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Lazarus Long
Number of posts: 45
Age: 38
Location: Dekalb, IL.
Tobacco: Lately it's been:
Frog Morton
Old Toby
Shortcut To Mushrooms
Sav English Mix
Dunhill London Mix
Local B&M Blend
Pipe: Sav Trevi 602
Sav Churchwarden 601
Registration date: 2010-12-22
 | | Subject: Inexpensive Glass Jars Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:30 am | |
| Hi folks, My good friend and fellow brother talrmn35 recently gave me a tip on an inexpensive airtight jar ($1.97ea) at Walmart. I got a few of them and they will hold a 50g tin just ducky.  They also had a larger size for not much more. Any of you use these for short-term or long-term storage?  cheers! |
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shootist51
Number of posts: 755
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Registration date: 2007-12-28
| | Subject: Re: Inexpensive Glass Jars Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:58 am | |
| Lazarus,
I have used these, or similar for short term storage of opened tins and like them quite a bit. I have found, however, to be unsuitable for cellaring lond term as, with use, the seal of the lids becomes unreliable.
I still prefer small wide mouth Ball jars for the cellar.
Thanks for the tip. |
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LV9
Number of posts: 280
Age: 33
Location: sunny,FL
Tobacco: Virginia Flakes in General
VAPERS
Registration date: 2009-07-26
| | Subject: Re: Inexpensive Glass Jars Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:15 pm | |
| About 3 years ago I bought 6 of them for long term storage about a year ago a I pop open one of them and the tobacco (LJ Virginia and Lousianna Red) were bone dry. I would not recommend them for long term either. |
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Lazarus Long
Number of posts: 45
Age: 38
Location: Dekalb, IL.
Tobacco: Lately it's been:
Frog Morton
Old Toby
Shortcut To Mushrooms
Sav English Mix
Dunhill London Mix
Local B&M Blend
Pipe: Sav Trevi 602
Sav Churchwarden 601
Registration date: 2010-12-22
| | Subject: Re: Inexpensive Glass Jars Sun Jan 02, 2011 3:27 pm | |
| Thanks for the replies,
I prefer Ball Jars as well, but I suppose these will do well for short term smoking stashes. |
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LIPIPE
Number of posts: 1035
Age: 65
Location: Setauket,Long Island and upstate Granville, New York
Tobacco: Latakia, Latakia, and Latakia....
Three Oaks Syrian, Wilderness, Nocturne, 1776 Bostonian, Engine 99, Balkan Saseni, Beck's Ol' Limey Bastard etc, etc. etc.....and Penzance
Pipe: Peterson Kinsale, Dunhill Savory, Jobey, Mario Grandi and a host of great no names. Favorites are large bowl, billiards and oom pauls. I've cut off PAD at 35 for the time being.
Registration date: 2010-12-18
| | Subject: Re: Inexpensive Glass Jars Sun Jan 02, 2011 4:18 pm | |
| I use them for my open, ready to smoke bulk tobacco blends. I keep a humidity disc in each jar for my English/Balkan blends and they are fine. My burley aromatics stay moist the way they always are without a disc. |
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Tommy
Number of posts: 61
Location: Central Oklahoma
Tobacco: English Aromatics, Mild English blends. Vapers
Heaven must surely smell of Latakia.
It has to.......it's where the Saints live.
Pipe: Petersons, Stanwells, old estates
Registration date: 2010-12-30
| | Subject: Re: Inexpensive Glass Jars Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:14 am | |
|  Ball jars, big and tiny! Cheaper'n who-da-thunk-it at your local grocery store. Big-uns for the "1/2 pounds" I order, and tiny ones for the one or two ounce orders. |
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ZeroContent
Number of posts: 419
Age: 30
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Tobacco: Rattray's Red Rapparee, Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian, GLP Cumberland, GLP Quiet Nights
Pipe: Stanwell Bishop, Erik Nording Freehand, an old Peterson DeLuxe, and an old GDB New Era
Registration date: 2010-10-23
| | Subject: Re: Inexpensive Glass Jars Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:41 am | |
| ball jars for long and short term, they're cheaper too ~ 70 cents for 8oz jars, they hold about 2oz tobacco without being packed in there. Pint jars i'm assuming will hold 4oz without problem and are about 80 cents. |
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Thomas Tkach
Number of posts: 208
Age: 26
Location: Philly, USA
Tobacco: Westminster, Old Ironsides, Royal Jersey Lat., Gordon Pym, C&D Milk and Honey (Halav u'Dvash), Fox's Provost's Mixture, Solani 633, Kendal Flake
Pipe: Estates
Registration date: 2010-11-24
| | Subject: Re: Inexpensive Glass Jars Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:59 pm | |
| I just bought some jars from Kmart, who has them in stock where I am, though Walmart does not. ~$8.50 with tax fro 12 1/2-pint jars (regular mouth). These will be good for the order I am expecting soon! I o with small sizes because I don't smoke that much, so I don't wanna crack open too much at once from the cellar! |
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onabullit
Number of posts: 285
Age: 31
Location: Austin TX
Tobacco: Penzance, Blackwoods Flake, FVF, Renier LGF, Hal O' The Winds, Stonehaven, 3 Oaks Syrian, GLP Westminster, Chelsea Morning, Escudo
Pipe: 5 Massive Don Florian's, S Bang, Eltang, Preben Holm, Ben Wade, Poul Winslow, Ancient Barling's, Charatan, Garbe, Nording Soren, Alpha, Dunhill 6475
Registration date: 2010-11-20
| | Subject: Re: Inexpensive Glass Jars Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:08 pm | |
| are my ball jars good just hand tightened? Ive read some stuff on heating the jars and lids just prior to screwing them on but I dont want to cook my baccy. |
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CLRV
Number of posts: 221
Age: 29
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tobacco: Ten Russians, Bob's Chocolate, JKP, Chelsea Morning, Kensington
Registration date: 2010-12-29
| | Subject: Re: Inexpensive Glass Jars Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:19 pm | |
| | onabullit wrote: | | are my ball jars good just hand tightened? Ive read some stuff on heating the jars and lids just prior to screwing them on but I dont want to cook my baccy. |
Everything I have read says don't heat, alters the flavor considerably.
I really dig the mason jars as well. Have a bunch of baby ones for the tobacco I have open. I just hand tighten them and thats that.
Really quite effective and cheap.
However, some glass ones like this would be great to have out in the living room or whatnot; looks better than a bunch of mason jars on the sideboard.
Thanks for posting. |
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bob393
Number of posts: 22
Age: 58
Location: Goshen, NY
Tobacco: Night Cap
Pipe: Ben Wade
Registration date: 2011-01-17
| | Subject: Re: Inexpensive Glass Jars Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:24 am | |
| I have had great luck with wide mouth ball/mason jars.
It's the only thing I use for long term storage! |
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