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smokingIsh
BoM July '09
I have one and I really like it for a small desktop humidor. wont hold many though, maybe 40 at the most, but seal is good and mine keeps constant humidity.
smokingIsh
BoM July '09
I second that, cigarmony has much nicer humis for cheaper price!!! Only reason I have the statesman is too many beers and the devil site, but the humi is nice for what I gave for it especially. I needed another humi like I needed another hole in my head.
Mitch
BOM 2/09-Keeper BOTtLe
Start by figuring out what you want to do. If looks are important your into a humidor, if only storage is important, you're probably better off with a coolidor. Keep in mind that this hobby can be addictive, there are big benefits of being able to age your own cigars, and many people out grow their desk top humi in a very short time.
You can get away with a tupperware container or decent wooden cigar box until you figure out your needs. Just add a humdifier like beads to regulate the humidity.
I started with a desk top humi, then another, then a biger one. I've given all three of those away now and use a wine cooler for boxes and a custom built cabinet with trays for singles. Wine coolers rocks, cost is about 200, plus $30 for beads and you can store hundreds of cigars with temperature control.
Same version without temperature control is to use a cooler with gets you down to about $30 plus $30 with decent room to grow the collection.
If you find you need boxes to put your singles in ask your local shop or around here.
You can get away with a tupperware container or decent wooden cigar box until you figure out your needs. Just add a humdifier like beads to regulate the humidity.
I started with a desk top humi, then another, then a biger one. I've given all three of those away now and use a wine cooler for boxes and a custom built cabinet with trays for singles. Wine coolers rocks, cost is about 200, plus $30 for beads and you can store hundreds of cigars with temperature control.
Same version without temperature control is to use a cooler with gets you down to about $30 plus $30 with decent room to grow the collection.
If you find you need boxes to put your singles in ask your local shop or around here.
Thanks everyone. Im a College student, And i think a desktop will be fine until i move into my own place. then, ill prolly look into a bigger, possibly custom system. so i guess for now my inquiries would be limited to the smaller variety of humis.
Dex
Dex
haha you wanna go bigger. TRUST ME..... I am also a college student and started off like you.....now i have an aristocrat and 4 desktops all full to the brink....... If i were you i would get a vinotemp. Only a buck fifty and works perfectly until you need more space :grin:
cubancigarman
CRA/NRA MEMBER
good advice.. I recently became addicted!!:smokingco
Ditto on that one. I got a desktop humi and now have abandoned it to go to a vino temp. That lasted all of 3 weeks for me. The Vinotemp is a nice and easy way to keep the humidity and temp level. I have a good amount of the heartfelt beads and no problems with the humidity.
just to throw my two cents in i am a college student as well and i got a 150 capacity humi from CI thinking i would never fill it. a month later it is now full. go bigger than you think you will need.
I'm a college student as well and must say, I started out on a 20 ct. humi. At first it was great! I thought it'd do well at keeping me cigars for ever since I bought so moderately! WRONG!!! As I got more into cigar smoking, I quickly ran out of space, hence a 150 ct. humi that should do the trick (I mean, it was a tad bigger, wasn't it?). Anyways, ye cannot imagine how quickly ye grow out of a desktop. So, time to get a cabinet came eventually. Even so, sometimes I need to store quite an ammount of cigars at the local B&M. So trust me, the bigger, the better (ye'll be getting them anyways...).
indyrob
BoM Feb '06 & Sept. '08
CI is $54.95 for the 40ct.
Cuban Crafters is $45.94 for the same humidor...
http://www.cubancrafters.com/products.php/item_id/305
njstone
BoM January 2010
BTW, when people call CigarBid.com a "devil site," they mean that it's addictive in an awesome way, not evil like they have bad stuff or are too expensive.
But I too call it a "devil site" sometimes, because I'm a sucker for an auction site and have spent WAY too much money there in the last 2 months. But I have 3x the sticks for my money, so there you go. 'Course, it will take me 3 or 4 years to smoke them all, lol.
But I too call it a "devil site" sometimes, because I'm a sucker for an auction site and have spent WAY too much money there in the last 2 months. But I have 3x the sticks for my money, so there you go. 'Course, it will take me 3 or 4 years to smoke them all, lol.
