How Long Do You Dry Box Your Cigars?


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Never. It's so humid and muggy in Maine most of the time (except winter) if I had a box without beads in it and I put my cigars in there they would actually gain moisture. I have to keep them in my humi to keep them dry!

For example, tonight. Nice fall day, cool, 10pm, chilly - about 55 degrees F...95%humidity. My cigars would be awful in an unattended box.

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My experience was that the difference was negligible with the two H Upmann RRs I smoked. However, both cigars construction was excellent. I am curious if dry boxing would have made a more noticeable difference if construction was more of an issue. I am going to try it again with 2 Partagas No. 1s from a box I have from 2002. I have smoked a few from this box & they have been a more difficult draw.

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Rob's original post on Oct. 22nd -

I have done this many times with good results for cigars a "tad" too tight. By the way I am a "Pitcher" not a worker....I don't tolerate tight or plugged cigars.

Cut a Partagas Serie D 5 and while not plugged it was "annoyingly" tight. Placed it in the fridge on the Czar Deck for 90 minutes while I thoroughly enjoyed a RA Celestiales Finos (how good are these currently!).

Anyway...back 90 minutes later and the D5 is perfect. Smoking great.

If you haven't done it before, try it. wink.png

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90 minutes, right, thanks Smoke. I remember him saying in another post about how he cuts the cap off before it goes in the fridge. Aside from fixing plugged cigars, it can be used as a time machine dry box on ordinary everyday cigars. I'm going to have to experiment with this over the weekend.

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I'm not against dry boxing, I just never plan what or when I'm going to smoke

X3- never know what I am going to be in the mood for. I tried it before, would take a few cigars out and dry box, then would not be in the mood for any and would reach into the humidor.

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90 minutes, right, thanks Smoke. I remember him saying in another post about how he cuts the cap off before it goes in the fridge. Aside from fixing plugged cigars, it can be used as a time machine dry box on ordinary everyday cigars. I'm going to have to experiment with this over the weekend.

3-5 min in the freezer has the same affect for me too, gives you enough time to get a drink ready :D

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for me a day usually works a treat my Humidor/fridge runs at 65% to 68-70% and sometimes depending on time of the year they still smoke a bit wet so hence the dry boxing ,i use an old monte Edmundo box works a treat usually between 1 to 2 days

cheers

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I only do This if they're real tight and sometimes it works other times the cigar ends up being more plugged than rolled a little tight and dry boxing for even 2 days doesns't do much. I've had luck though with the slightly tight rolled bpc's before and 2 days later much better.

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