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[craig]

BTW, there are grades of Chinese humidors, and Chinese products generally. For humi's, look at the tassel on the key.

Black tassel: lowest grade, typically painted MDF with cedar veneer on the inside; tray may have a cedar divider;

Gold tassel: medium grade, typically painted MDF with cedar veneer on the box; seal and tray made of cedar.

Red tassel: highest (relative) grade, typically MDF with wood veneer on the outside and cedar veneer with some cedar lining on the inside. cedar tray.

[CptnBlues63]

BTW, there are grades of Chinese humidors, and Chinese products generally. For humi's, look at the tassel on the key.

Black tassel: lowest grade, typically painted MDF with cedar veneer on the inside; tray may have a cedar divider;

Gold tassel: medium grade, typically painted MDF with cedar veneer on the box; seal and tray made of cedar.

Red tassel: highest (relative) grade, typically MDF with wood veneer on the outside and cedar veneer with some cedar lining on the inside. cedar tray.

That's good to know. I got lucky in both cases then and got a gold tassel, mid grade, humi. If I had known that before purchasing anything, I'd have likely spent the extra $$$ and got Red tassel humi's instead. I'll definitely be keeping that in mind for future reference, although I'm sure I'll move up to cooleradors once I have this 500 filled!

What's funny about this is that is the exact model that I was planning on getting. It's either that one or I'm going to be looking into a glass top one, that's around a 100 to 200 count humidor.

LOL, hey, it's a decent humi and as per Craig's post above, it's a mid grade humidor. All I know is it seals well and holds hit's RH decently. The 500 count my ol'lady got me last x'mas has glass on the top and the front. I like being able to look in and see the cigars without opening it, but I still like to pop it open and enjoy the beautiful aroma of spanish cedar and cigars from time to time too.

[fuzzycrabs]

That's good to know. I got lucky in both cases then and got a gold tassel, mid grade, humi. If I had known that before purchasing anything, I'd have likely spent the extra $$$ and got Red tassel humi's instead. I'll definitely be keeping that in mind for future reference, although I'm sure I'll move up to cooleradors once I have this 500 filled!



LOL, hey, it's a decent humi and as per Craig's post above, it's a mid grade humidor. All I know is it seals well and holds hit's RH decently. The 500 count my ol'lady got me last x'mas has glass on the top and the front. I like being able to look in and see the cigars without opening it, but I still like to pop it open and enjoy the beautiful aroma of spanish cedar and cigars from time to time too.

After looking into things a little more, I think a glass top humidor will be more of what I need. I tend to take a peek at what I have more than I need to, And I like the extra room this one provides.

[Paddy]

BTW, there are grades of Chinese humidors, and Chinese products generally. For humi's, look at the tassel on the key.

Black tassel: lowest grade, typically painted MDF with cedar veneer on the inside; tray may have a cedar divider;

Gold tassel: medium grade, typically painted MDF with cedar veneer on the box; seal and tray made of cedar.

Red tassel: highest (relative) grade, typically MDF with wood veneer on the outside and cedar veneer with some cedar lining on the inside. cedar tray.

Are you just making this shit up?

[ashauler]

Are you just making this shit up?

LMFAO!!

[FatSmoker]

I ordered both of my humidors from these guys and have no complaints whatsoever. Fast shipping time, great prices, and decent humidors. I feel they provide a good product for the price.

BTW, there are grades of Chinese humidors, and Chinese products generally. For humi's, look at the tassel on the key.

Black tassel: lowest grade, typically painted MDF with cedar veneer on the inside; tray may have a cedar divider;

Gold tassel: medium grade, typically painted MDF with cedar veneer on the box; seal and tray made of cedar.

Red tassel: highest (relative) grade, typically MDF with wood veneer on the outside and cedar veneer with some cedar lining on the inside. cedar tray.

I may be taking the bait here, but what does it mean if the tassel is yellow?

