Are Humidors from Amazon Any Good?
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- čas přidán 10. 02. 2022
- Recently, I got a great question about Amazon humidors. This was during an episode of Cigars Daily LIVE, and it gave me the perfect opportunity to give people a look inside the construction of humidors as you will find them in most places today. It's not exactly what everyone expects to hear... but it is the chilling truth.
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I got that very box you destroyed off amazon
Mine works great, cost $40. Seasoned it and has stayed at 70% for months and I have 16 sticks in it
What do mean seasoned it what do I am new to the cigar world and I am looking for a good one to store my cigars.
@@mtthwford search ot here on CZcams, it simply means to wet your box so that it absorbs moisture and keeps the humidity levels consistent
@@mtthwford It is a bit of work, as your sticks might be dry. Once the cigars absorb the right amount of humidity the humidor gets very stable.
Same here
i lucked out here, my mom is an avid garage sale fan, and has tons of neat antiques... ages ago she got a gorgeous old BIG humidor with cool art and brass fittings for a few bucks. she used it to store dvds... after i discovered cigars just over a year ago i've been coveting it, and she gave it to me for christmas... i wish i could find info on it, how old it is etc... it probably holds a hundred cigars
I love true life stories like this! I saw a cool wood humidor from southern Germany made about 1840! $650 though.
Cigar smoking is a bit of a tradition in my family. I'm the 6 or 7th generation. And a small collection of antique humidors. Some I use, the 1 I don't use is bcuz the copper lining was soldered with lead soldering, personally not gonna risk destroying the wood to remove the copper lining and old soldering
@@henryviera7825brother that’s the coolest shit ever. Right on for that man !! I guess I’m 3nd gen cigar smoker but never that about it. Awesome to be honest and that’s really cool about that old school humidor 👏🏼
Looks like I need a new humidor. In other news my wife’s sister came back from Cuba 18 years ago with a box of Cohiba’s and they have been stored since then. Could not believe my luck when I found out and got some and they were in great shape. But I know now I’ll never smoke another cigar like it 😂
I have a cheapo humidor from Amazon. It surprisingly works really well. After some “seasoning”, it holds 70% with a Bov pack perfectly. Not bad for the dry Arizona climate I live in. 🤷🏼♂️
Agreed! Had to work it a bit but cheaper is worth it.
Which one?
How did you season it?
I been seeing people saying plastic tubberware works so I’m thinking why won’t an Amazon humidor work??? Lol
My first humidor was that one from Amazon. But with the tray in the top. I wound up with that one, 3 tupperdors, and boxes full of Ziplock bags taking up most of the space under my L-shaped desk. Then my daughter got me the Audew 300ct cabinet cooler humidor this past Christmas. Gave 2 of the tupperdors to my wife and the 3rd one is now crammed full of Connecticut sticks...with a couple Ziplock bags of sticks on top of that.
This vid was f@cking great! Keep up the good stuff.
Also, for those who want to step up from a 'amazon' desk humidor and don't know where to start.
Vintage humidors can also easily be re-seasoned.
I've personally,
- refurbished a very old elie blue humidor.
- taken over a waxing moon humidor, which had not been used since 2014.
but do your reseach on the seal of the humidor before you buy.
I've picked up a vintage davidoff humidor, but the seal didn't live up to the expectation.
Say you find a vintage piece, like the look, but it can't maintain humidity.
There is this trick where you put a good tuppador into a wood humidor.
Maintaining both function and form.
it's important to invest ,so if you can, save up some extra money do it.
Your cigar collection will quickly outgrow the cost of your humidor.
And, most of all. It gives you something to look foward to, everytime you pass it in your house.
This is something a tuppador can't match, in my opinion.
My tuppador is the highlight of my double wide trailer though...we're fancy
I knew it was something wrong with that humidor! 😂😂😂
I was battling that thing for almost 2 years until I saw you video Tim to get the acrylic one… best move I’ve ever made! That was about 3-4 years ago and I was holding on to that Amazon Wooden Cigar box but now …I think I might part ways with it. 😂😂
I was like “Damn I have an acrylic cigar box…I don’t want to throw away this nice wooden box”. So it’s been sucking up dust…now it’s going out during the spring cleaning 😅😅👍🏾😎
My first one was exactly like that one, ordered with a sampler as a freebie from a major online cigar merchant. I couldn't understand why it kept losing some humidity. Needed to recharge the humidifier every week, in humid South Florida. Finally got another (free) one without glass. Works better, although it's not perfect. I don't mind rotating my cigars between the three that I use regularly, keeping the beads plump and recharging the Bovedas I've collected. Although I empty two of them monthly (morning and after dinner) my BEST one keeps my special, celebration cigars (Cubans, Padron, Davidoff, Graycliff) fresh for two, three years. I've been looking for this critical review, Tim. Thanks.
I've been using a Coleman cooler for the past 25 years and it works like a charm. I keep about 5 or 6 boxes of smokes in it and use Heartfelt humidity beads to keep it at the right humidity level. Never have a problem with dried out smokes.
