Just curious because Im finding my purchases are being more and more influenced because I just find tap/shake boxes work better for me where as I just make a mess with tins. Anyone else enjoy the boxes better or tins, and just curious why you prefer one over another.
I prefer the tins - I can immediately get out of them as much as I need. The tap boxes come out in nothing - then spots and then loads and then nothing - I hate that. I also like to look at and smell my snuff.
What snuff comes with a choice between a tap box or tin?
none that I know of, which sucks. Lately ive only been buying snuffs in tap boxes because of the boxes, i prefer them because of my work enviroment
Tap boxes are ok for German-style oily snuffs but lethally drying on water based snuffs. I prefer tins anyway because I always pinch, except Toque tins, which are poor quality.
Tins for home, tap boxes for out.
Tins can be used everywhere, and tap boxes suck. Snuff boxes are even better.
After almost forswearing anything to do with Samuel Gawith due to the evil turn-snuff-to-dust tap box they insist on using, I would need to say a tin. If dispensing by way of tap vs pinch is appropriate, required, preferred etc., simply slide the top of your slide-top snuff box open just a scosh and tap away! Love this forum. I R larnin’ snuff stuff
i’d say tins. i like to see my snuff, too, and they seem a bit more airtight than tap boxes.
The poeschl tap boxes (redbull, apricot) seem pretty tight. Ive taken to using my used up redbull tappers to carry some around from my big tins.
The poeschl tap boxes are indeed pretty tight - my Red Bull was opened ages ago and the snuff is still like new. The only downside to tins are WoS tins. I have no idea how they get that amount of snuff into the tins. If you’ve got shaky hands - forget it. S’ppose it’s not really a downside - fitting more snuff than is physically possible into a tin is never really a downside.
The reason the Pöschl tap boxes seem okay is because the snuff in them is moistened with paraffin oil, not water. If you put an English snuff in a Pöschl tap box it will dry out just like it would in an SG tap box. The problem with the Wilson’s tins is that the lid sits higher than the rim of the bottom part of the tin.
Tins.
I really don’t mind, it’s about the inside…
I like pinching from a tin or snuff box. But I do sometimes sniff from the back of my hand as well. OTD has already mentioned using the Patrick box for that purpose. Push back the lid slightly and pour snuff onto your hand from the corner of the box. Perfect!
Tapboxes are convenient when on the go, but my preferred method of snuff-taking is a pinch between the fingers. So I vote tins.
Tins. As everyone has said, English snuff dies in a tapper. A perfect example are the GH taps vs. the 25g tubs.
I used to think I liked tappers more, but now it’s tins. I used to always snuff off the back of the hand, but these days I pinch. And with a tin, and can use the back of the hand if I want to. And I have no problem sticking a tin of Wilsons in my front pants pocket, or inside jacket pocket.
… or buy in tins and transfer to (wooden) tap box. That’s my own preference!
I cannot stand the tap boxes. I almost always end up getting much more than I wanted, and I waste a lot of snuff with them trying to put it back inside. I much prefer the tins although I most always carry my snuff in a snuff box or smash box. I found some great smash boxes at a local tobacco shop. They are as large as a 10g wilsons tin and flat like a tin and they fit in my back pocket nicely.