New Humidor suggestions

[usmc-walker]

i will be heading back home to the states in a little bit here and am going to be looking to buy a new humidor, so far i like the treasure dome 250ct on CI for like 160 bucks. would just like to know if anyone has any suggestions i might want somthing a lil bigger than 250, i much rather have way more room than not enough so any suggestions would be much appreciated

 

[maverickdrinker]

I would suggest buying either the bigger cooler that you can get or a wine cooler. A 250 will run out of space in no time.

 

[usmc-walker]

so you can actully just use wine coolers and they keep humidity, that would actully be pretty cool cause my wife drinks alot of wine

 

[bdc30]

so you can actully just use wine coolers and they keep humidity

http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=35811

 

[E.J.]

Aristocrat or Avallo for presentation, something displaying your collection in a open area. Wine cooler would be next, better with shelves/drawers for presentation. But IMO, for storage, nothing more or less, you cannot beat a plain old cooler.

 

[usmc-walker]

looking at this edgestar 28 bottle, this would be for storage as well as presentation and it has LED lighting and already has a fan system built in and will maintain 65 degrees and 70% humi, might even let the wife throw a bottle or 2 of the nicer wine in the bottom to try to get her interested in it haha

 

[orangedog]

looking at this edgestar 28 bottle, this would be for storage as well as presentation and it has LED lighting and already has a fan system built in and will maintain 65 degrees and 70% humi, might even let the wife throw a bottle or 2 of the nicer wine in the bottom to try to get her interested in it haha

sounds like a good idea all around!

 

[usmc-walker]

yeah im stuck in the shop today so doing alot of research and it looks like it would be really easy also it comes with steel wire racks but there are optional wooden teak racks but i dont know about putting teak in there would that be bad for it? also looking at using 1lb of the heartfelt beads but can only find the medium holders on the site and would like the bigger ones.

 

[orangedog]

yeah im stuck in the shop today so doing alot of research and it looks like it would be really easy also it comes with steel wire racks but there are optional wooden teak racks but i dont know about putting teak in there would that be bad for it? also looking at using 1lb of the heartfelt beads but can only find the medium holders on the site and would like the bigger ones.

not sure about the teak, but depending upon the fan system that thing has, using the medium holders in multiple locations may be a good idea. I use two pounds of beads for a 35 bottle cooler, most in the bottom and then three smaller containers inside the drawers I have. two pounds is probably overkill for me... 1lb for a 28 bottle is probably ok.

 

[usmc-walker]

yeah i was thinking of using 2 of the large ones, 1 on top and 1 on bottom and using 2 mediums on the sides for a total of 1.5 lbs for 5cu ft of coolidor. or mabye scratch the mediums for some small tubes for shelf/box targeting

 

[thegoldenmackid]

yeah i was thinking of using 2 of the large ones, 1 on top and 1 on bottom and using 2 mediums on the sides for a total of 1.5 lbs for 5cu ft of coolidor. or mabye scratch the mediums for some small tubes for shelf/box targeting

Amount of beads depends on ambient temperature. If you are only trying to bring it down from the low 70s to below 70, it's a lot different than if it's sitting in an environment that is in the upper 70s.

 

[usmc-walker]

Amount of beads depends on ambient temperature. If you are only trying to bring it down from the low 70s to below 70, it's a lot different than if it's sitting in an environment that is in the upper 70s.

you totally lost me, its a wine cooler so i can controll the tempature at a steady 65 degrees and just have to get it to sit at 70% humi