"Cardboard" Tins: How Long Will They Cellar?

[plugugly]

I have some "tins" that look to be treated cardboard and metal tops and bottoms.

A tin of Potlatch, a tin from Sutliff and some Hearth and Home from Russ O.

I want to hold them to age, but how long are those containers going to hold up safely?
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[aldecaker]

I would jar it immediately.

 

[beezer]

I've heard they will hold steady for a couple years, but better to just jar it up if you have no plans to smoke the contents anytime soon. A few months back I transferred a bunch of Sutliff tins over to jars and tossed the cardboard containers out. Not sure of your personality type, but for me I rest easier knowing everything is jarred up.

 

[Snow Hill]

I'd definitely put the baccy in clean jars with good seals. I prefer smaller jars, but anything would work.

 

[captainprophesy]

Jars, jars and more jars. I don't trust the cardboard tins to hold too long.

 

[andrew]

Lol this is why I'm glad I got my SPC in bulk when they made it.

 

[puffndave]

This is what I hate about H&H, which all too many producers call "tins", and with this one using the same uninspired and ugly photo for all of them, it really feels cheap! It's just crappy old cardboard with a flimsey, plastic lid, and I wouldn't give it much time at all once opened. Best to jar it up ASAP. Not that I've really kept any tobacco for much time, but at this moment I'm prepared to. Plus, I find that the nice little jars I have, which are just big enough for my hands to reach the bottom enhance the pleasure of smoking what I have in them.

 

[lucky695]

i asked this question to Russ this week actually. here is his response.

We've had no reports of the tobacco drying out in those tins. Since the insides are foil-lined with roll-crimped tops and bottoms, there shouldn't be any air movement. Russ

 

[JimInks]

I'm smoking Anni Kake from an eight ounce tin that I got in 2012, and it is still moist and fresh.

 

[plugugly]

Thanks guys!
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[smoketime]

I've never had a problem with any cardboard tins. Some going back to the mid 90's. I don't open them until I'm ready to smoke them - never a problem. And unlike the metal tins, they don't rust. I recently opened an 8 oz of Anni Cake from 2006 and it was ridiculously moist and fresh and delicious.

 

[seacaptain]

So, the whole cardboard-won't-cellar issue is a myth then?

 

[lucky695]

not sure the "whole" cardboard tin thing, but the H&H ones are made well and will support longevity.

 

[zitotczito]

Can't say I have had any problems, only having been piping for 1 year. But I also share your concern and while I believe the cardboard tins will hold up, I put them in these containers just to ease my mind.

 

[jpmcwjr]

That's way better than anything I've seen. Should hold for a century!
Interesting to note we're still calling them tins. Probably tin hasn't been used in decades! But then I still call those things folks use on golf courses woods and irons.....

 

[tarak]

@puffndave- H&H tobaccos are a great value for the money. If cardboard tins and generic labels help keep the cost down- I'm glad to buy a few mason jars.

 

[mso489]

Good question. I have two tins of Sutliff Westminster (not to be confused with the GL Pease blend of the same name) that are getting long in the tooth. Looking around for an empty jar. The Sutliff is a good mild English.

 

[hakchuma]

/http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/profile/zitotczito

...... I must know where you purchased these. Can you tell me please sir?

 

[jpmcwjr]

Just a guess: Target!

 

[zitotczito]

Not Target, but WalMart in the kitchen department. About $8 for each.