Ebay Humidors

[MMAB]

1. Made in China, usually (and there's nothing wrong with that)

2. Usually made totally of spanish cedar with a photo-laminate of some hardwood. What is a photo-laminate? Basically, a picture of a hardwood that is laminated to the cedar surface then coated with polyurethane for a good gloss. This type is fine, works great provided that it is put together well and offers an incredible looking humidor at a very low cost.

3. Some cheap humidors are made of composite materials which are basically compressed wood or paper fibers. Particle board, masonite, etc. with a photo-laminate on the surface and then lined with cedar. These are usually the ones you want to stay away from. SOME cheaper fiberboard materials often warp and don't provide a good seal.

Many dealers will tell you that a humidor has a beautiful hardwood "finish". That usually means a photo-laminate. Again, that's OK but it's not a REAL hardwood outer box.

Check out the links to eBay below. These are examples of totally solid cedar humidors with a photo-laminate. Again, there is nothing wrong with these. But note how they say "finish" when reffering to the exterior instead of reffering to it as solid walnut or oak or what-have-you with a cedar lining.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...187752638&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...186334491&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...185709381&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...186988936&rd=1

You can see that the exposed edges (where you see the thickness of the wood) of the lid and bottom are the same wood as the cedar "lining". So the humidor is solid cedar throughout not just lined with cedar.

Again, any of these examples above would most likely make fine humidors. Just be wary of anyone who won't show the inside of a humidor or any offer that seems to good to be true. They usually are.

This next link shows a solid mahogany humidor with a true lining of cedar. You can see that the humidor box was first made of mahogany then the interior was lined with cedar. Of course I'm taking the word of the dealer that the shell IS solid mahogany. But it looks legit and he's got good feedback.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...186451461&rd=1

The majority of humidors on eBay seem to be OK from what I've seen lately. Just look closely and check out what other buyers have said about the vendors and their products and make sure you can return an item if you aren't satisfied with it.

Disclaimer - MMAB has no affiliation with any of the sellers whose auctions have been used for example on this post or any other post that may link to this post. The opinions expressed here are MMAB's own personal opinions and by no means are intended to support or discredit any vendor or their product or eBay and are used solely for the purpose of example only.

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