An Inexpensive Way to Store Your Tobacco for the Long Haul

[Edwin Weaver]

Being on a very limited income ($802 per month), I have had to adapt.

I enjoy smoking my pipe. GOD has given me this pleasure, though I have lost everything else, GOD has given me this to keep.

I work on a 30 day rotation of the pipe tobacco blends I smoke. Every day a different blend.

That means I do not use up each blend very fast. I buy a half pound (8oz) of the blends I like and use in my rotation. Smoking 5-8 bowls a day means it takes a long time to use up a half pound.

How do you keep it as fresh and moist as the day you received it? That was my problem. You do not want to smoke stale or dry tobacco. So this is the solution I found.

I found ‘air-tight/liquid-tight’ canisters.

the 6 CUP will hold more than a half pound/ you may want to use the 4 CUP​

They are inexpensive and work well. They will keep your tobacco fresh and moist for 8 months no problem.

If you want your tobacco moister you can place a humidifier disk in water until it has soaked up the water then place it in the canister with the tobacco until the tobacco has moisten to your desired level then remove the disk.
They are very inexpensive about $1 to $2 each

If you live on a limited income or you just don’t like spending a lot of money to keep you tobacco collection fresh and moist, consider these ideas.

Edwin

 

[Peter Peachfuzz]

You can buy a dz ball jars around here for $10~12 dollars.

 

[Edwin Weaver]

You can buy a dz ball jars around here for $10~12 dollars.

Hello Peter,

True, but i do not like 'glass'. I am too clumsy and glass will break. these are hard plastic and cost about $4-$6 each.
I have used the BALL jars in the past , but my agility is shot, so I need something safer.

Thanks for the input
Edwin

 

[Peter Peachfuzz]

Whatever floats your boat..

 

[saintpeter]

...but my agility is shot, so I need something safer.

I hear that!

 

[adui]

Hello Peter,

... but my agility is shot, so I need something safer.

Thanks for the input
Edwin

I could use that, but I neve had any agility to begin with. I'm just clumsy! I might look into these! right now I use glass jars.

 

[mso489]

Looks like a good option to me. The tall canning jar I used for my Semois, that had been on the top shelf for years, took a dive recently and I'm still spotting chips of glass I carefully discard. The squarer feature of this is also a good space saver. I'll always have some glass jars, but the plastic looks like a good supplemental bin. Luckily I'd jarred my Belgium burley variant in the foil packages, so some glass was scattered but the leaf stayed contained. I still don't know what nudged the jar to fall, but I must have been the perpetrator.

 

[Mr.Mike]

Looks like a good option to me. The tall canning jar I used for my Semois, that had been on the top shelf for years, took a dive recently and I'm still spotting chips of glass I carefully discard. The squarer feature of this is also a good space saver. I'll always have some glass jars, but the plastic looks like a good supplemental bin. Luckily I'd jarred my Belgium burley variant in the foil packages, so some glass was scattered but the leaf stayed contained. I still don't know what nudged the jar to fall, but I must have been the perpetrator.

So glad to hear it was also in packages. I bet you patted yourself on the back for that insight.

 

[saintpeter]

Any container I use must be operable with one hand. Standard round tins are the bane of my existence.

 

[Mtlpiper]

I've been looking at these things for a while. They're light weight, air tight and you can see in (you can remove the hygrometer) or get ones that just have clear tops. Also you don't have to twist the top so they are fairly accessible (not sure how accessible those lever tops are for OP).

Like many others; I use these in various sizes - but yes, they are heavy - but I've got tobacco in these that are over 10 years old:

 

[shanez]

Whatever floats your boat..

I believe the correct saying is:

 

[Edwin Weaver]

Any container I use must be operable with one hand. Standard round tins are the bane of my existence.

Good Morning saintpeter,

I understand completely. I lost the mobility, agility and coordination in both my hands and part of my arms - of course from the waist down I am dead - I am in a wheelchair. I can usually still fill and clean my pipe myself, but not always. If the container to store my tobacco is glass and it breaks, I am in trouble. I will have find someone to clean the mess, so I use these plastic containers. Easy to open, more or less easy to hold.

Edwin

 

[Edwin Weaver]

I've been looking at these things for a while. They're light weight, air tight and you can see in (you can remove the hygrometer) or get ones that just have clear tops. Also you don't have to twist the top so they are fairly accessible (not sure how accessible those lever tops are for OP).

Like many others; I use these in various sizes - but yes, they are heavy - but I've got tobacco in these that are over 10 years old:
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I am glad they work for you. I fear glass containers because if they break, I am not able to clean up the mess. I wish I could still use container like these.

Edwin

 

[saintpeter]

Good Morning saintpeter,

I understand completely. I lost the mobility, agility and coordination in both my hands and part of my arms - of course from the waist down I am dead - I am in a wheelchair. I can usually still fill and clean my pipe myself, but not always. If the container to store my tobacco is glass and it breaks, I am in trouble. I will have find someone to clean the mess, so I use these plastic containers. Easy to open, more or less easy to hold.

Edwin

Yeah, been there done that. Stroke, left side paralyzed.

 

[64alex]

I am happy if it works for you.
My only comment is related to what we have to consider "Storing for Long Haul" which was the title of your post. If for long haul you mean few months maybe up to 1 year, which many won't consider as Long Haul, I agree plastic containers like that will work.
But if for Long Haul you mean many years, as many people cellaring mean, unfortunately plastic containers won't work as there is always some perspiration through the plastic and you'll get dry baccy in the long term. So it really depends how long time are your storing needs.

 

[Edwin Weaver]

I am happy if it works for you.
My only comment is related to what we have to consider "Storing for Long Haul" which was the title of your post. If for long haul you mean few months maybe up to 1 year, which many won't consider as Long Haul, I agree plastic containers like that will work.
But if for Long Haul you mean many years, as many people cellaring mean, unfortunately plastic containers won't work as there is always some perspiration through the plastic and you'll get dry baccy in the long term. So it really depends how long time are your storing needs.

64alex,

Thank you for your reply. These are AIR_TIGHT and WATER_TIGHT. I have stored in them for 'long' periods of time (more than a year without opening) with no sweating or dry-out.
But what you say is true. If we are going to 'cellar' them and want to enjoy them later, we must do everything possible.

Thank you.
Edwin