Smoky
IMHO the Smoky brand plastic flip top box is the only decent cigarette box available. The box is divided into 3 compartments each sized to hold six SYO sized smokes. The compartments make the box easier to fill, the smokes get less abuse--less rolling and bouncing around--and the box is about as crush proof as you can get. The flip top is much more convenient than the 2 piece slip top cases and the slide top of the worthless 2 piece aluminum slip case some folks are selling. The Smoky brand box is well designed in all respects. Made in Germany by EFKA (other products include ElRey and Rizla tubes. Owned by Imperial Tobacco)... Jun '07: now made by AK (country unknown)... Dec '08: $2.99 @ RYOC and $1.95 @ American Thrust
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- Re: Smoky
- Posted by mike c on Monday, 04-Feb-2008
in case (no pun intended) anybody else is or has been waiting for a free smoky case in the mail, I got mine
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slightly different in that the word smoky is written in gold on the case
the term "computer idiot" doesn't even do proper justice as to what a computer tard I am, so I'll send a pic to Dave to post as soon as I have one
meanwhile, I'll send him something else : )
- Re: Smoky
- Posted by mike c on Thursday, 18-Oct-2007
picked up a couple boxes of the new(er) Rizla FF tubes which have replaced the German De Luxe, and they have a small survey that gets you a free smokey case
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- Re: Smoky
- Posted by Ebenezer on Thursday, 18-Oct-2007
I filled out two of those I got in some el rey light tubes bout 2 months ago and im still using my taped gizeh boxes haha
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- Re: Smoky
- Posted by mike c on Thursday, 18-Oct-2007
I'm projecting here, but if I read you you got the Smoky's but prefer the Gizeh like I have 2 of........not surprised if I interpreted, no bitch in the 5 years I've had 'em, hower the the newest smoky has three equal dividers if I glanced slow enough....either way, it was easy enough and I wish to compare for myself after all the rave the smokys receive,,,the brittle plastic worries me, not to mention the color-swirl design they will pre-choose for me, l"ll "deal", there's another unmentionable coming (and) _and i saw Djeep lighters today,,,life is ,,,,,
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- New Smoky's
- Posted by Tim Aydt on Saturday, 08-Sep-2007
The other day, my wife came home from the tobacco store with a new Smoky case. I immediately cabbaged onto it and noticed that something was different. The hinges are much stiffer and it was more shiny than others I have purchased over the years.
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I began to examine it more closely and found that it says "Made by AK" and no longer says "Made in Germany" on the bottom.
Has anyone heard anything about this?
I had hoped that it might not peel like the others, but as I was writing this I found a spot that has already started to peel.
- Re: New Smoky's
- Posted by Dave L on Tuesday, 11-Sep-2007
Hey Tim, long time. I had noticed the change (lost in the site update, found and fixed). I don't care for the tighter snap of the new ones. It would be interesting to know where they are made now, it may have resulted in a price decrease (under $2 now).
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Thanks for the updates on hinge failures (below). I've had a few fail myself, not enough to bother me though.
- Re: New Smoky's
- Posted by Wazmo Nariz on Tuesday, 11-Sep-2007
I stumbled upon some tiny little metal hinges at a crafts shop once...about 3/4 inch long and not very wide. I epoxy-resined two to a Smoky that had suffered hinge failure (one at each spot the original little plastic "hinges" had been) and I'm still using the sucker after two years. Now if I could just remember where I got those two from.... I have three or four Smokey's floating around sans hinges.
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- Re: New Smoky's
- Posted by Wazmo Nariz on Tuesday, 11-Sep-2007
I hate to add a reply to my own post, but if anyone wants to try this at home, Pants found a site for me with tiny little butt hinges even smaller than the ones I had bought previously....
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- Re: New Smoky's - peeling
- Posted by Kerry on Tuesday, 11-Sep-2007
I have found that my Smoky cases tend to peel mostly when in contact with solvents or certain other plastics.
