Monday, November 29 1999
Unless you are quickly collecting a lot of cigars or want to "home
age" your cigars, it is not necessary to buy a
humidor. For the
short run, you can purchase a common sealable plastic food container
and a Dry-Mistat™ stick or similar humidifying device and place
the cigars in there. If monitored properly, they will last almost
indefinitely. But if you decide to go this route, keep a corner of
the container opened a crack to allow air flow and prevent too much
moisture from building up, which may cause
mold. One drawback is your
cigars may not have that distinctive
cedar wood fragrance you get
from a good quality humidor. But that can be remedied by taking a
cedar "spacer" from a cigar
box and adding it to the container,
or lining the bottom of the container with a row of spacers.
Of course, there's nothing like being the proud owner of a well-made,
wooden humidor where your cigars can nestle in the climate-controlled
comfort of its Spanish cedar lining, but it's nice to know there is
a low-budget alternative.
