How to best keep you smokes when traveling?

[pwhite]

I am sure that this has been addressed on FOH, however, I have never seen it and am in a bit of a quandary. I recently traveled with my wife and another couple to Sin City. I packed two HDM DC's and two Upmann No. 2's. They were fine when I removed them from my home humidor. I packed them in my travel humidor with a humi-tube. However, after a 6 hour flight and one day in a dessert climate, my beauties were brittle and I had the wrapper unroll off of one of the No. 2's. They also smoked very harsh.

My travel humi, might be crap or this might be a more common problem then I thought, I tend to lean towards the prior.

Part of me is thinking is that I should just get a cheap small piece of tupperware, it will protect as well as keep them moist. Not the sexiest approach, but possibly the most efficient.

How do you travel with your cigars? What type of travel humidor do you use? What suggestions do you have for future travel?

[CanuckSARTech]

I travel with a Cigar Caddy (I have a 5-count version for small day trips, and a 24-count larger one for longer stuff). Many use these, as well as Xikar cases, etc., etc. Either way, I definitely recommend something that's more airtight and crushproof. The tupperware idea isn't a bad one, but if airflights are involved, you'll find that those really aren't that airtight (and therefore won't really protect from drastic atmospheric changes).

Go for the tupperware option if you wish. It's better than those humi-tubes (which are just a sales grabber, IMO).

But, if you value your cigars, and you factor in the loss/damage cost of any wasted sticks already, you'll find that a Cigar Caddy / Xikar case are definitely worth it in the long run.

[Bolismoker]

I would also be sure to include a humi pack. There are many on the market and a must for traveling for those of us that live in dessert climates.

[CaptainQuintero]

Occams razor for me, just take cigars that you can buy in tubos!

[TexAg]

I have a Xikar 15ct. case. Works like a charm and I've not broken it yet (which is quite an accomplishment)

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[ironchefscott]

I am ghetto and use 5 finger packs with some small humidity packs on the top in a flat rate box left over from a trade. I really need a travel humidor!

[Skyfall]

I have used this method for years with Great Success!

I have a 5 count and a 15 count Xikar Travel "herfadors" - Great quality, very efficient

I took the largest cigar tube I could find, and poked a bunch of small holes in it. All over the sucker. I filled the cigar tube with Heartfelt 65% humidity beads, I squirt some distilled water down the middle to wet the beads, screw the cap on and throw the tube in with my sticks. Perfection. I once used this method for a 10 day trip and my cigars were just as good on day 10 as they were coming out of my humidor.

PS. I try to keep the loaded Herfador in cool areas as much as possible while traveling.

[Geo17pip]

I am ghetto and use 5 finger packs with some small humidity packs on the top in a flat rate box left over from a trade. I really need a travel humidor!

Nice!

I just put the cigars in a cigar bag and put that in an old box so they dont get crushed. Lasts me fine for a week trip.

[ironchefscott]

Nice!

I just put the cigars in a cigar bag and put that in an old box so they dont get crushed. Lasts me fine for a week trip.

I am not the only one!!!!!

[Geo17pip]

Nope lol I used to have an otter 5 ct box which was great but I lost it, or one of my buddies has it.

[riazp]

cigar caddy is the way to go, if you gone for a few days, put in a boveda pack or like skyfall said, old tube, poke holes and squirt distilled water

[finecigar]

Like others mentioned, I also have a variety of Cigar Caddy cases and Xikar travels. They are the two best in the travel cigar business IMO. They have always worked great for me and kept the cigars in top shape. I usually just stick in a small boveda pack if I have one on hand and if I am going away for more than a week.

[CanuckSARTech]

Agreed on the Boveda packs too.

And, FWIW, you can actually get the smaller ones in a 65% RH as well. Little, mini Boveda packs. I use one of those in the 5-stick Cigar Caddy.

And, I actually use one of the Drymistat tubes in the larger 24-stick Caddy. I find that this tube, put into a cigar "hole", in the middle foam tray, helps keep things on balance in the larger environment of that larger Caddy.

[pwhite]

Love the Xikar as well as the Cigar Caddy. Just looked them up on Amazon, they are very affordable.

One of the reviews said that the Xikar was very hard to open. Has anyone had that experience?

