need help fast! im at walmartl

[Cigary]

Originally Posted by bigdog20

i am looking at 2 coolers. a 28 qt coleman that feels as if it seeals well and a 48 qt igloo or rubbermaid that seal alright as they feel. what one should i get

Do what I did, buy both of them and each one works great. Get your beads and you are in business!!

[hotreds]

Originally Posted by AD720

Get the 120qt.

No doubt about it!

[Nabinger16]

I'm sure you've already decided on one or the other and already home figuring out how you're going to fill it up, but for other's looking for advice...

My advice on a cooler is always get a widest one front to back you can find. That way if you want to put trays for singles in it, you can stack the trays sideways on one end and still have a lot of room for boxes. The cedar trays are 12.5 inches wide and most coolers aren't that wide front to back. The marine coolers are usually wider and have the latches to help seal them.

Just my

[bobarian]

Originally Posted by kansashat

You don't really have to buy a "cooler." The storage containers are quite a bit cheaper & will do the job just as well.

Do you use these? They are not even close to air tight so I dont see how they could maintain a constant Rh??? Please explain.

[Costa]

Go big or go home!

[andrewsutherland2002]

[SIZE=5]Step away from the coolers and walk away!!![/SIZE]


your wallet will thank me later for the advice.

[bigdog20]

thanks guys for all the input.

i went with the 48qt igloo. pretty excited about it!

thanks again

[rlaliberty]

how much did it run you? im curious if there are any seasonal sales right now.

[PerpetualNoob]

Originally Posted by TheRealBonger

I don't know any gorillas that would pick the smaller cooler unless they are having some sort of mental issues that day

I bought a 75, but I had a good excuse. I'm only planning for it to be temporary, until I get my fridgidor set up, so next summer the cooler will be returned to actual cooler duties, and it was the perfect size for that. If I was planning for it to be a permanent coolidor, I would have gotten the 120, minimum.

[brigey]

Originally Posted by bigdog20

i am looking at 2 coolers. a 28 qt coleman that feels as if it seeals well and a 48 qt igloo or rubbermaid that seal alright as they feel. what one should i get

Save time, both!

[lostark374]

get both use the 48 at home and take the 28 with as a herfador

[sanfrantreat]

both of em

[kansashat]

Originally Posted by bobarian

Do you use these? They are not even close to air tight so I dont see how they could maintain a constant Rh??? Please explain.

I have 4 large slideunders & 2 wine coolerdors.

I'm lazy & forgetful...I can't remember, & don't really want to screw with opening all my coolerdor lids for an hour or so each week, so I've used storage containers & slideunders from day one of my plastidor use. They are extremely low maintainence (sp?) & my cigars stay at a good smoking humidification.

I've always found that storage containers have a sufficient seal for cigar storage. They allow a bit of air exchange, which keeps mold away (I've never had a serious mold outbreak in any humidor). I used to attribute anti-mold properties to pg, & perhaps it's true, but I stopped using pg a few years ago.

I tend my cigars by feel. If they start to become a little harder to draw on, or start to feel spongy, I remove media for a time (sometimes I'll dry box for a day or two). If they start to get hard & feel dry to me, then I simply add some distilled H20 to my media (that's homemade too BTW). Sometimes, I'll completely remove the media from my wine coolerdors for a while because, with the airtight seal, the cigars tend to create their own perfectly humidified environment.

I don't buy cigars with the intent of storing them in perfect aging conditions for the next decade or two. I buy them to smoke. If they don't make me that happy, then chances are they might get a few years of age on them. Some of them turn into spectacular cigars with age, but of course you can't polish a turd. Once a dog rocket, always a dog rocket. I've recently lit up cigars from the slideunders that have 5-7 years on them & they smoked just fine.

Honestly, if you can fall off of a bicycle, you can take care of a few hundred cigars.

[bigdog20]

Originally Posted by rlaliberty

how much did it run you? im curious if there are any seasonal sales right now.

The one i got (igloo 48qt) was $19.99

I think that the 28qt was $14.99