than cigars, and don't have time for the more esoteric theories of cigar storage.

 

[Lumberg]

If you have space in the humi keep em in there. If you don't those are the first ones you can think about leaving out.

Also use the beads!

beadsbeadsbeadsbeadsbeadsbeads

 

[lucasbuck]

Definitely keep your aluminum tubos in your humi. I hope I didn't give the impression you could store them out ???

 

[Maggs44]

Definitely keep your aluminum tubos in your humi. I hope I didn't give the impression you could store them out ???

I did get both aluminum and glass. I did make some room in my humi, so they are all in there, nice and happy, still in the tubes.

I did make a small coolidor from a "6pack" cooler I had. I put in some cedar blocks I had, along with a shot glass half full with 50/50 juice, and its been at 68% after 12 hours (the hygrom was 66% when I put it in). The sticks I put in were some every day smokes that I really didnt care that much about anyhow, so no harm no foul if they dry a bit.

Thanks all for the expertice.

 

[Monte]

My 10cents worth. (inflation)

I have and had several Montecristo - Petit Tubos Mareva (Petit Corona)ISOM which I have left in the tubes, in a humidor. I bought them in Vancouver Canada in 2000. They've been wonderful ever since!!!

 

[Peekay]

What about the ammonia if the tubo is airtight, does it effect the cigar?

 

[BkCloud114]

Ha ha..... somebody was using the "search" button.....

1 Year old.......... :laugh:

 

[Peekay]