Pick Up Some Essential Cigar Accessories from Our Store

One of the finest pleasures in the world is the soothing pleasure of good tobacco. It allows you to be mindful, reflective, pensive and appreciative all at once as you tune into the different dimensions of each cigar and the medley of flavors at play in the mild vapors.

Now, it would be nice if you could just pick up a couple of your favorite cigars and smoke it at your leisure, but the reality is that enjoying a cigar entails a lot of responsibility in storage and preparation to even make it feasible to enjoy one. You can’t just light up a cigar and smoke it like that - first off, how was it stored and prepared? Under what conditions was it kept? How was it cut, and what used to light it? Moreover, how was it allowed to rest between draws to prevent overheating? And so on, and so forth.

Therefore it becomes necessary for conscientious smokers to keep a certain number of the following accessories to make their smoking experiences as enjoyable as they can be. In truth, many cigars simply will not offer you the best flavor that they might if they aren’t properly stored, prepared, lit and smoked. For the benefit of the cigar you should do it the honor of these privileges, and the following cigar accessories that we offer right here at Atlantic Cigar make it possible to do so.

Humidifiers
While it’s not completely necessary for you to invest in a humidifier, if you are serious about good tobacco and keep a collection of cigars on hand to be a pair for your favorite drink, food, weather or occasion, one is definitely worth the investment.

Cigars - all tobacco, really - need to be stored at the proper level of humidity when they are kept for any extended length of time. Though the answer may vary with the person giving it, there is a fairly basic general consensus that most cigars should be stored in a relatively cool environment where the humidity is maintained at around 70%. That’s the reason that it feels like a cool sauna any time you take a stroll through the humidor room of a tobacco shop - it’s for the benefit of the cigars.

There are a few reasons for this, but it all comes down to preserving the integrity of the cigar and maintaining the cigar at a level that will enable it to offer the smoker the highest quality experience possible.

In the first place, a cigar that has not been kept at constant high humidity will start to physically deteriorate. The wrapper will crack and the filler will crumple - if the cigar is abused long enough it will entirely fall apart. Tobacco that dries out will not burn evenly and will be difficult to keep together while smoking.

That’s a worst case scenario in which case the cigar will basically become unsmokable, but the negative effects of excessive dehumidification in a cigar start long before that. A cigar that has begun to dry out may very well start to lose its complexity and the flavor will be damaged. In addition to the fact mentioned above that a cigar will not burn evenly, it will burn hot and may develop a bitterness on the palate. In short, allowing a cigar to dry out will have a decidedly negative impact on the quality and the flavor of the smoke.

It’s not a big deal if you pick up a cigar at a tobacco shop and smoke it as soon as you get home or shortly thereafter, but don’t expect to be able to allow a cigar to go days or longer without storing them at the proper humidity. That’s why we offer cigar humidors in various sizes right here at Atlantic Cigar, ranging from models you would keep in your home as well as models you can take with you on the go.

We offer larger humidors that you can keep in your home to protect and preserve your collection of fine tobacco along with travel humidors so you can enjoy a cigar while you are traveling or otherwise away from home. In addition, we offer humidifiers to ensure that your humidors stay at exactly the right humidity level, as well as hygrometers to measure the humidity. We’re serious about ultra premium cigars here at Atlantic Cigar, and that means we’re serious about the accessories that we offer as well - but humidors are only the beginning of what we offer.

Cigar Cases
While you'll want to keep your cigars in a humidor while you’re storing them for a longer term, you’ll still want to invest in a cigar case while you're traveling in the short term. You might be thinking that come cigar shops will simply wrap a cigar in a plastic bag before offering it to you and why you should be dissuaded from doing the exact same thing.

That’s a fair concern, and you may even have deduced that a relatively impermeable plastic bag will even do a passable job of maintaining humidity. It’s passable, that’s true, but humidity isn’t the only factor at play that will affect the quality of a cigar - in fact there’s much more than that at work.

Something else to consider is the construction of the cigar, and that’s the basic reason you’ll want to protect your cigars within a cigar case when you take them out on the trail, the water or the road.

A cigar with an excellent construction will offer a smooth, cool draw and an even burn. That construction will unite with the quality of the tobacco to offer you a larger part of the enjoyment of the smoking experience. If, however, a cigar is cracked or crushed or otherwise adversely pressed by environmental conditions, it’s not going to smoke as evenly or as fluidly as it should. That’s why you should protect all of your finest cigars within cigar cases when you travel. A case will protect a cigar’s construction and ensure that it offers a fine smoke when you do decide to enjoy it.

