What's Your Latest Accessory Purchase?

[LazyLightning]

Great lighters. I use them, and have never had any problems with them, including dropping them on concrete.

i friggin love cigars

Actually Sean, if I’m not mistaken it’s you I need to thank for bringing them back to mind these many years later. I’m pretty sure you made a post about them not to long ago. I had a new $40 one that would not work consistently. When I saw the post, again, I think it was you. I thought, yep those are fantastic lighters.

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Plus, I know some fancier lighters have a visible Reservoir, but these you always see if they need filling, BEFORE you sit down to enjoy a stick.

Yes 1st world problems…

[jrfoxx]

Actually Sean, if I’m not mistaken it’s you I need to thank for bringing them back to mind these many years later. I’m pretty sure you made a post about them not to long ago. I had a new $40 one that would not work consistently. When I saw the post, again, I think it was you. I thought, yep those are fantastic lighters.

Yeah, i do believe i mentioned them in regards to the 4 jet flame version i got as an order bonus i believe.

Use good fuel and they run forever. Haven't had one die on me yet, just get lost occasionally, lol

i friggin love cigars

[josh lucky 13]

This has to be authentic

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[jrfoxx]

This has to be authentic

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I'll bid $1000 since that's the going rate for empty Cuban boxes according to Habanos S.A.

$5000 if its full

Lol

Would be worth more if it had a glass top

I friggin love cigars

[josh lucky 13]

I'll bid $1000 since that's the going rate for empty Cuban boxes according to Habanos S.A.

$5000 if its full

Lol

Would be worth more if it had a glass top

I friggin love cigars

I love how it's made in Habana cuba

[SoCal gunner]

Cuts look great with it - doesn't look like it tears at all. I thought the blade serrations were bigger as well. You may have sold me

A little over a year, and this has planted itself as my go-to cutter.

And it gets even better...

After my heart sank when I dropped it in the sand, I put it away and figured a year was a good run. Then I got to looking at it as I was trying to blow it out and flush it w/alcohol. I noticed some tiny torx screws and went for it.

So easy and I got to clean it all out, polish the blades, and even snugged up on the torx screws to the thumb holds. I love this thing!

[WNYTONY]

A little over a year, and this has planted itself as my go-to cutter.

And it gets even better...

After my heart sank when I dropped it in the sand, I put it away and figured a year was a good run. Then I got to looking at it as I was trying to blow it out and flush it w/alcohol. I noticed some tiny torx screws and went for it.

So easy and I got to clean it all out, polish the blades, and even snugged up on the torx screws to the thumb holds. I love this thing!

I use the one you sent me as my go to in my home smoking "lounge". Love it, perfect cut every time. Already bought another for the enclosed cigar smoking porch and I'm sure it won't be long before I grab another for the golf bag. I only hope then my car doesn't get jealous and want one too !

I wouldn't have noticed those screws without you mentioning it. I'm impressed you got those out - looks hard to get a driver on them

[Nature]

Taking up some tips from others prior @GWBowman ; @Ljutic ;
I was already somewhat familiar with Govee as I had looked at them for a different monitoring scenario a few years back.

I got this set of wireless thermometers/ hygrometers from Govee. They connect via Bluetooth with my devices and also come with a WiFi gateway so I can monitor while away from home, or at least be alerted.



As you can see, the sensors do not have their own displays but are small enough to tuck away within your cigars. They take up very little space.



The set came with 3 sensors and the Wi-Fi gateway. The gateway isn’t much bigger than a USB charging cube and plugs into any outlet. I think the set was on sale for about $50. You can have up to 10 sensors on the gateway. I think more if only using Bluetooth.

I checked the RH using the notorious salt test (IT WORKS!) They were all fairly consistent and within about 1% RH of the predicted value. The temps all read within 0.2-0.4° of each other. I waited until there were no further changes in RH and temp for 3 consecutive hours before reading and adjusting the calibration.

I know, this is overkill. It’s more of a fun curiosity than a need as I don’t believe we should be fussing over storage as much as some do.
I didn’t have anything monitoring my two totes, but relied upon trust that my humidification system works. What I didn’t have was a means to check when I needed to recharge the crystals with more water. Wasn’t too worried, as this is very infrequent in the sealed totes. Also I had Boveda in there and could tell when they were drying up that a recharge was needed.

The dashboard:


They also have hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly graphs and charts showing average, min, max, etc.


As a side note, While I was at it, I picked up some moisture sensors to put on the floor in my utility room and near the sump pump. These will alert me both with phone and email notifications as well as emitting an audible alert. If you are following my smoking room / office conversion, the reason I’m redoing the floor is from a water incident involving the humidifier last year. Just a few weeks ago, we had another near miss as the air conditioning condensation outlet was plugged and backed up with condensed water flooding the floor. Between the humidifier, A/C condensation, water heater, water softener, floor drain; there are just too many sources for water damage. And it’s in an area rarely frequented, so any water could go undetected for a considerable amount of time.
So, in a way, these will also protect my smoking room., thus a smoking accessory.

I’m looking forward to see how these perform over time.


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[chain_gang]

Very, very nice write-up and review, and a top notch post, Mark.

[Nature]

Not the first time these have appeared, as they have been in the background on the “What Did You Smoke Today” thread.

My local had a sale on these, so I picked them up as Christmas presents to myself. Told my family they could wrap and give them to me from them.

Stinky Ashtray
Probably a bit bigger than needed. This is the deep bowl.



Xikar XO
I had avoided these in the past as they seemed gimmicky. The price was right and they are kind of cool.



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