Humidor Question

[Jonsey5484]

Welcome to the board. My first Humidor came from CigarsInternational.com. It was a 60 count humi with a humidifier and a hygrometer. Two important things that you need, that some humi's do not offer. I am outgrowing this humi now, and in the process of building a very large humidor to house boxes of cigars. Temporarily I will be keeping the boxes in a coolidor. I would start out with a nice looking humi in the 60 to 150 count range. Good luck!

[BigMacFU]

Read a little more carefully. If you've been reading, you'll notice that EVERY time someone asks this exact question, the same answer is given: DON'T BUY A HUMIDOR, BUY A COOLER, BUY HUMIDITY BEADS, DON'T WASTE MONEY ON A HUMIDOR. You're going to grow past 150 count cooler within 6 months guaranteed, then you have a nice wood box filled to the brim and cigars without a home. Instead, spend money on a huge cooler (120 qt. preferable) which will be really cheap right now since summer is over, and buy a 1-lb. bag of humidity beads. IF you insist on doing the noobie thing and not listen to more experienced folk, you're going to find yourself buying another humidor or 5 6 months down the road because you don't have any room left. This hobby is addictive and fun, prepare for it and just get a big cooler now.

Welcome to the boards, and again, if you decide to refuse good advice, then mediocre advice is go with cubancrafters not thompson.

[Mazeman]

I feel that a nice humidor is a great thing to have as a stylish "accent piece" on a desk, or livingroom hutch, or whatever.
I keep the cigars that I plan to smoke in the relatively near future, or those that I want to showcase, in mine. It also makes the cigars easily accessible. I prefer not to pull out a cooler when I want to offer someone a cigar.
My coolidor is for the overflow and backup stock, and is kept in a closet.

I bought a Savoy humidor (I have the "cigar top" model). They're nicely made, and not as expensive as some of the others. I display it proudly.

That said, if cost is an issue, or if you're going to only have one place to store cigars, then BigMacFU is right. You can't beat the price and the storage capacity of a cooler. A sole humidor WILL fill up fairly quickly.

[godfather]

Read a little more carefully. If you've been reading, you'll notice that EVERY time someone asks this exact question, the same answer is given: DON'T BUY A HUMIDOR, BUY A COOLER, BUY HUMIDITY BEADS, DON'T WASTE MONEY ON A HUMIDOR. You're going to grow past 150 count cooler within 6 months guaranteed, then you have a nice wood box filled to the brim and cigars without a home. Instead, spend money on a huge cooler (120 qt. preferable) which will be really cheap right now since summer is over, and buy a 1-lb. bag of humidity beads. IF you insist on doing the noobie thing and not listen to more experienced folk, you're going to find yourself buying another humidor or 5 6 months down the road because you don't have any room left. This hobby is addictive and fun, prepare for it and just get a big cooler now.

Welcome to the boards, and again, if you decide to refuse good advice, then mediocre advice is go with cubancrafters not thompson.

Sorry, but I don't think that it's 'mediocre' advice at all, and it's more personal preference. That's exactly what this user is 'a newbie.' You shouldn't attack people's standpoints without first ASKING where they're coming from and please drop the arrogance of "I'm more experienced than you b.s."

I can give you pretty sound advice as to why I bought a humidor over a coolidor:

If you're a newbie and you're getting your 'bearings' to start off collecting cigars, there's nothing wrong with starting out small. If you want to take it to the NEXT level, then buy the coolidor. I think a coolidor is for the more 'experienced' user and it seems to me you buy one of these when you're ready to buy BOXES of cigars (I see mostly boxes in the pictures I've seen from people's coolidors). I'm a long way away before deciding to do that.

I personally don't know where I plan to take this hobby. All I know is that I'm enjoying it and want to keep it small for the time being....buy a 5 pack here, a sampler there, and invest in boxes much further down the road once I figure out what I REALLY enjoy.

With that logic in mind, it certainly is NOT going to break the bank investing $50 in a humidor and then spending another $50 in a coolidor down the road (you're going to be spending a HELL of a lot more money on cigars, that's for sure). Personally, a coolidor also takes up a lot of space (I live in a condo), so that's another reason I opted against one until I'm ready to 'step up' and buy boxes of cigars.