I gotta disagree on one point. I prefer my humidity 65. I feel like fresh out of the bag they are a little over humidified for me. If I had a 65rh boveda pack maybe I wouldn’t have to “let them acclimate” first. 🤷🏼♂️ just my thoughts ladies and gentlemen. Just what I’m feeling at the time, y’know what I’m mean?
ROFL !!! what a funny video, for a minute there I thought this was April Fools joke. Use what you want for storage (I used tupperware when I first started with climmax beads), keep them in the Privada packs with a Boveda or not, it's your choice. I personally love my humidor 50-60 box/300 ct custom made humidor, and has served me well for 20+ years and I'm sure it will for another 20+ years or more. Despite what Brian says about his packs, I always let mine acclimate, because I don't like my cigars at the percents that he ships them at. I prefer mine at 65%. Maybe if they were shipped that way, then I'd be more inclined to smoke them right away, until then, they get put to rest for at least a week.
Only problem if using a cooler is no temperature control, which is why I am using an electric humidor with Boveda packs. Winter I really don’t hardly have to trim it on, the house stays right around 70. But in the summer the house it’s 74+, and that humidor gets too warm. It also organizes them a let lot better and circulate air. Also looks BA.
Absolutely, not everyone has central heating and cooling what good is a bag going to do when your room is at 80 degrees in temperature and humidity starts climbing also due to the heat and even though you have a Boveda pack in the bag it doesn't take care of temperature. Video doesn't make sense I bet anything he doesn't have his cigars in a cooler like the video that's all BS especially if you have money your going to get yourself a big cabinet or coolidor.
While I agree that your bags and Boveda are great, I have a NewAir 840 with 2 additional shelves and in the cold dry climates of Montana it has worked amazing. Side note, I had to go through 3, yes 3 different units to get one that worked properly and humidify at the correct temperature and humidity. Once that fiasco was accomplished it works like a champ. It is now fully loaded with the finest in Privada COTM, farm rolls and LCA’s available. I do use a smaller Igloo with a Cigar Oasis to store my overflow boxed cigars. You guys not only consistently pump out the best cigars, but you also pump out the best video content! Keep doing what your doing, your moving the cigar world to the better as you go!
Steven!! I agree that the newer is a great product. Thank you so much for the comment. I think we are demonstrating something here. A new wave of thought if you will. I appreciate you so much.
Your cigar oasis is the trick/fix. I have a smaller version with just 2 shelves and have issues with temperature and humidity differences in such a small space. Wish me luck.
So Brian, all due respect Brother, are you suggesting that I store my 1,000+ cigars out in the living room, In bags sealed with Boveda bags? Come on now. I have two humidors: a Belmont 600 and an Olde English Tower. Living in the desert here, I am maintaining my Belmont with 69 rh% Boveda packets and my Olde English Tower with a Cigar Oasis Magna 3.0. Both wooden humidors are rock steady at 65 rh% and are working great! If I stored my cigars in bags, they just wouldn't look good.
No of course not, for this amount fo cigars, I clearly show the 150 qt cooler. Did you not watch the entire video? Bags are great, as good as the coolers. But the huge humidors have even more problems than the small ones. You've got to pay close attention, especially in the desert with each section of those humidors. I'm telling you, go with coolers and use our bags for smaller lots.
