What cigar aficionado would want to be without his favorite sticks on the road? Why would he want to worry about whether they’ll dry out, crack, or become badly flavored with airborne odors? A glass tube is fine for a day or two, but what does one do during longer vacations or business trips?
Luckily, there’s no need to worry. Travel humidors let the cigar lover keep all those fine – and often expensive – treasures safe and in optimal shape, even when away from home for long periods.
A travel humidor is designed typically with the same concern over precise construction and careful humidity control as its larger cousins. But, because it’s taken on the road, it needs to be extra sturdy and temperature control can be trickier.
Here again, there’s no need for worry. Manufacturers who create them are cigar lovers themselves. They understand the need for high precision, shock absorbency to prevent cracking, the right humidity, and so forth.
Some humidors are as space-age like as the CigarExtras aluminum travel humidor that resembles the classic Halliburton camera case. It doesn’t get any sturdier than that. Yet, the interior is designed not with equipment in mind but those delicate treasures that every smoker loves.
Another, like the popular Cigar Caddy Travel Humidor line, may be as small as suitable for two cigars or as large as a dozen or more. But whichever model one prefers, the same careful craftsmanship and attention to detail is present in each.
The specially designed interior offers superb water retention and release and the case is simply indestructible. It’s a nice added benefit that they’re also waterproof to 100 feet. No one is likely to go swimming with their cigars but the outdoors often provides unexpected rain showers, splashes from passing cars, and sometimes simply outrageous humidity.
For the true cigar addict, a 20-cigar leather travel humidor might be just the thing, such as those available from Xikar, Adorini, or Diamond Crown. Savoy offers a stellar model in black or tan that holds 15-20 cigars. The variation results from variations in cigar size, of course.
The case itself will be often made of sturdier material – a hard wood, a space-age plastic, or even aluminum. The interior liner will usually be Spanish Cedar, the same unbeatable material used in your fine home humidor. The leather exterior provides both good thermal insulation and an attractive appearance. After all, why not carry a good looking object on the road while your cigars are well protected?
Next time you take that trip that entails serious golfing, you’ll be glad you carried along your finest in a secure travel humidor. A 2-count case is the perfect size to slip into the bag for a morning on the links. But for even more convenience there are many 10-count cases that let you carry in safety a wide variety to suit your changing moods.
True, in an emergency, you could make do with something as crude as a Tupperware container and a small wet sponge. But, even apart from the depressing appearance, your cigars will simply not be cared for the same. There’s a reason a fine travel humidor is so carefully made and it has nothing to do with marketing hype. Designers, like you, simply love their cigars.
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