Thread: Monolith 1200c Humidor.. Thoughts?

Anyone ever seen or have one of these?


I have currently three humidors and being in Colorado with the dry air its been hard to keep everything maintained and balanced. I have been running Cigar Oasis units and they have helped But Im ready to be done.
Literally daily maintenance, and I don't want to loose my collection.

Thoughts? Ive seen one for $1500, but I have also seen people turn regular wine coolers into these types of units. But id rather have a turn key, clean operation.



The Monolith 1200c Series eHumidor is the ideal cigar environment system which regulates temperature and humidity at the touch of a button. The Monolith 1200c is an E.R.C.E. series humidor. (Electronic Regulated Cigar Environment)

Features:

* Holds up to 1200 cigars
* Tempered glass door with commercial grade gasket seal
* Temperature adjustable from 41F to 71F
* Humidity adjustable from 50% to 80%
* Digital Temp. and Humidity display at the top
* 4 Slide out racks on top, 1 fixed rack in base
* 5 Genuine Spanish cedar trays 18"W x 15"D x 4.5"H
* Ambient LED light kit
* Lock and key
* Side panels in black finish

Dimensions (Inside): 23'W x 15.5"D x 41"H

Dimensions (Outside): 23.5"W x 22"D x 49"H

just get a cooler and some hearfeldt beads. I would go the winerador route for that money too!

I did some one one puff.com who had one, and i think he spent way less

Not familiar with that brand, but I am one of those guys who built his own.

It is not difficult, but it does take some regular attention to make sure the humidity is constant (once a month or so to add water to the beads).

If you go the build your own option, you want to make sure that you use a Thermo-electric wine fridge. That type will not suck out the humidity like a standard fridge will.

It really made a HUGE difference in preserving my cigars. I'm in NYC and in the winter with the steam heat my apartment is around 78 to 80 degrees with a humidity of 20% or lower. Totally brutal for my cigars. Once I starting using the fridgedor, I have been able to maintain the same environment no mater what is going on in my apartment.

Good luck!

Very nice! I like the idea especially if you can score one for cheaper it would be worth it. Generally speaking you will probably have cigars in there with a value much higher than the msrp on the humidor itself, so to me this would be more than worth it. All depends - I myself have only 200 cigars now but I am sure if I had this I would the number would go up

I don't know this humidor personally but it seems to be a good choice. I don't recommend getting into the conversion of a wine cooler. Although, many succeed, it requires constant care: making sure the RH is there and stays steady. But that's me, I am not handy and don't like headaches.

I associate wine cooler - humidor conversion to an exotic car: works great for a short period of time but requires frequent maintenance for it to continue working great.

If this humidor has a distilled water reservoir, it's a no headache solution.

Finally, temperature control in a humidor is most of the time not necessary. Cigars are not cooled in the Caribbean's and they are perfectly fine. As long as you have a room temperature condition, you are perfectly fine. Having it is a plus, of course.

Hope this helps.

I literally ordered this humidor from four sources and none of them had it in stock. Does anyone know where they might have this humidor in stock and ready to ship out?

As far as temperature is concerned It's best to keep it around 70 degrees. I agree that room temp (60s) is fine. But most credible sources recommend a 70/70 setup. 70F 70% humidity