Expert: James Yee - 2/22/2011

Question
James,
I Truly enjoy your Q and A forum.  I'm jealous that you have access to all those Cuban cigars.  I get three or four a year when on vactations.  I enjoy Padrons and Camachos and Ashton Maduros. Anyway I will be buying your book as soon as I see that it's in print. I'm getting ready to move a few states to the east and will put my three fancy wood humidors back into the respective packaging that they came in so that they are not damaged. I plan to put the one hundred or so sticks into either a tupperware rectangle with some gel, or two cigar jars with gel.  Either way they are goin in the car with me. Any container better than another?  I figure the trip will only be seven days tops. Keep up the excellent, well written Q and A. Cheers,
Ricardo

Answer
Hi Ricardo,

Between a Tupperware container and a cigar jar, a tupperware container would be better.  With cigar jars, humidity flow is concentrated at one end of the jar and can have problems flowing to the opposite end of the jar (this is especially true if the jar is tightly packed with cigars and has little to no room for aeration.)  Also, cigars stored vertically in a jar may bend and warp from the humidity if there is room for the cigars to shift.  A Tupperware container (or "tupperdor") is much better because the cigars can rest flat (the ideal storage position) and there is ample space for humidity flow.

An even better alternative for storing cigars during travel is to store them in humi-pouches (because they're lightweight and self-maintained) but since your trip will only be around 7 days, a Tupperware container is perfectly fine.

Thanks for the kind words!  I'll let you know when my book is ready to go.  I'm still working on it.  There's so much to cover and I want it to be perfect.

Have a safe trip moving to your new home!  As always, if you have any more questions, please feel free to just ask and I will be happy to help.

Regards,
James