Oxidation of Cigars??

[droy1958]

I treat them like vampires. They stay in the dark until they need killin'...

[Merovius]

@lvfcrook1503 Honestly its fine man, unless youre planning on long term aging those 6+yrs its nbd. Your cigars will smoke fine a year from now if theyve been stored in a glass top humi.

The real issue is seal which is more often than not, problematic with glass tops. But Im sure there are plenty of handy gents around here that have resolved that problem before.

[omahaorange]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't not so much "light" but the ultraviolet light that destroys cigars (along with art, paper, skin, etc). I would think ambient room light, especially if it's indirect, wouldn't be that harmful. Underneath a window, on the other hand, could be devastating.

[Herf N Turf]

Don you have 2 wineadors...

And, your point?

[lvfcrook1503]

@lvfcrook1503 Honestly its fine man, unless youre planning on long term aging those 6+yrs its nbd. Your cigars will smoke fine a year from now if theyve been stored in a glass top humi.

The real issue is seal which is more often than not, problematic with glass tops. But Im sure there are plenty of handy gents around here that have resolved that problem before.

Without starting a massive debate about "Whats the point of collecting" or "Cigars are for smoking not collecting"....Most of these are super rare Ligas/Tats that probably won't get smoked unless I know I'm on my way out lol. From a collection stand point, as much as I love the look of this thing it's probably not worth the risk....probably not big enough either lol

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[Herf N Turf]

Without starting a massive debate about "Whats the point of collecting" or "Cigars are for smoking not collecting"....Most of these are super rare Ligas/Tats that probably won't get smoked unless I know I'm on my way out lol. From a collection stand point, as much as I love the look of this thing it's probably not worth the risk....probably not big enough either lol

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Oh, for sure! Cigars are indeed for smoking, no matter how fine, or how rare. I don't think of myself as a "collector", but rather a guy who likes a variety of cigars and who prefers them aged. My "collection" is strictly a byproduct of the necessities imposed by my preferences.


Or at least that's how I explain it to the psychiatrists...

[lvfcrook1503]

Oh, for sure! Cigars are indeed for smoking, no matter how fine, or how rare. I don't think of myself as a "collector", but rather a guy who likes a variety of cigars and who prefers them aged. My "collection" is strictly a byproduct of the necessities imposed by my preferences.


Or at least that's how I explain it to the psychiatrists...

I'm liking this way of thinking.....I had originally said that I would build up a collection of super rares so that if my better half ever got tired of putting up with me she could only take half of what she knows about lmao

[LGHT]

be careful aging cigars I had some I transferred over from a humi about 15 years ago and they have a good amount of oxidation now although they where kept in a cigar box inside a my current humidor. I can only guess that the previous humi didn't have "proper rh" which started the oxidation process and has now lead to cigars that are basically un-smokeable. I'll see if I can take a couple of snapshots which my cell phone so you can see the break down and decay of the wrappers. I think if they had been left in the cello they would have been fine as others from that same humi left in cello show breakdown and oxidation, but only in the cello and the cigar itself seems fine. Luckily there where not top shelf cigars which is why they hadn't been smoked in such a long time.

[Schatzman]

And, your point?

Don't they have glass doors?

[Herf N Turf]

Don't they have glass doors?

Well, that's what I was assuming @Merovius was getting at. Indeed it's got a glass door, but it's heavily smoked and a UV filtering element. The cigars are either inside boxes or in deep shelves, so they're not exposed to light. The light inside is disabled and it sits in the darkest room in the house, which is VERY dark. Most of the shelves also have cedar spills covering them. They're not for light, but rather environmental baffles, but they also likely help prevent any light penetration.