A Humidor Build Idea.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Silound

I think it's the right idea, just the wrong application. The whole point of the design is not to store a large number of sticks, but to store fewer sticks in a more classy presentation. While the clear tubes are nice, I think they subtract from the elegance of the humidor, and continue to limit the overall functionality.

For a desktop version, I suspect individually compartmentalized trays would work better than tubes. Think of something a little bit closer to a plain plastic tackle box with the flip open lid and expanding trays, only done a little more stylishly.


For a travel version, a little shaped foam that gently sandwiches the cigars from two sides when the case closes (think like a Cigar Caddy) prevents any movement, including small vibrations that can cause chips and cracks in wrappers. It only needs to squeeze gently on about two areas, each with an inch of contact on the cigar, then a soft piece at the top and bottom so that serious trauma can't overcome the foam's friction ability and let the cigar's foot/cap bang into anything.

The plastic tubes wouldn't be used in the desktop application, just maybe the travel humi. We're talking two completely separate beasts here, two different designs of roughly the same mechanism.
The idea of trays rather than the rack/hole/slat mechanism, I can see that. I'd leave the tray front open or make it easy to flip the fronts down. That'd solve the different length of cigars issue.

I'm not following you on the second part at all. I won't be layering any foam, I'd only consider it at the foot of the assembly to cut down on rattling. I think you're considering foam trays that fan out. I can see that. I wouldn't do it because I hate that gray foam (I throw it away immediately). I suppose it's silly for me to dismiss a foam tray idea off-hand, but if I don't like the stuff and I won't enjoy working with it, there's really no sense in me considering doing this in the first place, ya know?
I'll be spending hours on it. If there's gray foam in the same room, I'd rather take a sharp stick in the eye.