I recently conducted a trade with a member and was shocked when I opened the package to find a 200g container of 6 Photo and 2 10g tins of WoS that had all apparently been stored as received from the vendor, in the original packaging. I held my breath and tried all of them. The 6 Photo _barely_ had a little use left in it, but I’ll end up giving it away because it’s too dry for me and while the menthol and camphor linger the tobacco is diminished. The two tins of WoS were desicated. Mummy dry. This same member sent me two samples of pipe tobacco, and the pipe tobacco was just as petrified as the snuff was. I’m out 250g of good snuff for the experience. I’ll likely never trade snuff again. Listen up Snuffhouse! If you don’t already know this, go buy some mason jars and put your tobacco in it! There are only two storage solutions that don’t ruin your tobacco, mason jars and vacuum sealed tins with intact seals. Everything else is leaching precious moisture from your tobacco. 4oz jars are perfect for snuff, and 8oz jars are fine for long term storage. Once that flavor is gone, you can rehydrate, but you can never reclaim what was lost. This is especially crucial with snuff, where moisture level is so key to enjoyment. I have 90 lbs of pipe tobacco and about 15 lbs of snuff in the basement, all of it in mason jars and vacuum sealed tins. Yes, I have a lot of money invested in jars, but every time I go down to fill up my snuff box the snuff is as fresh as if I just got it in the mail that day. It’s worth the investment Snuffhouse. I’m sure most of you already know this, especially if you’re pipe smokers, but apparently not all of us do.
@cakeanddottle I have to agree with you with respect to pipe tobacco purchased in bulk and if I bought snuff in bulk then I would also use jars. My problem is that I am buying snuff in tins of 25g or less and even the smallest mason jars / jam jars would contain so much air compared to the snuff that there would probably still be problems. Given the wealth of experience on this forum can I ask which tins are okay for storage and which are not. The F&T and Toque tins have screw tops and seem fine to me. WoS 10g and SG 25g tins I am unsure about. When I replace the lids on those I sometimes have problems opening them again so they appear to be pretty airtight. I am sure that other newbies have similar issues so any comments here from the snuff veterans would probably be useful for all of us who are just starting out. If it is okay to leave snuff in those tins then the next question is - for roughly how long? I am loving snuff but it will take me many months to get through what I have already purchased and I am already looking at another order to try other varieties. 
All help and suggestions gratefully welcomed
2 oz amber bottles will hold 25 grams of snuff. They are fairly inexpensive and can be found many places online. I have some 25 gram purchases from when I was trying to determine what I liked that are stored that way. As with the mason jars they are as fresh as the day I received them. They are reusable and work great as a tap box as well.
What about (all my) 5 grams tins? (And other tins as well) Does it make sense to put few tins as they are (in the original tin) in one mason jar? To use one jar for all the mentholated snuff. One jar for all the scented snuff and one jar for the natural… I’ll be happy to hear your opinion.
2 oz amber bottles will hold 25 grams of snuff. They are fairly inexpensive and can be found many places online. I have some 25 gram purchases from when I was trying to determine what I liked that are stored that way. As with the mason jars they are as fresh as the day I received them. They are reusable and work great as a tap box as well.
Thanks for the nudge, @Slide, just ordered some amber 2 oz. and some cobalt blue 4 oz. bottles. I’ve been nervous about storing the bulks I just got in their original plastic jars.
@Tashi I can put five 10g tins in a half pint mason jar. Quater pint mason jars are also available if you look around which would be good for 25+ grams if you want to decant your tins. I also have a big apothecary jar that has a tight fitting rubber seal that holds ten 25g tins. I also have one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Ziploc-Vacuum-Starter-3-Quart-1-Pump/dp/B003UEMFUG/ref=sr\_1\_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1349563070&sr=8-11&keywords=food+bag+sealer Dirt cheap and work really well. I use it to seal up frozen rats before I put them in the freezer and it works great. You can easliy put eight 25g tins in a one gallon bag, suck the air out, and your good to go.
I empty all my snuff into jars ,even the vacuumed seal tins. and it is a good investment. for small tap boxes I suggest individual zip lock baggies. I displace the air with hot breath after filling a snuff box and replace the lid, This adds a tiny bit of moisture in the process.
@BigDaddySnuff @basement_shaman Thank you both (: @basement_shaman what is the size of the jars in the photo? (in gram if possible)
Thanks to everyone for all the info - I will put the WoS / SG tins into ziploc bags. I found an article on snuff storage on ermtony’s blog and that confirms that the F&T and Toque tins are fine for medium term storage.
@Tashi these are 4 ounce liquid measure, will hold 50 grams snuff packed tight
i’d feel horrible if i was responsibe for trading bad snuff.
So some of you guys put different tins in one ziplock? Multiple tins in one Mason jar? Don’t you worry about scent transfer
@distaind I keep like with like. Menthols have a jar, florals all stay together, and anything (sweet SG’s) that have a strong scent all have their own jar. Indian snuffs I don’t worry about. Say, Samuel Gawith’s Elmo’s Reserve and Celtic Talisman can live in the same jar because they play nicely together. I haven’t gotten into decanting tins yet because I don’t buy in bulk “yet”.
I don’t put tins in Mason jars. I put bulk snuffs or decant multiple tins of the same snuff. If I am not going to go through a 25 gram tin in a fairly rapid period of time it goes into a 2 ounce glass bottle. Snuffs I’ve purchased that I don’t care for I either give away pretty quickly or tape up the seal with electrical tape.
Since I don’t buy in bulk I have been putting the tins I buy in small ziplocks inside cigar boxes but I might have to place an order for some small glass jars
I think that with the next order from Mr Snuff I’ll try the glass jars that he has… And than I’ll have to get 1 or 2 snuff boxes (: From where are you guys getting/buying your jars or bottles? Like the 4 ounce @shaman_basemen has, or the 2 ounce that @Slide talked about?
4oz mason jars are 7.99 for a dozen and they seal
I just ordered some from this company: https://www.specialtybottle.com/index.aspx
I just ordered some from this company: Specialty Bottle - Wholesale Glass Bottles, Jars, Metal Tins
That’s where I have purchased my amber bottles in the past. I have sizes ranging up to 4 ounces.
@Tashi http://www.freundcontainer.com/wide-mouth-packer-glass-bottles/p/v4232B07/ I get several cases at a time. 2/4/8 ounce http://www.freundcontainer.com/plastic-attached-lid-containerspp/p/v2924B01/ http://www.freundcontainer.com/wire-bale-glass-jars-air-seal/p/v49619/ http://www.freundcontainer.com/canning-jars/c/437/ If you can’t find it at this webstore you can’t find it.