Barjer54 wrote:...and have discovered that half-pint glass canning jars, Ball brand, make excellent airtight storage containers as they hold about 32 KS sticks.
That's a good idea, I've got a ton of those, my mom cans green chile, tomato's, etc. But if I don't bring 'em back to her, I might not get my chile fix.
That would be bad.
With all the samples I ordered from American Thrust and the blends I've tried, I needed a easy system to keep track. First I was using a couple of travel soap containers that I picked up at Wally World for a buck apiece. They actually fit a 100 perfectly and have a fairly tight seal. I used a sharpie to label and just used a little alcohol to remove and remark when it changed. I've kept those for experiments in blending or new acquisitions.
Since decent cheap 100s cases are hard to find, I popped for a box of the zig zag blue pull apart cases from LBSS. I left the UPC sticker on the bottom and wrote on that when I was still trying lots of samples to find a good everyday smoke. But now all the zig zags are filled with my daily mix of mostly Rowland Plat. I have a witz case and a generic white pull-apart I keep filled with Bali Blue.
Right now all 12 zig zag cases fit in a big glass jar like you'd keep coffee in from Walmart. I keep a really short wide mouth mason jar filled with Heartfelt beads and a screen under the band at the bottom for moisture. The RH seems to stay dead steady. My daily loose tobacco is in a slightly smaller matching jar with the mason jar on top of the tobacco. Keeps me from diving into the big box too often and crashing the humidity. Is there anything mason jars can't do?
All of it including my stuffing tray and half a dozen boxes of tubes are in a leather covered storage bench in my living room. Handy yet hidden. Works for me.
