Travel humidors

A travel humidor holds cigars for a few days away from the box at home. It is not a smaller version of a cabinet you season for a week. It has to close, it has to survive a bag, and it has to keep a little moisture in without a puddle.

Hard case or a bag

A hard case is a crush-proof shell with a seal, often with a clip for a humidity pack. It is the one to use if the cigars will sit under other things in a bag. A zip bag, or a sealed pouch with a humidity pack, is enough for a couple of cigars over a weekend if nothing heavy lands on them. Cellophane on the cigar is not a humidor. It slows drying a little and that is all.

Do not fill the case so tight that the wrappers rub. A crushed head smokes worse than a slightly dry one. Charge the pack, or the small element, before you leave. Distilled water if it is a foam element. A sealed pack does not get water added. The home version of that charge is on The humidifier.

Heat and the plane

The failure is heat, more often than a short trip. A case on a dashboard, or in a parked car, will cook the cigars in an afternoon. Keep it with you. On a flight, the cabin is kinder than the hold, where the temperature swings. Carry it on. What you may not carry on, especially a torch and a can of butane, is on Traveling with cigars.

A few days in a case is normal. A month in one is not. When you are home, the cigars go back in the desktop box and can rest before you judge them. Setting that box up is on Setting up.