To leave wrapper on or off?

[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.

[joshua]

Leaving the wrapper on can also protect againts two different cigars next to eachother affecting the other's taste. If they are all the same cigars then sometimes it looks nice having them unwrapped, or if they aren't touching eachother but for safety I leave the wrapping on.

[Hugh Jorgan]

Leaving the wrapper on can also protect againts two different cigars next to eachother affecting the other's taste. If they are all the same cigars then sometimes it looks nice having them unwrapped, or if they aren't touching eachother but for safety I leave the wrapping on.

The "marrying" of cigars is a myth, Joshua

The exceptation being flavored infused ( Acids/Drew Estates/ Lars ) types which should not even be in the humi with your "regular" cigars.

[cigar no baka]

The "marrying" of cigars is a myth, Joshua

The exceptation being flavored infused ( Acids/Drew Estates/ Lars ) types which should not even be in the humi with your "regular" cigars.

I beg to differ, and so do many others. Cigars do marry flavors under the right/wrong conditions depending how you see it.

[Hugh Jorgan]

I beg to differ, and so do many others. Cigars do marry flavors under the right/wrong conditions depending how you see it.

Can you be more specific ?

What makes you think otherwise? Who are the "many others" ?

What conditions do you hint about?

To change my mind ( and many others ) I need to see evidence of "marrying".

/ Hugh

[CoventryCat86]

Leaving the wrapper on can also protect againts two different cigars next to eachother affecting the other's taste. If they are all the same cigars then sometimes it looks nice having them unwrapped, or if they aren't touching eachother but for safety I leave the wrapping on.

Oh for cryin' out loud, what is this guy Scotty Jr.? Joshua DO NOT pass yourself off as some kind of "expert" when you have no idea what you are talking about.

As Hugh Jorgan said this "marrying" myth of which you speak is just that a MYTH. Hugh is also correct in that flavored cigars should no be kept anywhere near your real cigars.

[joshua]

Oh for cryin' out loud, what is this guy Scotty Jr.? Joshua DO NOT pass yourself off as some kind of "expert" when you have no idea what you are talking about.

As Hugh Jorgan said this "marrying" myth of which you speak is just that a MYTH. Hugh is also correct in that flavored cigars should no be kept anywhere near your real cigars.

Seeing as tobacco is a leaf and it has natural oils in it like any other plant, I don't see how you could totally discount it. It is more subtle of an affect, I give you that. Telling a tobacco tainted with another tobacco is different from say the herbals of an ACID with an unflavored cigar.

[bchem]

Interesting debate, I've heard both sides of the argument before, and have only just begun the process of aging cigars so don't know what the long term effect would be, i have a few OpusX's that i am going to let sit for a year or so before i smoke them that came in cellophane(sp?) and I just left it on....maybe laziness....but more so if they were shipped like that it must be ok (if it ain't broke don't fix it mentality).....sounds like they'll be completely content inside their wrapper....i do have one question though, i got a couple of forbiddenX cigars (from some other comments on this board, i can't wait to smoke them) but they came in tubes. I wanted to keep them in something to protect them, so i left them in the tubes but pulled the cap off the end....should that bey enough? seems like it should be for the same reasons that it's ok to leave cello on....just wondering what anybody else though....thanks for the info

matt

[Hugh Jorgan]

i got a couple of forbiddenX cigars (from some other comments on this board, i can't wait to smoke them) but they came in tubes. I wanted to keep them in something to protect them, so i left them in the tubes but pulled the cap off the end....should that bey enough?

Yes.