Ebay Humidors

[CoventryCat86]

I'd say the ones on eBay are just as good as the ones in other places for five times as much.

Personally if I were you, skip the small humidor, do not pass "GO" do not collect $200.00 and go straight to a "coolerdor"

It's a heck of a lot cheaper, use beads for humidification (which are far more reliable) and you can start buying cigars by the box instead of just singles.

[Bkcloud114]

That is horrible advice CC...... I took that advice from guys like you and now have a cooler full of cigars because I now have the room.....


j/k..... Bill's advice is right on the money..... skip the humi and go straight to a cooler. I actually wasted money on my first humi..... now I ahve a 54 Qt igloo cooler and will probably need a bigger one by the end of the summer

[CoventryCat86]

That is horrible advice CC...... I took that advice from guys like you and now have a cooler full of cigars because I now have the room.....


j/k..... Bill's advice is right on the money..... skip the humi and go straight to a cooler. I actually wasted money on my first humi..... now I ahve a 54 Qt igloo cooler and will probably need a bigger one by the end of the summer

LMAO @ Tommy!!

I just had to add my third coolerdor a couple of months ago. It's a slippery slope Tommy, there's no hope, don't try and resists, just let go, all is well

[jaewing]

Economically speaking CCat is correct. However, if you are like me and enjoy the look and sophistication of a nice humidore then go ahead and get a humi. If ebay is not to your liking try CheapHumidors.com I bought one and the service, shipping and quality are great. Also . . . get bigger than you think you need. I got a 125 stick humi thinking . . . "I will never have that many cigars" Buy wa I wrong about that and I am out of room DOH!

[CoventryCat86]

jaewing makes an excellent point. I think I've heard that great deals can be found onBargain Humidors as well.

I have two small desktop humis that I started off with but I do not use anymore. One was an old one that my father bought in the 1950's that I lined with Spanish Cedar and upgraded the humidification device in and added a hygrometer. The second one I won in a raffle at a cigar dinner in 1998. It listed for $100.00 at the time but that was in the peak of the cigar boom when everything was overpriced.

I suppose if I had a respectable job with a nice office, a nice desktop humi would be nice there but alas, I am just a poor loser with no job.................(I'm taking a course on Cigar Mooching 101 taught by professor PB )

I also think that if I had a nice house with nice furniture, I would want a nice humi but that is not me. I live in an old run down house that I can barely afford (How's my mooch angle working here, any of youse guys buying it yet? )

[Krautle87]

Thanks for the help. I'm currently looking at one of the 125ct humis on ebay. Personally I would rather get a nice looking humidor that I can put on a table and look important I may try out the coolidor idea though for the sake of cost effeciency. Is the coolidor easier to put together/maintain? Can cigars ''age'' in a coolidor?

[Cigar Jack]

I got the Gettysburg from http://www.bargainhumidors.com and I really like it. I got it when he had a Seconds of them. It is now full... :)

I also got a CAO Italia Humidor that I am in the process of filling up. (I won it, no way in hell would I pay that much for a humidor that size no matter how beautiful it is)

[CoventryCat86]

Thanks for the help. I'm currently looking at one of the 125ct humis on ebay. Personally I would rather get a nice looking humidor that I can put on a table and look important I may try out the coolidor idea though for the sake of cost effeciency. Is the coolidor easier to put together/maintain? Can cigars ''age'' in a coolidor?

Cigars will age in a coolerdor just fine. I'd offer that they'd probably age better in a coolerdor since the variations in humidity in a coolerdor with a reliable humidification scheme (beads) is better than just about anything else.

As far as putting one together, some people like to "line" them with Spainsh Cedar which I think is unnecessary. Just store your cigars in wooden boxes in the cooler which will retain moisture and give you the pleasant aroma that most people like.

In may case, "putting one together" is only a matter of buying a cooler and a half pound of beads and using an el cheapo analog hygrometer. Since the beads are essentialy fool proof, you only rely on the hygrometer to let you know when you need to add a little water to the beads. When you see the humidity level start to drop, you know it's time to add water because when they are adequately charged, the humidity will never change. You might get suckered into thinking your hygrometer is stuck on 65%