Safest way to ship?

[mjones9630]

How do you ship cigars (and keep them safe?) With it being over 100 degrees today, I've been worrying about shipping and keeping them intact. Nobody wants to receive garbage sticks... So, how do YOU ship? just a ziploc and boveda? or something more secure? I order online, and it comes pretty unsecured, BUT, I now pay extra for fast delivery, and still worry.. I've already received a beetle filled 5er this summer.. Thinking about some sort of insulation? I know tossing them in the humi for a week should perk them back up... but who wants to wait a week!?!

 

[Hamm]

When I ship, it's generally in a 5 finger bag with a Boveda via Priorty Mail (two day). I try not to ship after after Thursday, to avoid them sitting for that extra day (Sunday). Two days though, even in that sort of heat isn't a huge deal, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

 

[sofc]

How do you ship cigars (and keep them safe?) With it being over 100 degrees today, I've been worrying about shipping and keeping them intact. Nobody wants to receive garbage sticks... So, how do YOU ship? just a ziploc and boveda? or something more secure? I order online, and it comes pretty unsecured, BUT, I now pay extra for fast delivery, and still worry.. I've already received a beetle filled 5er this summer.. Thinking about some sort of insulation? I know tossing them in the humi for a week should perk them back up... but who wants to wait a week!?!

USPS flat rate usually.
Never had a problem, never had a beetle issue other than one time and that was hand delivered to me. How do you think the cigars make it to the US?

 

[mjones9630]

How do you think the cigars make it to the US?

The stork? lol.. I honestly didn't think about their side of shipping.. Just thinking about how dang hot it is today, and got a little worried.. Last thing I want is to send a brother a beetle bomb!

 

[navyvet]

They are inside most of the time in climate control cept the delivery day unless shipping international. I usally dont even put boveda in there they are usally fine. Someone isnt just going to smoke them right outta the box usally.

 

[Happy Idiot]

Over 15 years of ordering cigars and I got my first beetle bag. And there aint no global warming they say....

 

[mjones9630]

OK, I'm good then.. Just a quick bout with OCD..

 

[mjones9630]

Over 15 years of ordering cigars and I got my first beetle bag. And there aint no global warming they say....

Dang lucky.. I got my first on my 3rd order! (granted it was sub par gars, from a sub par retailer)

 

[Happy Idiot]

That sucks but a lesson learned. Mine were a house blend from a small place in FLA. Wonr be ordering from then again.

 

[atllogix]

Freeze everything! I got my first sign of a beetle over 3 yrs ago in a 30 buck cigar. It ate out of the cello in my cooler and I had to go searching. Never found it but monitored closely and never saw any sign of it again. Other time was this past Xmas SS (not here) some old 1960 machine mades, froze em and noticed they'd been trying to eat their way to safety.

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