question

[RonC]

plastic trays for travel humidors. my foam tray would sit inside of a plastic tray. tray would be very sturdy. what do you think, and what would you be willing to pay for each tray?

 

[Wasch_24]

Maybe $.99

 

[RonC]

thanks todd, the thick plastic costs more than that..LOL

 

[Wasch_24]

Oh well.


How thick are you talking?

Is the foam supposed to sit in the tray?

 

[RonC]

yes, foam sits in tray. sturdy enough so you could put 20 cigars on the tray, and it wont sag. similar to a tray in one of the zero haliburtons

 

[Wasch_24]

Hmmm, I don't know then.

 

[CWS]

Most definitely yes. Great idea.

 

[rpb67]

yes, foam sits in tray. sturdy enough so you could put 20 cigars on the tray, and it wont sag. similar to a tray in one of the zero haliburtons

I would pay a fair price as long as they are retro-fitted to fit the Cigar Caddies.

 

[CWS]

yes, foam sits in tray. sturdy enough so you could put 20 cigars on the tray, and it wont sag. similar to a tray in one of the zero haliburtons

I'm always hauling my bigars out of my 18 I bought from you and they roll all over th eplace. A plastic try where they could be rmobed and displayed at a herf or to choose a cigar would be great. The stiff foam trays concerned me as the current ones do a great job cradling the sticks safely. Cool idea.

 

[Wasch_24]

Ron, do you cell the foam trays with the stiff back and the ribbon handles anymore?

 

[joshua]

Any way to put some kind of handles on them? Like little straps to pull the trays out? Stuff always falls over whenever I pull somethin out of a caddy. If the trays are nice and stackable, they would be pretty cool.

EDIT: missed Todd's post. I didn't know ribbon handle trays existed.

 

[RonC]

i had some homemade trays that had straps on them to pull the trays out of the trAVEL HUMI. the new trays will be easy to get out

 

[caudio51]

IDK, maybe five bucks. Really have to see what they look like and how they function to get a good idea of their value.

 

[Electric Sheep]

I'd be interested, depending on if they'd fit my travel humi and if they seemed like a fair price.

 

[tubaman]

I would definately be interested Ron. I like the foam trays that I got from you, better than the stuff that comes with the cigar caddies. But what I don't like about them is in order to take them out of the box, you have to bend them slightly and sometime the foot of a cigar can get damaged. I guess the little ribbon or string handles would help.

But I would be interested in the plastic trays, even better than the foam.

 

[vperlman]

I'd like that sort of thing for my 50-stick Cigar Caddy. I'd probably pay about $5 for a set or a buck apiece.

 

[djs134]

Ron, just to be clear; are you talking about trays that are as deep as the foam inserts are now? Only with foam lining so that you can fit more cigars in/on each tray?

 

[caudio51]

I would definately be interested Ron. I like the foam trays that I got from you, better than the stuff that comes with the cigar caddies. But what I don't like about them is in order to take them out of the box, you have to bend them slightly and sometime the foot of a cigar can get damaged. I guess the little ribbon or string handles would help.

But I would be interested in the plastic trays, even better than the foam.

Yep, I hear ya on the bending of the trays.

 

[RonC]

here is the problem with the trays. getting molds made is very expensive. easy to justify the cost on a high end item like the Zero Haliburton travel humidors. But on a cheap, plastic travel humidor, its hard to add in the trays, and keep the costs reasonable. Its easy to make up a homemade version, but it winds up being a little bit crude, and the time involved to make a homemade tray is not really worth it from a business standpoint. Getting trays manufactured is a pretty big investment. I have the tray design all figured out, trouble is that it can easily turn a $40travel humidor into a $80-$100 travel humidor.

 

[caudio51]

Damn, that is a bit too pricey for trays