Acrylic Humidors

gdsim1

mrpillow

These things are more designed for retail establishments than personal use... That said, I have no experience with them.

xmacro

If you have enough beads in one of these acrylics, I can't really think of any reason it wouldn't work - the main reason for spanish cedar is that it acts as a humidification system once it's seasoned, but if you can compensate for the lack of it with beads/other humidification, there shouldn't be a problem with using something like this. No experience myself, but my local liquor store has one of these and it seems to work alright

stephen_hannibal

Garen B

My only reservation would be that sunlight might damage the sticks. But if you stick it in a basement or closet, it shouldn't be a problem. And you wouldn't have to rummage around your sticks to see what you have, that's a big plus.

ljl

Agree on the sunlight / temp change concerns. I have been rocking a coolidor for a couple months as an aging humi. I did use boxes in there to keep cedar around the sticks. Every once in awhile, I smoke one to see how it's going - seems OK so far. If you want to help yourself out, you could beg some coffin style lids off the BOTLs on here to line it a bit. Of course you don't want to take that too far and not be able to see in...

Stryker808

+1 with what everyone has said so far. I would like to add that maybe you could build one of these for cheaper. Im no craftsman but i did a little project a while back building some acrylic boxs for my wifes crap (i mean crafts) and basically you can get this stuff in sheets pretty cheap, cut it with a basic jig saw and basically "glue" it together with this acrylic glue stuff that comes in a bottle. its pretty easy. Again, i ain't no craftsman and theres probably more to this, but id chance building on for $40 and throw a bunch of heartfelt beads in it than to spend a couple hundred. just a suggestion.

WaxingMoon

As stated before, the lack of spanish cedar will come in to play once you open the display and all the humidity that has been retained will escape. That happens with any kind of humidor. That's why a humidor that is full maintains better humidity than one that is 1/2 empty.... less air gets replaced. Seasoned Spanish Cedar will quickly "recharge" the system. That being said - your beads or other humidification devices will work harder - meaning more frequent maintenance. Otherwise...that's a cool looking display...

gdsim1

fla-gypsy

Great display box. If you keep it well stocked well that will minimize the effects of opening as well.

kuzi16

i have one of those but it isnt in use. (i need to fix the seal for one and second, the damn thing is ugly and huge) i would line some of the shelves with Spanish cedar. iduno... im just not a fan of those.

gdsim1

Cigar Sherlock

Order one from WaxingMoon..his humidors look outstanding!

Stryker808

Cigar Sherlock:

Order one from WaxingMoon..his humidors look outstanding!

+1...the guy is great to work with. Awesome workmanship!

MrMoke

I have two acrylic humidor jars. I don't know they cam free with the cigars that came in them that were smoked along time ago, they each have a disk of cedar in the bottom and also had a hockey puck style humidifier in the lid. I am not sure if they are a good comparison for what you are looking at, I find them okay for holding my humidor overflow, which is an increasing problem, but that's another story. The biggest issue I have with them is they are completely airtight and therefore there is no exchange of air with the outside world, I had some gars get mold on them, am sure due to changes in ambient temperature which resulted in condensation. I also keep in a fairly darkened area out of sunlight, I don't plan on using them for long term storage. I personally would stay away from acrylic unless it was free. You do know you can get what look to be fairly decent 250-300 capacity humis from either http://www.humidorvault.com or http://www.cheaphumidors.com for less than $163 don't you?

gdsim1

Garen B

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