Help with new humidor... (a.k.a. Wow, this slope IS slippery!)

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Originally Posted by smokeyscotch

Looks good, man. I like those trays. Makes me look forward to getting my 18 ct from Ron. Thanks for the pics.

Help me out...Ron, from CigarSolutons.com?

I completely blew by the group buy thread and placed an order...apparently he just extended the deal to all orders?

I'll post photos of the new setup when it all comes in...probably by Wednesday or Thursday...

[smokeyscotch]

Originally Posted by punosion

Help me out...Ron, from CigarSolutons.com?

I completely blew by the group buy thread and placed an order...apparently he just extended the deal to all orders?

I'll post photos of the new setup when it all comes in...probably by Wednesday or Thursday...

The Group Buy didn't get enough interest. He was kind enough to still do the deal. I went with his case with the 8 trays. I am going to get a Puck from Mark @ Cigarmony. I would like to get one of the perfecto shaped hygros too.

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Got the 1300 and the beads! Pics coming soon...

Argh, when I was moving some stuff around to the new box to try it out, I noticed some of the feet on my Gurkha Puros looked "expanded." The base is flared-out a bit on one and there's about a 1/2" tear up the side of it. A box-pressed Legend on the shelf below felt a bit more spongy than springy, but the foot looked fine...could've been on the "almost too much" end of things with the flat parts of the wrapper compressing different than a cylinder and making it seem more spongy than it was.

These were in an Armored Humidor Systems (basically Pelican 1150) case with 7 other cigars and 2 69% Boveda packs. Never really had this happen before...could it be the cigar or the temperature? The humidity in the air hasn't gone above 69% yet this year (come on, it's April and it's friggin' North Dakota ), but I suppose there could be some decent temp fluctuations going on in the house.

I'm questioning the 70% beads I got for my storage case...or could it be a temp issue? Do I need to start looking for a coolerdor? A Vinotemp?
<slip> Whoops!

[smokeyscotch]

If you're able to keep your home pretty steady temp wise, I would just get a cooler. If temp is a problem, definitely go with the Vinotemp.

Looking forward to the pics.

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Originally Posted by smokeyscotch

If you're able to keep your home pretty steady temp wise, I would just get a cooler. If temp is a problem, definitely go with the Vinotemp.

Looking forward to the pics.

I dunno' what to think. I'm thinking the temp in the house is pretty stable, but then again the North Dakota thing...I got thick skin. I got them in a closet for now, we'll see what happens over the next few days.

Guess that means I'll have to toast the Fuente (oh yeah, an addendum to the above, it was a Fuente and not a Puro).