How to travel through harsh conditions with one of life’s great pleasures: cigars
I enjoy burning a cigar with friends or around a campfire, especially with a nice glass of bourbon, but they’re quite delicate. They can be damaged or destroyed by sunlight, humidity, or being crushed. I’ve been traveling with cigars for almost a decade now and have refined my setup to protect cigars against all of those while also carrying basic tools. For many years I traveled with a 5 Cigar Herf-A-Dor, but as soon as I added a butane lighter and guillotine cutter, it didn’t leave much room for the cigars themselves. I tried out a 10 Cigar Herf-A-Dor, putting the cigars on the bottom and tools on the top row, but the foam did not cooperate.
On AVEX2 my buddy PLEX, an avid cigar smoker, used a Pelican Ruck R40 and I was sold. I think it’s perfectly suited for the job and have taken it on three, many-night-multi-thousand mile expeditions along with several week long work trips with no complaints.
Pelican Ruck R40
- Internal Size: 7.28″x4.5″x2.0″
- Weight: 1.76lbs
- Protection rating: IP68 (Waterproof to a depth of 2meters for more than 30mins)
- Shell material: Abrasion and impact proof ABS with rubberized protective bumpers
Contents:
- 5-7 Cigars
- Boveda 69% RH Humidity Control Packs
- Scorch triple jet butane lighter
- Punch, guillotine, and/or V cutter. (Really like PLEX’s Colibri V Cutter)
- Small screwdriver to depressurize lighter for refilling (or purging to put in checked baggage).
- Small cigar stand
Why It works
The Pelican Ruck R40 has 3 compartments:
- Lid: The orange soft rubber divider for the top holds one or two 69% Boveda packets while allowing them access to the entire box.
- Middle: The slotted tray holds tools and protects the cigars. (It comes with velcro straps to organize items but I have removed them).
- Bottom: Perfectly deep, with room for up to a 60 ring gauge cigar (the HC shade grown pictured is a 5.5″x50 Robusto)
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