- Sisters In Smoke
Ladies, Get Your Hands on the Perfect Travel Humidifiers
Updated: Nov 8, 2018
Have you ever travelled with your cigars? Ever use that little pocket tucked inside your purse for everything - lipstick, gum, floss and all the little things we despise "digging" for? Hands up for those who've gently placed a cigar there thinking it would be safe?
::RAISES HAND::
The time has come! A cigar smoking life without the proper tools can be disastrous for your cigars and affect your overall experience.
Ladies, you need a humidifier. Every #sotl needs a humidifying routine. Humidifiers need cigars.
We've talked about how cigar cuts can evolve your smoking experience, shapes broadening your cigar knowledge and offered recommendations on a beginning stick; now we're ready to offer you the one item tying them together: A humidifier.
Traveling isn't exclusive to international destinations; in fact, anytime you leave your house with cigars in tow is the perfect opportunity to test-drive the proper way to store them. Let's take a peek at my top 5 ways to care for cigars:
Shelf Life: 2 years
Bóveda provides the cleanest and most purified humidity of all other products available on the market today.
Removes excess and adds the amount of humidity to within +/- one degree!
Pro:
Responds to external conditions and will add or remove moisture as necessary.
Con:
High maintenance costs.
Water Pillows: Cigar, Pipe Humidification
Small
Convenient
Long-lasting
Can be rehydrated by using distilled water
Pro:
Work great in ziplock bags
Con:
They're known to develop small mold spots. Do not use tap water.
70% relative humidity at all time
Leak proof
Roughly the length of a Churchill cigar
Releases water vapor when it’s needed
Allow a few days to achieve a stable 68% to 72% relative humidity.
Pro:
Fits easily into any travel humidor.
Con:
The small holes on the cap don't expose enough of the gel's surface area to properly humidify anything larger than a travel sized humidor or ziplock bag.
Work for a week or two
Use distilled water
Pro:
works well during a week-long vacation
Con:
They only add humidity when low. However they do not remove it when the percentage is too high.
All-in-one self-contained unit. Keeps cigars fresh without the need for a humidor, a humidifier, or bottles of solution.
Holds 5-8 Cigars
Provides an air tight seal.
No need to monitor the humidity, they work well in the time frame given
Pro:
For storage past recommended weeks, you can add a boveda pack or other humidification source
Con:
They offer no protection to the cigar in terms of getting bent or crushed.
CONCLUSION
The most common mistake for travelers is buying or being gifted a cigar and not smoking it immediately. When you don't smoke it, the likelihood of it drying out are 9 in 10 and you end up tossing it or simply talking about how you got a cuban from Cuba because you aren't sure how to store it.
I challenge you to invest in a travel humidifier. It'll spark some motivation to keep smoking and become an even better #sotl.