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christian1971christian1971 Posts: 467 ✭✭✭
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During our move I lost my precious humidor. Now I am thinking about using a very large cooler. I would keep my cigars in their cedar boxes. It will probably only be half full, maybe. Do I need to fill the rest of the space with empty cedar boxes? Wanna makes sure I use enough cedar! Also does a cooler get more humid then a cedar humidor?

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  • rsherman24rsherman24 Posts: 7,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't think I would worry about filling a cooler with empty boxes. They hold RH great and the cedar from the full boxes should be fine.

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  • christian1971christian1971 Posts: 467 ✭✭✭
    Thanks!
  • New_BootsNew_Boots Posts: 2,651 ✭✭
    Coolers keep rock solid rH. Better than a humidor anyday.
  • rsherman24rsherman24 Posts: 7,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And I have heard Boots has an empty cooler

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  • New_BootsNew_Boots Posts: 2,651 ✭✭
    rsherman24:
    And I have heard Boots has an empty cooler
    SHERM!!! Why?!
  • ChemnitzChemnitz Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭
    My cooler holds humidity constant even when it is only half full. I use mainly Boveda packs. Works well.
  • Poopy_JonesPoopy_Jones Posts: 455 ✭✭✭
    I've been using a cooler for a year now and it's working great. Once I figured out how much kitty litter to use the RH is more consistant than when I had regular humidor.
  • ejgormanejgorman Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭
    If I had to do all over again, I would have skipped the humidor and gone with a cooler from the start. Holds humidity like a champ, more storage and very low maintenance.
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  • New_BootsNew_Boots Posts: 2,651 ✭✭
    ejgorman:
    If I had to do all over again, I would have skipped the humidor and gone with a cooler from the start. Holds humidity like a champ, more storage and very low maintenance.
    Yeah, I mean I can't complain...I have 4 100+ humidors that I've spent a total of $90 on. However, from an overall standpoint. Yeah, I could have sunk that $90 into shelving for a large cooler and been more than happy.
  • CigaryCigary Posts: 630 ✭
    New Boots:
    Coolers keep rock solid rH. Better than a humidor anyday.
    I have to agree with this as I have used every type of humidor out there. My cooler is filled to the top with cigars...120 quart size and it is pegged at 67% for the last 3 months. I put cedar on the bottom and sides and use KL as the media and it's about as good as it gets. I use a tupperador to draw my smokes from when I want a cigar and use the cooler as pure storage....it's a great system. Nice to see everybody discovering how well coolers work and I did my first cooler about 3 years ago and it's worked out really and my second cooler as I've said works just as well. I have since gotten rid of my 15 tupperadors ( even though they worked great ) and now use coolers. For the price of a 120 qt. or larger you can't go wrong...they go on sale all summer and my last one I got for $60 at WallyMart....you can barely get a china made wood humidor that cheap and they only hold a fraction of what a cooler does.
  • YaksterYakster Posts: 29,765 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2024

    This has got to be wrong, a 150 qt cooler for $20?

    https://www.rosesforyou.com/flower-arrangement/igloo-150-quart-maxcold-cooler/prod11460003?gQT=1#

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  • VisionVision Posts: 9,676 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Yakster said:
    This has got to be wrong, a 150 qt cooler for $20?

    https://www.rosesforyou.com/flower-arrangement/igloo-150-quart-maxcold-cooler/prod11460003?gQT=1#

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  • YaksterYakster Posts: 29,765 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks!

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  • YaksterYakster Posts: 29,765 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2024

    I got fooled because Google Shopping had a reasonable buy price for that site.

    Walmart usually has good prices on coolers.

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  • VisionVision Posts: 9,676 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Yakster said:
    I got fooled because Google Shopping had a reasonable buy price for that site.

    Walmart usually has good prices on coolers.

    I told the wife "if this is real I'm buying two and not for cigars"

    Then 👀

  • edzedz Posts: 47 ✭✭✭

    As Paul Harvey would say,......... Just looking to see if folks are still using and what the latest word on them may be.

  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 7,522 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @edz said:
    As Paul Harvey would say,......... Just looking to see if folks are still using and what the latest word on them may be.

    Yep, still using them. They’re not purdy…but they’re reliable, stable, and pretty much fool proof.

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