Cigarillos should be in the humi, or no?
 

I just picked up a whole bunch of small smokes, mostly in tins.

I thought I read somewhere that cigarillos are dry-cured (?) which means they don't require or benefit from controlled humidity. I can't seem to find said info now.

Can anyone confirm or deny? TIA -(P

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I would follow the example of giving a dead man an enema. If it doesn't help, it sure as heck can't hurt.:D

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Yeah, I know the humidor won't hurt 'em. But I'm wondering if it's just as well to keep them in my backpack.

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AFAIK, it depends on the brand/cigar. I have had both dry-cured and normal ones. The tin was never a definitive indicator.

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That's my understanding as well. At the old shop we had some that we left out by the register and some kept in the humi. I don't know of any good way to tell which is which, but I don't believe the "dry" cigars are hurt by being in the humidor. Other than some that I had been told were dry, I keep everything in my humidor. Although I only have a few on hand at a time, so it's more a place to put them

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Thanks for that mental image! :r

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Though not exclusively, many dry-cured cigars (in tins or otherwise) are of European manufacture. Small tinned cigars from Caribbean or Central American sources are not.

This is at least my understanding. I keep short smokes almost constantly, and always in my humidors. At one point I also kept some dry-cured ones around, e.g. Villigers, as I thought they would be more "forgiving" as I toted them with me for emergency quickies. These I stored in a coolerdor, but felt no qualms about sticking one or two in my shirt pocket for hours.

In short, to answer your question . . . :sh???

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I've had those tins of Hoyo de Montereys before and left them sitting out of the humi for a few days, and found them dried out when I got back to them, so I'd say keep them like regular cigars.

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I would think any type of tobacco left out in low humidity will dry out, cigarettes dry out pretty quickly even so... I'd go the enema route as well :D

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Put in humidor.

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cigarillos tend to burn hot and imho keeping them in a humidor tempers that.

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I left a few out that became quite brittle. Now they're in a humi.