Grocery Store Options

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Originally Posted by FidelCastro

Guess if they were stored properly they would be fine...there are some brands that I smoke but buying cigars at grocery stores would be like buying milk at Auto Zone....I don't get the warm fuzzies.

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I completely agree. However there have been a few times when I just felt like trying something new and this would certainly be convenient.

If I find a hygrometer and see it showing reasonable conditions I suppose I should try one.

Thanks everyone!

Prices aren't too bad for retail.

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Originally Posted by rodwha

I completely agree. However there have been a few times when I just felt like trying something new and this would certainly be convenient.

If I find a hygrometer and see it showing reasonable conditions I suppose I should try one.

Thanks everyone!

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Personal opinion, better over humidfied than under!
Over humidifier can be brought down. Under humidfied = oils dried out.

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Originally Posted by Brimy

Personal opinion, better over humidfied than under!
Over humidifier can be brought down. Under humidfied = oils dried out.

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And you can always wipe the 'plume' off with a rag... unless it's all over the foot...

https://www.friendsofhabanos.com/for...1bc9e3c995.jpg

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

And you can always wipe the 'plume' off with a rag... unless it's all over the foot...

https://www.friendsofhabanos.com/for...1bc9e3c995.jpg

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Damn those are awful! My condolences for your loss!

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Originally Posted by rodwha

Damn those are awful! My condolences for your loss!

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It's just a stock photo.

I have a few boxes though that were stored with a 69 boveda in a plastic bucket. All the cigars from a certain region began to mold. I caught it in time, smoked the worst of them and wiped the rest down good and proper. Then i changed to 65 packs and haven't had a recurrence. IMO high humidity is bad news... However as a purchaser, at least you can see mold. You can't see oxidized or evaporated oils.

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

It's just a stock photo.

I have a few boxes though that were stored with a 69 boveda in a plastic bucket. All the cigars from a certain region began to mold. I caught it in time, smoked the worst of them and wiped the rest down good and proper. Then i changed to 65 packs and haven't had a recurrence. IMO high humidity is bad news... However as a purchaser, at least you can see mold. You can't see oxidized or evaporated oils.

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Used to use the 69% Bovedas but switched to 65’s as some smokes just seemed a bit hard to smoke and was told 69 could have been an issue. Haven’t seemed to have it happen since...

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Originally Posted by rodwha

Used to use the 69% Bovedas but switched to 65’s as some smokes just seemed a bit hard to smoke and was told 69 could have been an issue. Haven’t seemed to have it happen since...

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I learned early from most of the BOTL here at our former home the 65 or lower is better!
Much better burn unless there are construction issues.

I suppose I should confess to using the tiny 69% Bovedas that come in the Nat Sherman small gauge cigars in a little Tupperware type container for my stashed emergency living room smokes. Need a little stash for the don’t wanna hear the bitchin’ that may come with it or the possibility of waking her late because I seem to just need a smoke, which also comes with bitchin’, and often more of it. Seems a fitting use for those little suckers. And 69% did me well most of the time it seemed...

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

And you can always wipe the 'plume' off with a rag... unless it's all over the foot...

https://www.friendsofhabanos.com/for...1bc9e3c995.jpg

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Wow, that is easily one of the nastiest cigar pics I have ever seen, and I've seen some bad ones. Can I use this for a possible future "caption this" post on our BCP Facebook page?