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shopkins82 · 07-03-2013, 03:07 PM

Coming from someone just starting to shed their newbiness, I wouldn't buy a humidor.

If you're storing ~100 smokesor , I'd do it with a handfull (2 or 3) of Sterilite Ultra-Seal containers from WalMart along with a 65% Boveda pack in each. The small one holds ~15 sticks, the middle size ~40, and the large size ~75. If you're storing more than 100 total, I'd look at a coolerdor for overflow and one or two of the Sterilite containers for primary storage.

They're not pretty and maybe you lose a bit of the romance of a cherry veneered spanish cedar humidor, but the Sterilite containers are cheap ($4-10 for the three sizes I listed above), hold humidity perfectly and, when combined with Boveda packs, they are about as hands-off as cigar storage gets... I wouldn't even worry with a hygrometer. If you buy into the affects of cedar for aging, just cut up some pieces of old cigar boxes and slide them in with your sticks.

A single Boveda pack should last ~1 year in these containers given that the only RH losses are what's absorbed by the sticks and what is lost when the lid is opened... no leaks and no wood absorbing RH. The Boveda packs can also be re-charged by leaving them in a Tupperware along with some distilled water for a week or two.

Maybe I'm soul-less but, IMHO, fighting to maintain RH of a low-end humidor is a hassle and buying a high-end humidor that will still require some attention isn't worth the cost.

07-03-2013, 03:07 PM	#10
shopkins82 Still Watching My Back Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 222 Trading: (1)	Re: Beginner Humi... Coming from someone just starting to shed their newbiness, I wouldn't buy a humidor. If you're storing ~100 smokesor , I'd do it with a handfull (2 or 3) of Sterilite Ultra-Seal containers from WalMart along with a 65% Boveda pack in each. The small one holds ~15 sticks, the middle size ~40, and the large size ~75. If you're storing more than 100 total, I'd look at a coolerdor for overflow and one or two of the Sterilite containers for primary storage. They're not pretty and maybe you lose a bit of the romance of a cherry veneered spanish cedar humidor, but the Sterilite containers are cheap ($4-10 for the three sizes I listed above), hold humidity perfectly and, when combined with Boveda packs, they are about as hands-off as cigar storage gets... I wouldn't even worry with a hygrometer. If you buy into the affects of cedar for aging, just cut up some pieces of old cigar boxes and slide them in with your sticks. A single Boveda pack should last ~1 year in these containers given that the only RH losses are what's absorbed by the sticks and what is lost when the lid is opened... no leaks and no wood absorbing RH. The Boveda packs can also be re-charged by leaving them in a Tupperware along with some distilled water for a week or two. Maybe I'm soul-less but, IMHO, fighting to maintain RH of a low-end humidor is a hassle and buying a high-end humidor that will still require some attention isn't worth the cost.