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Gifting Smiles: The Perfect Presents for Cigar Lovers Gift
The Perfect Presents for Cigar Lovers
Have you ever wondered what to gift to the cigar lover in your life? Cigars are a good start although once they smoke those cigars the gift is forgotten.  How about a leather cigar case, cigar humidor or cutter. These are timeless pieces that will...
How Different Lighters Affect Your Cigars
Soft Flame Lighters
Starting off with a soft flame lighter
To use a soft flame lighter, soft flame meaning a yellow flame as opposed to blue flame it's a lower temperature burn, and it works beautifully. In our opinion it is the best way to light a premium cigar.
With a cigar the...
Cigar Humidifiers: The Complete Guide
Cigar Humidifiers
Today we are going to discuss the five main types of humidifiers cigar enthusiast are using their humidors.
Cigar humidifiers come in sponge based, crystal gel / beads, Boveda an electronic humidifier.
Now we are going to discuss the pros and cons of each one.
The main type of humidifier that we...
How To Use a Torch Lighter
How to use a torch lighter.
Recently I was at a BBQ with friends and family, as always, I brought a travel humidor full of some good cigars along with my accessories.
As my friends grab cigars I silently watched as they cut their cigar and used the torch lighter to light...
How to Bring Back Dried Out Cigars?
How to Bring Back Dried Cigars?
Did you know that you can smoke a dried out cigar? Although it will change the taste and flavor profile of that cigar?
It's true when a cigar has lost the ability to stay fresh it will drastically change the profile of flavor.
Not only that but...
Analog vs Digital Hygrometer: What’s The Best for my Cigar Humidor
Analog vs Digital Hygrometer: What's The Best for my Cigar Humidor
When choosing a hygrometer for your cigar humidor you may feel that a digital is a better option than an analog hygrometer.
We break down the benefits of both.
Analog hygrometers have been around for decades.
Some have springs on the inside which...
How Different Lighters Can Affect Your Cigar
For many new cigar enthusiasts lighting a cigar may seem less a task and more a ceremony. For seasoned cigar smokers, it’s a ritual that promises a pleasant smoking experience at its conclusion. In any case, lighting a cigar shouldn't be difficult, but it's different than lighting a cigarette and...
How to Choose a Quality Cigar
Enjoying a quality cigar is always a unique, relaxing experience from start to finish. Once you’ve smoked a top-quality cigar, you’ll measure other cigars by its standards. But what are those standards? You may be asking yourself this question if you’re new to cigar smoking or want to present cigars...
Must-Have Cigar Tools and Accessories
Whether you're new to the world of cigars or a seasoned expert, there are several must-have cigar tools and accessories that make for a better smoking experience. Though different cigar accessories have different uses and benefits, it's never a bad time to take a fresh look at the set of...
How to Use a Torch Lighter to Light a Cigar
Lighting a cigar is as much an art form as it is a technical exercise on the best way to enhance your smoking enjoyment. If you’re new to cigar smoking, you may not know that how you light your cigar affects how you experience it. Let’s look at why a...
Analog vs. Digital Hygrometer: What’s the Best for My Cigar Humidor?
Good cigars like other finer things in life require special care. Keeping your cigars fresh, flavorful and protected requires more than just placing them in a humidor. Preserving relative humidity is essential to ensure your cigars are fresh and stored in an environment similar to how the tobacco was grown....
What is the Precision Draw Tool / Perfect Draw Tool and how can it benefit your cigars?
Precision Draw Tool
What is the Precision Draw Tool / Perfect Draw Tool and how can it benefit your cigars?
Many of us have experienced a plugged-up cigar that just will not pull or draw properly.
Why does the cigar not pull or draw properly? This is easy to answer. First, like any...
You Deserve a Perfect Draw Cigar
Perfect Draw Cigar Tool
Have you ever had a cigar that you've curated, stored properly and decided it's time to enjoy, only to find that it's plugged or has a poor draw?
I think every cigar smoker has encountered this problem with a poor draw.
There is nothing worse then having to discard...
How To Get Optimal RH inside your humidor
How To Get Optimal RH inside your humidor?
Have you ever had issues maintaining a solid relative humidity inside your cigar humidor?
You may find yourself in this situation where your relative humidity fluctuates. This can be caused by many variables. Most common variable is a poor seal.
Firstly, A poor seal loses...
Using Boveda In Your Cigar Humidor
Your Guide to Using Boveda Humidity Packs
Why Should I Use Boveda in My Cigar Humidor?
Boveda is the global leader in two-way humidification and have revolutionized methods for maintaining the relative humidity in a cigar humidor with their patented proprietary 2-way humidity membrane and packet.
How Do Boveda Humidity Packs Work?
Boveda humidity...
Top Cigar Humidors From Cigar Star
Top Cigar Humidors
Did you know a cigar's life is indefinite and depends very much on the way it is maintained and looked after.
This is where a humidor comes in . However the purpose of a humidor is not merely practical much like all accessories in the cigar world one's choice...
Full Grain Grade A Leather Cigar Cases New
Introducing full-grain, grade A leather cigar cases.
Arrive in style.
Did you know, when your cigar hobby grows, your pockets fill up pretty quickly. From cigar cutters to cigar punches whether you prefer a V cut or a straight cut it's good to have all options on hand at anytime.
A place for...
What is the best cigar humidor humidifier on the market?
what is the best cigar humidor humidifier on the market?
Electronic humidifier Cigar Oasis 3.0 :
With so many options it is hard sometimes too figure out what the best option is for maintaining accurate relative humidity for cigars.
This year we reignited our relationship with Cigar Oasis.
Did you know that you can...
Should you acclimate new dry cigars before adding to your humidor?
Should you acclimate new cigars in an airtight environment, for the new cigars to not rob moisture from inside the humidor itself?
This is a great question. You should acclimate / humidify dry cigars in an airtight environment prior to placing them inside your hmidor.
This way the new dryer cigars do...
Cigar Star & Boveda collaborate to provide premium storage options for your premium cigars!
Cigar Star and Boveda collaborate to provide premium storage options for your premium cigars!
Brantford Ontario Canada— Nov.11th 2018— Today, Cigar Star announced immediate availability of Boveda two-way humidity packs inside Cigar Star newly released limited-edition cigar humidors as their preferred humidification for their limited-edition humidors.
“Our relentless pursuit of perfection in...