It is time.........................

[FunkyCold5]

Time for me to suck it up and create a coolidor! I've been pushing it back for the past 2 weeks, but now, I officially have no more room, especially with 3 boxes and a couple 5 packs coming in. DAMN YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My GF is seriously considering our relationship after I told her what I'm expecting in the mail. DOH!

My questions are:

1. Is it better to put beads in those bags or is it better to just put it in a bowl?
2. Is 1lbs enough for a 100qt cooler?
3. Do I really need a small fan to circulate the humidity in a 100 qt cooler?
4. Can I place 5 packs in the cooler, or only cigars in boxes? (dunno if plastic smell will affect 5 packs, since they don't have the protection of the spanish cedar boxes)
5. What is the meaning of life?
6. If a tree falls and no one is there, would it make a sound?

Thanks.

Andrew

[chefchris]

Time for me to suck it up and create a coolidor! I've been pushing it back for the past 2 weeks, but now, I officially have no more room, especially with 3 boxes and a couple 5 packs coming in. DAMN YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My GF is seriously considering our relationship after I told her what I'm expecting in the mail. DOH!

Anyways, reason for the coolidor is, I'm getting a few more boxes from a country south of where I am, and let's just say I'm not in Canada!

My questions are:

1. Is it better to put beads in those bags or is it better to just put it in a bowl?
2. Is 1lbs enough for a 100qt cooler?
3. Do I really need a small fan to circulate the humidity in a 100 qt cooler?
4. Can I place 5 packs in the cooler, or only cigars in boxes? (dunno if plastic smell will affect 5 packs, since they don't have the protection of the spanish cedar boxes)
5. What is the meaning of life?
6. If a tree falls and no one is there, would it make a sound?

Thanks.

Andrew

1. I have mine in panty hose and some in containers. Don't think it matters.
2. Go to Heartfelt's site and look under the FAQ to see how much you need.
3. I have a fan in my trunk. Some people say no, I say it couldn't hurt. I will say that my rh has leveled out since I've placed it in there. Get an Oust.
4. Yes, singles in coolers is 'cool'
5. It was an humorous movie featuring Monty Python.
6. Sound has to be perceived in able for it to be sound.

[bigsmoke]

Time for me to suck it up and create a coolidor! I've been pushing it back for the past 2 weeks, but now, I officially have no more room, especially with 3 boxes and a couple 5 packs coming in. DAMN YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My GF is seriously considering our relationship after I told her what I'm expecting in the mail. DOH!

Anyways, reason for the coolidor is, I'm getting a few more boxes from a country south of where I am, and let's just say I'm not in Canada!

My questions are:

1. Is it better to put beads in those bags or is it better to just put it in a bowl?
2. Is 1lbs enough for a 100qt cooler?
3. Do I really need a small fan to circulate the humidity in a 100 qt cooler?
4. Can I place 5 packs in the cooler, or only cigars in boxes? (dunno if plastic smell will affect 5 packs, since they don't have the protection of the spanish cedar boxes)
5. What is the meaning of life?
6. If a tree falls and no one is there, would it make a sound?

Thanks.

Andrew

My wife threatened to kill me when I told her that a coolidor was going to be our new end table in the living room. But I said hey! You like to smoke the cigars as well, do you want to smoke dried out shitty cigars? As for your questions:
1. I have my beads in the heartfelt tubes and that works great. Go with whatever works for you. I don't think there is a bad way to do it.
2.I think 1lb should be enough but just check to be sure. You can always just wait and seee what your humidity levels out to and add some more or remove some if you you are to high or too low.
3. Those oust fans can be picked up for as little as 3 bucks so it is a pretty small investment for a bit of piece of mind.
4. Throw whatever you have in the cooler. I think the more cedar the better.
5.He who smokes the most cigars has the best life.
6. If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, it makes a sound all right. But not a thud, it cries for hours. As sad as that is, you have to remember when a tree is planted, it sings for joy.

