Best way to age tubos?

[ElLoboLoco]

I take them out. Save the tubes if I need them later.

[Malt]

On 2/20/2026 at 11:11 AM, JDoughty said:

After opening and checking for unfortunate conditions like mold or damage, how do you prefer to age your tubos? Select one or let us know if you do something different. If you've tried any of these methods, how did they work for you? If you've tried more than one of these methods, how do they compare both in terms of speed of results and quality of results? 

A - Replace the cap and let it age in the closed tube in your humidor.

B - Remove the cap and leave it off, but leave the cigar inside the tube.

C - Remove the cigar completely from the tube and let it age naked in your humidor with full air flow around it.

D - Remove the cigar from the tube and put it in cello, a box or a bag in your humidor to limit air flow.

E - Put the tubo in a weird bodily orifice and hope for the best. 

Is there any disadvantage to just taking them out of tubes(assuming cello wrapped same process) and putting them in the humidor?  I guess I don’t understand the process of them being in tubes/cello. I always thought it was just to protect them and keep them relatively acclimatized if you didn’t have a proper humidor to put them in. Same as boxes? Wouldn’t they do just as good in a proper RH environment?

[Lucas Buck]

I have found they age more gracefully if left in tubes. If you’re going to smoke them soon then out of the tubes is fine. I have been aging in tubes for more than 20 years now and am reaping the benefits of time and patience. 

[Malt]

1 hour ago, Lucas Buck said:

I have found they age more gracefully if left in tubes. If you’re going to smoke them soon then out of the tubes is fine. I have been aging in tubes for more than 20 years now and am reaping the benefits of time and patience. 

Over a long period do they just assume the RH outside the tube or does I eventually leak in? I haven’t been around collecting them long enough to know. I have enough now I can be selective in what I smoke. 

[Lucas Buck]

They are not air tight so still need to be kept humidified long-term.