New Air: AW-321ED-BL (32 bottle) or CC-280E?

[ApeSmokes]

So I’m going to recommend something completely different.

If you are talking about long term maintenance often while you are away, and for large volume, I would suggest large food safe, airtight storage containers with Boveda packs inside. Store those in a manual defrost freezer with an electronic temperature controller.

This setup allows you to separate humidity control from temp control. Many here can tell you from experience that when you start needing to come 5-10*, you end up with wild rh swings and condensation issues. Separating the two things will make things a little more foolproof. Utilizing the freezer with an FTC will provide some significant insulation, and you could also use aquarium heaters to provide heat if desired.

I don’t utilize this myself because my stash is smaller and I keep my house cool enough, but I have a friend who keeps a substantial collection properly stored this way and he loves it.

Pick up a full size fridge or freezer off Craig's list and hook up an external thermostat.
Google "fridge mods" for home brewing. Lots of ways to do it, ranging from simple to complex. For your purposes you could keep it simple.
Then put your cigars in tupperdors inside the fridge.

Well, not completely different

Great minds...

 

[Boudie]

I have both the refrigerator with "kegerator" thermostat and a NewAir. Trust me if you want no maintenance the refrigerator option is your best choice. When it warms up the New Air runs constantly and water pools in the bottom of the unit so I have to keep an eye on humidity levels. The tuperdores in the refrigerator are sealed and the refrigerator can run all day without it affecting their humidity or wetting cigars. The refrigerator is truly stabilize then forget.

I'm trying to talk my wife into changing out the kitchen refrigerator so I can re-purpose for more cigar storage.

Seams like a majority opinion?

 

[StogieNinja]

Well, not completely different

Great minds...

Seams like a majority opinion?

Bahahaha. I was scanning in a half-awake zombie state after a verrrrry long week. You dudes already have him the right idea.

Carry on!

 

[ApeSmokes]

Seams like a majority opinion?

I swear I quoted your post too. Oh, well trying to do 3 things at once.

Yep. Majority opinion.

That's OK. The Wino will be nice too, and that's what he wanted to begin with. And I think they're great for singles... even after I eventually do my China Cabinet build, I think I'll keep my Winodore just for that purpose.

 

[Boudie]

Yea but you're not posting pics!!

 

[derboesekoenig]

Very nice. How many boxes you got in there??
I would love to get to a nice large cabinet in the future. Maybe in a couple years. But for now, wineador it is!

 

[Boudie]

I bought mainly 5/10 packs so I could try a lot of different things. I built trays out of Spanish Cedar from the local lumber yard and old cigar boxes. So....I can't tell you how many boxes but I do have a whole lot of singles. Just remember that you need the weather proof / sealable boxes if you eve go that route.