What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? - Page 2

Skywalker · 06-14-2011, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Ashcan Bill

What's reasonable???

For many years, I made do with a desktop that holds around 50 cigars. That humidor saw me through the cigar boom of the nineties, and well into the last decade. It always allowed me to have a couple of everything I wanted on hand and I was quite happy. For me, that's what I would call reasonable.

Of course then I started smoking more cigars, realized boxes are cheaper in the long run, discovered the world of cigar forums, and started meeting the enablers that dwell on them.

Nowadays if I fell down to only 1000, I'd be seriously concerned.

Funny how our perceptions change.

I agree with Bill!

If I were a non-connected cigar smoker, that would be one thing but keeping up with bombs, trades, and Herfs makes it almost impossible to keep a reasonable collection.

If I went off the grid, I would think 500 would be resonable.

SvilleKid · 06-12-2011, 05:33 PM

The 1000 number and thoughts behind that number sounds really solid! Therefore, I agree fully with that figure!

Now, how the heck do I get my collection back down to that range??? Seems to me I might find a method if I try hard enough!

pektel · 06-13-2011, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SvilleKid

Now, how the heck do I get my collection back down to that range??? Seems to me I might find a method if I try hard enough!

bomb Greg?

GolfNut · 06-12-2011, 08:59 PM

4,242

Cornrow_Wallis · 06-12-2011, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by GolfNut

4,242

The Ultimate Answer...but what is the Ultimate Question?

maninblack · 06-12-2011, 09:04 PM

1,466.

bobarian · 06-21-2011, 06:50 PM

1036

Drez · 06-12-2011, 10:10 PM

1000 sounds like a good number to me

yourchoice · 06-12-2011, 10:11 PM

Scott, something tells me you are asking this to the wrong group of people!

Subvet642 · 06-13-2011, 06:37 AM

This is an asylum; just who expects us to be reasonable?

OK, jokes out of the way, I've been getting by with about 100, but I think that 500 would be closer to an ideal for me. That would be enough storage to stockpile some favorites, age a few boxes and store some random singles.

lostark374 · 06-13-2011, 07:00 AM

eleventybillion

DBall · 06-13-2011, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by lostark374

eleventybillion

This dude beat me to it...

shilala · 06-13-2011, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Subvet642

This is an asylum; just who expects us to be reasonable?

I'd say this is probably the perfect answer.

NeuRon · 06-13-2011, 07:12 AM

right now i have about 900-1000, and i think that is "adequate", but not nearly as much as id like it to be. but then again, im out of room in the aristocrat, so i guess i have to be content... But in all seriousness, that is reasonable.. I used to have 100+ boxes and i started to feel like i was a nutjob.

timj219 · 06-13-2011, 08:10 AM

I'm a weekend/holiday/vacation smoker. I only smoke outside which means not as much from November through March (upstate NY - we have winter here). For me "reasonable" means having a choice of around ten of my favorites plus another half dozen that are waiting to be tasted for the first time. Buying boxes to save a bit on the favs means around 200 on the favorites. Thirty untried/miscellaneous. And another twenty or so HTF or special occasion cigars. That's roughly 250 which for me is more than a year supply. I don't actually have that many but I'm working toward it.

kaisersozei · 06-13-2011, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by timj219

I'm a weekend/holiday/vacation smoker. I only smoke outside which means not as much from November through March (upstate NY - we have winter here). For me "reasonable" means having a choice of around ten of my favorites plus another half dozen that are waiting to be tasted for the first time. Buying boxes to save a bit on the favs means around 200 on the favorites. Thirty untried/miscellaneous. And another twenty or so HTF or special occasion cigars. That's roughly 250 which for me is more than a year supply. I don't actually have that many but I'm working toward it.

My thinking is along Tim's lines, so around 250 for me. It also keeps my routine purchases low, which keeps the wife quiet/happy, which makes living in my house reasonable.

But what's interesting is when I have non-forum friends over, who point out-- "Man, you have a LOT of cigars!" So to them, I'm not all that reasonable at all.

jjirons69 · 06-13-2011, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by kaisersozei

My thinking is along Tim's lines, so around 250 for me. It also keeps my routine purchases low, which keeps the wife quiet/happy, which makes living in my house reasonable.

But what's interesting is when I have non-forum friends over, who point out-- "Man, you have a LOT of cigars!" So to them, I'm not all that reasonable at all.

Any number that makes my wife think I'm in control is the exact same number my non-forum friends think is bordering on out of control. 200-250 fits that bill. If I had the funds and space, I could probably convince my wife Brad's idea of cigars management made some sense. Then 900-1000 would do. If she, or my friends, saw some of the collections posted here, they wouldn't believe it. I guess I'm numb to it by now. Hey, you can't take it with you...

Cornrow_Wallis · 06-13-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jjirons69

If she, or my friends, saw some of the collections posted here, they wouldn't believe it. I guess I'm numb to it by now. Hey, you can't take it with you...

