Where on the cigar spectrum are you?

[joeypots]

Another vote here for Cuban Cigar Website, a fantastic resource. It's a great place to set ups an inventory and keep track of cigars smoked. I'm not anal retentive, I'm old enough to be forgetful. 

https://www.cubancigarwebsite.com

[Kaptain Karl]

Does squeezing my Boveda bags count as a humidity check?

[El Presidente]

4 hours ago, 99call said:

I realise that for some people an Excel Spreadsheet is Nirvana.  They do of course have my full sympathy and understanding.     Ha!

I miss Bijan 😁

[Bijan]

I've actually gotten better recently (in terms of OCD stuff).

I stopped checking humidity/temperature readings.

I stopped updating my spreadsheet and moved to CCW.

These days it takes a lot of effort to even click on the CCW button to indicate I smoked a cigar. And I tend not to bother with notes most of the time.

I tend to take a photo while I'm smoking but mainly to remember what I smoked.

[El Presidente]

3 minutes ago, Bijan said:

I've actually gotten better recently (in terms of OCD stuff).

I stopped checking humidity/temperature readings.

I stopped updating my spreadsheet and moved to CCW.

These days it takes a lot of effort to even click on the CCW button to indicate I smoked a cigar. And I tend not to bother with notes most of the time.

I tend to take a photo while I'm smoking but mainly to remember what I smoked.

PUMP THE BRAKES BIJAN!

.......you are almost rastafarian now brother 🤣

[teamrandr]

The only reason I smoke is to post pictures of my ashes

[JohnS]

4. The smoking: Multiple Choice.

• I keep detailed tasting notes.

This choice wasn't too hard for me! 😄

[Ford2112]

I enjoy making inventories of my things. 

[Chas.Alpha]

I keep a list, mostly so I know what I’m light on... 🤔

[LordAnubis]

2 hours ago, JohnS said:

4. The smoking: Multiple Choice.

• I keep detailed tasting notes.

This choice wasn't too hard for me! 😄

I 100000% thought the "i know what time my last ash dropped" was a pointed question at you... i even was sure when i clicked the "who voted for this" that it would be you 🤣

[El Presidente]

2 hours ago, LordAnubis said:

I 100000% thought the "i know what time my last ash dropped" was a pointed question at you... i even was sure when i clicked the "who voted for this" that it would be you 🤣

I thought the same 

[Zaxeiler]

From my perspective:

• For inventory - we're missing an option below spreadsheet but above "...find cigars I didn't know I had." I don't maintain a spreadsheet, but I have a listing of all the boxes/box codes I have, and a separate list for loose singles/etc.
• For inspection - the option that would most align for me is "buy from reputable retailers" - I would never feel the need to check a box from FOH for instance, so I don't do any of those things, but it's not like I'm aloof. I'd do all of them if a buddy randomly gave me a box.

[El Hoze]

I do not keep an inventory list but I tend to have a surprisingly good idea of what I have when I go through every year or so. On boxes I am deep on I couldn’t tell you exactly how many boxes I have, but I seem to recollect all of the one-offs surprisingly well. 

Same with wine, I have a ton of wine but I don’t keep it inventoried. I just drink it and stay ahead of cases as they age. 

Funny story, years ago I was living in San Francisco and had a wine closet in total disarray. I’d go in, grab a bottle, and drink it. I had a woman who cleaned for us, I loved her. One day I realize I am missing a bottle. Of all things a magnum of Aubert chardonnay. Many bottles I could have forgotten I drank with a pizza at 2am but a magnum of Chardonnay, zero chance. I confronted her and said hey if you took anything please just come clean. She denied it and I never noticed another bottle missing. Two years later we moved out. In my hallway I find that magnum of chard with a note on it apologizing and asking that I forgive her! I drank the bottle that night with some wood planked salmon. I joked with my wife “man what a relief she could have grabbed a much more expensive 750ml of cabernet and I’d never have noticed.” 

[Juliano88]

I inspect boxes in my 3 wine fridges (42 boxes of CC's) once every two weeks. I will glance at hygro's every few days to make sure everything is good. 

I inspect my Coleman cooler (25 boxes of NC's and a few CC's as well) every few days. In the summer time here the cooler gets up to 74-75 but have not had any issues. 

I have a good idea of my inventory and box dates, and I don't really document my smokes. I just enjoy the cigars. This is probably the only forum that I'm real active in but I spectate on a few others. 

[Sir Diggamus]

On 4/21/2022 at 1:15 PM, joeypots said:

Another vote here for Cuban Cigar Website, a fantastic resource. It's a great place to set ups an inventory and keep track of cigars smoked. I'm not anal retentive, I'm old enough to be forgetful. 

https://www.cubancigarwebsite.com

Wow! I had no idea the the Cuban Cigar Website had an inventory and tasting notes section. I will investigate this ASAP. THANK YOU! 

Right now I keep a spreadsheet but like @SpecialK I only track Habanos on it. I have never weighed my cigars or check serial numbers, but I have run cigars through an ultraviolet light if acquired through trades. 

I do take tasting notes for many cigars I smoke, and write reviews on occasion, but I don't really store these to look at later, FOH is a good place that keeps those handy  . I also post a lot of pics of my cigars and ashes, mostly on Instagram, and leave tasting notes there a well. 

FOH is the only forum I am still active on, but I am a member of a few different Discord and Facebook groups related to cigars. Not the same feeling of a forum AT ALL, but they are interesting. It is seems lately a lot of cigar brands and cigar shops are setting up their own Facebook and Discord groups. Too many it to keep a track of regularly and more focused than I prefer.  

[sageman]

Was recently turned on to cuban cigar website. I inventory my wine. Just haven't gotten around to the cigars. Really only been amassing enough since last year to justify a spreadsheet. But I'm one of the "spreadsheet is nirvana" folks, so I'm looking forward to getting into it. My collection of NC far outweighs CCs (though if I stay on month 1 track of purchases through FOH that could flip flop), so a good spreadsheet with lots of sortable categories allows for breaking down cigars into families to then do comparative tastings which I find interesting and helpful in developing my palate.

[Greenhorn2]

Y'all are taking all the tranquility out of smoking. Spreadsheet? Ppffftttt. Too much like work. About 25% of the time I  might take a picture and post it in daily smokes. All other times I'm kicked back somewhere out in the yard with some kind of beverage(alcoholic most times) listening to crickets chirp and the occasional dog barking in the distance. Peace and quiet with a good cigar, the heck with the rest.