Boveda One Year Humidor Bag (Large) Review

2026-08-01  Buy Again My Money · by Eric

Filed under: Humidity & RH · Traveling with Cigars · Packs, Gel & Beads

Verdict: Buy Again. If I'm driving anywhere, this large Boveda bag has taken over from my hard-sided travel case — it holds thirty cigars easy, keeps a steady 69% off one large pack, and I never have to think about it. Not the pick for flying, since nothing in it protects the cigars from getting crushed, but for a road trip it's the easiest call in my travel kit.

The Setup

• What it is: the Large size of Boveda's Humidor Bag (the "One Year" bag). A high-density resealable zip bag with Boveda's 2-way humidity control, preloaded with a 69% (B69) pack. Boveda says the bag has the same moisture barrier as a tupperdor and runs about three times thicker than a food-storage bag. It seals with a press-to-close zip over a heat seal you break the first time you open it.
• Size and capacity: 15" x 12". Boveda rates the Large to hold up to 60-80 loose cigars. I run about thirty in mine, so it's rarely even half full.
• Humidity: built to hold 69% RH, and Boveda says not to go higher than that in a bag. I run one large 320-gram 69% pack in it (not the 60-gram) and don't think about humidity at all.
• Lifespan: the pack lasts about a year, then you swap it and reuse the bag. Boveda's tell for a spent pack is when it goes stiff/rigid, and the bag itself lasts basically forever.
• Street price: about $15 for the Large. JR Cigars has it at $14.99 (MSRP $15.74), and it runs roughly $13-16 at most shops. Boveda's own site lists the smaller sizes starting around $8.
• What I paid: retail, about $15, picked up at my local B&M. My own money, nobody sent me this.
• In service: my go-to any time I'm driving somewhere, business trips mostly, some personal. It replaced the hard-sided humidor case I used to travel with. (Boveda also pitches these for overflow storage, acclimating new cigars, and reviving dried-out ones — I use mine for travel.)

In Use

The reason it took over from the hard case is options. I can throw a big range of cigars in there and give myself choices, smoke whatever fits the moment or hand a few out to friends and coworkers. Thirty sticks fits with room to spare.

You could just use a ziplock, and people do. The difference is the plastic on this is way thicker, and Boveda builds their stuff well, so I'm not worried about it leaking or splitting on me. Drop a large pack in and the humidity is handled for the whole trip.

This is a driving bag, though, not a flying one. On a plane there's nothing in here protecting the cigars from getting crushed, so I don't use it for that. For the car, the large is the one.

What to Watch

• No crush protection. It's a bag, not a case. Don't set anything heavy on top of it, and don't put it somewhere it'll get sat on or buried, because there's nothing in there shielding the cigars.
• Keep it out of the sun. Don't leave it baking in direct sunlight on a seat or the dash while you drive. Find a shaded spot in the car.

Bottom Line

For road trips this has replaced my hard case, and I don't see that changing. It's thick, it seals, it holds 69% off a single large pack, it swallows more cigars than I'll smoke, and it asks nothing of me. The only two rules are keep weight off it and keep it out of the sun. For flying I'd still want something rigid, but if you travel by car at all, this is worth having.

Would I buy it again? Buy Again. At around $15 it's an easy call for anyone who does any driving on trips, and the bag outlasts the pack, so you're really just buying a fresh 69% pack once a year after that.

Best for: the road-tripper who wants a range of cigars in the car and doesn't want to think about humidity. Not the pick for air travel, or anywhere the cigars could get crushed.

Gear gets the same one-question treatment as the cigars... would I spend my own money on this again? On this one, yes, and it's earned a permanent spot in whatever I'm driving.

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