rfenst wrote:I have read the same article and go 5 days- just to be sure. If they aren't frozen enough for long enough, you might not kill them and they become more cold-tolerant. Never fooled around with refrigerator. I simply wrap the box multiple times with saran wrap to seal in the moisture. After five days I take them out and let them come up to room temp with the saran wrap on to prevent moisture loss. Then, I let them rest a few days in the humidor. That's all their is too it. I cannot discern any difference in my cigars as a result of freezing.
Haha! Sometimes I conveniently “forget” and leave them in that extra day too. Like you said, just to be sure. I do the refrigerator staging to acclimate the cigars from room temperature to cool to freezing and then back again. Akin to the 4 seasons. Fall helps you adjust to the upcoming Winter and then Spring for Summer. Well, these days with the extreme temperature changes, kinda, sorta helps with adjusting.