Too Many Tins Open?

[seacaptain]

Yeah, I've got about 8 open myself.

 

[zitotczito]

Just went and looked and I have 46 blends open at present. Do I have a problem, nope!

 

[troutface]

58 open here, no problem either! Trying to get it down in the 20's. May need to have a fire sale.

 

[stickframer]

I've got 7 tins or jars open. I used to think that was way too many, but 2 or 3 are blends I rarely smoke. To keep it simple I don't really want to have any more than 7 or 8 open at a time. For me, it's easier to become familiar with a blend if I don't have too many distractions calling to me on the tobacco shelf.

 

[wilson]

Assuming they are stored properly so that they don't dry out while you work your way through them, no harm done. There are things in life you should worry about: too many open blends is not one of them.

 

[maxx]

10 open tins. All jarred.

 

[phred]

I've got a dozen larger jars right now that contain either blends I want on hand at all times (Black House, Escudo) or tins I'm sampling (Bjarne Viking series), and a dozen small jars that I used to transport samples at one time, 3 or 4 of which are currently empty and the rest of which contain the dregs of samples that I don't dislike enough to simply give away or throw out, but which I don't necessarily enjoy enough to just plow through...

 

[davet]

43jars, 1 tin open and being smoked. All but six or eight smoked fairly regular.

 

[mymixture77]

I have 6-7 tins open at all times. Will try to start jaring them from now on. Some og the blends stays pretty moist, Even after several weeks in the tin.

 

[jpmcwjr]

While I have a few tins in play, most of my currently smoked tobacco is in thick sealable plastic bags, often inside another bag. If something gets too dry (not often with me as I like it on the dry side), I just stick a piece of terra-cotta in the bag or jar for a few hours.
Anyway, does this sound about right to the pros on here?

 

[glassx7]

Everything I have at the moment is either an open tin/pouch or in a jar. When I get new tobaccos I can't help but open them and give them a smell and light up a bowl. By far, the days I smoke the most are the days a box arrives in the mail. I think the longest time I left a tin unopened was five to six days, at most. I don't have a set time of day or schedule for tobaccos, I generally light up what seems most appealing at any given time.

 

[maxx]

I've got one empty jar. You guys have persuaded me to crack open another tin. BlackHouse, it shall be.

 

[judcole]

I usually have around 20 blends in rotation. I'm at 21 right now.

 

[disinformatique]

14 tins open at the time, all jarred.

 

[morton]

Like some others, I've got about 80 tins open/jarred. Of those, I regularly hit 10-12 and others vary. My tobacco tastes change throughout the year, summer is VA and VaPer time and colder weather brings more latakia blends to the table but any jar is fair game, any time.

 

[sw0snuff3r]

I have about a dozen opened and jarred. I would think I have too many on the go but in a moment of weakness I'd open another just because I've been dying to try it. It used to bother me but you guys are making me feel better about it.

 

[perlasca]

I have 33 Mason Jars of bulk and tinned tobacco that I pick through and smoke.

 

[mso489]

I revel in trying new blends and I am intrigued by newly introduced blends, but I have to say, more of my best smokes come from tobacco I've smoked over time that has been jarred for a while. I think knowing what to expect and learning how to smoke particular blends enhances the experience remarkably. With a new blend that I like, what i get is excitement. With a blend I know better, what I get is profound.

 

[pipebuddy]

I have managed to bring my tin opening disorder under control, after a long and expensive struggle (I have waisted some good quantities of tobacco over time). I will never have no more than 3, rarely 4, tins opened at the same time. But I have to keep myself in check all the time.

 

[carytobacco]

Told myself I was going to finish my remaining tins before opening a new one, but I fell to temptation and cracked a JA Luxury Flake tin to smoke in my Dunhill. Not regretting this at all.