Too Many Open Jars/Tins In Rotation?

[Elric]

I'm in the 60+ jar club but I find i don't smoke more than about 10 regularly.

 

[Cigar City Piper]

Yes for me I guess its a problem being I have about 70 or so open jars. Some I will keep opening some may never get opened again. I guess the problem lies is choosing which one to re open next.

 

[InWithBothFeet]

I guess the problem lies is choosing which one to re open next.

Too many choices is a problem.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Do what brings you the most enjoyment.

My situation is different to yours in that it is very unlikely I can restock a blend once I have opened it. For my stash of single tins/jarred 2oz, I smoke through it and then bid it farewell. While I tend to have a couple of things open at any given time, I’ve found that I get to know a blend better when smoking it pretty much exclusively.

 

[AreBee]

I have 30 jars dedicated to open tins and I have forbidden myself to buy more. So to open a new tin, I have to empty a jar, buy smoking, gifting, selling.

Good luck with that!

I have opened and jarred about 25 blends since I started on this journey a year ago. I have four or five more still in unopened tins. I forbade myself to buy anymore around the 15 mark. I'm going through the same damn thing with pipes!

 

[Cigar City Piper]

Good luck with that!

I have opened and jarred about 25 blends since I started on this journey a year ago. I have four or five more still in unopened tins. I forbade myself to buy anymore around the 15 mark. I'm going through the same damn thing with pipes!

I guess that sounds reasonable. That's good restraint in your phase of the pipe journey. When I was in that exploratory phase of tobacco testing and I still am after 15 years. I would buy every thing that I could get my hands on that would possibly interest me. It does get to be somewhat unmanageable.

 

[AirOne]

I have 36 jars on the go at any given time (started as 12... then 24... then 36...) I'm holding steady on not moving to 48.
My solution to this, as opposed to buying new jars, is when I tire of a blend and know I won't want to smoke it for a long while, is that I transfer it to mylar, seal it, and throw it in a box. Now I have just free'd up a jar to open a new tin.

Oh man I love that idea! I know a couple of blend that will soon end up in mylar

 

[AreBee]

This is roughly where I'm at for the same reason. And don't get me started about cigars.

Yep. I spent three days gloating to my wife how I refrained from taking advantage of a great deal from JR Cigars only to buy smokes from Cup O' Joe's yesterday. I am dusting off an old humidor because I have no room for them in my end-table humidor or desktop humidor.

 

[Oddball]

I don't understand. Are we saying that my 40 open jars and my itchy tin popping obsession are problems? I nearly popped three tins Wednesday night alone..

 

[waterbelly]

The only reason not to smoke a pipe or open and jar a tin is so your non-smoking great nephew can sell them a bit easier at your estate sale.

hahaha this is great.

I say dont fight it. If you like doing it, why quit?

 

[Cigar City Piper]

hahaha this is great.

I say dont fight it. If you like doing it, why quit?

Unfortunately too true.

 

[Brad H]

I keep Sutliff tins opened a while in the original tin. If they are not going to be smoked quick enough I will jar them.
Anything C&D I will have to jar after a very short while (or anything in those pop top cans).
That’s how I handle my rotation. Only thing I jar is loose. Put it in bigger jars then move to smaller jars as the small ones run out.
Even at that, I had 20ish small daily/weekly smokes 4 ounce jars.

 

[Elric]

"Can't stop the pop!"

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Great responses everyone. It truly is a struggle. I guess I feel after 12 years into this, I should be more disciplined. But it's good to know I'm not the only one who just can't help opening one blend after another. Perhaps after I work through my current rotation, I'll limit myself to three blends at a time. Or maybe... ah hell with it, I'll just order more jars.

 

[tubbyninja1337]

I mostly buy in bulk, and I store in mylar, so at least 75-85% of my collection is open. My deep storage is sealed in mylar bags.

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

As others said above, I usually follow the rule of 3-4 blends, 1 Virginia - 1 Latakia - 1 Aromatic plus the "Frankenstein Mixture" or another 4th choice...

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

There are “jars” and then there are canning jars where you took the time to remove the tin label with a heat gun and glue it on the new jar & lid to present well on the shelf. In the latter circumstance, I see no problem with as many “open” tins that have been properly jarred as your roving palate desires.

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I absolutely love your displays. They look great!

 

[dottlejockey]

No such thing as too many. Once jarred they are safe for years to come. 50-60 open jars in rotation, about 15 opened tins and if i want something else from the cellar one day that isn't opened now i'll grab another jar. Only problem i ever run into is shelf space.

 

[Infantry23]

Ugh, welcome to my life! I have contributed the number of my open jars in other similar threads and, frankly, I'm too demoralized to count them again

I was really making good headway until a recent bout with some sickness kept me from smoking for a month. I'll be getting back on the horse this weekend and trying to kill off my open jars 1 by 1.

 

[Cigar City Piper]

Ugh, welcome to my life! I have contributed the number of my open jars in other similar threads and, frankly, I'm too demoralized to count them again

I was really making good headway until a recent bout with some sickness kept me from smoking for a month. I'll be getting back on the horse this weekend and trying to kill off my open jars 1 by 1.

Don't be in such a rush. My feeling is that once you kill some of them, there will be no resurrection.