I wanted to order one culadore and now I don't now. I'm now short of space I hawe 1 box humidor for 25 cigars and 100 cigars in original boxes and yust put bovida in there and for now they are OK but for summer I want some place for cigars. I will try to find colador I don't have options here is 35°C for 3monts. And I don't want beatles
Definitely do what you need to do to keep your cigars in optimal temperature and humidity. Not everyone can/will want to do do the same thing due to being under different circumstances/in different climates. Do what works for you and keeps your cigars at optimal temperature and your preferred humidity level. 😃 #weareprivada ✌️
I use the bags. Quite a few of em lol I store in my humidor for what's up to be smoked but bulk is all bagged, in the cooler, in Tupperware, or in Boveda bags. I actually don't let anything regulate in my humidor, it does so in a Privada bag. But I still won't smoke Privada stuff ROTT. There's been research done on this by Small Batch, Boveda, and a few others with and without Boveda packs and in very good bags that are about as good as Privada's with the wrap job they did with plastic and double bagging. There's a lot to consider other than the conditions where the cigars came from and how they're being shipped. Temp is a major factor. Just because a cigar reads at a good RH doesn't necessarily mean it's go time. It's almost never go off the truck from my 15+ years experience. It's also important to remember that Boveda isn't an instant solution, it takes time to draw in and release moisture. Take a nearly dry 62-65% pack and toss it in a bag with some saltwater sludge (like you're calibrating a hygrometer). That should make it 75% in the air. It'll take months for that Boveda to draw that moisture in cause it's not an instant thing, it takes time. It has to be slow to avoid pumping out too much humidity or sucking it in too fast any time there's a shift. One of the big mistakes people make is not waiting to allow Boveda to do it's thing. It's also important to remember that for Boveda to REALLY do it's thing at it's very best it needs to be in an airtight container with a fairly consistent temp, not riding in a truck or getting thrown around a warehouse. When those cigars are in transit for the 3-5+ days it takes they may be in warehouses and trucks that get up into the 100's or well below freezing and with or without Boveda, in a brown paper bag or Privada bag, it's gonna cause the cigar to lose or draw in moisture and lose the stable normal it had been at prior to shipping. It takes anywhere from 2-8 weeks for a cigar to get fully regulated from cap to foot and in ideal smoking condition. You can smoke ROTT rather it's sent in an envelope with no cello or in 5 Privada bags with 5 Bovedas inside and wrapped in plastic, rather you should or not is another story. No matter how perfect they bag or Boveda there's no way cigars are getting through the extreme Florida heat and humidity or frigid winters in some places in a prime state and waiting a bit is always best. I've tried it both ways and I've noticed such a difference between ROTT and giving it a while that I won't waste a cigar smoking it as soon as it lands anymore. I find Privada bags cut the time down significantly and what may take a month or more to be solid from some places is ready to smoke in a few days to a couple weeks, max, from Privada. But I still think it's best to let your cigars sit in the bag a bit before digging in. I know, everybody has to flex on IG and FB ASAP 😂 But you'll have a better experience imo #weareprivada #privadabagsarebetterthanyourcrappyhumidorfool
The problem with most electric coolerdors is that pretty much EVERY brand under $1000 has the lifespan of an $89 college fridge--about 2-3 years. Why pay several hundred dollars for a pretty gadget that's going to crap out in 24 months? Get a big Igloo/Coleman cooler for long-term storage, and a well-made small desktop wood humidor for your weekly smokes, or for short-term display, like family events. This method has worked for me for 30+ years...
Yes of you are not opening more than once or twice a month you’re good. Unless of course your cigars were dried out but use a third of that is the case but this works!
I keep my long-term cigars and my humidor my short-term cigars that I smoke every day I keep in a wooden humidor that was my dad it holds 14 ish and my weekly cigars are in the wooden one
bovada doesn’t address temperature. which is main reason i use a high precision coolidor since i live in a very hot climate year round and temps vary greatly in rooms w/ mini spit acs and electricity costs are prohibitive in socialist modeled electricity charges which would be very expensive to run ac 24/7 to maintain 70 degrees for entire room for cigar benefit alone
Couple of things after that video I no longer believe you when you say you do not smoke weed 🤔🤫😉 2 I keep my Privada cigars in the bag , and 3 I have very nice Tupperware 👌😁 #weareprivada #wearethefuture #wedon'tsmokeweed
Wineador is what’s up. It’s like the coolador only No heat or cooling. Looks great. I run fans. Used food grade caulking to seal up the back and gutted them. The best way to story cigars.. PERIOD!
There’s a couple of lames from a youtube channel called The Burn Down talking bad about Privada and it’s members , go givem hell in their comment section # PrivadaArmy
I saved a cigar and accidently put it in my travel humidor and my desktop humidor. The smell is aweful and its affecting my other cigars.. How can I save my humidors? please help
How do you keep a tempurature of 70 degrees in the winter in the large cooler, when it is hard to keep a house at this temp? If you only have 30 cigars or so, will this large cooler work? Any other suggestions for winter storage? Boveda bag the best bet?
Great questions. For larger quantities of cigars, store your cooler in the most temperature-stable part of your house during winter. Sometimes an interior closet that doesn't share walls with the outside is best. If you're only storing 30 cigars, I'd recommend just using one of our large humidor bags with Boveda and you should be good to go. Shoot us an email if you need any more tips or have any other storage questions and we'll be happy to assist.
