cgraunke
BoM March '14
So happy I'm not the only one that shops like this! My wife thinks I'm nuts. (Unless, of course, I'm buying things for her)
Just got in Newair CC-300
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Yeah, I'm pretty addicted to the miles and points game. I have benefited so much from it. It makes me cringe if I see someone paying with cash nowadays.
luckysaturn13
Smoke it if ya got it!
That looks awesome. I like how it comes ready with the trays and all. Im getting pretty itchy over here!
I ended up paying $326.75. That is with a 25 percent coupon.. I don't even own a credit card.. I pay for everything with cash or my debit card.. It does seem that I am missing out on a shit load of incentives, I just could never do it.. I just like to pay and walk away..
That's a great price. For me, earning points and miles are like a game. I enjoy it and they have paid for a lot of travel for my family. I wouldn't do it either if I didn't enjoy it so much.
SensorO
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Did a mod for better lighting. The little blue led lights don't illuminate much at all so I got some little Christmas light strings from brookstone and wired it in and then taped the wire in there.
I'll upload pics later tonight
I'll upload pics later tonight
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SensorO
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The pics really show detail, on purpose . You don't really see the scotch tape holding the wire, you don't really see much of any of it, live, except the light, which was the goal. That particular lighting, the wire is hair thin with a thin clear plastic coating. Here is the link to http://www.brookstone.com/microlights-cordless-wire-string-lighting?bkiid=SearchResults|CategoryProductList|895258p
SensorO
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Also, if you have one of these or even the 281,, the shelving from new air will not allow you to put the drawers in any other position because of the way the fan protrudes into the cavity. Simple fix, knock one rung out of the depth of the drawers, put the back on and the drawer will fit any where seamlessly.
Mine came in today.. She is nice looking for sure.. The drain hole was not plugged, are you sure yours is ? Also I do have a plastic smell for sure.. I washed it down with some dish soap.. I have the door open with some baking soda in there.. Letting her air out for a week or so... Trying to figure out what I am gonna use to plug the drain with.. Have some tape on there for now..
SensorO
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When I was putting in the lights, i saw the hole in the back bottom. I covered it with a piece of black duct tape. I haven't noticed a difference. In fact in the top picture you can see the little square piece of tape on the hole at the bottom.
luckysaturn13
Smoke it if ya got it!
its like Christmas morning everytime you open it!
luckysaturn13
Smoke it if ya got it!
Is that a tray of gurka? 
Just signed up to add my experience with this humidor (which I snagged for 310 3 weeks ago from homeclick).
I also agree the packaging was incredible, if not a excessive.
I wanted to put mine in my theater room which caused two unexpected issues.
One, Fan Noise. I had the thing on for all of 1 minute and realized that the fans had to be changed. Easy enough process, everything is pretty easy access with just normal screws. Inside fan was 80mm which I replaced with a Noctua fan but the connector inside was non-standard so I did have to splice the two wires (noctua includes clamp splices that make it a two second job). The rear fans were 92mm and were even easier. Bought to Fractal silent fans, a 3 pin fan Y cable and a 2 pin male to 3 pin female adapter. Plugs straight to the rear mainboard.
Its essentially silent now...only barely audible with your ear inside the unit since the inside fan never stops.
Problem Two was the front display was too bright. Some tint film from amazon took care of that in a hurry.
I too am unimpressed with the interior lighting. Its too blue, too dim and too far back to do any real good. I am thinking of adding a LED strip to the front top and seeing how that works. Ill report back if I decide on that.
Seasoning: I've had it with 1lb of Heartfelt 65% and its still going after 2 weeks. I'm in NYC so its dry but the cedar can't seem to get enough moisture (heartfelt keeps drying out daily despite 68% reading on Caliber IV).
The plastic "tray" that comes with is useless, throw it away. I bought a plastic platter from the dollar store and have the beads spread across a 8x11 surface on the bottom.
Temp Setting, yeah, totally wrong, reporting at least 6 degrees too warm compared to the Caliber's reading. My only concern is that its triggering the unit to run more than it needs to (hard to confirm with the covers on to feel the thermo unit)
Anyone bought single height trays for this (to place on the flat shelves)? Is it the same as the 280 or the whynter? The only reason I chose this over the whynter was I confirmed this one had double the tray slots which would make box fitting slightly more adaptable.
I also agree the packaging was incredible, if not a excessive.
I wanted to put mine in my theater room which caused two unexpected issues.
One, Fan Noise. I had the thing on for all of 1 minute and realized that the fans had to be changed. Easy enough process, everything is pretty easy access with just normal screws. Inside fan was 80mm which I replaced with a Noctua fan but the connector inside was non-standard so I did have to splice the two wires (noctua includes clamp splices that make it a two second job). The rear fans were 92mm and were even easier. Bought to Fractal silent fans, a 3 pin fan Y cable and a 2 pin male to 3 pin female adapter. Plugs straight to the rear mainboard.
Its essentially silent now...only barely audible with your ear inside the unit since the inside fan never stops.
Problem Two was the front display was too bright. Some tint film from amazon took care of that in a hurry.
I too am unimpressed with the interior lighting. Its too blue, too dim and too far back to do any real good. I am thinking of adding a LED strip to the front top and seeing how that works. Ill report back if I decide on that.
Seasoning: I've had it with 1lb of Heartfelt 65% and its still going after 2 weeks. I'm in NYC so its dry but the cedar can't seem to get enough moisture (heartfelt keeps drying out daily despite 68% reading on Caliber IV).
The plastic "tray" that comes with is useless, throw it away. I bought a plastic platter from the dollar store and have the beads spread across a 8x11 surface on the bottom.
Temp Setting, yeah, totally wrong, reporting at least 6 degrees too warm compared to the Caliber's reading. My only concern is that its triggering the unit to run more than it needs to (hard to confirm with the covers on to feel the thermo unit)
Anyone bought single height trays for this (to place on the flat shelves)? Is it the same as the 280 or the whynter? The only reason I chose this over the whynter was I confirmed this one had double the tray slots which would make box fitting slightly more adaptable.
cgraunke
BoM March '14
Also, you're going to be waiting forever if you're trying to "season" with beads. Beads are for maintaining the desired humidity, but you need to get there first. Do a search in the Storage subforum on seasoning, and ignore the posts about wiping water directly on the wood. Dishes of distilled water are your friend.