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I used to work around acetone (cultured marble industry) and the Smoky would start to peel tremendously even when only in contact with the fumes from acetone.
Also, I like to fish and today I went for the first time in a while. I placed a small soft plastic lure body in my shirt pocket with my Smoky. When I got home, I noticed that the case had started to peel where it came in contact with the lure.
I have several of the "new" Smoky cases (AK) and I like the tighter snap, but the plastic in the new and the old cases seems to be very unstable in the presence of certain substances, even the fumes thereof.
BTW, and this will probably unmask me, I caught 14 black crappie. All were legal size, but I would have only kept 12. Didn't keep any.
- Re: Smoky
- Posted by J Mies on Wednesday, 05-Sep-2007
These are the best cases, although they will peel layers off the outside.after being used for a while. And of course it's hard to resist picking at the peeling, which makes it worse.
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- Smoky mod
- Posted by Dave L on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2007
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While a full Smoky case usually does me for a day, I really like the convenience of having a lighter in the case. Its made from 1/4" plywood and a Cricket lighter (a bit of double sided tape holds it on). The insert shows how it can be positioned for easy access to the snapping child-proof button. I don't know of any other lighter that would work well in this application.
Sep '07: 5sec YouTube video
- Smoky hinge failure
- Posted by Tim Aydt on Wednesday, 24-May-2006
The hinge, on the first Smoky case I bought, failed today. Two years and nine months of nearly everyday use. Not to shabby.
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- Re: Smoky hinge failure
- Posted by Mike E. on Friday, 26-May-2006
I'll bet being the locking tabs are on each side of the case you can still 'lock' the top on the case for home use or storage but not for carrying.
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- Re: Smoky hinge failure
- Posted by Kev on Friday, 26-May-2006
I assume you are using more than one Smoky case? I bought 10 for $25 around 15 months ago and all are doing just fine. Two swivel with less effort so I assume they'll be the first ones to die but that could be awhile. I can be rather rough with them and one case has peeled slightly - almost like a protective layer peeling off but just in one area.
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The Smoky cases sure beat the $15 metal cases I've bought the spouse for her 100mm SYO smokes since most of those are truly made for premade smokes (SYO smokes don't fit well). If only Smoky made 100mm cases too...
- Re: Smoky hinge failure
- Posted by Tim Aydt on Saturday, 24-Jun-2006
Another one broke the other day. They lasted longer than my SS case for my 100's though. It died last week also.
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- Re: Smoky hinge failure
- Posted by Paul on Monday, 26-Jun-2006
As a duct tape artist. Have you thought about duct taping the lid back on? That is my plan when and if my smokies hinges fail.
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- Re: Smoky hinge failure
- Posted by Bob on Monday, 26-Jun-2006
Does the lock on each side of the front of the case still hold even with the hinge broken off? I'am wondering because some of mine are getting flimsy but I hope I can still us them for 'at home' use.
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- Re: Smoky hinge failure
- Posted by Tim Aydt on Saturday, 08-Sep-2007
Ok, so the case in my post above was my wife's and, of course was usually carried in her purse. I switched to kings in March and bought a Smoky just for me and carried it every day in my back pocket. I got a little more than four months out of it before the hinges broke. Of course, I'm really hard on stuff.
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- Re: Smoky
- Posted by EXPRESSDOG01 on Thursday, 05-Jan-2006
whitch way do you put the SYO in the case filter down or up
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- Re: Smoky
- Posted by Kev on Friday, 06-Jan-2006
Filter up for me with the Smokys. Easy to do since it has three compartments. I also stuff 100's for the spouse but since NOBODY makes a decent case for 100's, I re-use old premade 100's flip-top boxes. Since there isn't a compartment, I stuff those filter down.
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- Re: Smoky
- Posted by Art on Saturday, 07-Jan-2006
I put the smokes in; filter down. I love these boxes for the separated areas. I can occasionally tap the box to pack any tobacco that comes loose in my adventures. I don't smoke that much and like to carry at least two types of SYO smokes with me.
