When I often travel I don't carry a humi, and I often buy cigars in the morning to smoke in the evenings. Does sitting out of a humi for 12 hours at a time offer the cigar enough opportunity to dry out too much? Or is it ok to let cigars sit out unhumidified for a day or so as long as they aren't in a hot car or direct sun?

Jared, heres a copy/paste from the Cigar101 section on CA:

Left out in a heated or air-conditioned room, a cigar can dry out and die as quickly as the most delicate flower -- in less than an hour. In a properly maintained humidor, the atmosphere inside of which closely mimics that of a tropical isle, cigars can be kept for years.

Hope that helps Jrod.

It depends on the heat and humidity of where you are. If the room is not too hot or dry you should be fine.
Most cigars shops will be able to give you a little ziploc bag to put your cigars into when you buy them. They would be fine for a day or so in that.

I second the zip lock bag.

Although, some cigars are so humidified in humidors that they can stand being out of the humidor for quite awhile.

I'd still get a zip lock bag.

I purposely leave some cigars out for a few hours before I smoke them -- Opus X, for example -- to help improve the burn on those with thick, especially oily wrappers. If it's going to be more than a few hours, they go into a "dry box."

EC - How long do you let the cigars sit out before smoking? Also when you say sit out do you mean just to the open air or in another non-humidor container? Lately I have been putting my expected smoke into a empty cigar box about 8 hours before smoking, which may be too long. But I have noticed that they are smoking better then before.

if leavign a cigar out for an hour cna dry them out than how do we order sticks by mail, are they supposed to be shipped in some kind of a humi? or a bag? asking bc the stick i got from a website (free cigar-see other thread) the cigar was in a box adn the box was loosly wrapped with plastic wrap and in a yellow envelope. ??

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I agree with many:
1) first it would depend on what you are doing that day (if you are hiking in Arizona or if you are chilling out in Key West...)
2) normally storing in ziplock for a day or two should be fine if they are already properly humidified
3) finally the pinch test...

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Originally posted by grant88:
if leavign a cigar out for an hour cna dry them out than how do we order sticks by mail, are they supposed to be shipped in some kind of a humi? or a bag? asking bc the stick i got from a website (free cigar-see other thread) the cigar was in a box adn the box was loosly wrapped with plastic wrap and in a yellow envelope. ??

Often, cigars are shipped sealed with a Boveda-type packet inside. Even then, however, it is good practice to let shipped cigars rest in your humidor for at least a week; while a reasonable shipping process is not enough to permanently dry out your sticks, they need to be reacclimatized.

This is also true of cigars bought from a local store, but there the problem often is overhumidification. Again, let them rest for a while.

An hour out isn't going to hurt anything. As noted above, with some cigars (Anejo is another in addition to Opus), you may want to set them out for a while before smoking.

Just for fun, after reading this post, I took a yard 'gar (in cellophane) out of the humi and left it out on my desk.

Seven days later, it's still in fine condition and perfectly smokable -- just a little "give" when pinched, no crackling on the wrapper, etc.

Your mileage can -- and probably will - vary.

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Originally posted by Extensioncord:
I purposely leave some cigars out for a few hours before I smoke them -- Opus X, for example -- to help improve the burn on those with thick, especially oily wrappers. If it's going to be more than a few hours, they go into a "dry box."

Can you explain the "dry box" please? I hear people discussing them but I don't know what it is. I'm guessing a low humidification humidor but I don't know. What's the procedure?

Thanks

Any old wooden cigar box can serve as a dry box. No humidification needed. Some cigars have very oily wrappers that don't burn well "wet," and those can be helped by a day or two in the dry box, as can any cigar whose humidity level is running just a teeny bit high. The box only serves to protect the cigar from the elements and provide a stable environment so as not to "shock" the cigar. That's really all there is to it.

I've found you can leave the cheap little Partagas Chicos in the cello wrappers out for weeks with no discernable effects on the smoking characteristics. In fact, leaving them out for a week or so actually improves their burn. But then againn I'd never do that with a good smoke.

I dry boxed some Partagas Lusis a while ago for three days prior to smoking. Even in the dry Colorado climate, they were fine. Of course, they were way overhumidified to begin with.

I think this comes under the heading of "cigar humidification obsessive compulsive disorder"...a disease know to afflict all serious cigar smokers (me included) and closely related to "beetle phobia", "clip envy", and "cello on/off anxiety disorder"...smoke the cigar after only 12 freakin' hours in the room/bar etc. If its dried out, and you're not in the desert, it was probably already too dry.

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I think this comes under the heading of "cigar humidification obsessive compulsive disorder"...a disease know to afflict all serious cigar smokers (me included) and closely related to "beetle phobia", "clip envy", and "cello on/off anxiety disorder"...

This disorder does indeed afflict many myself included.
Is there a cure in site?
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Originally posted by SHEEPSHEAD BAY:

This disorder does indeed afflict many myself included.
Is there a cure in site?
LMFAO!

Unfortunately there is a cure coming...it is called SCHIP

runnner just bye a like 3 cigar carrying case they come pretty cheap and in all sorts of styles and your cigars will be good in them even left out all day imo

but some cigars may be fine outside all day it just depends on the cigar and how delicate it is

Unfortunately there is a cure coming...it is called SCHIP[/quote]
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Originally posted by AFSteve:
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what are you talking about

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