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Zanaspus
10-31-2009, 12:49 PM
Alright, I'm not really looking for the go ahead, or a smack on the wrist as I've already done it, but has anyone else made a sweater boxidor? I realize that it should not work with a less than optimal seal and all that, but I've had one up for a couple weeks with a few cigars and several boxes. It has 1 pound of beads and the RH has stayed within 2% all this time even with repeated opening and closing.

I'm not suggesting abandoning coolidors, but I'm curious if anyone else has tried it with good results?
eber
10-31-2009, 01:06 PM
pic?
mariogolbee
10-31-2009, 01:16 PM
:np
s15driftking
10-31-2009, 01:18 PM
like a rubbermaid bin????
tobii3
10-31-2009, 01:19 PM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/tobii3/013.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/tobii3/Yogi.jpg

You mean like those???
captain53
10-31-2009, 01:23 PM
:tpd::banger:np
The Poet
10-31-2009, 01:35 PM
I've got two smaller boxes like that I've used for travel or herfs. They work just fine, at least short-term. I "improved" the seal by taking scraps of yoga mat and fixing strips into the lid's inner lip with double-sided tape.

FYI, I got the mat scraps from a local studio that cuts their own, and often has ends or pieces left. Just so you know it's not my own - you won't catch me greeting the sun in a downward dog.
DMK
10-31-2009, 01:53 PM
me greeting the sun in a downward dog.

now that there is funny....:r:r
Zanaspus
10-31-2009, 02:26 PM
Sorry, I don't have a working camera atm :(, but yes, it's a large, plastic, 2.5x2x2 foot box that you can buy at any Wal-Mart/home store, etc. They are usually sold a sweater boxes. The type that's meant to store old clothes in closets. I have a weight that I keep on top to close any natural warpage gaps in the plastic.

And yes, it looks much like the one pictured above, only larger. :ss
bobarian
10-31-2009, 02:51 PM
For temporary storage a plastic box will work. But unless you are just using one out of the garage, I dont see the reason. The smaller Sterlite boxes also are handy herf boxes. But as far as saving money for longer term storage I dont see these solutions being more economical than an $18 48qt cooler. :2
SLO_Smoke
10-31-2009, 03:17 PM
Here is a post for gasket-top storage boxes-
LINK (http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showpost.php?p=503246&postcount=13) :tu

I am up to 30 of these 20qt boxes now and 6 70qt coolers.
They work great! :ss

Here is a LINK (http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19790) to the cooler storage Thread this is posted in.