Why not just a Pelican case? Im a trucker and use a 1650 protector case. Plenty of storage space keeps humidity constant and ive been using the same packs for well over a year and still seems as fresh as the day i bought them. [Granted some of the cigar shops i purchase from hands out free boveda packs so those may also prolong the life of the larger ones i got in there.]
I'm not opposed to everyone using what works for them. If the Pelican case works great for you, you're happy with it and your cigars are in great shape, run with it. Thanks for dropping by and checking this out.
Would you recommend putting Boveda packs in the big Privada bags or just put the cigars in the bags without any Boveda packs? If you think we should use Boveda packs in the bag how many should we use?
Hi AJ! Yes, definitely include boveda packs. If it’s a small monthly bag, a single 4 gram Boveda is perfect. For our coolers, we use 2x 60 gram Boveda packs. Hope that helps!
I have a 250 bottle wine fridge aka (wineador) I use. Not plugged in. I don't run the compressor. I've installed 4 4 inch fans to circulate the humidity, plugged the holes and use a BRICK of boveda. It looks dope with the class doors so I can display my cigars and I've never kept cigars better. Plus I can easily fit 4,000 cigars in it!
I have been using my humidor for over 15 years. Has always worked perfectly. Why should I not continue to do so? Sure, for LONG TIME is not so well suited, but not everyone wants to store his cigars 10 years. 1-2 year storage have never been a problem, but my cigars are not much older.
Bo, if it has worked for you, DO IT! And I respect it. I'm just trying to throw out some of what has really worked well for us. It sounds like you have a system and one that works...but its good to know your options. Thank you for the comment brother!
Totally agree with the cooler solution, but…. what do you do to keep your cooler temp at 70 degrees or less????? No prob if you have a basement that’s cool, but I live in Texas.
Thanks for responding. Then what’s the appropriate temp range that coolers need to be kept within??? What temp is too warm where you risk tobacco beetles??
Great video bro. I do love me some Boveda bags. I have to say I have a better than budget Savoy Executive wooden desk top and with Boveda packs I hold 67°. I sometimes have to up the horse power in winter and I move all my sticks to bags once a year and use the 2 week Boveda seasoning packs. Other than that it’s good to go. I generally only have 100 cigars at a time. If I had a bigger inventory, I’d likely go with an Igloo + Boveda bags.
Great 👍🏼 stuff there brother man! Always looking to learn and always learning something very important with you “Privada Cigar Club” the BEST The ONE and ONLY the KING 🤴 OF ALL, PERIOD!!!! Let’s GOOOOOO!!!!!!! I will definitely start to use the cooler for storage and for aging long term my brother! Man love the information ℹ️. Let’s gooooo let’s goooo LETS GOOOO!!!
Yeah well all that is fine and dandy but I live where temperature in the summer is average 120 degrees and humid as hell it being a farming area so no way a igloo or anything like a bag is going to work they would be molding and full of bettles so yeah My New Air 250 is the best and only option
Fun video, good stuff! Over the summer as my collection was growing I was looking into new humidors to add to my wooden desktop and acrylic one. After watching a few of your videos mentioning the Boveda bags (of course the one where you opened the bag from South Africa too) and doing some research I ended up getting an igloo. I have been storing my long term sticks in the Boveda bags with 69% packs. I still keep my daily smokes in the acrylic jar mostly for convenience and aesthetic, but also put my soon to smoke into my wooden desktop. I like to get some of that cedar with my sticks before lighting them up, though after watching this I’ll be a little more selective about what goes in there. Cheers #weareprivada
Christopher thank you so much for this comment. I appreciate you more than you know and we are on this journey together. It sounds like you have a great system in place! Shouts out to South Africa!
Gonna nickname Brian (shake up man)😅🤣 Gonna shake up the humidor business. Cool video, in my most humble opinion, that wouldn't work(igloo) for us with limited space for storage. Wouldn't you have to be really conscious of room temperature always? I was thinking that would be sorta difficult in Florida for the average joe(me). You had to have gotten the script for this from Clark while on his meds 😅🤣 loved it. Stay safe and healthy brother.
