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Originally Posted by Mark
Be warned - most tubos (except the ones hermetically sealed with a non-permeable solid) are not going to hold the humidity much longer than cellophane. I don't trust the average tubo (aluminum tube, cork buffer, aluminum screw on cap) any longer than a week to hold a cigar in smokable condition, whereas a plastic baggie will hold most cigars in smokable condition for that long as well. If you are giving cigars to someone without a humidor, your best bet is not to get tubos, but get whatever you think they will enjoy and put it in a humidor bag. This is the only way to ensure that the cigars will be enjoyable for a long period of time.
I can see a case made for the tubos sealed with cork being better, but still a few months out of the humidor and most likely (depending on your climate) that cigar is going to be crunchy.
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So do you store them in your humi, tube and all, or do you take them out of the tube and store them naked?