[gigabyte056]

I travel quite a lot and store my cigars in a tupperware with one of these chucked in there:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=humidifying+stone&_sacat=0&_from=R40

I try and save on space as I never send my luggage, one too many times have I stared at a conveyor belt.

they come out fresh, just remember to chuck the stone in a small zip lock bag with many holes in it.

[jacktarnold]

Love the Xikar as well as the Cigar Caddy. Just looked them up on Amazon, they are very affordable.

One of the reviews said that the Xikar was very hard to open. Has anyone had that experience?

I've only experienced it once but it was from very extreme altitude changes. Other than that one time it has been fantastic.

[CanuckSARTech]

Love the Xikar as well as the Cigar Caddy. Just looked them up on Amazon, they are very affordable.

One of the reviews said that the Xikar was very hard to open. Has anyone had that experience?

I've only experienced it once but it was from very extreme altitude changes. Other than that one time it has been fantastic.

Agreed, yes, you'll notice this after flights of at least 20,000 feet or so.

For the larger cases, they have an "air pressure release valve", where you can loosen it off, and it allows the negative air pressure in the case to balance off and be opened nice and normal. For the smaller cases, right where the closure snap is (and the plastic reinforcement is thicker), you simply put in a dime in the "crack" between the two halves, and you give it a slight twist, and that will allow enough of a loosening on the rubber seal to allow the pressure to even off and open with no issue.

Hope this helps. Cheers.

[nikesupremedunk]

Last time I went away for 4 days I used a small tupperware. Threw the cigars in a small bubble wrap bag and threw that inside the air tight tupperware. Didn't even need a humi device as the container was air tight and it was sort of "dry boxed" when I smoked them.

I have a 5 ct herfador for the short trips and it works well too.

[vanbellc]

Another vote for the Cigar Caddy plus a Boveda pack. Never had a problem for long trips and it's nice that the sticks stay in good shape since they don't roll around or anything if handled roughly.

[canadianbeaver]

Another vote for Tupperware with a ziplock bag inside.

[Smallclub]

One of the reviews said that the Xikar was very hard to open. Has anyone had that experience?

The first time I came back from the mountains of Andorra, I had to wait several hours before I could open my Cigar Caddy. If you travel to mountain areas you need a Cigar Caddy with a pressure valve.

[Scdalak]

When traveling for a period of 4-7 days I dont typically pack my sticks with humidification, I feel its a good time to "dry box" them so to speak. Assuming you know you will smoke them with in 7 days Its the way to go.

[braveheart655]

I have a 5 count and a 15 count Xikar Travel "herfadors" - Great quality, very efficient

I exactly have the same setup and rely on the small humidification units in those herfadors. I occasionally throw in Boveda packs as well. If you think 15 count is a bit small for you, you can remove the foam trays in the 15 count version and voila! you have even more space to fill

I only use tupperware for packs or tubos. My experience is, especially during air travel, cigars get damaged in the tupperware if you throw them in your checked in luggage. But I don't think there'll be any problems if you put tupperware in your carry on.

[CanuckSARTech]

Another vote for Tupperware with a ziplock bag inside.

LOL. Lisa, I like your sig tag! LOL. I can't take direct credit for that, though. It's a line from "The Girl Next Door", and I think it was also used in "Heat" or "Ronin", something like that.

[stogiecidal]

Add another vote to the cigar caddy and 65% boveda packet group.

Agreed, yes, you'll notice this after flights of at least 20,000 feet or so.

For the larger cases, they have an "air pressure release valve", where you can loosen it off, and it allows the negative air pressure in the case to balance off and be opened nice and normal. For the smaller cases, right where the closure snap is (and the plastic reinforcement is thicker), you simply put in a dime in the "crack" between the two halves, and you give it a slight twist, and that will allow enough of a loosening on the rubber seal to allow the pressure to even off and open with no issue.

Hope this helps. Cheers.

I have a 15 count and recently picked up a 5 count for local herfing. Neither of which have a release valve. Have travelled with the 15 count and did experience the seal from atmospheric pressure and did the same. Took a coin and slid it into the small gap where the top meets the body, and slowly break the seal to release the pressure and voila!