Tubos

[MAT]

Have a nice day everyone. Interested in your opinions, experiences with storage...

[westg]

Keep them there! Mix it up, I store all my Tubos in the tubes as far back as 1974 . You won't be disappointed. There are many varying opinions but give yourself the opportunity to find out for yourself.  Now they look Churchills . R&J Churchill age particularly well. Give them five if you can and they will become seriously good . I did give Rob one and he put it through the wash . All the best .

 

[Fugu]

A subject that pops up every now and then. Here’s how I handle it: In new production / fresh boxes, open each tube and remove the cigar. Carefully wipe off any mould dusting. Store them open in the humi (or loosely in empty boxes with the lid left open a crack) so as to balance tobacco moisture for three to four weeks minimum. Slip back into their tube (while not scratching the wrapper!) and leave them untouched until “slaughtering”.

That said, some I leave alone, in particular if received with some age already. Check two or three and when I find them fine, their’e good to go into storage. And should I find some dusting down the road (10 or 20 yrs from now, may I face the blessing) it’s a non-issue.

That being said, these fine Churchills I’d carefully prepare prior to long-term storage.

[RDB]

The jury is in: cigars age more slowly in tubos and they preserve the flavours. For very long term storage they seem hard to beat. 

[BrightonCorgi]

I keep all cigars in any presentation as they were sold.  The seal on a tubo is not totally air tight so no reason to unscrew.  If you had a desktop humidor and wanted a layout to show off a bit you could unscrew the tubos and place cap under the foot, but why bother.

I am big fan of tubos.  When Habanos inventory started dying out, Monte Petite tubos were one of the boxes I bought before it was too late. 

[MAT]

Thank you very much for your advice...

[MrBirdman]

100% in favor of storing them in the tubes.

[KCCubano]

Have always stored in tubes. The ones that stand out to me are Romeo Churchills, Sig II and Sig V. For some reason they have all performed better than their other presentations. Always would buy a 10 ct box of the Romeo Churchill Tubos every year when they were readily available. Kept me in constant supply of well aged examples. Wont buy in dress box. 

[Tstew75]

Have never given em any special treatment, those tubes are aren't that airtight.

[Fugu]

Sorry to object as for air tightness: Tubos - and especially those with the newer “plug-on” caps (like in the Churchills pictured) - make for an almost perfect gas-tight seal. That’s the main reason why they tend to develop blotches of mould more readily as in standard packaging. This holding in particular for summertime box dates, when humidity on the island is high and can be locked in in moister tobacco on packaging.

[BrightonCorgi]

I love the wafting cedar aroma when a tubo cigar is taken out of the tube.  Extra bonus lighting the cigar with the cedar.