Selecting the Perfect Fridgador

[K Baz]

Done some reading on fridgadors on the site but I am still some what lost in what are all the attributes needed in picking a good base for a fridgador.

I am leaning to this model below. However I am unsure if it is Thermo Electric (which I understand is the right way to go) plus does anyone have experience/ideas with the "Humidity Reservoir" in this unit - help or hinderance.

http://www.danby.com/en/productDetai...1BLS&dept=0010

Any thoughts you can supply are appreciated and a nudge in the right direction would be great since I doubt I can resist the urge to buy for more then a few weeks.

[muziq]

That model isn't thermoelectric, it's a compressor unit. If I'm not mistaken, Danby has ceased production on the larger thermoelectrics and only the 6 btl chillers are still thermoelectric. Someone correct me, please.

Nevertheless, a compressor unit will work fine, you just have to watch the humidity...and check for condensation forming on the cooling element in the back and then draining into the indention/catch tray along the back wall. If you go this route, add a couple cheap computer fans or Oust fans to increase circulation along that cooling element, and this will help mitigate the issue somewhat. Use beads or a cigar oasis to keep the humidity up. You can go a step further by removing the wire racks and adding in planks of spanish cedar as your shelving--this will help maintain the right humidity, although if you're storing your stogies in cedar boxes, you're getting much of the same effect. Finally, if you go with a compressor unit, put it in the room with the most stable air temp and/or the naturally coolest part of your abode, which will minimize the # of times the compressor has to kick on to cool the unit. There are some good threads that cover all the ins/outs of these various steps (that's how I learned to set up my two fridgadors)...and good luck! You'll be buying palets of cigars in no time

[tiptone]

muziq, telling it like it is.

If possible, I say avoid the compressor models for all of the reasons muziq listed. It's just much easier to go with the TE unit. I have the Edgestar 28 which is thermoelectric and has a small fan built into the back of the unit. As with any humidor, go bigger than you think you'll ever need.

[K Baz]

Originally Posted by tiptone

...go bigger than you think you'll ever need.

That seems to be the problem though the compressor models seem to be the bigger models.

[tiptone]

Originally Posted by K Baz

That seems to be the problem though the compressor models seem to be the bigger models.

Agreed, I think the 28 bottle units are about as big as I've seen that were thermoelectric.

http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showpos...5&postcount=11

Since that picture was taken I've played a bit of box tetris to add one box and make room for one more that is on the way. I smoke mostly coronas, if you smoke mostly toros and churchills I'm sure it would fill up faster.