Humidor Weigh In

[sinnyc]

This is one of those situations where what's best for one person is most likely completely different from what's best for someone else.

I use three large coolers because that's what works best for me, I have no need for a nice piece of furniture BUT there are guys here who have nice smoking rooms and want something fancy in the room so a four-figure custom humi works best for them. I totally understand why they wouldn't want two or three coolers stuffed in a corner of a beautifully furnished smoking room.

I don't see a considerable difference between inexpensive large humis and the ones you pay big $ for. Humi "performance" is more a function of your particular situation. Guys who live in Arizona have a much more difficult time keeping pretty much any humi maintained unlike me where the room I keep my coolers in runs a constant 55% to 65% RH almost year round.

Buy what works best for you.

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Rather than coolers I use Vinotemps but CoventryCat's response hits all the points I was going to cover. More eloquently too

- Tim

Vinotemps? You are humble to the extreme. I remain humbled in the presence of greatness.

Heheheheh. The Vinotemps were $199 and $149 (on sale) and were cheaper than 2 of my 3 desktop humidors. IMO, they are basically the next step up the price ladder from coolers - barebones but perfectly effective.

I would love to move my cigars out of the Vino's in my office and into a beautiful piece of furniture down in my living room so I spoke to both Bob Staebell and Matt Avallo at length in December about their climate controlled humidors. Both answered all of my questions pleasantly and quickly and were very easy to talk to - seemed like top shelf gents. I ultimately decided that the time was not right for me to make that sort of a financial commitment, but I will own a cabinet from one or both of them someday.

Until then, Vinos and coolers FTW!

- Tim

 

[scandinavian25]

Thankyou to all that replied! I wasn't straight forward enough. I was not in the market for a humi as I currently have wayyyy more storage capasity than I can keep up, but I wanted your general opions on storage and the cost. But I am impressed by the love you all give to the ciagrs rather that the hype of everything surrounding them. AKA snob apeal. There are some very nice custom cabinets makers on this site and some very weel rounded smokers. :thumbs:

 

[scandinavian25]

Can anybody tell me who makes this desktop humi?

http://www.cvmcigars.com/p-1252-1576-bevel...-top-front.aspx

 

[Allofus123]

And to say that a Yugo and a Bently are equal because they both can take you from point A to point B is a valid is truly logical?

Hey Arlin, if the above was in reference to my earlier post (I used cadillac/ Ugo) please note that nothing was said about them being equal. Those comparisons were more so to answer his question as to why does someone spend the type of money on quality when the basic function is the same. What it comes down to is apple and oranges. I would never buy a Ugo regardless of how well it got me from point A to point B. :thumbs:

Can anybody tell me who makes this desktop humi?

http://www.cvmcigars.com/p-1252-1576-bevel...-top-front.aspx

China?

 

[CigarStone]

OK
So I have been reading this forum for months now. Particuraly the humidor section. Now I do not wish to discuss my humidor choices, but I do want to clarify some points of price points of humidors. I am interested to hear the input from some newbs and from the seasoned members. In my days of smoking in cigar shops and conversing about humidors with the owners, not a single one ever says that a humi under $300 is worth owning. Cigar Aficionado constantly pokes fun at, "anybody with a table saw and access to some spanish cedar" humidor offerings.
In any aspect of retail, brand name adds a premium to the price. Some times the price is warranted because the name equates quality. Other times a name is simply that. . . a name. Some small manufactures like, "Bob" have a great reputation on this board. They are also relatively a financial investment. Other makes like, "Vanderburgh Humidors" are very expensive, but similarly are of great quality. National brands like, "Savoy, Diamond Crown, and Ashton" line the shelves of most cigar shops. They have proven themselves through there numbers sold for many years. Then there are the bargain humidors. Most of the humis on sites like cheaphumidors, and cvmcigars offer humis for less than $100 bucks. I wish to leave out the comparison of the coolers and fridgidors because we all now the advantages and disadvantages of those.
Now considering all this, I was surprised when I started reading this site to find members well versed in the world of cigars, entrusting their hundreds or thousands of dollars of smokes to these $100 humis. Cheaphumidors seems to get a lot of hits and not just from newbies. Do you think there is a difference between the $100 hundred count and the $1000 hundred count. If so, is the added gauge of brass hinge, or the thickness of the spanish cedar really worth the difference. Are these bargains whores in pretty costumes or do they provide the same service. As I have seen many here site, I have found cheap humidors to "woosh" when the lid test is performed, expensive ones fail, and vise verse. Whats your position?

PS: please omit one sentence responses.

I have all of your answers but since you specified "no one sentence responses".....sorry about your luck .

 

[scandinavian25]

Cigarstone, the Anejos that I have came accross from 07 that had bloom or plum on them were by far the better quality cigars. Definatly not mold.

I figured the above humi would be cheap china junk. However, this thread has had a lot of people defend these cheapies so I am going to try one for the sake of trying one. To be determined.

 

[moki]

Cigarstone, the Anejos that I have came accross from 07 that had bloom or plum on them were by far the better quality cigars. Definatly not mold.

That seems really, really unlikely.

 

[mtshdtv]

I think humidors are like any other item, from vacuum cleaners to cars. You have the base model and a much improved/advanced model with lots more bells and whistles. I think the main problem with cheap humidors is they are copied off a design, which are copied and often look like more expensive humidors. Some do it well inexpensively and others just aren't worth the wood they're made out of. Also, noticed many cheapies aren't even made internally of spanish cedar.

Anyways, for a noob just getting started wanting quality but for less than $100. I think Craftsman's Bench
Cigar Humidors are probably the best bang for the buck, and not sure why they aren't talked about more.

 

[SouthsideCigar]

Scand,
That humidor looks like it is a model made by Quality Importers. It is indeed produced overseas, but is of very good quality for the price. I have not had any complaints from my customers that have purchased these units. Obviously, you cannot compare them to some of the high end custom units available, but they are very well constructed and have a good seal. For the money, they are a great bang for the buck.

Versailles Humidor

Dave