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Cello: Yea or Nea?
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cartisdm
Young & Eager
I always take it off. At this point in time I only have one humidor and it's my 100ct glass top box. It's kept in my wine cabinet on display for all my friends. Leaving the wrappers on would just look messy. Down the road when I have cigars laying all over my house like you guys maybe I'll stop being so OCD 
I figured we could bring this back up for the new members. HAH!
javajunkie
BoM July '12
cello really helps if you are in there futzing with stuff, so you don't wreck your smokes. when sorting them. after rocking out some bourbon. not that i'm saying, just saying.
have a box of cello'd for my daily grabs. the boxes i do not sort for less than 4 months at a go, are stripped. personal aesthetic.
also never do a full re-sort drunk o)
have a box of cello'd for my daily grabs. the boxes i do not sort for less than 4 months at a go, are stripped. personal aesthetic.
also never do a full re-sort drunk o)
usmcpurcell
Dutch
I always take mine off so that they age well and the humdity can get to them without a plastic forcefield around it.
cartisdm
Young & Eager
+1
If I had a big coolador or something, I'd leave the cello on but in my 200ct desktop it looks really sexy to show off all my sticks to friends through the glass top :glassesgr
Cellos are a "yea" for me most of the time, generally because I'm lazy and clumzy, so what little protection the cello can provide is helpful. But when the cigar has an extraordinary casing like the Camachos "coffin", I always keep it on. I like to show those off.
Tobacco Giant
Conn. Broadleaf Slayer
I'm about 4 months in to my 2 year experiment. I have 12 cigars - 6 JG RE and 6 Oliva Vs. I've got half of each of them with their cello and half without, all aging in the same cigar box.
Try not to die with excitement while waiting for the results.
Try not to die with excitement while waiting for the results.
I like taking the cello off so I can line my bed with the empty cellos. I like the crinkly noise it makes while I roll around sleeping.
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For regular smoking sticks I keep it on (helps with the transport and rh and all). For aging sticks I take it off. All I can say is that I've seen bloom on cigars without the cello, and I've only seen yellow cellos on the rubbered sticks- I'll take the bloom. Plus, aging seems to take longer in the cello IMHO. Might not work this way for all though since I use two separate humis- one for aging, one for smoke-ready.
In the spirit of other polls being on the front page. Here's to Chuck I think I remember this being his favorite thread/poll.
I always take off the cello. Yeah, the cello adds a certain level of protection against damage, but in my opinion the cigars look much better in the humidor au naturel and they smell fantastic every time you open it. I also read that they age better without it though I haven't been able to confirm that.
I generally take the cello off as I prefer the au natural look and smell of those bad boys. I have a few that are still in cello but that's just because I'm transitioning to a wineador...once I get my drawers in and seasoned then they will likely all come out of the cello.