Choosing a Cigar Cabinet Humidor
Let’s say you’re beyond being a “newbie” cigar aficionado. You’ve tried many a cigar, have developed your own palate preferences and your now ready to start collecting mass volumes of cigars for aging and good times! You probably have a desktop cigar humidor (or two, or three) by now and need more space for your current collection and even more for those that you want to purchase.
Enter the cigar cabinet humidor. These types of cigar humidors are mid level humidors between the smaller desktop cigar humidors and their bigger brother, the large commercial style towers. The later generally are overkill for the personal or home collector. There are many different styles, some look like mini cigar towers, some have lots of glass, some none. Some have electrical outlets built in to them and some don’t. Some of the newer ones are totally electric and all you have to do is flip the switch. So which one to look for?
Depends on your tastes, your mate’s tastes and preferences, your wallet and what you want that cigar cabinet humidor to do.
Some cigar cabinet humidors are made to blend in with the current furniture scheme in your home. These are typically called end table cigar humidors, which look just like an end table you might find at the local furniture store. But inside these are lined in kiln-dried Spanish cedar, generally with movable or removable cedar shelves, outlet for your electronic humidifier and some come with a drawer that is slotted and lined with Spanish cedar. This allows for the humidity from your humidifier to humidify the drawer section as well as the bottom compartment. If you’re married, these generally will have the highest acceptance rate from your spouse as it doesn’t look like a cigar humidor, it looks just like a piece of furniture.
If you’re looking for a cigar cabinet humidor to store cigars for long term aging, then you will want to consider one without any glass, as ones with glass tend to be prone to colder winter conditions, knocking down the humidity levels somewhat. This can be countered with a little more work in the winter time. For more consistent internal humidity readings, non-glass versions are best.
Want to show off your cigar collection a little? Then one with a glass door makes for an impressive display in any room in your home or office. Again, a little more work may be required during the winter months, but for many, that’s an acceptable trade off.
Want to show off a lot? Take a look at the new line of Electronic Cigar Cabinet Humidors. These generally have a glass front door, but with a commercial grade self-sealing door, creating a secure seal to protect your cigars. These have an interior light to display your cigars, digital control dials that control both the interior humidity and interior temperature and a built in humidification device. Pretty much have to flip and switch and add your cigars. Makes for a very impressive display.
As you can see, there are quite a few variables in choosing a cigar cabinet humidor. Hopefully this guide will help you with your decision!
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