[mithrilG60]

So just a quick update on this. I installed the replacement base a couple weekends ago, Bob actually had it shipped out to me well before that but it sat at my drop ship location in WA for a couple weeks before I was able to get down and pick it up. Don't have a picture yet but it definitely "finishes" the look of the humidor, especially for one like mine that will sit on the floor and not on a desk, sideboard or end table.

Unfortunately the door also needs to be replaced due to a hairline split in the bottom corner, likely from the shipping impact, that I hadn't noticed until I had the humidor upside down to install the base and new fan wiring (see below). Bob is currently moving shop so it'll take a little bit of time before he can make me a replacement, but I'm sure it'll all be resolved in time. The humidor has been rock solid at 70% +/- 0.5% since it finished seasoning so the door it's fully functional which means it's not an emergency by any stretch. It's more about ensuring I'm 100% happy with my humidor and not hurting potential resale on the off chance I ever decide to sell it.

I have to say, I'm constantly blown away not just by the quality but by the attention to detail. There are so many little things, things that the majority to customers may never notice, that make it what it is. I wasn't really happy with the noise coming off the 40mm reservoir fan in my original Set & Forget so I asked Bib to make me a replacement lid with a 60mm cutout instead. At the same time I replaced the 40mm recirculating fan at the top with an 8db 60mm and added a second 60mm recirc at the bottom firing upwards to better even out the humidity as the reservior was causing the bottom to settle 2 or 3% higher than the top. That second fan was exactly the ticket, recirc and humidifying is now completely silent and there zero variance it RH from top to bottom.

Of course that additional fan required adding new wiring, and the thing that really struck me as I was adding it was that Bob had thought to take the time to notch out the slider spacers at the back to allow the fan and power wiring to pass behind the spacer along the cabinet wall instead going around it, thus making a MUCH cleaner install of the wiring runs. The big thing that blew me away, enough that I actually called him to compliment him on it the next day, was the spacer for the included recirculating fan. On the face if it it just looks like a small block of Spanish Cedar square stock meant to raise the fan and allow airflow. Howevr Bob has actually cut an exact 40mm diameter semicircle out of the block to ensure maximum airflow and reduce noise from turbulence. A very simple and logical thing when you think about it, but one of those little design features that makevan Aristocrat what it is... and 99% of his customers will never even realise it's there. An absolutely amazing attention to detail that you unfortunately just don't see in most products nowadays.