Tuppador Lining?

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hugecanoli

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Well after pretty much filling up my new 100ct humidor and then ordering a bundle of 50 Tropical Fevers from Holt's I wound up buying a snap-seal tuppaware container for my overflow. It looks something like this:

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I have a few water pillows in there for the time being, but plan on placing my third order for beads over at Heartfelt.

My question is, (and I know its been covered before in other posts and I have read them) do you think its better for freshness, and overall longevity if I get some type of spanish cedar to line the container?

I read another post where a CS member posted a link to a site where he ordered some, but I think they may be overkill for this particular container. Would old cigar boxes work? And if so, is there anybody willing to sell me a few old ones so I can break them up and put them in as lining?

I know I should probably just get myself a cooler, but right now I'm a bit tight on space, and would like to wait until I get a bigger place next year.

Thanks in advance for all your help.
 
lining is overkill IMHO-just put the sticks in a cedar box in the tupperware, you'll be fine-your local B&M should have some empty's for cheap, if not free, depending on how much you purchase there
 
hugecanoli said:
My question is, (and I know its been covered before in other posts and I have read them) do you think its better for freshness, and overall longevity if I get some type of spanish cedar to line the container?
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Assuming boxes fit inside then no. Cedar lining would be overkill.
Just my :2
 
You don't need lining but a piece of spanish cedar would not hurt.

Spanish cedar will be nice for long storage.
 
Ok i came up with this the other day for a few reasons.

A: i dont have a ton of money cause im a college, B: i dont have space for a 100quart cooler in my room & C: i wanted something low profile i can slide under the bed.

I took a trip down to walmart and i came upon some sterilite boxes large underbed bins, clear plastic with snapping lid 2.80........ now i was getting these for storage when the lightbulb went off. I got three boxes with lids. 2 for storage and one for experimente cigaros tupperdor:w I spent about 2 mins thinkin of what i could use to minimize air leaks and another lightbulb went off.... two lightbulbs in one day im on a friggin roll! i ran down to home depot and for 1.87 i bought a roll of rubber foam weather stripping, ran home cause i was as excited as a bull in heat.... habano heat:dr.

Got home lined the outside of the snapping lid all the way around with wether seal. Its holding humidity, if i compress the center of the lid i get a whoosh of air out of one corner and only one corner, as long as i dont give my cigars CPR, it looks like this box will retain humidity. total project time minus supply pickup 3 mins, i didnt measure or any other logial craftsman thing, i eyeballed it and luckly it worked. If anyone try's this good luck it worked for me.

Im at work right now but ill try and post pics when i get home tonight.

Sterilite box. 2.80 @ walmart
rubber foam weather strip 1.87 @ home depot
total time spent 3 mins. cheap effective and costs less than a cooler. also no insulation to take up space.
and as for spanish ceder i take the sheet that comes in boxes and lay it on the bottom.
 
hugecanoli said:
Thanks for the replies guys.

I'll just throw in some cedar sleeves after I smoke sticks that sport them.

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Or buy a couple of wooden cigar boxes (usually found quite cheap), and cut the panels apart. Presto... line the sides and bottom.
 
the spanish cedar would help to maintain the RH and maybe add to the flavor of your cigars after extended periods of time. it's not necessary, but it doesn't hurt either. i doubt a box will fit, so what i did with my tuper-dor was to take a few dividers from my humidor/discarded cigar boxes and just tossed those in. they're really thin, so you can lay them flat or line a wall or two.
 
A nice chunk of Spanish Cedar also acts as a buffer, as it is a great natural moisture absorber. This is good if you open and close your plastic box frequently, and the humidity will return to normal quicker.
 
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