Yeah, Cibao, I am trying really hard to leave some stuff alone for a while. Like years heheheh. An almost complete lack of patience is a character flaw of mine that I have been aware of since childhood so we'll see if I can muster up the restraint.
My plan is to only buy boxes of ISOMs two at a time - although not necessarily the same cigar. I'll buy one to smoke as I normally do and one to put away for several years at least. Hopefully that will accomplish two things.
1. It will make me think much more seriously about what I buy since I will (sort of) be spending twice the money on cigars. In other words, I hope to reduce or eliminate the impulse buys when a good ISOM deal pops up :blush:
2. It will allow me to build up a stock of decently aged cigars. After some as yet undetermined number of years I can start breaking in to the aged boxes and then replace them as I go to keep the whole process rolling.
So I started with a box of my favorites - those Monte No. 2 with the label you noticed. I dunno what the next round will be but right now I'm leaning towards RASS.
The Vinotemps use thermoelectric cooling units so there is no compressor. I have mine in my office that has multiple computers so although the Vinos arent actually silent (they do use a fan) they are certainly quieter than any of my computers. I never hear them come on or off so I doubt that noise would be a problem.