I quite new at this and could do with some help with my first humidor.
You can read my newbie introduction here: http://www.cigargeeks.com/index.php?topic=42296.0 (http://www.cigargeeks.com/index.php?topic=42296.0)
At first my plan was to buy a small Adorini humidor, as that seems to be the brand everyone is selling in Denmark.
But I have been looking at auction sites for old cigarstore humidors, and 2 weeks ago this one showed up.
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I believe that it was made for a tobacco company under Scandinavian Tobacco Group, and used in cigar shops. Quite a lot have showed up on auctions the last 3-4 years.
I bought it, and is very satisfied with how it look in my livingroom. At the moment I use it to store part of my rum collection.
Besides, it is pimped out with fiber optic ligths, looks really good. :-)
Outer dimensions are 75 x 27 x 16 (if my conversions from centimeter to inch is correct).
But having read this forum, I am not sure if it is the right choice as a humidor.
Firstly, the cabinet is made of veneered cherrywood. I am not sure what the shelves are made of.
I am worried what the wood smell from it will do to the cigars.
It is not a very strong smell, quite pleasant in fact, but you do notice it when you open the cabinet.
I have ordered spanish cedar tree trays to store the cigars in, but will that be enough.
Spanish cedar tree is impossible to buy in Denmark, so I have no idea how it smells and if it will overpower the cherrywood smell.
Perhaps getting hold of more spanish cedar and line the back of cabinet with it will help.
Any thoughts on this?
Secondly, the glass fronts. I can see on the forum that opinions are divided on this.
The seals around the glass are fine, it is very well made.
Placed as the cabinet is now, there will never be any direct sunlight.
My own thoughts is that I am fine with this, so unless I hear anything else here, I do not see this as a problem.
Regarding seals, I might have to do something about the seal around the door, as it seems a bit to loose.
Thirdly, the cabinet is divided in a lower and upper part, and I expect only to use the upper part. But that is still a large space.
And even though I do have a tendency to get collectors mania, it will probably be a while before I can fill the upper part.
How difficult will it be to maintain humidity in such a large cabinet?
Before reading this forum I was going for a electronic humidifier, but now I have started considering Boveda packs, Heartfelt beads and kitty litter.
You really haven't made it easier for me. :-)
Thanks in advance
I'm not sure whether the interior is Spanish cedar. Since it was made by a tobacco company as a humidor, I would hope so.
On the other hand, the Danes have a long history of smoking and growing tobacco. It dates back more than 300 years and peaked in 1964 with 1.1 billion consumed cigar products being the world’s largest consumption per inhabitant. So perhaps they sold the cigars so quickly that they didn't care about correct storage. :-)
It might help when I get the trays, and can compare it with those. Hopefully it is Spanish Cedar.
You are right in that the upper and lower part are not quite separate. There are some space between the door and the the middle drawer.
I was thinking about blocking it somehow. It wouldn't look good, but when the door is closed, it would be hidden.
Do you use extra fans with the Hydra LG ?
Text in italics blatantly stolen from http://www.danishcigars.com/danish-cigar-history/ (http://www.danishcigars.com/danish-cigar-history/) Interesting read, I had no idea Denmark used to have tobacco plantations.
If I remove the drawer in the middle of the cabinet, then there would be free airflow between the upper and lower part, as the middle shelf is not solid.
The shelf is integrated in the cabinet, and cannot be moved.
The lower drawer is placed on a solid shelf, which is a integrated part of the cabinet.
The drawers are definitedly not Spanish Cedar.
The bottom spot is used for the power supply for the fibre optic lights and is closed of to the rest of the cabinet by the shelf below the lower drawer.
Opening the bottom spot up to the rest of the cabinet would be difficult, as both the shelf above and below the drawer are integrated in the cabinet.
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Do I get it right, that you would ensure free airflow through the whole cabinet ?
I did go for it :-)
It is standing in the living room filled up with rum bottles at the moment.
The reason I use pictures from the auction site is that they are of much better quality than what I could take.
But I would really like to use it as a humidor, as it is meant to.
Funny thing, my mother was visiting and admiring the cabinet, while I was talking about filling it up with cigars.
I then started going on about the problems with humidification and she looked quite surprised and asked: Do you mean you want to smoke them. Aren't they just for show?
QuoteEigon - 2/7/2016 12:28 PMI'm not sure whether the interior is Spanish cedar. Since it was made by a tobacco company as a humidor, I would hope so.
On the other hand, the Danes have a long history of smoking and growing tobacco. It dates back more than 300 years and peaked in 1964 with 1.1 billion consumed cigar products being the world's largest consumption per inhabitant. So perhaps they sold the cigars so quickly that they didn't care about correct storage. :-)It might help when I get the trays, and can compare it with those. Hopefully it is Spanish Cedar.
You are right in that the upper and lower part are not quite separate. There are some space between the door and the the middle drawer.
I was thinking about blocking it somehow. It wouldn't look good, but when the door is closed, it would be hidden.Do you use extra fans with the Hydra LG ?
Text in italics blatantly stolen from http://www.danishcigars.com/danish-cigar-history/ (http://www.danishcigars.com/danish-cigar-history/) Interesting read, I had no idea Denmark used to have tobacco plantations.
I have some sound deadening plates I was planning to lead the bottom cabinet with (the power source for the lighting is loud. And generates so much heat, that I only turn it on when I want to show-off).
I believe they would make a good seal.
It is not a bottle opener on the side, I haven't found out yet what it is for.
I have seen pictures of other cabinets on auctions, and none of them had that thingy.
And as a dane I resent the thought that I would need a bottle opener - danes can use anything to open a beer :-)
I have tried taking some pictures of it lit up, but they didn't really come out too great.
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Okay, I'm beginning to be convinced that it is Spanish cedar inside the cabinet.
And getting a lot of ideas of how to set it up.
The hardest part is going to be how to decide how to do it with all the different ways I have found on the forum :biggrin:
Looks great!
Surprised the lights generate noise and heat? Might consider replacing with LED strip lighting. I'm pretty happy with it in mine and the power is minimal. Just requires a 5v USB power adapter. Obviously no noise.
I put mine on the back wall, but it looks like you have a spot you could attach that would face inward. Here's mine empty when I was seasoning (a little bright)...
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It seems that power supplies for fiber optics run quite hot and has very noisy fan built in.
The actual fiber optic lights does not seem to get hot.
Quoteninfiction - 2/7/2016 3:00 PM I bought some LED light strips for mine too, but haven't installed them yet. I went total DIY for my lights, bought a roll of tiny LED lights that I can cut to length and solder together with wire in between so each level of my humidor will have a separate strip and I found a little wireless remote to turn them off and on and can make the flash...yeah that won't happen, but it also has a dimmer. Everything works great just haven't done the cutting/soldering/installing part yet.
Strobe lights?! :biggrin:
Party at your place! :lmao: