i dont know about the aesthetics of it...
i like the way cigars look while being smoked.
Tubes do have some advantages and some disadvantages. the biggest advantage is that they are added protection. The biggest disadvantage is that they take up more room in the humi.
some will argue that since the cigar came in a tube that it should stay 100% inside the tube with the cap on and the cap should never even be taken off to look at the cigar. That cigar has its own RH and atmosphere in there and maybe a bit of cedar that is made to age the cigar in a very specific way. some people wont even buy one with a broken seal.
Some will argue that a cigar will not age as fast in a tube because ther is no air exchange what-so-ever. So if you are looking to age them, discard the tube.
I, on the other hand, am in that gigantic grey area between those arguments.
i believe that the tube and cedar are there for a reason... but i like my cigars at 65% RH not 70%. To ensure this, when i get a tubed cigar i take the cap off and leave it open for a good 3-4 weeks. After that i put the cap on and let it sit in my humi until that cigar is ready to smoke.
so... what, in my opinion, should you do?
do whatever the heck you want, just keep it in your humi because you cant prove that any container is air tight by looking at it.