Many do. Any and all that enter my door go through the freezer before they see the inside of the humi. I know of many others with much more experience and vastly larger collections on this site that do the same.
Haven't had any paranoia (or beetles) since I started that process.
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I had one beetle in one gifted stick... he was dead by the time he got to me (my cigars get frozen during shipping most days) BUT it scared me stupid. I freeze EVERYTHING now.
But when you freeze I think you should throw a thermometer in there so you know how cold it is. I don't like to guess when it comes to beetles.
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Originally Posted by Titan410:
So the freezing doesn't dry them out? Or do you put a humibag in with them?
It does mess with the moisture in the cigar a bit, so they need to sit in a humidor for a little while (two weeks to a month would be ideal, but not mandatory) after thawing out.
If you put a humipack in the freezer with them two things are going to happen:
1) they aren't going to absorb any of the humidity because they are frozen
2) the humipack could possibly burst and potentially ruin any cigars the goo contacts.
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