Thread: Cigar Humidor Suggestion

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JLasher.......

You have lots of choices. If you are looking for a humidor to have out to display your cigars I would recommend Cheap Humidors Cigar Humidor Cigar Accessories CheapHumidors.com. They have a decent variety of humididors at reasonable prices. They also have some seconds atlower prices.

If you are just looking for cigar storage, I would go out and get a 100 quart Coleman (or Igloo) cooler, put some beads (I am biased and recommend Shilala's Beads) and a hygrometer in the cooler, and voila -- you have a large capacity humidor. It may not look sexy, but they seal well and have a large capacity at a very low price.

If you go with a standard humidor you need to be careful with glass. I am not telling you to not get any glass, rather I am telling you that if you get glass then you should expect that you will have to seal it yourself.

Often humidors with glass have poor seals between the glass and wood. Applying a little silicone caulking before you put the humidor in use can save you a lot of frustration later.

Don't rush to fill your humidor -- take the time to properly season it. While seasoning your humidor I would also try to verify the overall seal, by watching your hygrometer (which should be newly tested and calibrated) to make sure that your humidor does not leak.

Most of all, enjoy your new humidor and fill it with some cigars -- make sure to put a few real nice ones in there, like a Padron 80 Year!

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Hovy it all depends on what you are looking for. Here are a few Custom sites that make to order and are pretty high end.

Custom Humidors | Custom Cigar Humidors | Custom Cigar Cabinets

Custom Cigar Cabinet Humidor by Paul Humidors

Custom Handcrafted Cigar Humidor, Travel Humidors, & Electronic Humidifiers, handcrafted in Canada

Custom Handmade Cigar Humidors by Arlin Liss

Also if you just want to go with something simple but still very nice quality here are a few suggestions that I would choose.

Diamond Crown

S.T. Dupont

Ashton Cigars - Savoy Cigars and Products

Also here is a site with a lot of different brands.

Cigar humidors - Personalized humidor with custom engraving

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Originally Posted by Hovy

^ thanks for the input. i am looking to get a wooden box without glass. any brand in particular or it's pretty much all the same?

... looking for what's best out there.

Will it require additional sealing? what's the "seasoning" you are referring to?

Some wooden humidors seal better than others. It never hurts to verify the seal (put a hygrometer in the humidor and let it sit for 24 hours. Check the Hygrometer, and let it sit for another 24. If the hygrometer changes then your humidor is probably not sealing well.

Seasoning a humidor is the process of bring the RH inside the humidor up to where you want it to be for your cigars. There are lots of sites that explain this in detail, but in summary:

• Wipe down the interior of the humidor with a cloth dampened with distilled water. This will remove the dust and dampen the surface of the wood
• Put a dampened sponge on a plate inside the humidor with a hygrometer and leave it in there. A sponge has a lot of surface area so it will release a lot of moisture -- more then a bowl of water would.
• Leave the sponge in -- you may need to re-moisten it -- until the RH is up to where you want
• Once the humidor is at the RH that you want it at, put your beads or other humidification product and let it sit (monitoring the RH) for a week to make sure it keeps the RH. (Note that some people recommend putting the beads in at the start). If the RH drops, you may need to put the sponge back in.

The point is -- your humidor is dry when you receive it, so you need to slowly bring the RH of the wood up to where you want it, so it will keep your cigars fresh.

I keep my RH at 65%; some people like 75% but it is really your choice.

As for which humidor is best -- how much money do you want to spend? Some people want to put a lot of money into their humidor because it is a something special. Others, want a decent humidor but would rather put their money into cigars. I have this one and something similar to this one (mine does not have glass sides and is slightly larger). I also have a Coleman 100 qt cooler.

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I think what you choose to use as a humidification source is much more important than the box you put them in...

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