I prefer full boxes, Discusion please!

[smelvis]

I have long term aging goals and find boxed cigars store better and has an almost double humidor effect.

I also think boxes are cool and have some artistic boxes, I'm talking thousands of cigars so that probable has a huge reason for wanting all or most boxed.

I smoke anything I have but do smoke mostly out of a smaller desktop humidor.

Arguments and comments please. I am trying to figure out now why in the world was I so lazy all those years ago as to not catalog and or at least date and price my collection.

What say Ye!

[jessejava187]

Im the same smoke out of desk top, boxes in a coolador, bellevue huh, im in kenmore

[smelvis]

Kenmore is close, Why don't you join my Nephew Juicestains WA herf and we can all get together and smoke some?

[eyesack]

Holy Crap! Juice is your nephew?! I learn something new every day!

[SmokeRings]

sweet avy Isaac.

Im beginning to be the same way, smoke out of a (few) desktop humidors and store the rest for long term aging. I dont know if storing boxes or storing singles has any difference in the way they age? Like you said a "double humidor effect" Im not sure, but it sounds good lol so Ill use that as my excuse for buying more boxes now! Thanks LOL

[maverickdrinker]

I typically buy a box after I try a fiver or sample. Trying to buy at least 2 of each vitola of cigars that I like. Just recently got back into collecting cigars and have been stocking up on 2008 cuban cigars. One box to smoke over the years and one box to age.

[danmcmartin]

I haven't been smoking long enough to know what I like well enough to buy boxes, but I plan on it. I am already scouting out big coolers. Some day I will stop smoking all kinds of singles to experiment and settle into some go to smokes. Then the box prices seem to be a much better deal day to day.

[zeavran1]

Originally Posted by danmcmartin

I haven't been smoking long enough to know what I like well enough to buy boxes, but I plan on it. I am already scouting out big coolers. Some day I will stop smoking all kinds of singles to experiment and settle into some go to smokes. Then the box prices seem to be a much better deal day to day.

You're absolutely right Dan. I've bought a couple of boxes of cigars I thought I liked only to find I didn't really enjoy them as much as I thought. Now I am much more careful although I'll probably buy more when I have more room.

[Frinkiac7]

Coolerdor full of boxes. I like the aesthetic of boxes, I like storing them in their boxes, I like the boxes period!

[burnsco]

I have enjoyed every box I've bought blindly so far.

I think as long as you don't buy something you havn't heard much about or it's not similar to smokes you usually have you will be fine!

[eyesack]

Originally Posted by SmokeRings

sweet avy Isaac.

hehe thanx I got bored and was thinking about cigar bands... So I put one on my hand... Then I put 4 on my hand lol! They're bands off my top 4 fav cigar's I've smoked lol. Too bad my fingers didn't smoke very well.

lol sorry totally off-topic...

[Arnie]

Thank God for you guys!!! I thought I was going off the deep end; I've got so many cigars. 2 coolerdors 5 tupperdors 2 wooden humi's and several 5 gallon Homer buckets I've turned into temporary humi's. I buy cigars way faster than I smoke them and I like to have a huge selection at my fingertips so I can have a lot of variety. I never get sick of any brands that way.
I always store the smokes in the boxes they came in. Just my personal preference.

[bogner]

Originally Posted by danmcmartin

I haven't been smoking long enough to know what I like well enough to buy boxes, but I plan on it. I am already scouting out big coolers. Some day I will stop smoking all kinds of singles to experiment and settle into some go to smokes. Then the box prices seem to be a much better deal day to day.

I'm with you on that .. only bought one box in my entire cigar-smoking-career, was a blind buy, and I still have like 10 left .. so I went back to 5-packs or 2-packs at least .. also, my humidor isn't big enough for more than a box or two - unpacked - but we all know the cure for that!!

[Stench]

Still haven't bought a full box yet. Too many things to try. I'd like to get a few that are worth aging tho'

I seem to keep going back to Benchmade, may have to pull the trigger on that first to get my feet wet

[pitbulljimmy]

I bought 1 full box the other week, my first box purchase. I usually buy fivers to sample lots of different stuff. When I find something I really like, I put it into my "Buy A Box" list. Next week I think I'll buy a box of El Baton double robustos!!