Cheap Humidor Woes

[rodwha]

If a cheap humidor can leave you needing to mess with it once a week that just won't work as we are known to take off for a week or two to visit family.

I do really want a glass top as they look nice and allow for a peek with just a glance. I think I'd opt for this and try to seal it if it fails to hold a seal.

I'm certainly leaning towards asking for one for Christmas so as not to need to save up my $100/mo hobby funds to buy one myself. I had been eyeing an 1862 Colt Police, but maybe that will wait a bit longer...

[RenoH414]

I'm certainly leaning towards asking for one for Christmas so as not to need to save up my $100/mo hobby funds to buy one myself. I had been eyeing an 1862 Colt Police, but maybe that will wait a bit longer...

Buy the Colt and some Tupperware!!! That's what I would do for sure. They make more humidors everyday but not Colts. Use the tupperdor until you can save enough for a good Marshall if you want a nice one that will last for years. That's what I wish I would have done. Just my $0.02 worth....

Reno

[rodwha]

Years?!?! A nice better last until I'm too old and weak to lift the lid!

[droy1958]

I got a YETI Roadie 20 cooler 6-8 months ago that I've been using for box storage. They seal very well and have great insulation. Have yet to use any Bovedas in it yet and it holds high sixties. The cigars are the humidification as they come in a bit wet. I just transfer some over to my desktops as needed. I went on a little buying spree back when and couldn't fit anymore boxes in it so I bought one of those heavy duty five gallon buckets with the screw top lid on it for the overflowing boxes. Tossed some cedar and one Boveda 65 in it and it holds amazingly well with 4-5 boxes in it. I store it in a cool closet and it's worked for me...Whatever gets you through the night...

[rodwha]

What I'm looking at isn't an original, but a reproduction by Uberti. It's only about $375 or so... I'd behave like Gollum were it an original!

[RenoH414]

Ah. I gotcha. That makes sense then.

Reno

[Mr Jones]

I avoid glass top humidors simply because I don't want light (any kind of light) hitting my cigars.

[Zeede]

I avoid glass top humidors simply because I don't want light (any kind of light) hitting my cigars.

Does your local B&M hand out night vision goggles for customers to browse the humidor with?

[Demuths1770]

Does your local B&M hand out night vision goggles for customers to browse the humidor with?

with the turn over that cigar stores have light is not really an isusse for them lol. i would go with a tupperdor becuse once you start its your count will go up fast..... if you think a 100ct is going to work get a 200ct than. I started with a 30ct desktop and outgrew it very fast. made a tupperdor that held around 100 and it filled up. i have since built a tupperdor that holds over 200 i have a desktop i got in a pass that holds my higher end sticks that is full and the 30ct destop has infused in it. moral of the story... spend afew more bucks and go bigger

[HIM]

if you think a 100ct is going to work get a 200ct than. I started with a 30ct desktop and outgrew it very fast.

This is so true and happens to most in this hobby. Buy bigger than you'll need and don't get it in your head that you have to fill the extra space just because you have it. Your humi won't end up jam-packed and you'll be able to move stuff around or rotate stock every once in a while. Much easier than when its packed to the gills.
Many of us said "200 cigars would last me a lifetime thats plenty of space." Lo and behold 3 more tupperdors later your scratching your head wondering what the hell happened lol.