Size of Rotation

ash13brook · Mar 11, 2013

How many tobaccos do you keep in rotation?

I ask more out of concern that having too many may allow some to get dry before I finish them. I generally only smoke three bowls a day, four days a week.

That said, I'd like to have a good variety (once I have a good variety, that is).

uberam3rica · Mar 11, 2013

I have some stuff in baggies and stuff in mason jars. I smoke both regularly. So probably close to 30.

cortezattic · Mar 11, 2013

I have many, many, Mason jars from which I partake over an extended period of time.

Some jars have lasted several years. Doesn't seem to affect the tobacco adversely.
How many blends can you keep in some form of rotation? Depends on how many jars you want to keep around.

cigrmaster · Mar 11, 2013

I usually have 20-24 blends in my rotation at all times. I love variety and keeping open tins is never an issue for me because of the way I store them. In this picture on the second shelf, you will see a couple of plastic tubs which is where I keep my open tins, they stay fresh for moths like this.

withnail · Mar 11, 2013

Like most things in this hobby of ours, there isn't a right or wrong answer - just what suits you. I like to have several blends on the go at once. A tin of the one I smoke least has probably been open 6 months and is still fine. Many blends ship a little too moist anyway which gives you some leeway.

yadan · Mar 11, 2013

I have only 5 tobaccos in my rotation: Dunhill RY, Dunhill EMP, Dunhill NC, Connoisseur Turkish Black and Amphora Red. I really should be a bit more explorative, but I'm currently in the midst of a PAD binge.
"...they stay fresh for moths like this."
Heck, I hope they stay fresh for you, too.! :lol:

ash13brook · Mar 11, 2013

I was mainly worried about them drying out once opened, but I see that is nothing to worry about...outside of the fact that I can buy more and more and more...(maniacal laugh followed by a serene far off look).
Thanks,

Matt

eibhir · Mar 11, 2013

I currently have 20 snack bags of different kinds I'm going thru. I really like variety and there's so much out there to try. Most are less than an ounce so hopefully I can get thru them before they go stale.

mso489 · Mar 11, 2013

I keep about ten tobaccos in rotation, one or two open tins and the rest bulk. I keep unopened tins on hand, several, as a back-up, and

a partial 14 oz can of my favorite OTC as another option (Granger at this point). My current rotation is Dunhill M 965, two Balkans,

three Cavendish, English Oriental, a Virginia, a Burley, and another English blend. I also have a few pouches on standby, one open.

It's hardly the gourmet selection, but it provides variety. I smoke a bowl or two every day or two, maybe less.

zonomo · Mar 11, 2013

Humm.... So I keep all of my tobacco in either the original tin or in a closed Mason Jar. I don't think I have to worry too much about it drying out. I go into my closet, pick one out, fill a bowl and reseal the jar. That's not going to dry out will it?

ram74 · Mar 11, 2013

It is difficult for me not to open a new tin I have never tried it before when I get it. I must have over forty tins opened and jarred. Plus I have a lot of bulk tobaccos. The thing is there are so many quality blends out there it is difficult for me to cut down on the rotation. I like them all. For example I must have at least 7-8 GLP Balken tins opened. I wish I had more time to smoke but I can only manage 2-3 times per day at most. Two smokes that I really love is are Squadron Leader and Penzance, I wish I could smoke both everyday then try a random blend after dinner but many times I can't. So it just depends on how much time you have to smoke I quess.

kashmir · Mar 12, 2013

I got 60 pipes. Smoke about four pipes a day. Six to ten bowls. Thirty years. Need a healthy herd in rotation. All my pipes see action on a regular basis.

bogglor · Mar 12, 2013

Lets see... 60 open jars, probably 15 of which are aromatics that I almost never smoke. So lets say 45 blends in my rotation and call it a day.

puffy · Mar 12, 2013

It varies...Right now I only have three.

ash13brook · Mar 12, 2013

After I open a tin, I keep it in a ziplock bag. I drive a truck (home every night), so can't carry 3 or for mason jars around. Although, I guess I could carry a couple of the small 4 oz. jars. Should I maybe keep a humidity disc in the ziplock? I get through a tin in a couple of months, but so far, I've only had 3 or 4 different tobaccos in my rotation. I guess I can add more and see at what point drying becomes an issue.
Matt

cortezattic · Mar 12, 2013

I drive a truck (home every night), so can't carry 3 or for mason jars around.

You need the Official PipesMagazine.com combination pipe tote and tobacco pouch carry-all.

jah76 · Mar 12, 2013

3 big jars with my basics. 1 tin of whatever I'm experimenting with.
I only smoke about 10 bowls a week.

judcole · Mar 12, 2013

I usually have about 20 blends in my rotation. Some of them get smoked more than others. : puffy

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lordofthepiperings · Mar 12, 2013

I have about seven or eight blends in jars that I bulk order usually 8oz of and keep about three or four tins open at a time.

ram74 · Mar 12, 2013

So do you guys just not open new tins you have not ried before until you finished an open tin?

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