Who wants a Aristocrat???

[Jimmie The Mum]

Originally Posted by ytford

Thanks for the info. Is there a link to view all the models?

http://www.aristocrathumidors.com/aristocrat.htm

[EvenSteven]

Originally Posted by Jimmie The Mum

Hi Jim,
Your Aristocrat has shipped. Looks great!!!
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Damage occurs in 1-2% of shipments.
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Godspeed, little Aristocrat! May your new humi arrive safely, so Mr. Staebell can concentrate on building my mini

[Jimmie The Mum]

Originally Posted by EvenSteven

Godspeed, little Aristocrat! May your new humi arrive safely, so Mr. Staebell can concentrate on building my mini

It's here and here are the pics:

[Raol]

I'm fortunate to have purchased my Aristocrate end table from Bob about 6 months ago.
Man, that was a looooooong wait after placing the order.
We started collecting cigars about a year ago and still have tons of room.
I couldn't be happier.
Thanks Bob
Ralph Birchard

[jim@mindofmen.com]

Well, I ordered mine exactly one month after Jimmie, so hopefully this means that mine is only a month away. Coolidor's getting awfully full. Definitely going to need something really soon.

What's the seasoning cycle for something like this? A week or two?

[Jimmie The Mum]

Originally Posted by jim@mindofmen.com

Well, I ordered mine exactly one month after Jimmie, so hopefully this means that mine is only a month away. Coolidor's getting awfully full. Definitely going to need something really soon.

What's the seasoning cycle for something like this? A week or two?

No. I got it (Tuesday) and for the last 24 hours I seasoned it with distilled water (heated) in the microwave and then put it in the humidor while steaming. I kept heating the distilled water. This speeds up the process. Then today I set the controls and it only took a few hours to reach 65%. However, I'll leave it empty till Saturday.

[jim@mindofmen.com]

Isn't 65 a bit low? I know that is where Bob sets his stuff to start, but I have always preferred to be in the 68-70 range - that way if my hygrometer is off a few percentage either way, I'm covered.

The steaming water idea is a good one. I'll have to try it.

[Jimmie The Mum]

Originally Posted by jim@mindofmen.com

Isn't 65 a bit low? I know that is where Bob sets his stuff to start, but I have always preferred to be in the 68-70 range - that way if my hygrometer is off a few percentage either way, I'm covered.

The steaming water idea is a good one. I'll have to try it.

The steaming water really helps and I do that to all my humidors every six months or so.
I guess the 65% is a personal choice. I happen to like it although in one humidor I do keep some at a dryer temperature.

[jim@mindofmen.com]

Just got my notice from the shipping company - My humi shipped today and will arrive early next week. Bob's getting faster, I ordered mine on the 28th of December, so it looks like it was about 4 weeks.

guess I missed the Christmas rush...

[Jimmie The Mum]

Originally Posted by jim@mindofmen.com

Just got my notice from the shipping company - My humi shipped today and will arrive early next week. Bob's getting faster, I ordered mine on the 28th of December, so it looks like it was about 4 weeks.

guess I missed the Christmas rush...

That's great news!!
I'm going to wait until saturday before I put my cigars in.

[jim@mindofmen.com]

Just got it off of the truck and set up. Now comes the several days of waiting until it is ready to fill it and get rid of my coolidor (my wife will be happy to banish that back to the garage)

Bob - You outdid yourself again - it's a beaut!

[Jimmie The Mum]

Originally Posted by jim@mindofmen.com

Just got it off of the truck and set up. Now comes the several days of waiting until it is ready to fill it and get rid of my coolidor (my wife will be happy to banish that back to the garage)

Bob - You outdid yourself again - it's a beaut!

Very nice Jim. Mine is all loaded up. I started the seasoning process by putting warm bowls of distilled water in the humidor. I re heated them every few hours(micro wave). I did that for a day, then I turned the system on. I also took a damp cloth and put a little distalled water on it and wiped everything down. You would be surprise of the amount of saw dust that was on the cloth. Bob says not to wipe it down but I but I used very little water and just wanted to get the dust out of it. I believe he meant not to soak it etc.

[Cuban1]

Is the group buy over?

[Stogie]

Originally Posted by Cuban1

Is the group buy over?

Yes it is.

[Cuban1]

Originally Posted by Stogie

Yes it is.

Thank you for the reply