Tubos: Cigar Protection or Marketing shtick

[krevo]

I like tubos, and often times keep my leftover tubes specifically to carry cigars around in. If I go to the course, I'll toss a couple in my bag and I know there won't be any issues with them when I need one.

I tend to smoke a lot when I'm on the road, traveling somewhere, etc and tubos come in handy.

And lastly, they make a great way to gift a cigar to a fellow BOTL who might not have a humidification system ready for when they want to smoke it.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by krevo

I like tubos, and often times keep my leftover tubes specifically to carry cigars around in. If I go to the course, I'll toss a couple in my bag and I know there won't be any issues with them when I need one.

I tend to smoke a lot when I'm on the road, traveling somewhere, etc and tubos come in handy.

And lastly, they make a great way to gift a cigar to a fellow BOTL who might not have a humidification system ready for when they want to smoke it.

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.

[Subvet642]

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.

So do you store them in your humi, tube and all, or do you take them out of the tube and store them naked?

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Subvet642

So do you store them in your humi, tube and all, or do you take them out of the tube and store them naked?

You can do it either way. Personally, I take the sticks out of all tubos and cellophane if I am going to be resting them for a long time. A couple of months or cigars that I will be handing out I tend to leave in cello or tubes if they come like that, just for protection. You certainly can put tubos in a humi, they do fine in there, but for me (since I don't buy anything by the box that is in tubos) they take up too much extra space in my singles trays and aren't worth it. Plus, you can make a cool display with extra tubos, as is adorning my window sill at the moment

[krevo]

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.

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.