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Skip the tupperdor and go straight to a coolidor. As for RH....Beads.

Alway glad to help out a fellow Stiller fan!
I live in Blitzburgh territory where the winters are cold and the summers are hot and humid. Heartfelt beads keep my stash perfect year round.

I understand all about dry air.
The humidifier on my furnace has not worked for the last few years and I get pure hot dry air circulating thru the house.
The 65% HF beads hold my humis steady at 64%-65% .
On the other side of the coin . . .
Living in the Philly area, the humidity in the summer is unbearable at times (70%-90%) and the HF beads keep my humis at a consistent 65%-67%.

Good choice !

jes

Skip the Tupperdor, forget about the wineador, and just get yourself a big ass cooler. IMHO the wineador is an expensive overkill, paying for a cooling feature that's hardly used, if at all. If you keep your house (or cigar room) at around 65-68° then you're all set. If you really are that close to the Canadian border, cool temperatures should be easy to maintain.

80% humidity is way too high. Drop it down to around 62% and you'll be much happier with how your cigars smoke.

And from a former Pittsburgher… Go Steelers LOL!. I said during the 3rd pre-season game when we couldn't field a kicker there was no way we where making the Play-Offs. I think the folks in the front offices are smoking something from Colorado. It's the only explanation for signing Michael Vick. And hopefully this will be Ben's last year - duct tape and staples are all that's holding him together.

Can't go wrong with some boveda packs either. At least for the short term.

If using the right tupperware then a single boveda will last at least 6-8 months for most sizes of containers

Brainless and can be recharged

This is an awesome forum. I appreciate all the help and all the great ideas. Good Stuff :)

Figured I would bring this back from the grave rather than start a new thread.

Mostly due to price, I think I am going to switch from my two 150ct humidors to a tupperdor. I have read enough good reviews of them to be comfortable with their humidity control if you buy the right ones.

What are the right ones? I was searching through the Home Depot site and there are like 300 different ones. What are some of the best ones that are still economical?

What is a good size? I would say I want something that holds 20-30 boxes of cigars...I think.

Thanks!

Gel and boveda(s) in the same large container. Refill jar with distilled when needed. You never touch the bovedas, they're continually refilled by vapor from the jar, and they "buffer" the jar's output, boosting or trimming it as necessary. Rock-solid RH is the result, with easy refillability, and you never have to recharge, rotate or even touch the bovedas.

I use 116-quart Sterilite containers ($17) with 1 gel jar and 4 Bovedas, mostly full of cigars. Works perfectly.

If I got a 116-quart cooler, it'd be frightfully-expensive, and would have very thick walls making its exterior size much bigger than the Sterilite. Oh, and it wouldn't be CLEAR like the Sterilite, so I can read the hygro without ever having to open it! Also the Sterilites are stackable, for when your sickness gets worse!

Everyone talks about coolers, but if the room doesn't have big temperature swings, they're unnecessary. Save space and tons of money and go with Sterilite or similar clear plastic containers.

Go for the gusto....

COOLIDOR. 75 quart min.

Or better yet.....

Everyone keeps mentioning and advocating "coolerdors" everywhere, but outside of one specific use-case (big temp swings needing to be buffered), which is not too common, they're not necessary and a Sterilite is better in every way. MUCH cheaper, much smaller exterior for any given interior volume, lock-together stable stackability, and clear walls to eyeball your cigars and your hygro without having to open the container.

When I first started, an old-timer told me "screw wood humidors and coolers, just get big clear plastic tubs, trust me on this!" He was right. God bless him for saving me lots of time and money!

Got the Tupperdor up and running today. I submitted a picture post to show everyone. Hopefully it works. Added some weatherstripping to help seal it and have boveda packs and gel bead jars.

I got my 106ct tub for $15.

That wouldn't be near big enough. I am happy with my choice.

This thread has got me thinking, I could put a tupperdor on top of my cooler in the closet I don't have enough room for another cooler but a tupperdor would fit below my clothes. Moar cigars!!!

Humis are both full, cooler is 90% full. F*#% the FDA I need more cigars. I'm becoming a cigar snob I looked at the bands that I have stuck up on the wall above my workbench out in the garage and out of 30 bands there are maybe three cigars I would still consider smoking. I smoked some real chit when I started out in this hobby.

two gallon extra mil thick freezer bags with double zip lock (not slider) with a couple 65% bovedas will hold tons of loose cigars or a couple of boxes. I used to toss a boveda in the box if not storing loose smokes.

If you have HF beads in a plastic spill proof container you can use that with or instead of the bovedas.
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Then toss the bags in a couple drawers of an abandoned dresser...I have a spare bedroom that made this possible. Had 400-500 cigars stashed in that dresser for several years that aged and smoked beautifully for virtually $0.00 storage cost.