Long term storage
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First off, for those of you in the know - No, I'm not looking at any "long term" "vacations" any time soon. Just pre-planning.
I know my humis will hold solid for a month or so, if I have training to go do. My question is, if I head out for 6-12mo...what would be the best plan? Why wife couldn't care less about my stock, so having her care for them may not work out well. Would an unopened cooler hold tight for a long time? (running KL)
I know my humis will hold solid for a month or so, if I have training to go do. My question is, if I head out for 6-12mo...what would be the best plan? Why wife couldn't care less about my stock, so having her care for them may not work out well. Would an unopened cooler hold tight for a long time? (running KL)
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2 - You'll be jobless soon, which means you can't take care of her. Boom...your out of the game, son!.
So, what about using a cooler with say 12-15 Boveda 69RH packs? Boveda packs maintain a constant RH regardless of how many you put in there. 100 packs should still maintain 69RH right? The only problem with Boveda packs is that if you don't have enough then after a couple of months they dry out. That's why I wonder whether you could put a whole bunch of them in the cooler to last the year that you're away.
Just a thought.
1. Make sure you FILL it. The more cigars in there the better your humidity will hold.
2. Make sure your cigars are properly humidified before you fill your cooler. You want your beads and packs to have as little work maintaining your humidity levels. Let your cigars live off themselves.
3. Make sure someone will purge the stale air from your cooler once every other week. You NEED to have a fresh input of air getting in there. I always purged with the lid open for 5 minutes every 2 weeks. Trust me, the humidity will recover quickly. I cannot stress purging the stale air enough.
If you do the B&M storage I suggest you check the storage humidity. YOU check it, don't take someone's word for it. When I had my locker in a well known Orange County B&M, I didn't think about checking the humidity as they have been around for 25 plus years. However, when I put a few 2003 "island" cigars in it and got back to them 3 weeks later to discover them mushy and moldy, I was not happy. I brought in my hygrometer and discovered my locker was at 80%. After I informed them of this and my now "plumed" cigars, they were able to get it lowered to 72%. Well I personally keep my cigars between 60% to 62% so this was unacceptable to me.
Bottom line is, make sure you look at all aspects of how you will long term store your cigars. Don't know how many you have or how close you are to someone that you could trust with them but think about how much you have spent on them and do you really want them to be unchecked for that long a time period?
I hope something I posted here will help you out and may you find a good resolution to your issue.