How much would you spend on a Travel Humi

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Adam,

The case is made by SKB cases (more so known for their music cases, but this model is part of their industrial line) who is a competitor with Pelican. I have access to both lines and having dealt with both this case is much better IMHO. In terms of being bulky it is a little large in comparison to the 15ct cigar caddies etc but they are fairly close to Halliburton size if memory suits me right (I may be wrong) the inside dims of this case are 9x7x4 & outside dims are slightly smaller than 11x10x5. These cases are made in the USA in Cali within 30+- miles of Pelican and are made of the same if not higher quality than Pelican. I may be slightly bias because Pelican as a company from where I sit is a sh!tty company who is only interested in the $$ and not taking care of their dealers/customers..
I am curious where you could get the foam trays from too. I know I bought some from you awhile ago that were purchased from cigar solutions but they do not carry them any more.
I have access to get both tray types made however due to $$ I am only thinking of starting with the longer trays to again accommodate more cigar variety. I figured offer more (cigar) size options over quantity at 1st and if that does well invest in getting the other trays more to offer the quantity side.

Originally Posted by T.G

I'm not really into the bulky cases, which is one of the main reasons I switched to a Halliburton some time ago, but just to bring up a point I haven't seen mentioned yet...

Where is your case made and by whom?

I can buy a Pelican 1200 case, made in the US, for $40 on Amazon. Foam inserts are about $3-4 each IIRC. While I will probably come out close to your price, I'd be getting a case that is made here and comes with a 35 year track record of performance and I can piece together something like two robusto trays and one churchill tray rather than being forced into three of the same.

So, for me to be interested (hypothetically), you'd have to offer something that I can't get by piecing it together myself.

Originally Posted by the nub

IMHO this is the reality for a lot of BOTL.

For all intents and purposes you are offering a convenience service so your premium has to be priced accordingly. No offense.

Nub,
No this is exactly WHY I am doing this, to try out if it will end up being a waste of time to proceed with this or if it would be a good idea. That being said yes anyone could source a few places and get all the parts pay shipping from several places and make the case themselves for relatively the same price.

Adam & Nub thanks for this, I was waiting for more of a questionnaire type of thing cause I knew I probably didn't explain it all as well as I should have.