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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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I'm not sure how long they plan on keeping it but I doubt it's going to months on end.
For what it's worth, I gifted a handful of Upmann Coronas Major to my buddy who smoked 1 or 2 the same night and threw the rest on the counter of his bar.
The next time we were playing cards at his house (probably 2 1/2 weeks later), I grabbed one to spark it up and it wasn't dry at all. It was actually pleasantly smokeable. I know they're not hermetically sealed but ffs, they do hold up well enough to be giftable.