Our’s are kept indoors where there is AC controlling temp at all times. So it’s always between 70-73 max. But yes, really good point- you do have to be conscious of temps.
I use Igloo & tupperdores for CC some wooden humidors for “new world cigars” and for dry boxing. Have an empty coolidore was thinking of setting up for overflow BUT I think I’ll get some bags. Easier, cheaper, and who could argue with Doc Brown ?
Some folks use jars with seemingly good results. As long as you've got a relatively airtight situation going on with proper humidification you should be good to go whatever container you decide to go with.
Great usable information!!! And presented in a fun and funny way. 🔥🔥🔥 Fingers crossed that Amazon gets this igloo order to me in the next month!😄 #weareprivada
Love the video Brian and Johnny!! I love my privada bags!! the Best way to store cigars in the Industry!! Made by and for the best cigar club in the World!! #weareprivada #wearefamily #wearetheindustry #wearethefuture
I am blatantly offended that I was recommended this video by RU-vid. Anybody that has a single ounce of knowledge should know that there is no truth to this video. While the boveda packs are great products, the fact that you think storing them in bags is the best way is absolutely absurd. If you feel like your cigars are being too over humidified in a tupperdore then just use a 65% boveda. A classic humidor might have more maintenance but it is the most presentable and prestigious way to store a cigar.
U right.. the cigar people be tripping with this perfection. I'll smoke machine made cigars for decades. Can you imagine if machine made cigar smokers had cigar clubs.. I WOULD prefer to join one of them... handmade people are relentless with their perfection idea. They the 2% of ALL CIGAR smokers machine made or handmade TRIPPING. But hey yo cigars do what you want
I picked up a Bodega 82L coolidor at a hell of a price about 2 months ago. It took me some time to calibrate my Govee and Inkbird hygros, but the thing is loaded with boxed Habanos and maintains a solid 68-70rh and 64-65f. I also have an old ass Newair cooli where I keep my new world sticks. That thing has dead spots in it no matter wtf I do. I've tried eyerything from water beads to Boveda packs to Humidicup. I just tossed a brand new box of Padron 2000's in there and I'm shiting a brick worried about my rh levels. I'm about to toss it out and just tupperdore everything that's in there😅
Oh wow!!! Thanks for watching and sharing your set up with us. We dig the coolers and humidor bags the best around here. They're the most consistent for us, but I've always said these are just recommendations and what we prefer. Always do what works best for you!
All have advantages. Use the one that works for you. I’ve been using a wooden humidor for 7 years with no mold, no drying, no over humidifying… NO problems.
Soooo.... What do you guys are recommend to me? I have roughly 10-12 boxes of cigars in my cooler, I added 3 big 69% boveda and few smaller, same % (smallers for me comes handy if I take few with my self in my bag.) but my question, I store my cigars in their boxes and in cello. In cooler, what do you recommend to me, should I take them out from the box and cello. too or... thank you!
I do agree with you…rather then buying a 3000$ climate humidor, use boveda bags and install a clim for a room in your appartement. Both you and your cigars will be pleased…
I can definitely attest to this. Don't know what it is, but I've noticed the cigars in my winedor getting over humidified, too. I've had overflow stored in some large privada bads and they're all perfect. Needless to say, I'll be switching up my long vs short term storage method. #weareprivada
If they do then just bring down the setting on the machine, if it doesn't work then get a couple of 65 Boveda and place in there. at least they are at the proper temperature which also important.
Hilarious and informative. I wish school was like this. Brand new school. Thank you for the Dr Joe reference on your Bovida interview. I’ve been using the coolador with 62 degree and the RH is easier to maintain cause of the cool air. Loving the bags for sure. Thank you 🙏
As long as your box doesn’t dry out. I prefer storing in cedar. 69% boveda at 65-68 temp. But I’ll keep full boxes in the plactic containers with 72-75 boveda.
I got a question because i got jars and a wooden humidor plus the bags from my privada monthly sub... Why is it that when i leave them in the bag or the jars after a few weeks the flavors are just gone but in my wooden humidor as long as im on top of switching out my old boveda packs they stay fresh and good as hell. But even when im on top of the boveda packs in the jar or the bags its like they just lose all of the flavors. This something i have been dealing with for a while. Or when i get my monthly sub after i take a stick out to smoke that one is always good but after i make sure the bag is sealed properly come bck in a few days for another and that next stick tastes like pure air
I have no idea. I've never heard of anything even close to something like the situation you're describing. You can always email us with any future questions.