Yep, most of my friends are the same way. They come over and see my desktop with 40-50 and ask why the hell I need so many cigars. I usually forget to tell them about the cooler sitting beside the desktop that is packed full.

Apoco · 06-13-2011, 08:14 AM

In all reality - I had a small(ish) desktop that held 250. That would get me through about a year at my current rate. That seems pretty reasonable to me.

...which is why I bought a 3,000 count 6 foot tall behemoth

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Ranger_B · 06-13-2011, 08:30 AM

So 3 cigars a day is 1095, add maybe 4x52=208 for weekends and that will cover friends and maybe vacation. So now you have 1303 add 20%for aging thats 260.6 so I guess 1563.6 so in asylum math I will now take that and multiply by 10 and you get 15,636.

But realistically I will stick with maybe 1500 to 2000.

06-12-2011, 05:33 PM	#2
SvilleKid Yes I am a Pirate Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 33°46′08″N 86°28′16″W / 33.76895°N 86.471037°W Posts: 2,776 Trading: (52)	Re: What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? The 1000 number and thoughts behind that number sounds really solid! Therefore, I agree fully with that figure! Now, how the heck do I get my collection back down to that range??? Seems to me I might find a method if I try hard enough! __________________ Ceilin' fan it stirs the air, Cigar smoke does swirl. The fragrance on the pillow case, and he thinks about the girl. Thanks, JB, 1975.

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bobarian Cranky Habanophile Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wine Country Posts: 8,869 Trading: (51)	Re: What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? 1036

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Drez The Warden Join Date: Jan 2010 First Name: Frank Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,768 Trading: (35)	Re: What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? 1000 sounds like a good number to me __________________ They aren't going to multiply....burn that b!tch!

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yourchoice Down the stretch Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Joel Location: South Jersey Posts: 4,106 Trading: (36)	Re: What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? Scott, something tells me you are asking this to the wrong group of people!

06-13-2011, 06:37 AM	#10
Subvet642 Bilge Rat Join Date: Nov 2009 First Name: Darren Location: Torpedo Room Bilge Posts: 2,997 Trading: (13)	Re: What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? This is an asylum; just who expects us to be reasonable? OK, jokes out of the way, I've been getting by with about 100, but I think that 500 would be closer to an ideal for me. That would be enough storage to stockpile some favorites, age a few boxes and store some random singles. __________________ *"Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not." -John Galt*

06-13-2011, 07:00 AM	#11
lostark374 Framed Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Aaron Location: Southern California Posts: 432 Trading: (5)	Re: What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? eleventybillion __________________ Eatin Kernel's Chicken, Drinkin Heineken Brew!!!!!

06-13-2011, 07:12 AM	#14
NeuRon Formerly BigRonS Join Date: Sep 2009 First Name: Ron Location: Forked River, NJ Posts: 1,540 Trading: (22)	Re: What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? right now i have about 900-1000, and i think that is "adequate", but not nearly as much as id like it to be. but then again, im out of room in the aristocrat, so i guess i have to be content... But in all seriousness, that is reasonable.. I used to have 100+ boxes and i started to feel like i was a nutjob.

06-13-2011, 08:10 AM	#15
timj219 Feeling at Home Join Date: Jun 2010 First Name: Tim Location: Binghamton, NY Posts: 699 Trading: (15)	Re: What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? I'm a weekend/holiday/vacation smoker. I only smoke outside which means not as much from November through March (upstate NY - we have winter here). For me "reasonable" means having a choice of around ten of my favorites plus another half dozen that are waiting to be tasted for the first time. Buying boxes to save a bit on the favs means around 200 on the favorites. Thirty untried/miscellaneous. And another twenty or so HTF or special occasion cigars. That's roughly 250 which for me is more than a year supply. I don't actually have that many but I'm working toward it. __________________ "All this of Pot and Potter - Tell me then, Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?" Omar Khayyam

06-13-2011, 08:14 AM	#19
Apoco Nerd with social skills Join Date: May 2010 First Name: Alex Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 1,286 Trading: (37)	Re: What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? In all reality - I had a small(ish) desktop that held 250. That would get me through about a year at my current rate. That seems pretty reasonable to me. ...which is why I bought a 3,000 count 6 foot tall behemoth Posted via Mobile Device

06-13-2011, 08:30 AM	#20
Ranger_B Have My Own Room Join Date: Apr 2009 First Name: Frank Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,321 Trading: (31)	Re: What's a reasonable amount of cigars to have on hand? So 3 cigars a day is 1095, add maybe 4x52=208 for weekends and that will cover friends and maybe vacation. So now you have 1303 add 20%for aging thats 260.6 so I guess 1563.6 so in asylum math I will now take that and multiply by 10 and you get 15,636. But realistically I will stick with maybe 1500 to 2000.