Tobacco Pouches

[morlader]

I have not had much luck with pouches.I have a real leather rubber lined one with zip top.Good brand name.However when I put my baccy in it you can almost hear the moisture heading for the hills and it is bone dry in no time.A couple of months ago I was given 25 grms of St Bruno from a SuperMarket,it was in a plasticky type pouch. Found some still in there today and it still is a bit moist.I am going to chuck out my fancy leather pouch and use the one from Tesco

 

[puffintuff]

I put my tobacco in a ziplock bag and then put it in the pouch. Works for me.

 

[morlader]

Good idea puffintuff I never thought of that.Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks

 

[bowhatchie]

I generally only put the amount of tobacco that I am going to smoke for one or two days in my pouch and use while I am away from home.... it does not dry out in this period of time.... I keep most of my tobacco in mason jars at home.....I don't really think pouches are designed for holding tobacco for a long period of time... but rather to carry with you while on the move... just my thoughts

 

[hobie1dog]

It should be able to keep it moist enough for a 2 week vacation, shouldn't it?

 

[marmal4de]

I throw a few ziplock bags in the wife's purse.

 

[jcsoldit]

I try to do the same as bowhatchie, but often get carried away so when that happens and I know the pouch is going to just set on the shelf for a few days I do just the opposite of puffintuff, and place my leather pouch inside a ziploc bag until I’m ready to smoke what’s inside.
BTW... I really like the old zipper pouches with the surgical rubber lining, but I think the rollup pouches do a better job of keeping the tobacco fresh longer.

 

[lonestar]

Driving trucks, I'm gone for a few days to a week at a time.

I used to bring small mason jars with me, but that got way too bulky with more than a couple of blends.

What I started doing was carrying my tobacco in glass cigar tubes. Most of them have a great seal that will keep tobacco fresh for months.

The tubes I have will hold 8-9 bowls easily.

I would bring about 8 tubes with me usually.

Just label each tube, put them in a cigar case, and Bam. Portable tobacco cabinet.

 

[schmitzbitz]

Lonestar, that is an awesome idea, going to have to use that one myself - I say variety is the spice of life, so I've taken to tossing a couple (or four) 250ml mason-jars in my brief-case each morning.

 

[lonestar]

Glad I could help ! I was in the same place you are, tired of dragging jars around. One day I was going through my humidor for a cigar, and looking at some tubed cigars and the idea dawned on me.

The way I smoke, I have one or two "go to blends" I smoke often, and I would take a mason jar of those. But I have at least two dozen others I smoke from time to time, and I don't know exactly what I'll be in the mood for the day after tomorrow.

Its pretty nice to have a wide selection at your fingertips without adding 15 pounds of glass jars to the junk I'm carrying around already.

 

[titanicexplorer]

My leather tobacco pounch is always in my inside coat pocket. Im not fond of zippered pouches, i like the ones that look like fold over leather wallets

 

[hobie1dog]

Just label each tube, put them in a cigar case, and Bam. Portable tobacco cabinet.

Sounds great for vacation as well.

 

[morlader]

Some great posts there folks and some good ideas. Thanks

 

[lagavulin92]

Flakes. Two of them wrapped in the plastic foil you also use for your lunch bread fit perfectly in the wallet where you'd put a credit card. Want more? Put more flakes in.

 

[pstlpkr]

I for one use the inexpensive roll ups. However; I only put as much 1Q in it that I will consume in a single day. I store my 1Q in it's zip lock bag that I bring home from the B&M. I store that in a large Bail Topped Gevalia Coffee Jar. I will, as I stated, only open that jar to remove 1 days supply of tobacco. Some days I do not smoke 1Q at all. Other days I intend to smoke nothing but 1Q. So, the tobacco I do place in the pouch is as fresh as is possible, and the main stash has little exposure to dry air.
I don't think that tobacco pouches are designed for or are intended to be used for anything other than transportation of tobacco, and not for the storage of it.

 

[colorduke]

Every once in awhile i forget about the tobacco in my pouch,so if it's to dry i just mix it back in the can and all is good,i do like that cigar tube idea.

 

[cortezattic]

Oh, I'm sooooo tempted I can barely control myself... :rofl:

 

[twss]

Lol, is that a condom in your wallet? No, It's a coin of bulls eye flake.

 

[cortezattic]

:rofl:

Hoo Boy! Rough crowd here!

 

[igloo]

The rubber glove that Cortez sent me . Before that a Ziplock freezer bag colored with a brown magic marker to look like corinthian leather .