I concur with Brian 100% on this subject matter. My Coleman 120 qt cooler holds humidity and temperature here in New York just fine with several Boveda 60 gr packs. Anything else is for posers.
Do you open your cooler to air out at all? I’ve heard that storing in a container like the the air can get stale so it’s best to crack it open once a week. Any truth to this? I just stored 6 boxes in a pelican case with Aton of bovedas
Het Matt, thanks for watching. Airing them out occasionally is probably a good idea. Once a week might be a bit much but yes letting in a little fresh air occasionally is a good idea. As cigars age, they let off things like excess ammonia and things like that which is naturally occurring within the tobacco.
I wonder if putting a sealant inside the humidor would work? Give you the nice look of the humidor but no actual moisture getting into the wood. I've just got a humidor for a Christmas gift and definitely want to use it.
Brian, I love you man, but in my opinion, the coolidor is your best option in maintaining cigars…I have been smoking for 40 years and have tried everything possible in cigar storage….The trick to maintaining your cigars in a coolidor is the humidity…keep that humidity between 65/72 with temps 67-70…..your cigars will never dry out if you maintain these temps…..occasionally I will use boveda and in the northeastern states during the winter months,I will place a small amount of distilled water in a small tray to keep the wood happy…..that’s my scientific method for preserving my cigars……Privada freaking rules!
Brian,I also agree with you in regards to the boveda pouches.....I keep cigars in them too....my bad, as I forgot to mention that I use the boveda pouches......Privada rules baby!!!
I guess you could look at it that way, but it's more of a how to get the most optimal storage of your cigars. We send out humidor bags with every order and we'd prefer the cigars get stored optimally that we send out, but it's entirely up to the consumer. We just want the community to have the best experience possible! 😃
I use a glass jar with a lid that has a air tight seal, put in a boveda pack and leave it in the food storage room that has a little lower temperature and is dark ...
I keep so many Bovedas in my coolidour #Audew 300ct and test them with my HumidiMeter. The foot test is always lower than the cap test. They are on point. I have never had to use a perfect drawer yet. Don’t even own one. Oh yeah most of my cigars are from #weareprivada….😉😉😉✌🏽👍🏽🔥
Wait a dang minute! Was that a square plastic container with a round lid…? 🤣 Daa…okiedoke! (Sorry that’s Jim from Taxi, not Doc Brown…) Damn… and I just began setting up a coolador. You’ve said it for years about coolers and long term storage and we’ve all seen the warehouse with its mountains of igloos. Eh, I’ll see how it goes… My club sticks do stay perfect in their Boveda bags. Loved the video! Good fun and info! “Run for it Marty!” #weareprivada #johnnytaquitos
I have to say I think your environment plays the biggest factor in storage needs. I live in the high desert. Summer can get to about 120 & winter -10. HVAC only does so much but sucks all moisture out of the air. I'm constantly rotating my stash!
If I use a cooler in the summer will it help keep the internal temps inside the cooler lower? It stays around 77 to 79 degrees in the house in the summer. Maybe sit it right in front of our window ac.
At first I was using glass Tupperware but starting this year instead of buying more I’ve just been keeping them in the Privada bags. Probably going to need a cooler though when summer comes up. #weareprivada
I'm jealous of how much fun you guys are having 😂It would have been the perfect opportunity to have a few Twin Pines cigars around as props! You had me laughing at @2:14 holding that shit up and goin "you making us look bad with this," but I died when you started trolling Jeremy Siers XD This video has everything. Quality information, Brian choking on fog, and the inexplicable far away shots in the last two scenes. A masterpiece fellas!
After joining PCC about 3 years ago, I'd have to agree. I keep 2 humidors on the desk as an aesthetic...but open up the humidors, and it's all in the PCC bags with bovida packs. Never had a humidity problem after doing this. Just another thank you to PCC! Cheers 🍸
Yo B , just seen your interview on William Coopers podcast / RU-vid channel . That was real content especially the conversation and the confrontation . Wow just wow . #weareprivada
I thought what you were calling a coolerdor is actually a wineador, and a coolerdor is what you showed at the end of the video.(an ice chest aka cooler)
