Are you supposed to rotate the cigars in your humidor? I had a friend tell me to do this , but I never have. Sugggestions?
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I do it but more because I tend to forget what all is in there. When I move stuff around I find old forgotten gems.
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I do it every few months. Don't sweat it if I don't get around to it. :-)
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+1 :-)
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Havent rotated a cigar in 7 years, not sure why you would in the first place. :-)
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I find if I don't "roll" my cigars around every now and then (put the bottom of the cigar to the top), I find that I get a poor burn. Like the humidity settles towards the down side of the cigars, and that side, being moister, burns slower, causing an uneven burn. If I roll the cigars every few months, that burn issue hardly happens.

As to moving them different locations, I usually only do that if I'm trying to fit something else in one of the drawers, and need to re-arrange some to accomplish that.
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This.
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used to shuffle boxes around trying to make more room in the humi.
this is about the only reason I can think of to "rotate" cigars.

derrek
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If by rotate you mean take one out, smoke it and replace it with another cigar then yes... I do that frequently :-)
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Did you mean rotating them longitudinally or, did you mean the normal need to realign them with respect to the Earth's magnetosphere?
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I say no " look at vendors in Europe that have aged cigars for 20 to 30 years in the org. box" Cigars are best left alone to do what they do best AGE and bloom. I guess I could see if you have a small desk top humi with 50 sticks in it and had lots of extra time on your hands then thats fine:-)
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When it comes to cigars and wine, rest is best.

Don't move em until you have to ...
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Yep. Good to know that I'm not the only one that doesnt rotate my sticks.:-)
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Never Have.:-):-)
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I do it once a twice a year for what SvilleKid had mentioned. I dont think it makes a huge difference but it's a fun way/reason to wipe down my humidors, and look over my entire inventory!
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Clockwise. All of them. 1/4 turn every 4 hours. I never sleep.


MCS
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The trick is where you sit, you always get someone who shall remain nameless that slobbers all over the stick before it get's to you. Now I like my stick getting slobbered on as much as the next guy, just not when you're talking about a puff puff pass. :-)
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Wow, those S.H.I.T. herfs must have really changed....
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:-)
I have only two 100x desktop humis, so same here, when making room for new arrivals.
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Unlike some, I admit to constantly rotating my cigars - about the sun.

When I play humidor archaeology, they may or may not get rotated, but the sun thing still holds. And centrifugal forces help the air circulation, or so I am told.
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