[CptnBlues63]

I ordered both of my humidors from these guys and have no complaints whatsoever. Fast shipping time, great prices, and decent humidors. I feel they provide a good product for the price.



I may be taking the bait here, but what does it mean if the tassel is yellow?

It means you need to get tested for color blindness because it's gold, not yellow.

J/K........lol............it's supposed to be gold but I agree, mine does look more yellow than gold. As long as it's not black it's all good right!

[FatSmoker]

It means you need to get tested for color blindness because it's gold, not yellow.

J/K........lol............it's supposed to be gold but I agree, mine does look more yellow than gold. As long as it's not black it's all good right!

Wow, now I feel even stupider than I usually do

Mine is bright yellow, I would have never even considered to pass it off as gold

[CptnBlues63]

Wow, now I feel even stupider than I usually do

Mine is bright yellow, I would have never even considered to pass it off as gold

You shouldn't. One man's gold is another's yellow after all.

I just know my humi's were made in China and was getting the "gold" part from Craig's post in this thread:

BTW, there are grades of Chinese humidors, and Chinese products generally. For humi's, look at the tassel on the key.

Black tassel: lowest grade, typically painted MDF with cedar veneer on the inside; tray may have a cedar divider;

Gold tassel: medium grade, typically painted MDF with cedar veneer on the box; seal and tray made of cedar.

Red tassel: highest (relative) grade, typically MDF with wood veneer on the outside and cedar veneer with some cedar lining on the inside. cedar tray.

To be honest, the tassel on mine looks yellow to me too..........lol

[bmock50]

http://www.cheaphumidors.com/p_mediu...HUM-100CJ.html

So even though this is a 'yellow' tassel one, would it still be fine for awhile?

Or what about this one?

http://www.cheaphumidors.com/p_glass...UM-100WIN.html

[kevin7]

gaudy x2

[CptnBlues63]

http://www.cheaphumidors.com/p_mediu...HUM-100CJ.html

So even though this is a 'yellow' tassel one, would it still be fine for awhile?

Or what about this one?

http://www.cheaphumidors.com/p_glass...UM-100WIN.html

As previously stated by me, both of mine are yellow tassel humi's. I gave the 100 count to my good friend and coworker and he's still using it and it's still working perfectly (3 years old) and my new one (x'mas gift Dec 2010) is still working perfectly too. Add it up and I think it's safe to say the yellow tassel will work just fine for a long time.

I suspect either choice of yours would be good for as long as you want/need one. However, like so many of us, I would wager that you'll find the 100 count too small before too long and will want to start building some coolerador's. If you like being able to see your cigars, the humi with the display glass would be the way to go. Then you can see them without opening the humi and causing it to lose humidity.

On a side note, the humidifiers and analog hygrometers that come with these units are cheap and never work very well. While I haven't used beads yet myself, I know all the members here that do use beads all swear by them. An added plus to the beads is the fact that you don't need a hygrometer.

Search this site or the internet for "Heartfelt Beads" for more info.

I know eventually I will buy beads, especially when I start needing cooleradors for bulk storage. Myself, I still like a hygrometer though. If you're like me, I highly recommend you buy a digital hygrometer to replace the crappy analog one that comes with the humi. I use the Caliber III hygrometers and am very pleased with them.

[webmost]

Couple months ago I bought a 100 count humidor from these guys. Customer service was excellent. Product was excellent. Price was unbeatable.

I bought a box with an inlaid leaf in the lid from their scratch and dent section. There were neither scratches nor dents. There are two metal plates that are supposed to be stuck to the cedar lid. The humidifier has magnets on the back that hang onto those plates. Likewise one plate for the hygrometer. The two-sided tape that was supposed to stick those three plates to the lid had no stickum. That's the only problem. Solved with some gorilla glue.

Otherwise, the box is airtight, beautiful, and holds an honest hundred.

Some people believe that more money = more better. Nothing wrong with cheap. Leaves more money for buying cigars.