Overwhelmed: Please Help :)

**Crickett** · 08-27-2005, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Corona Gigante

Just this week, I set up a tupperdore. A large five dollar rubbermaid portion saver from the grocery store and a bag of 65% RH beads from heartfeltindustries and I'm all set. I guess my idea is to use the Thompsons humi for my daily smokes and the tupperdore for longer term storage. We'll see how that works out.

Hope this is helpful.

From what I understand, I would do things opposite. Because the tupperdore's plastic don't exchange air like the wood in a humidor would, I would use a humidor for long term storage and a tupperdore for short term. Unless you want to open that tupperdore once a week to let the gases exchange.

**Hugh Jorgan** · 08-27-2005, 03:12 PM

Sounds like you have a really good plan laid out already. Concentrate on the basic issues of mass storage and stocking your humidor(s), and worry less about the bling factor of the accessories.

Welcome to CigarSmokers!

**godfather** · 08-30-2005, 12:12 PM

Thanks to all for the responses! Good point Hugh....I do tend to have a problem on focusing on the little things (in this case accessories) when I should focus on the bigger ones (humidor, stocking it)....:)

**BigMacFU** · 08-30-2005, 01:56 PM

Welcome to the boards!

I would suggest a coolidor right off the bat, trust me, you won't stop buying, especially once you discover CBid www.cigarbid.com . The humidity beads are the only way to go, buy a 65% 1-lb. bag. As for a cutter, I'd definitely try a few, my favorite is the punch. And, if you go higher end on the lighter (a Colibri, buy it from the eBay store mydiscountlighters), the cutter is often combined with the butane lighter. For instance, check out these lighters:

The Deuce

Tri-Cutta

The Duke

Oh yeah, if you do the coolidor now, you'll save big time because coolers are all on clearance now that summer is over. Trust me, you'll need the space. I just got a Coleman Xtreme for 20 bucks and the thing even has cup holders (works well in my small NYC Apt.).

Anyway, welcome, and remember cigars are about chillin' out, enjoying the company of your friends or a good book/movie, and relishing the taste of your fine hand-rolled tobacco art.

**Corona Gigante** · 08-30-2005, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by Crickett

From what I understand, I would do things opposite. Because the tupperdore's plastic don't exchange air like the wood in a humidor would, I would use a humidor for long term storage and a tupperdore for short term. Unless you want to open that tupperdore once a week to let the gases exchange.

Well, that doesn't seem like too much work.

Thanks for the tip.