Copper Lined

Lakota72

I was looking on a website and came across a copper lined humidor. Is this something that I should be interested in?, or is it an old time way that is ineffective.

j0z3r

It's old time for sure, can't say if it's effective or not.

Lakota72

Yeah, I know its old. That's for dang sure. I just don't know if this is something that might be a worthwhile purchase.

danielruas

I come across a lot of these on craigslist and always think the same thing

j0z3r

Lakota72:

Yeah, I know its old. That's for dang sure. I just don't know if this is something that might be a worthwhile purchase.

As a piece of cigar history maybe...I doubt it's going to do anything for your cigars, good or bad, that's just one way humidors were made many years ago before spanish cedar use was the prevalent material.

J.S.

My Great Grandfather had one. He passed in 1990 but I can remember it. It seemed to do the job OK for him but he normally bought one box at a time so storage was not a real issue. I would just stay with the cedar myself.

xmacro

Found a few answers here: http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24460

beatnic

The copper was used to retard mold and bacterial growth.

Lasabar

I think it'd be BadAss to have a copper lined humidor... The smell wouldn't be as good, but it'd look sweet!

Lakota72

That's what I was thinking. If nothing else it'd be a pretty cool piece of old cigar history.

granneja

Always wondered about the copper lining myself. It does look really neat though.