New Cigar Humidor Capacity Calculator

[cheaphumidors]

Hey guys! For months we have been working on a capacity calculator for our site. We just got a first draft done and I would love to get your opinions on it!

http://www.cheaphumidors.com/cigar-humidor-calculator

[OtismyMan]

Wont be able to check the accuracy since my humidor is currently seasoning but the calculator is simple and easy to use. The layout looks good... I give it two thumbs up!

[Ilroy]

I think I like it. Is there a way to account for drawers and/or shelves such as in a wineador? I just estimated how much space they took in each measurment and subtracted, but maybe a drawer/shelf option would be helpful...? Otherwise very useful.

[Indyhp]

Nice! I've always just used the 7 cubic inches/cigar rule of thumb, which admittedly has its limitations.

I assume one inputs the outside dimensions of the humidor. Does your calculator take the thickness of the humidor top, bottom, and sides into account?

[cheaphumidors]

I think I like it. Is there a way to account for drawers and/or shelves such as in a wineador? I just estimated how much space they took in each measurment and subtracted, but maybe a drawer/shelf option would be helpful...? Otherwise very useful.

Unfortunately, after repeated attempts to come up with a formula to account for drawers/shelves/dividers etc. we decided it just wasn't feasible. Well really, the mathematician we hired to come up with this ridiculous formula said it wasn't.

[Dijit]

I like this but agree that a drawer or shelf option would be helpful. According to that calculator my lauderdale should hold about 1800 sticks instead of the 400 to 500 its rated at. Or maybe my measurements are off...a lot!

[cheaphumidors]

Nice! I've always just used the 7 cubic inches/cigar rule of thumb, which admittedly has its limitations.

I assume one inputs the outside dimensions of the humidor. Does your calculator take the thickness of the humidor top, bottom, and sides into account?

The calculator calls for inside dimensions

[cheaphumidors]

I like this but agree that a drawer or shelf option would be helpful. According to that calculator my lauderdale should hold about 1800 sticks instead of the 400 to 500 its rated at. Or maybe my measurements are off...a lot!

It calculates how many you can physically stuff in there, not necessarily how many you SHOULD store in there. But when I tested it, it was accurate down to the single stick if you store the cigars the way it shows in the diagram, which is pretty impressive, but I would never stuff my humidor that full, no air circulation.

[Browns7213]

According to the calculator I should be able to fit 330 lanceros in my Salvidor 250 humidor. Of course that doesn't take into account shelves and dividers, buts that's still a big old butt load of Lance storage.

[Hardheaded]

According to the calculator I should be able to fit 28 6x80 cigars in the container I currently have them stored in. Hopefully I don't get to a point where I can actually verify that.

[jhedrick83]

Thanks, Kayla! Very useful tool.

[JollyRogers]

Really like the calculator. One question I had was is the calculator determining the volume of the cigars ((pi*(rg/4)^2)*length) and dividing that into the volume of the humidor (L*W*H) or is it treating the cigars as essentially tiny boxes (box pressed?) ((rg^2)*length) to determine number that could fit into the humidor? I ask because the tiny spaces between each cigar aren't usable but may be throwing off the number the calculator is giving us. I hope that makes sense; I may or may not have needed out a bit and overthought/overcomplicated this.
:stogie:

As a suggestion, I would add an option to let the user input a % dedicated to free air space in the humidor. Essentially if I wanted to leave 15% of the space free for air circulation the calculator would output the number of cigars taking free air space into account. Granted this is a relatively easy calculation I could do before hand, but it should be just as easy to incorporate into the calculator for everyone.

As an aside, I would think it wouldn't be terribly hard to calculate for rough capacity lost due to dividers/drawers but would require the user to input additional variables for the calculator.

[cheaphumidors]

As a suggestion, I would add an option to let the user input a % dedicated to free air space in the humidor. Essentially if I wanted to leave 15% of the space free for air circulation the calculator would output the number of cigars taking free air space into account. Granted this is a relatively easy calculation I could do before hand, but it should be just as easy to incorporate into the calculator for everyone.



That's an interesting idea! I will run it by the developer and see if that is possible. And you are not over-thinking it at all, the formula accounts for round cigars, and therefore accounts for the tiny amounts of space left in between each cigar.

[Tobias Lutz]

I like to fill the humidor...and then count how many cigars I have. Preferably before going to the bank, withdrawing my savings in ones, and taking a bath in them :stogie:

[Ilroy]

That's an interesting idea! I will run it by the developer and see if that is possible. And you are not over-thinking it at all, the formula accounts for round cigars, and therefore accounts for the tiny amounts of space left in between each cigar.

While we're thinking of additional parameters for this, how about this idea...How about breaking down accountability for the different vitolas people will be storing? Have all the various vitolas listed with a box that you can put the percentage of those sizes you anticipate having on hand. Such as 10% robusto; 20% lancero; 15% churchill etc. That way the tool can tell you how many of each vitola you can fit in the humi. And, maybe have it show a chart of how you will need to organize them in order to make them all fit...:devilish:

Mostly just giving you grief Kayla...:cool:

[steelman]

Very nice Kayla. How about an option to enter the amount and dimensions of drawers and give results from there as alot use drawers in their humidors/wineadors/cooladors.

Cheers

[cheaphumidors]

Very nice Kayla. How about an option to enter the amount and dimensions of drawers and give results from there as alot use drawers in their humidors/wineadors/cooladors.

Cheers

That's a great idea!

[cheaphumidors]

All of you who wanted to be able to account for trays... I'm sorry, I can't, I just... can't. I just spent the past 3 hours stacking cigars in different humidors with and without trays and there is no pattern, no formula. It all depends on where the trays are mounted in the humidor. Some are mounted 3" deep in the humidor, and with certain ring gage cigars, you can get three rows of cigars beneath the tray, others are mounted 2.75" deep in the humidor and then most ring gages can only get 2 rows beneath them. So a tray could displace 10 cigars, or, if it is mounted a half an inch lower, it could displace 25 cigars.

I failed!

[JollyRogers]

All of you who wanted to be able to account for trays... I'm sorry, I can't, I just... can't. I just spent the past 3 hours stacking cigars in different humidors with and without trays and there is no pattern, no formula. It all depends on where the trays are mounted in the humidor. Some are mounted 3" deep in the humidor, and with certain ring gage cigars, you can get three rows of cigars beneath the tray, others are mounted 2.75" deep in the humidor and then most ring gages can only get 2 rows beneath them. So a tray could displace 10 cigars, or, if it is mounted a half an inch lower, it could displace 25 cigars.

I failed!

Yea I think when accounting for tray's it would be a much rougher output, essentially how much volume is reduced by the material of the tray, and the impact that has on storage capacity. Like you said, where a tray or divider is mounted is going to play a role in how many cigars you'll ultimately be able to fit in your humidor. Thanks for the research and work to improve the already useful calculator!