I may look at this humidor today, little help?

[replicant_argent]

I am not sure who made it, other than the guy says it is "made by a custom cabinetmaker whose business is making humidors."
Is it what I think it might be? The price is right.

[Blak Smyth]

Depends, whats the price and the sellers contact number? JK.
It looks like a very nice unit to me.

[irratebass]

Looks nice to me, what's the capacity? Just curious

[KidRock]

can it be verified that it was made by a "custom humidor maker"?

[KidRock]

It looks like a humidor ive seen in the past made by rochester humidor co. they went out of business. I hope Im wrong.

[replicant_argent]

Originally Posted by irratebass

Looks nice to me, what's the capacity? Just curious

He said 300... sounds about right

[Mattso3000]

umm...these pics are on my local craigslist humidor search. Are you in MN?

[replicant_argent]

yeah Matt, don't poach me.

[Mattso3000]

Thought the pics looked familiar!

[T.G]

Pete...

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=48397

Heh.

It isn't a custom humidor.

[replicant_argent]

Thanks, Adam. He also said:
"I modified it by adding a very sensitive adjustable humidity sensor. It has a standard outlet inside controlled by the sensor so you can stick any small humidifier inside and it will maintain whatever you set the control to."

Not sure exactly what he put in.

[T.G]

No idea what he added, or maybe the design changed slightly.

Mine had a 3" round hole in the back left corner with a cable grommet over it for passing power cables through.

I ran a set-and-forget humidifier in mine.

[the nub]

looks like an Avallo 1000

[T.G]

Originally Posted by the nub

looks like an Avallo 1000

Has there been a major change to the Avallo 1000 design in the last 10 years? Because it appears as if I used to have one of these humidors and as far as I can tell, there are a number of differences between it and the Avallo 1000.

If the one I had was, in fact, an Avallo, I'd be very disappointed. It wasn't a bad humidor, but it certainly was not what I would expect from Avallo in an $800 humidor. It was more like something that you would find for $450 at CI or CheapHumidors.

not an Avallo

Sorry guys, I made a mistake, this is an old Avallo 1200.

This was made before I met Matt, and before the Accumonitor was introduced.

It used an old fashioned room humidifier for humidification. Once the Accumonitor was introduced, Matt redesigned the cabinet so it would have more room for cigar storage instead of storing the bulky room humidifier.

A lot of other things have changed on the new cabinets. Obviously, they now come with the Accumonitor. The singles drawer and shelves have better quality slideouts.

If somebody picks up this old Avallo, and wants to put a new Accumonitor in it, I will give someone a nice deal on a new Accumonitor. We usually need a couple of weeks to get one ready, but I have an order cancellation in stock and ready to go.

[T.G]

So Avallos are built out of cheap veneered MDF? And they charge $900 for it?

Seriously?

I'm glad I got out even on the one I had.

T.G, Avallos are made for veneered MDF just like other "Made in the USA" cigar cabinets. If somebody does the research, there have been more than a few discussions on why MDF is the most accepted and used material for building a cabinet humidor. Regarding the cabinet, there have been improvements and redesigns over the last 10 years. Better hardware, better slideout shelves, better hinges, and better use of space to maximize storage.

Besides the cabinet itself, you should consider that all Avallo cabinets come with a humidification system that sells for between $250 and $450. On electronics, there is nothing from CI or CheapHumidors that comes close. If you go back 12 years, the room humidifier that Avallo used was considered high tech. Now it would be a joke.

There is a big difference between todays Avallo, and the Avallo from 10 years ago.

[T.G]

Putting Aquatreads on a Yugo does not make it a great car.

Using a $22 piece of formaldehyde laced crap with a veneer just because a few other "Made in the USA" manufacturers do does not justify an outrageous price tag just because it's "made in the USA". With little effort, I can find other "made in the USA" builders who don't use that garbage and don't charge much more, if at all. Slapping on some $9 hinges and $8 sliders doesn't justify the cost either.

The Avallo humidification system NOW is good. No argument there.

I'm glad to hear that today's Avallo is greatly improved from what it was 10 years ago.

who are the other "USA" manufacturers?