To leave wrapper on or off?

[TonyDogs]

To leave wrapper on or off?

That is the question.
I hear with the wrapper off the cigars breath better.
Wrapper on they stay in better shape if you move them alot.
I would like to know what everyone else does.
Thanks
TonyDogs

[SFG75]

Good question!. If you plan on aging them, take 'em off. If you know that you're not going to let an ISOM or super-premium sit for a long time, keep it on. You can read that for yourself here.

[CoventryCat86]

Good question!. If you plan on aging them, take 'em off. If you know that you're not going to let an ISOM or super-premium sit for a long time, keep it on. You can read that for yourself here.

Don't listen to Scotty, he has no idea what he's talking about. He's never aged cigars therefore has no first hand experience to offer you other than a link to a bullshit website that is full of wrong information. Scotty is famous for coming across like he knows what he's talking about when in fact he does not.

Also, the site that Scotty gave you as a reference has a lot of information that many experienced people in the cigar world completely disagree with.

Leave the cello ON. It protects your cigars from damage. Cello on or off has NO EFFECT on how your cigars BREATHE (that's "breathe" not breath ). Cigars don't "breathe" they are NOT alive. Since the cello on the cigars is not 100% airtight, your cigars will retain and/or lose moisture whether you leave the cello on or not. The cello is placed on the cigars by the manufacturers for PROTECTION plain and simple.

[nhcigarfan]

Don't listen to Scotty, he has no idea what he's talking about. He's never aged cigars therefore has no first hand experience to offer you other than a link to a bullshit website that is full of wrong information. Scotty is famous for coming across like he knows what he's talking about when in fact he does not.

Also, the site that Scotty gave you as a reference has a lot of information that many experienced people in the cigar world completely disagree with.

Leave the cello ON. It protects your cigars from damage. Cello on or off has NO EFFECT on how your cigars BREATHE (that's "breathe" not breath ). Cigars don't "breathe" they are NOT alive. Since the cello on the cigars is not 100% airtight, your cigars will retain and/or lose moisture whether you leave the cello on or not. The cello is placed on the cigars by the manufacturers for PROTECTION plain and simple.

My experience on storage is in line with CC's comments. On a side, I do generally take cigars out of tubes, but then place the cigars in plastic baggies, leaving the end open, for protection. I should note that the plastic baggies I am talking about are the long, heavy duty bags that the cigar shop puts the smokes in when I purchase them.

[jdavis4082]

i have heard that the cello cause a bad taste on the cigar, but i have never experienced this. it might have been scotty that told me that

[CoventryCat86]

i have heard that the cello cause a bad taste on the cigar, but i have never experienced this. it might have been scotty that told me that

Cello will never change the taste of the cigar unless there is something ON the cello that would ruin your cigar.

It does sound like the kind of misinformation that Scotty is famous for spreading though.

[Kenyth]

As long as the cigars are properly humidified when you get them, leave the cello on. It protects the cigars from damage.

The downside is that it slows humidifying and drying time for out of balance cigars. It also slows the aging process.

Slowing humidifying can be a good thing for dry cigars. I received some cigars that were a bit dry. I unwrapped a couple to inspect them, and put them all in the humi. Some of the one's I took the cello off got small splits in the wrapper from humidifying to quickly.

[Crickett]

As long as the cigars are properly humidified when you get them, leave the cello on. It protects the cigars from damage.

The downside is that it slows humidifying and drying time for out of balance cigars. It also slows the aging process.

Slowing humidifying can be a good thing for dry cigars. I received some cigars that were a bit dry. I unwrapped a couple to inspect them, and put them all in the humi. Some of the one's I took the cello off got small splits in the wrapper from humidifying to quickly.

Thanks for clearing this up. I'm reading this and thinking he wanted to take off the tobacco wrapper instead of the celophane.