Dry Boxing

[Jason55555]

Dry boxing, I've head a lot about it but never tried it usually I just pull cigar out of humidor and smoke it (keep my cigars at 65%), I was under the impression that you want a little humidity aka the 65% in the cigar leafs.

Wouldn't dry boxing suck like 10-15% out of the cigar making the humidity drop to like 55's% which is almost same as normal room temperature humidity????

I have a humidor that I don't use so I guess I'm going to use that as my dry box. Any recommendations how long to dry box a 65% cigar?

[dicko]

Depends on your local climate I guess.

I love dry boxing for a couple of days no matter what though, I find it does wonders for the smokes

[brazoseagle]

I keep my sticks at 64%-65% and I usually dry box for 24 hours. Sometimes I will do 48. The dry wood doesn't suck out moisture as fast as you think.

I forgot about a stick in my dry box one time and smoked it 6 days later and it was AMAZING!

David

[Wil]

Depends on your local climate I guess.

I love dry boxing for a couple of days no matter what though, I find it does wonders for the smokes

X2. 2-3 days for me.

[pjansen]

By dry boxing do you mean just setting the cigars out of the humidor for a while before smoking?

[Jason55555]

So it seems the CC humidity of 65%-70% is just for storage purposes so your cigars doesn't dry out fully. So keeping cigars bit dryer is better for CC it seems burn and smoke wise. It seems weird to me since when you start smoking everyone is always pushing that 70-70 so looks like 65% is good for storage and drying CC a bit more before smoking make them amazing, gonna try it out.

[brazoseagle]

By dry boxing do you mean just setting the cigars out of the humidor for a while before smoking?

Taking them out of your humidor and putting them in a secondary humidor that has not been humidified.

[Jason55555]

Thrasherman yup just leaving them in a empty cigar box or dry humidor.

[ramon_cojones]

Mine are ready to smoke at 62-63% no need to drybox. If too dry I find they burn hot and a bit too harsh so the bit of moisture keeps the balance.

I only drybox if they are overly wet like from shipping.

[isa]

Interesting! Havent tried dry boxing yet.

[BatFastard]

I usually just throw my sticks in a sealed Tupperware container for a day or two prior. Seems to work just fine for me.

[Shelby07]

A couple of years back I stopped into a shop in Ireland and picked up something that I smoke regularly (yes, a cigar.)

The cigars looked and felt dryer than usual, so I asked to see the humidity readout. It was reading 57%. The shopkeeper said they usually smoke them a bit dryer in Europe.

I was a bit leery, but I bought it anyway. It didn't burn as well as I was used to, but the difference in flavor more than made up for it. I've been dry boxing ever since.

IMHO, dry boxing should be a part of you routine whenever practical.

[Dbone]

Depending on whatever, I'll grab one of my 3 finger cigar cases and load it up. I usually smoke one cigar a day if I'm lucky, not always. So they'll stay in the case and when I get to them they're there. Usually one if not two get a good 24hrs or more out of the humidor. I really can't taste the difference, its never done any harm. Really don't have the luxery of being able to smoke each cigar strait out of my humidor with work and family life. Seems I'm home to wake up, shower, have dinner, go to bed LOL So I make sure I'm always ready :-)

I know when they come out of the humidor they are a bit cool, if they hit the warmer air maybe that's bad? I'm not sure... but I do like to bring the cigar to room temp.

[Squarehead]

It used to be that in Europe the cigars were kept drier.Not anymore.

[ramon_cojones]

The important thing to remember here is where you live. A problem with dryboxing for me is even several hours outside the humidor at 62-63 sometimes the head cracks when I snip it with the guillotine but that is because there isn't much humidity in CA. I could see the purpose of this if you're in texas or oz, but here it doesn't make much sense.

[ptrthgr8]

Interesting. When I got up this morning (about 5am) I chucked 4 Monte #2s and a SC Muralla into an empty Siglo VI box I had. I'm going to see how different the #2 is this evening with 13 or 14 hrs in the box and then I'll try another tomorrow night with closer to 38 hrs in the box. I love it when science and cigars get combined. Science!

Cheers,

~ Greg ~

[brazoseagle]

Ok, so I've restrained for 24 hours, I can't do it anymore, I have to.............."Your Mom has a Dry Box!"

Oh man that felt good to get out. For anyone offended, you clearly don't comprehend comedy gold.

[mk05]

All cigars are stored at 65-70deg and 67-69rh. Two 50ct desktops rotating on 2 week dry box schedule at room temp and 55rh.

Everyone has different methods. This works best for me - some cigars do taste a bit better a little more humid (65rh), ie handrolls, smoother blends, imo. Spicier cigars are a bit better when dry, the moisture can take away from the bouquet sometimes.

[DrunkenMonkey]

Ok, so I've restrained for 24 hours, I can't do it anymore, I have to.............."Your Mom has a Dry Box!"

Oh man that felt good to get out. For anyone offended, you clearly don't comprehend comedy gold.

LOL!

[OZCUBAN]

Depends on your local climate I guess.

I love dry boxing for a couple of days no matter what though, I find it does wonders for the smokes

X2 Dicko

You know what is like here on the west coast of OZ brutally hot summers that can be as dry as a Nuns .... , and high humidity at times more so the end of summer , and mild winters

So I guess it depends on where you live and what you keep your cigars at I keep mine slightly more moist than most I guess I am a bit paranoid better to wet than dry I say ,hence dry boxing

Cheers OZ

P.S if the Nun thing offends I am sorry please edit Mods

[insomniac]

Hit send prematurely. If there is a nicer looking drybox than an empty BHK56 box, I'd like to see it

I have three of these BHK (52, 54, 56) sample boxes. Once I smoke a box of these, I can think of no better dry box to try out....

The small cedar spacer (shown below) is easily removed. And this should easily hold virtually any sized cigar.

[Guest rob]

The place I live has a relatively dry climate so I dry out for a day or so.

If its an EL cigar Ill give it 4 or so days of dey boxing.... because they have damn flame proof wrappers that **** me.