I see talk about using Mason jars or Mylar bags for storing tobacco. I'm sure they work fine. But no one seems to use the Tupperware type containers. Is there a reason why? It seems like they would be more convenient, stackable and easy access.
Plastic for Storing Tobacco?
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Tupperware is not as air tight as it needs to be for tobacco. Also, the tobacco will break down the plastic and make your tobacco taste off.
Four ounce jelly jars are stackable.
Glass jars with the two piece screw on lids will keep your tobacco perfect for decades.
Ive heard it all over the last couple decades and jars are 100% the perfect way to keep tobacco....period.
Ive seen a lot of people ruin tobacco with Tupperware, bail top jars, vacuum sealed bags.......
Four ounce jelly jars are stackable.
Glass jars with the two piece screw on lids will keep your tobacco perfect for decades.
Ive heard it all over the last couple decades and jars are 100% the perfect way to keep tobacco....period.
Ive seen a lot of people ruin tobacco with Tupperware, bail top jars, vacuum sealed bags.......
Plastic is only a tad bit better than using paper bags at retaining air or even water.
Tupperware works well for food that will not be kept in it but maybe a couple of days.
Tupperware works well for food that will not be kept in it but maybe a couple of days.
OK. I thought Tupperware was air tight. They used to talk about burping the lid when you close it. I guess the plastic bags my samples came in aren't too good either.
Jars with screw down lids or metallalized Mylar heat sealed bags are good for long term storage.
Tupperware is good for totally dry things like dried herbs down to practically 0 percent moisture. Great for avoiding mold in dried herbs. I have stored dried herbs in Tupperware for decades and they have the same effectiveness as day 1. If you want to dry your tobacco to that level use Tupperware. You could store some aromatics in Tupperware. The kinds I have tested have so much PG or other things like it they stay very hydrated for months just sitting out in the open air in my house. Certain plastics are gas permeable. I am not sure about Mylar. I only use Masons. Under typical conditions gas doesn't pass glass.
Plastic seepage is real. I've lost heritage flours to plastic containers, before I knew better. Food, tobacco...ingestables...keep away from plastic. A couple months is one thing, but beyond that, no-no. Glass is the gold standard as far as I'm concerned.
Heard all those plastics are ending up in our body. Sooner or later, we won't need underwears.
I use Mason jars. When the tobacco is gone I put them through the dishwasher. Fine to re-use after that.
with or without the peanut butter?Plastic peanut butter jars work great.
I've had 150ish cigars in a plastic container (tupperdor) for several years with no ill effects. If I wasn't an el cheapo I'd buy glass though.
Pipe tobacco goes in jars. It's just too cheap of a solution to look for something else.
Pipe tobacco goes in jars. It's just too cheap of a solution to look for something else.
I've already quit wearing them.
I have been aging cigars in plastic Tupperware with rubber seals for years. It’s the best fool proof method if accompanied with a boveda pack. Many people in this industry age cigars in the same manner. Granted all my pipe tobacco is in mason jars or tins basically because that’s what I was always told. If Tupperware seems like the best and most affordable method to you I would 100% be comfortable with it as long as there is a rubber seal on the lid. If it works for a premium cigar, I can’t imagine it would hurt pipe tobacco.
If they’re the plastic tubs from Lane.. they have a shelf life of 10,000 years.
I have a container of Sugar Barrel as fresh as the day the cellophane was removed.
I have a container of Sugar Barrel as fresh as the day the cellophane was removed.
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Decently made hard plastic containers seem fine. I discovered too late that Lasso Herring jars and Talenti gelato jars work well.