Deployed Question
I came across a nice cooler that I think will work nicely as a coolerdor. I just have a couple of questions. Do I clean it the same as I would a tupperdor, like wiping it out with water and then stuffing newspaper in it? Will it moderate the temperature well enough to maintain my sticks? I have been told that we need to start turning the temp on our air conditioners up during the day so that they don't burn up trying to keep the CHU cool. Will the cooler maintain the temp from the coolness at night all throughout the day? Does anyone have any other deployed cigar smoking advice they want to share? Also, what do you guys know about the Arturo Fuente humidor bags and their Humipaks?
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Another thing you can do is put ice packs in there, but beware of condensation.
On the temp front, I wouldn't worry too much - so long as you have beads or humidity pillows, or foam, or something/anything to control humidity and keep it around or below 70% RH, you shouldn't have a problem.
Ideally (as in, if you've got the money, the room, and the environment) you wanna keep cigars around 65F - the only ones who can do this are either people with houses who don't mind a high electric bill, or those who own wineadors. But honestly, me and some other BOTL's on here have kept our cigars around 75 or close to 80F for long periods and haven't experienced any effects, so I wouldn't worry too much so long as the temp doesn't go above 80F
This brings up the question in my mind, Chu or Tent? Either way the best bet is gonna be a cooler. The cooler is going to work best because it is insulated. it keeps out the heat, or cold (Chu life) or just the heat (Tent life). It also creates a pretty good seal so if your on mission for a couple of days (I've left mine for over two weeks) you have nothing to worry about, outside of the aforementioned roommate.
54 Qrt takes four copies of the Stars and Stripes crumpled up for two days to remove all the smell. Order some heartfelt beads, tell him your deployed and trying to make a coolidor, with David there is no telling what will end up in your box. Then you need to start the Balad Chapter of the DCCC. If you want to do this I will have the design team look into creating another logo depicting us as International. I will post pics of my coolidors in my Chu sometime tomorrow, and you can see how I have mine set up.
First is my daily humidor: some of the boxes are full, but not all of them.
I used old Copenhagen cans (thoroughly cleaned and stuffed with Stars & Stripes for 3 days), and the Hearfelt bead bags to make pucks. This way I could attach them to the lid and keep them out of the way.
My hygrometer is WAY to close to the humidifcication for my liking, but it is quick to find and it doesn't keep moving around in the Humi
Next is my box/DCCC Humidor: All of the boxes are either completely of half full, the bag and singles are the DCCC cigars. Some idiot ordered more cigars than he could store and needed to borrow the DCCC Humi, however, said idiot is the reason I have the full box of Padilla 1932's sitting in there. He must not be too bad, and what a steal I got them for.