How do you store your open tins?

[Sr Mike]

Originally Posted by petewho

I squeeze the air out as much as I can.

Sr Mike - what % beads do you use?

I use 65% beads, it keeps my open tobacco from drying out. I have noticed that a fresh tin of tobacco is way too moist, this also helps keep it from drying too quickly. I can keep tobacco around for a longer time after opening.

Where I live the outside humidity is about 10%, I did not want to ruin all my tobacco and I was buying more in bags than I could smoke, so I tossed it all in a cooler. It works for me. I do not know what the ideal conditions are for pipe tobacco. What I do know is my flakes of Stonehaven, for example, I keep in a ziplock bag smoked beautifully last week and was not muddy tasting because of all the moisture that was in it when I first purchased the stuff almost 16 months ago.

About two years ago I did have a bag of tobacco grow mold when I had the cooler at 70%. I cut it down and never had a problem since.