cigar boxes open or closed?

**ryan54** · 02-09-2010, 01:00 AM

When storing cigars in cigarboxes inside a humidor of some kind do you need to prop open the lids or can you leave them closed?

**MarineOne** · 02-09-2010, 04:22 AM

Prop them open ..... better to be safe than sorry.

**bigwhiteash** · 02-09-2010, 08:11 AM

It's really not necessary unless you're trying to drastically change the moisture content of your cigars.

If you have room, and want to keep them open for easy access, that's OK, but it will not change anything with cigars that have been stored properly. (Think of how that box was when you received it!)

**craig** · 02-09-2010, 06:07 PM

Open, if you want to look at your cigars.

**MarineOne** · 02-10-2010, 12:10 AM

The only cigars I've ever gotten that were ready to go out of the box when I opened them were the Sancho Panza Double Maduro. So far I've ordered 5 boxes, and all 5 boxes were ready to be smoked.

The Rocky Patel I-Press box I ordered was too moist to smoke right out of the box, and it took about a week for them to come down in humidity. Everything else I've ordered needed some time in the humidor for optimal smoking pleasure.