Cigar Cutters
So you’ve maintained the temperature and humidity of your cigars and you’ve even been diligent enough to protect them with a quality cigar case such as that you’d find on our site when you did take them away from home. Now you’re ready to sit down and enjoy that cigar in all its glory.

Hold it right there - you’re probably very aware of what we’re going to say next, but we’re going to say it anyway. You can’t just light that cigar! It’s wrapped and won’t draw at all.

That’s fine, and that’s how cigars are constructed. Most of them need to be cut or punched before they can be smoked. If you want to enjoy that cigar’s flavor and construction you will need first to invest in a punch or a cutter - both of which you can easily find on our site, depending on your preference.

A cutter is quick and convenient and will get the job done, though some prefer a punch cutter for the smooth, excellent draw it will produce in a cigar. It really is a matter of taste - you can find options for both right here on our sight in our collection of cigar cutters for you to add to your collection of cigar accessories.

Lighters
So you’re just about to enjoy that cigar and have followed our edict as to humidity, carriage and even through the cutting or punching of the cigar. You have enjoyed the cold draw of the cigar and the flavors it offers as a prelude to the smoke. It’s time to light that cigar.

Whether you use a wooden match, light the cedar wrapper or use a lighter is a matter of preference for you, but we are here to let you know that we offer quite an expansive suite of cigar lighters right on our website.

On our site you can find lighters from Bugatti, Colibri, Perdomo, Xikar and many more, in a wide variety of sizes, designs and styles. Each lighter comes with its own unique suite of features and some smokers have very specific preferences - yours are up to you, but we offer the variety to find what you need for the perfect smoke and enjoyment. 

Some smokers prefer the traditional effects of a soft flame lighter because of the fact that the flame is ‘gentler’ so to speak, and burns with noticeably hotter and cooler areas. That makes it in some ways easier to manipulate for the purposes of drawing through a particular portion of the cigar. They also offer the benefit of using significantly less fuel per unit time than their counterparts, specifically the torch lighters we will explore in a moment.

As we said, cigar smokers all have their own preferences, and there is a large subsection of cigar smokers who prefer torch lighters for the many benefits they can offer the smoker. The first and perhaps the most obvious feature that torch lighters can offer a smoker is the fact that they are windproof. This is a boon for anyone who makes a habit of smoking outside. Anyone outside smoking in the face of the wind will appreciate the fact that a torch lighter will enable them to light their cigar in nearly the most adverse of conditions.

Also, the fact that a torch lighter projects a flame in one direction makes it very easy to manipulate the path of the flame and its ‘tip’ this can make it easier for some smokers to administer a flame to very specific portions of a cigar, especially if it is burning too slowly, too cool, or unevenly. Torch lighters can also be particularly time effective in lighter cigars.

Whether you’re a fan of torch lighters, soft flame lighters or even table lighters for the whole group, we have what you’re looking for right here on our site. Take a look at our page of lighters to find your next cigar lighter.

Ashtrays
Even after you’ve lit that cigar that you’ve properly cared for and are now enjoying to the fullest, there’s one more accessory you may very well want to keep on hand. Quality cigar ashtrays that are well designed are well worth the price - here’s why.

While you might have no need for an ashtray if you exclusively smoke outside or on the go, if you smoke inside or in a group, having one that’s well designed is a matter of necessity.

In the first place, if you smoke inside, you’ll need a place to ash your cigar, as will any company that joins you for the quality of a good smoke. Moreover, cigars need time to rest between draws - you may be very comfortable handling your cigar and may even enjoy the tactile sensation, but if you need to put your cigar down to rest an ashtray will give you that freedom.

Moreover, many cigar ashtrays are designed for that very purpose. They offer you a place to rest your cigar that will not interfere with the burn or adversely affect your draw, while allowing the cigar to rest and prevent it from overheating. Some cigar ashtrays are even designed to give multiple smokers a place to rest their cigars while offering plenty of capacity to accommodate the ash of a whole party.

In addition to these necessaries, we offer many other cigar accessories right here on our website, including air purifiers, butane fuel for your lighters and much more. We’re your one stop shop whether you need cigar accessories or the ultra premium cigars you enjoy. Speaking of which, we offer one of the largest collections of ultra premium cigars on the web, and our mission is always to bring them to you at the lowest prices possible. So if you’re looking for some cigars by Arturo Fuente, Romeo y Julieta, Gurkha, Montecristo, Alec Bradley - or any others for that matter - take a look at our collection of cigars. Don’t be shy about giving us a call at 800-887-7877, either, because we’ll be glad to help you find what you need.