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- Re: Smoky
- Posted by stephals on Thursday, 17-Nov-2005
Also another tip..for us ladies who still love to carry around a leather cig case, I took a smoky, broke the lid off and put the plastic case inside of my leather case. Now I can have my lighter and cigs again in one place. The plastic case still protects my newly rolled cigs :)
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- Re: Smoky
- Posted by Sharon Hopwood on Saturday, 08-Oct-2005
PLEASE MAKE THESE CASES TO FIT 100'S CIGARETTES. THANK YOU
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- Re: Smoky cases
- Posted by ted snow on Thursday, 13-Jan-2005
Where can you get these cases for 2.50$
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- Re: Smoky cases
- Posted by Dave L on Friday, 14-Jan-2005
That was pretty old. I don't where/if you can anymore. Its surprising and unfortunate that more folks don't stock them.
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- Re: Smoky cases
- Posted by sponnie on Saturday, 15-Jan-2005
$3.00 at D&R Tobacco.
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- Re: Smoky cases
- Posted by Kev on Friday, 01-Apr-2005
$2.50 each if bought in a bulk pack of 10 from D&R. I recently switched from 100s to king size due to tube selection/quality and lack of 100 size cases. The dividers are nice since they make loading 6 tubes per section a breeze. The cases are crush proof and specifically built for the SYO tube diameter. The cases are in varying psychedelic colors for those of us from the 70's.
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- Re: Smoky cases
- Posted by Dolores on Sunday, 13-Aug-2006
$1.90 each at American Thrust.
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- Re: Smoky
- Posted by Jerald on Wednesday, 12-Jan-2005
These are great cases.......... after one year never had one break but they do get scuffed up... so I just ordered 4 more ,,, with the savings on tobacco, I can afford good looking cases.
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- Cig Cases
- Posted by RMorris on Sunday, 02-May-2004
I am still using zigzag cases. What are the reports on the Smoky cases. How long does the hinge top last? I reload (ammo)and use a lot of plastic cases,sooner or later they break. Midway brand,RCBS,Berrys,MTM have always replaced the case's,free of charge. What is the warranty on this cases??
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- Re: Smoky Cases
- Posted by Dave L on Monday, 03-May-2004
I've got 8 of them. The first one I bought is a month shy of 2 years old. Some of the hinges are a tad frayed/worn but none have broken, or look like they are about to break. I'm not aware of any warranty.
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- Re: Smoky Cases
- Posted by Bob on Saturday, 10-Jul-2004
Hi all! I've used all from mint boxes to small plastic zip bags for my cigs & even the two piece blue plastic boxes fail at times by slipping apart in a hip pocket.
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The one piece hinged 'double lock-click' are good & air tight BUT like all non divider cases seem to bend inward in the middle & cause headaches.
WITHOUT reservation I have to go with the smoky case with the dividers, even up here in cold country (WI) the hinges have not been a problem carrying the case in the outside jacket pocket for extended periods outdoors in cold minus 0 temps. I also use them as a color code for trying new blends.
- Re: Smoky
- Posted by Tim Aydt on Friday, 26-Sep-2003
I just bought a Smokey Case for my wife and she loves. I am just concerned about the life span of the case due to the plastic hinges. They look like to me that they will eventually break from repeated stress.
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Also do they come in 100's size.
- Re: Smoky
- Posted by Rob on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2005
I've been using the 'smoky' cases for some time (2+ years) with no problems; the only thing I dont like about them as I fill 5 or 6 packs in a sitting the although small but open area in the back hinge area could lead to some drying, I know that sounds picky but yet the only other case I use is the black double click front closure type case (yes, non-segmented inside but easily store 17-18 cigarettes) that I use more to store different blends I may be trying & store in a cedar cigar box that helps the packs from any more drying that may be normal to our RYO/MYO's.
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