Have Cigars, Will Travel

[Dude]

It's that time of year again (in my part of the world anyway). I'm going to be on the road for a couple of weeks on vacation soon and taking lots of sticks with me. 

Any advice/ideas/proven methods of cheap, safe storage on vacation? Boveda packs seem obvious, maybe some tupperware? Or should we throw caution to the wind short term and let them dry a bit?

[demer]

Boveda in Tupperware is bulletproof assuming you keep it out of sunlight.

[RijkdeGooier]

Get a travelhumidor?

[Nrengle]

Definitely second getting a travel humidor. Throw a boveda in there and keep it in a cool spot at all times.  

[TypicalSituation]

Cigar caddy. They make everything from a 2 count to around a 100 count. Airtight seal, and can store sticks for about a month without the need for humidification. If you want to toss a boveda packet under the foam, that works as well. Love mine. Have 2 five counts and 2 fifteen counts

[PapaDisco]

Temperature is your big enemy when traveling by car.  I got a 12VDC cooler for my 2 week "camping" trip.  Plug it into a temperature controller that cycles on and off at 65F and the cigars feel like they're still at home.

I don't think this is absolutely necessary, btw.  Just an excuse to tinker.  All the bits can be purchased on Amazon for about $75 depending on the size of your cooler.

[sactochris]

All things considered I would go the tupperware & boveda route.

[HoyoFan]

Agree with the tupperware route. I tried zip-lock bag plus boveda when I went away for a week and it happened to be a pretty humid week of weather where I was. I had to keep relighting and really had a bad effect on my experience.

[JamesNYC]

I'm a tupperware and Boveda guy. The main thing for me is to keep them at a cool temperature.

Not always easy when you are on vacation. And make sure you bring more than you think you could possibly smoke. You never know!

[capitalpg]

I too say get a Cigar Caddy of appropriate size for your sticks. Wouldn't think "dry boxing" the sticks would hurt short term. 

2 hours ago, TypicalSituation said:

Cigar caddy. They make everything from a 2 count to around a 100 count. Airtight seal, and can store sticks for about a month without the need for humidification. If you want to toss a boveda packet under the foam, that works as well. Love mine. Have 2 five counts and 2 fifteen counts

 

[JohnS]

Surprisingly, even though I have a Xikar 15-count travel humidor, I don't mind using a (Cohiba Piramides Extra) 10-count Varnished Boîte Nature Box, with a boveda pack, when I'm on the move.

[gweilgi]

Tupperware is definitely the cost-effective way.  I use it myself, for weeks on end, at all attitudes and in all seasons.  Use it with a Boveda or even just a cheap humidifier puck, and your cigars should be fine.

[Easttide]

I bought a sturdy airtight/ waterproof  container, lined the inside with thin foam (with a cutout for a 62% boveda pack in the bottom foam) and have had great luck. The container was from The Container Store (us) in the cooking section. It can fit about 10 larger cigars and 10 corona size cigars which is usually enough for a week or so of vacation smoking.

[BustaTC]

While not the most elegant, this certainly works:  I get an old used empty box of cigars (It is best to acclimate it to your humidor for a week or so beforehand) I then put the cigars I want to take in it.  I close the box and place it in a gallon ziplock bag.  I then only seal it halfway or so.  I place this back in another ziplock bag.  I then take a couple paper towels and fold them into a square and then saturate it in distilled water.  I then place that paper towel in the outside ziplock bag and seal it.  I have used this for the past 10 years or so every time I travel and it works fine. I have some smaller travel humidors, but they don't hold as many cigars as this method.  

[dageshi]

So here's what I did when i visited Thailand last year.

Tupperware with a cedar sheet from an empty cigar box in the bottom and a Boveda. Then put the cigars into those bags with the individual cigar sleeves e.g.

That one's a 3 sleeve jobby but you can get larger ones with more sleeves. That'll keep the your cigars from banging into each other. Then if there's any room between the cigars and the lid put a bit of bubble wrap in there to keep them from bouncing around vertically.

The cedar sheet btw isn't really for humidity, you can break off spills to use to light your cigars if you can't find a decent lighter. If you're taking one with you then you probably don't need to bother.

Not elegant, but I hate carrying around extra crap once I've no more need for it, so once I smoked everything I just ditched the tupperware but kept the bags because they're useful and don't take up any space.

 

 

 

 

[gweilgi]

2 hours ago, dageshi said:

So here's what I did when i visited Thailand last year.

Tupperware with a cedar sheet from an empty cigar box in the bottom and a Boveda. Then put the cigars into those bags with the individual cigar sleeves e.g.

That one's a 3 sleeve jobby but you can get larger ones with more sleeves. That'll keep the your cigars from banging into each other. Then if there's any room between the cigars and the lid put a bit of bubble wrap in there to keep them from bouncing around vertically.

The cedar sheet btw isn't really for humidity, you can break off spills to use to light your cigars if you can't find a decent lighter. If you're taking one with you then you probably don't need to bother.

Not elegant, but I hate carrying around extra crap once I've no more need for it, so once I smoked everything I just ditched the tupperware but kept the bags because they're useful and don't take up any space.

Cigars banging into each other?  That has never bene a problem for me -- I always pack my tupperdor to the brim with cigars (filling any empty spaces with ziplock bags) because I never know what I may wish to smoke on any given day.  And any empty space created in the course of a trip is usually filled up with new purchases, as I have a serious impulse control issue when it comes to walking past a tobacconist without popping in to see what they have on offer...