Tubos: Cigar Protection or Marketing shtick

Originally Posted by Subvet642

So, ... what does everyone think? Do tubes offer any real protection for cigars, or are they just so much pretty packaging?

This is easy. Put a cigar in your jeans without cello or tubo. Then put a cigar in a tubo in your other pocket. Walk around and see if your pocket is full of loose tobacco flakes at the end of the day.