A couple years ago when i was just starting out, I stopped by ebay and drop 19.99 on a little travel humidor.
My initial newb thoughts were that it was an extraordinarily nice humidor for the price with its spanish cedar lining and good seal. Then as time went on, it lost its ability to hold a steady RH. The other day I finally got fed up with it after a botched caulking attempt and stabbed it with my 2.5" SOG Flash I. expecting it to penetrate just enough to still stand out of it, you can imagine my surprise when the blade went clear through. That was when I discovered my humidor's true construction.
The thing was made out of cardboard. The "spanish cedar lining" if even spanish cedar at all, was incredibly thin. I cant tell you exactly how thin as i dont have anything small enough to measure it, but i would estimate no thicker than one sheet of copy paper, as you can kind of see on the left side of the hole in this pic.
Now, I know most of the seasoned veterans of this board would never consider purchasing such a fine product, but just a little warning for the newbs out there: It really is true, you get what you pay for.
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