not intrusive at all uplander (or at least I dont think so..)...
I hear what youre saying on counts.. my desktop is SUPPOSEDLY a 150... I dont think Ive ever been able to fit more than 100 in there.. and I dont do a lot of churchills or other "big" sticks.. probably 75% of what I smoke is robusto sized or smaller.. I only keep a handful of toros, churchills, etc around.. I dont even do a whole lot of the long/skinny sticks like lances..
I get your point on the wineador too... but.. that said.. I think there are situations where the cabinet wins out... for example.. Ive got a wineador now... Ive outgrown it and am looking to increase my storage and get out of my overflow tupperadors, and get everything (well.. most everything) back into one container..
currently I keep my wineador in the closet in my office.. I would like to be able to display my sticks though.. and upgrading to a larger wineador isnt going work..nor will putting together a large coolerador (although that is my temp solution until I settle on which cabinet I want and come of the road for a little while and actually have time to get a cabinet set up property).. A plastic box with igloo on the side of it, or a 48 bottle glass front wine fridge is going to be a little out of place in the office (all old, dark wood furniture)... and Im out of closet space (I intend on keeping the wineador I have.. and using it for "daily" smokes, stuff I want to bomb out, etc.. the new cabinet will be for stuff Im holding on to, aging, etc..)..
and the house boss (wife) absolutely isnt going to let me put a 160 quart igloo or a 48 bottle wine cooler in the middle of the den...
So... Im looking for something that is large enough to hold the stash (plus some extra room).. but can also be displayed in the house..
If I had a separate cigar shack.. or a basement.. etc... that I was using as my man cave.. I think the larger wineador would be perfect..
but since Im limited to either the office/man cave or the den.. my expansion options are a little more limited..
this is what I am thinking about right now (although I am still very much undecided)...
supposedly holds 3500 sticks (which probably means 2K in the real world.. but still more space than I will ever need (I hope!)).. and would fit in decently with the other furniture in the office..