CheapHumidors.com

Subject: CheapHumidors.com Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:58 pm

Has anyone ever bought a large humidor from these guys and if so how was the service. I am looking at either this one:

http://www.cheaphumidors.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=HUM-500G-COMBO&Category_Code=LGHUMIDORS&Product_Count=4

or this one:

http://www.cheaphumidors.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=HUM-400FL&Category_Code=LGHUMIDORS&Product_Count=2

I really don't want to go over $400 but I'm tired of three smaller humidors and constantly forgetting to keep them all up to snuff. Maybe with one large one I can keep it up, I hope lol!

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Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:22 pm

I was doing a lot of looking around recently and I think if I decide to bump up this is the one I'll get.

http://www.bargainhumidors.com/bh/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=HUM-BH3
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Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:54 pm

a few of my buddies have the havana foot locker, they all seem to like it very much.
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Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:19 pm

Mike,

I would check out Ebay for sure. I purchased all my humidors from that site and have always been very pleased. I have never paid over $80 for a humidor with shipping. The biggest one i bought was a 300 count glass top.

I found this one for you to take a look at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/400-ct-CIGAR-HUMIDOR-CABINET-END-TABLE-DISPLAY-CASE_W0QQitemZ380007079196QQihZ025QQcategoryZ11675QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I personally like the glass on humidors so you can easily see the RH and it shows off would you have inside too! Very Happy

Looks like a a good deal also. Let us know what you go with when you make your purchase.

Lucky
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Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:15 pm

Tin,

You bring up a great point. Anything bought online a person should be conrcerned about quality. I always check out the "feedback" on all the sellers I buy from on Ebay. This guy seems to have quite a number a sales and people seem to enjoy would they have purchased. This guy also has a 100 percent satsifaction guaranty. If I had the chance to save $50-100 on an online item, I would buy it...as long as somethings where established (ex. feedback, guaranty, price, etc...).

But, I also do a lot of shopping online and have been very comfromtable with doing so. I know not everyone feels the same way. So, to those people I would suggest going with what you know and feel comfortable with.

Lucky
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Several years ago I had some friends buy humidors at cheaphumidors.com. They were good buys for the money... nothing fancy, but they held their humidity when filled with cigars, and that's really what it's all about, right.

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Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:26 am

Here is the humidor that I ended up buying. It holds around 300 cigars and has one of those fancy humidifier's.
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Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:55 am

very nice 'dor indeed!
One word to offer:

1. be sensitive to where you place the humidor. If you get decent amount of light thru the front of it throughout the day, it will eventually turn you wrappers, kinda bleach them out. Not a problem really with connecticut claros or even lighter shads of Connecticut, but the Colorado Ckaro and maduro/Oscuro wrappers will definatley be affected in the sense that some of the heavier flavor will be muted fi the wrapper is "bleached" out. I experienc thisa the hard way with a box of Sanat Rosa oscuro i had in a jar that was in full sun...oh well.
2. i would strongly recommed a digital hygro as a backup for the built in dial. They are notorious for "sticking" over time, though an oftne visited cigar should tell the eductaed fingers how happy they are Wink

No real pearls of wisdom here, but like I said I learned the hard way..

again B-E-A utiful glasstop: one of the nicest Iv;e seen. Congrats!!
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Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:34 am

Thanks for the suggestions. I will go to the local cigar B&M and pick up a digital hygro. It will be setting on top of my gun safe which is in the corner of my office/man-room away from any direct sun light. What do you guys suggest for a good soak in time before I put cigars into it Question

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That's a nice looking humidor Mike. Congratulations!

I am really happy with the humi-tube beads that I purchased here . I would buy one of these tubes (fitted for your size humidor) before upgrading your hygrometer. (I have serious doubts that either digital or analog hygrometers are really "accurate". They just give you an indication of which direction the humidity is going.) The beads seem to be accurate, well, stable anyway. Let the beads do all of the work for you. That's what I'm doing now.

I would just load up your new humi with cigars and the proper bead-tube, and then keep an eye on it for a month or so. I'll bet it takes at least a month or two for the whole thing to stabilize.

(You may want to verify that with the experts here.)

Enjoy Mike! Happy Easter too. albino

Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:48 pm

I'm in the research stage of buying a humi (it will be a couple of months or more) and have been searching various boards for information. A couple fellows have asked questions about proper seasoning and several dealers have responded with similar answers like this:

Buy a few water pillows (they're cheap, you soak them briefly in distilled water and they slowly release moisture) and place them along with your charged humidification device into the empty humidor for at least a week to allow the dry cedar lining to absorb moisture - some guys recommend re saturating the pillows after the first week and doing this again for a second week. What you are doing is over humidifying the humidor, the humidity will climb into the high 80's, but this will allow for solid seasoning of the wood, allowing the new, dry cedar to become saturated slowly and efficiently. When you are done, let it air out for an hour or two, then place your cigars in there with only the humidification device that you intend to use (toss the pillows). They say that simply placing your humidification device into a new humidor along with your cigars is overtaxing the device, it will not be able to season the humidor and keep your cigars properly humidified, and your cigars will suffer.

Do not wipe the inside of the new humidor down with water, it will shock the wood causing warping issues and will not saturate the cedar properly.
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Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:40 pm

When you say water pillows I am assuming you mean sponges. My very first humidor I put a water soaked sponge in a bowl for about a week and it seemed to work okay. I was surprised what you said about wiping down the sides. This too I did on my first humidor. It wasn't a soaked rag but damp. I did this for about three days running with no ill effects. Maybe I was lucky or the humidor I have has thick Spanish cedar sides. Thanks for the help on this gentleman.
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I highly recommend Scott Bundy at www.piperestore.com for all of your pipe cleaning and restoration work.

Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:04 pm

Water pillows:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330185368508&ih=014&category=133&_trksid=p1742.m153.l1262

A thread on seasoning:
http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=3277
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Subject: Re: CheapHumidors.com Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:38 pm

Here's another interesting thread filled with many questions and answers worth pondering. I don't have any expertise in any of this Mike so I want to make sure that you know I am only passing along stuff I'm finding relevant and logical and interesting, stuff worthy of passing along to a friend. Decide for yourself, but I'll be interested in hearing everyones decisions and opinions. I'm hoping to come to some decisions of my own before stocking a new humi (got a couple dozen cigars sitting in limbo in a tupperware, of all things) but I still feel there's a lot to learn, and then there will be the inevitable trial and error too.

http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showthread.php?t=145428

I'm looking at buying a nice 100ct desktop and then converting a marine cooler that I already have (basically new and barely ever used) for storing boxes, and I think I'm going to use beads for my humidification.
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