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[garublador]

I'm still curious on an approximate time frame that cigars would last in a sealed container. It's not something to be read into, but just a question. I seek answers however unimportant or irrelevant.

Along with the size of container and number of cigars, it would also depend on just how sealed the container is and what the ambient rH is. I doubt anyone can give you anything more than a really rough educated guess.

My guess is that it would take on the order of months to do irreparable damage to the cigars, especially if you have a decently sealed container. They might need a bit of time to bright the rH up in them if they've been like that for a while, but a week or two probably won't make a big difference in their moisture content.

[rodwha]

I wondered if it would potentially be months if 1% RH difference can take a week on average, but it seemed rather extreme and so I was rather skeptical.

[Zeede]

I wondered if it would potentially be months if 1% RH difference can take a week on average, but it seemed rather extreme and so I was rather skeptical.

It's 1% per week on average, but only when making relatively small RH changes (like from 70% to 65%). That is also the rule of thumb for the humidity change to make it all the way to the center of the cigar.

What you really don't want to happen is for there to be a humidity shock to the wrapper, which can cause the wrapper to crack and split.

[Emperor Zurg]

If they are at proper humidity right now and you sealed them up in quart mason jars (churchills don't fit btw) they should last years without any humidification. This assuming the seal is good on the jar and also assuming you don't open the mason jar every now and then for one reason or another. Relative humidity does change with temperature so without anything in there to add/remove moisture I'd try to keep them at the same temperature they were in your humidor.

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[Hardheaded]

They may lose a slight bit of RH bringing the RH of the air in the container into equilibrium with the cigars. Beyond that as long as the container is airtight and not opened at all it should stay that way a very long time.

I think you might be over thinking things a bit. Toss them in an airtight container of your choosing and leave them. Smoke from your normal supply and empty the overflow.when you have the room, or add a boveda pack sometime in the next month or two to the overflow. The biggest thing is to leave the container closed unless you add some sort of humidifcation media.

[rodwha]

Not the first time I've heard that along with being a bit anal!

I like to understand new things. My post counts usually show this.

[Zeede]

Yeah, if you leave them in and airtight jar like what you showed us, they'll be just fine. I'll send along a Boveda pack in a couple of weeks, just for safe keeping.

[Lapithicus]

Bovedas are pretty cheap and they ship fast... also, if you put an item in your cart on their website, start to check out, and then leave the page, in a few hours you should get an email about how sad your abandoned cart must be, and they'll offer you free shipping (you obviously have to have an account for this to work). Makes them cheaper than you'll find at B&Ms and eliminates any need to wait to combine orders.

Thanks for this. I am going to try that on my next order. Shipping on my last cube was $7.36, which I thought was a bit high.

[Billb1960]

Bovedas are pretty cheap and they ship fast... also, if you put an item in your cart on their website, start to check out, and then leave the page, in a few hours you should get an email about how sad your abandoned cart must be, and they'll offer you free shipping (you obviously have to have an account for this to work). Makes them cheaper than you'll find at B&Ms and eliminates any need to wait to combine orders.

Actually my B&M is very reasonable on Bovedas. In fact with shipping they're cheaper.

[DrBob]

The travel humidor can hold cigars for a couple of weeks, but if your really paranoid, just add a drop or two of water to the sponge. The jarador will be just fine for a week or two as long as its air tight.