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I returned from overseas almost one year ago. I came back with two coolidors and two humidors, all stuffed, and always maintained temp/humidity (70/65). Okay, all is fine. Here's the thing: in July, my wife and I moved south and we need to use a moving truck. Incredibly, most everything...

Hi, I recently moved back to the US with my largish cigar collection. I was able to get to about half of it, which had been in shipping boxes for a month, and put them into two coolidors with beads. All's well. The others, though, were inaccessible in a wrapped pallet in another city for...

Pursuant to PM from other military personnel I have chosen to edit this post to zilch. I would be glad to discuss, without providing ANY specifics, off the forum, but that's that. Apologies.

Hi, I'm just back from a few lovely days with my family at a fabulous 5 star resort in Tuscany: http://www.adler-thermae.com It was everything one could hope for and more. Wonderful excursions into the Tuscan countryside, daily massages, hours in steam rooms, mineral baths, and saunas, and...

Hi, I found this site whilst looking for hints on humidor maintenance. Quite a lot a here. One post in this forum, which I have now lost track of (I read it one week ago) mentioned tossing some cigars after they started tunneling. The poster talked about smoking, as I recall, a corona in...

Okay, I'm guessing that I'll probably draw fire here, but let's go. Cigar media routinely bashes SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program, see http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/schip.asp and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Childre...urance_Program). They are overjoyed that Bush has used...

Okay, I did a search on this, and found nothing. There is a brief forum entry on the CA web site that doesn't answer the questions. They are: 1. Okay, ostensibly CA can review Cubanos overseas and call it a day. But they don't. They obviously do it at home and, obviously, they don't buy...

Hi -- I've searched and not found an answer to this. I have heard that, in a coolidor or walk-in, it is best to store cigars that came in cabinets in their cabinets. As it happens, out of pure convenience, I am doing precisely this. Oliva stays in Oliva, Cohiba stays in Cohiba, and I know...

Hi, I have five desktop humidors and, thanks to this forum, one coolidor (a 70qt model Coleman). The Coolidor works so well that I'll soon be selling of humidors on ebay and making a second, larger coolidor to store cigars in their original boxes. The idea is to maintain one or two small...

Hi, I'm just wondering what people might be using for air purifiers. I'm allowed limited indoor smoking, in a large den separated from the house by a garage, but even then it seems too much. I crack open the window (it is winter time) and have been running a Honeywell air purifier. I bought...

Okay, maybe the problem is that I've never smoked secretos before and my "quick fixes" have been Hoyo de Monterey Petit Robustos and Montecristo 4's and 5's. I recently had a bad experience with a Cohiba Maduro Magico 5 -- see other post -- from a local retailer. I'm tossing it up to bad luck...

Subject line says it all. I'm ruling out desktop cutters and am mostly curious. I have at least a half dozen generic clippers sitting around and one xikar. None of them are perfect -- and, actually, sometimes I find I get a better cut with a generic twin-blade clipper than with the xikar...

Hi, Let me just state that, generally, I've become increasingly disappointed with Cuban cigars. I mean that in terms of value: construction (Boliver Royal Coronas are an example for me) is uneven, prices exorbitant (Cohiba Siglio VI, esplendido, others) and sometimes over-hyped (sorry, just...

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Okay, I just finished one of these and, as usual, was very pleased. Note bene: my preferred smokes are coronas and robustos and I only smoke larger cigars, like my beloved Monte #2's, when I have lots of time in the evening. My favorite walk-around, daytime cigars have been Monte Petit...

Okay, here's the skinny: I live in a two story, cement construction house. The bottom level features a garage and a "taverna," which amounts to a large den that can be used as kitchen, living room, whatever. Go ask the Italians. Anyway, the room is about 20' long by 14' wide. I has one...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone is familiar with www.my-cuban-cigars.com. They actually seem to be the alter-ego of one of the sponsors of Cigarpass. The site states to be managed from England but distributed from Switzerland. Judging by the prices, etc., they seem to be legit. Any thoughts...