Tubos in humidor?

[Deezwho]

This may be totally obvious to the pros on this forum … but what is the correct way to store/age cuban cigars that came in metal tubes?

My sister brought me a bunch of various cohiba tubos she picked up in England last visit and I just threw them in the humidor still in the tube. Is that acceptable or was I supposed to remove them from the metal tube while storing in humidor?

I figured the tubes are not airtight anyway so no harm either way?

[Baccy]

They aren't airtight. If they were then HSA would not package them in such a way since cigars need humidification. What I do sometimes is loosen the cap to the point where its barely on there and I do this just to allow a bit more humidification.

[rjake100]

I pull out.  I have enough room to store the tubes and the cigars separately in the same corner of my humidor.  If I need the space I can put them back in the tube.  In my opinion a cigar will acclimate to your humidor quicker outside the tube.

[Meesterjojo]

I take the cigars out of the tube, put them separate in my humidor from boxed of same type, then put the tube with cap off in a Rubbermaid brilliance with a boveda.

 

[nKostyan]

I pulled them out of the tubes several times, but their taste deteriorated in the humidor and they required a long period of acclimatization. Now I take it out of the tube only immediately before smoking.

[rcarlson]

50 minutes ago, nKostyan said:

I pulled them out of the tubes several times, but their taste deteriorated in the humidor and they required a long period of acclimatization. Now I take it out of the tube only immediately before smoking.

Same here.  

[Rhinoww]

I have found that the tubos tend to have a slightly nuttier taste, perhaps from being wrapped in the cedar veneer or whatever they are actually using. To me they are always a slightly more pleasant variant of the vitola. 
 I leave them in the tubos, in the cardboard box or dress box as they were made in Cuba and as God intended them to be. 
I have the space in my various Coolidors and Iris weathertight plastic containers so I don’t bother messing with opening them up. They will acclimate over time. 

As a sample of one though, I had my first ever bitter cigar. I was in Chicago for work, we had a bender of a work dinner. I pulled out a Monte Petit Tubos for the stumble to my hotel. Cigar was god awful. It was raining. I was well past the state of making rational decisions. I currently blame the cigar not the tubos. All other tubos I have had have been delightful. 

 

[BrightonCorgi]

I like cedar taste tubed cigars.  I would leave them in the tube as-is.  You may want to unscrew the cap and rest the end of the tube on the cap, but that is more for presentation than anything.

[KCCubano]

Rob told me years ago to leave in tube. Thats what I do. 

[Deezwho]

Thank you all for the advice.  I will continue to leave them in the tubes but I will loosen the caps. 

[LLC]

When I get them I’ll take each one out to inspect it and then put them back in the tube and leave them that way. 

[BlueRidgeFly]

Maybe I’ll try leaving some in the tubes, but so far I’ve removed most that I have here. They have smoked beautifully, including a Vigia tubo that was maybe the best cigar I’ve had this year.

[Chucko8]

I leave them in the tubes and just place them into the humidor. Plenty of goodness wrapped around them in that tube.

[Hollywood Ninja]

Cap off for 90 days to acclimate to my preferred RH and then cap back on for the long haul.


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