Take care and good luck with your coolidor.

[ReV]

You can always just wait and seee what your humidity levels out to and add some more or remove some if you you are to high or too low.

beads shouldn't make your rh too high, they absorb humidity to keep it right around their rh setting.

2. Is 1lbs enough for a 100qt cooler?

i think they say 1/3 lb of beads will keep 50qts level... so thats 150qts of empty space... not sure how many qts it will keep level once you put boxes and sticks in it though...

[dHUTCH]

when i put together my coolidor i wanted to put the beeds in something sturdy but still could circulation. so i went to the grocery store and bought some disposable plastic tupaware and some panty hose. put the beeds into the bottom of the tupaware and covered the bottom part with the panty hose. then i cut in a hole in the lid and then placed the lid back onto the bottom. thus i wouldnt have to worry about my beeds falling out if i ever tipped anything over.

[pub spears]

Check the local dollar store for a container if you're going to use one. You can probably get 2 or 3 for a buck so when you outgrow that 100 quart....... Wallyworld has some great containers like mini milk crates for storing singles and bundles.

[cls515]

Time for me to suck it up and create a coolidor! I've been pushing it back for the past 2 weeks, but now, I officially have no more room, especially with 3 boxes and a couple 5 packs coming in. DAMN YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My GF is seriously considering our relationship after I told her what I'm expecting in the mail. DOH!

Anyways, reason for the coolidor is, I'm getting a few more boxes from a country south of where I am, and let's just say I'm not in Canada!

My questions are:

1. Is it better to put beads in those bags or is it better to just put it in a bowl?
2. Is 1lbs enough for a 100qt cooler?
3. Do I really need a small fan to circulate the humidity in a 100 qt cooler?
4. Can I place 5 packs in the cooler, or only cigars in boxes? (dunno if plastic smell will affect 5 packs, since they don't have the protection of the spanish cedar boxes)
5. What is the meaning of life?
6. If a tree falls and no one is there, would it make a sound?

Thanks.

Andrew

I'll play too.
1. I keep mine in the bag Viper sells on his site. Never have had a problem.
2. I think I have 1/2 for my 75 qt and it works fine. 1 lb should be great for your cooler
3. I keep two digital credo hygrometers in my coolidor, one on the floor, one at the top resting on some boxes. The hygrometer at the top usually reads a lower rh than the one at the bottom. I'm about to buy a fan soon to see if it can fix that.
4. 65-70rh is good for the cigars. Actually you may want to crack open your boxes so they can get more air circulation.
5. it has something to do with God. you can ponder the rest
6. yeah

[ReV]

i have a question to add to this myself... i just set up my coolidor and i was wondering if its safe to store flavored cigars in the coolidor with everything else if they are in their own closed box... i know they'll screw things up in a humi, but is that enough seperation that my other sticks wont be effected? my girlfriend insists on buying large quantities of flavored cigars but until i build her a small humi, she has to keep em' in ziplock bags and wants to throw them in my coolidor... also, if you got a cigar box that had a good seal on it... could you just throw some beads in there and use it like a makeshift humi? or would it not hold a rh?

[Shelby07]

Get her a tupperdore and some beads all her own. I would keep them separated.

[ReV]

that works, thanks... i'm trying to move her up to real cigars... got her to smoke a DK green lable.

[pub spears]

Here are thse mini milk crates I suggested

[FunkyCold5]

when i put together my coolidor i wanted to put the beeds in something sturdy but still could circulation. so i went to the grocery store and bought some disposable plastic tupaware and some panty hose. put the beeds into the bottom of the tupaware and covered the bottom part with the panty hose. then i cut in a hole in the lid and then placed the lid back onto the bottom. thus i wouldnt have to worry about my beeds falling out if i ever tipped anything over.

Wow, I didn't even think of that. Thanks Dutch, will definitely go this path.