I wrestled with a few humidors from Amazon for a few months before finally giving up and getting some plastic Ziploc containers from the grocery store. I even tried using caulk on all the seams, but the lid just didn't seal tightly enough with the base to hold the humidity in (I live in Colorado). My tupperdors work perfectly, and the humidors store my pipe tobacco.
I heard you can put painter's tape on the SureSeal lip to create more resistance and help seal it more. Sounds viable to me anyway.
Lol Tupperdors! I love it
Why put pipe tobacco in a humidor? Just toss it in a mason jar.
I bought a clear acrylic desk top humidor off Amazon for my first one and it’s worked great, found out a few months ago that my dad had one of my grandfathers humidors filled with shotgun shell primers in our garage for years. Well he shouldn’t have told me that because I instantly took everything out and come to find out it fits 3 times as many sticks as my everyday humidor, doesn’t hurt that it has some family history behind it.
I bought a sealed husky bit organizer at home depot works like a charm. I put a boveda pack, a sheet of cedar, and a cheap hydrometer. It cost me all together around $20, great for travelling too.
why not go for a good hydrometer?
Tbh, most people don’t know how to season it. I have two dff humidor styles off Amazon from a brand called mantello and I have nothing to say but good things about it. My recommendation season it with starter boveda kit and follow the 2 weeks instructions. You won’t regret it. I also have one cylindrical and one rectangular acrylic ones from Amazon and they are amazing as well.
Picked up a Scotte tinted acrylic humidor from Amazon and it's been fantastic. Thank you.
I bought the same Humidor from Amazon, and after finally getting it seasoned properly it is rock steady at 70%. Of course if I open it, the RH plunges, and takes a day to slowly creep back from 60 to 70 again. The hygrometer is crap, so expect to toss and replace, or just put a digital hygrometer on top of the cigars so you can read it thru the glass.
Tim I'm coming to see you next weekend super excited to see the ship!
Love these little snips!
OMG! I have that exact humidor in cherry finish. LOL!!! It's great for storing my stogies, but I have a smaller travel humidor I use for _final seasoning._ Generally, whenever I take a cigar out of my small humidor, I go to my cheap desktop humidor to grab replacements, based on what I'm...at that moment...most looking forward to smoking in the future. _However,_ I've recently come to realize that, with the Pacific Ocean literally five minutes from my house, I need to try letting a Boveda pack _remove_ some humidity from my desktop humidor. I've been having some draw issues lately, and I'm pretty sure it's because the local air is a bit _more_ humid that I need it to be for optimum performance. Wish me luck with the experiment.
Thanks for sharing this information and the demonstration brother 😎. Peace ✌️ and Love 💕 from Tucson Arizona Desert 🏜️
Hi Tim,, I have a ‘wooden’ humidor that I purchased from Costco a few years back. I assume this is doing a good job as the boveda packs I place in it last for months. If the seal was not efficient I am guessing they would dry out quite quickly? Your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Nick
I loved the video. I can’t stop laughing. I’ve got one and does a decent job, but I keep my good sticks in a rubber maid.
Keeping it real. Love it.
I built mine out of an antique ammo can. I built one for a friend too. Works great.
I got my wooden humidor from Daniel Marshall. It's been really solid for the two years I've owned it. Keeps humidity controlled extremely well.
nice i am considering one right now. Or a Zino acrylic but it's so ugly.
I would love to see a lot more of you smoking crazy cigars
I got one from Thompson cigars 22yrs ago. It was $50 and came with some cigars. It’s 5/8” Spanish cedar and has been keeping my sticks fresh all this time. I switched over to Boveda a few years back. I would have replaced it if it wasn’t any good as there’s some 1988 Macanudo Vintage as well as a few OG Opux X in there.
Darn good content CD, darn good!
Amazon did offer a rectangular desktop acrylic that was 1/2 the price of the over-priced Boveda and Humi-Smart acrylics. Have not seen it in over a year. I will never replace my acrylic. 2 packs will last indefinitely. When needed, I will recharge the packs in distilled water. Works fabulously. I have not bought new humidity packs in ages. The large Boveda brand desktop acrylic sells out quickly when you can find it. Personally, I find the ability to see your cigars more appealing than a wooden box. Provided you do not have an heirloom humidor table… those are dope
depends on the quality of the humidor. I got a one wooden, with no glass. was about 120. seals fine. have a hygrometer inside. keeps good humidity
Ok, so I have a question. I have a desktop unit that I have had for like 20+ years. I can’t remember where I bought it, or how much I paid for it.
It has worked very well. But how can I inspect it to see if it is veneer or not? Your method works great, buuuut I’d rather take a less intrusive route. Lol
Thanks a bunch!
I think if you’re going wood humidor, go with a reputable company like Daniel Marshall or Adorini. Expensive but furniture grade and will serve you well for a lifetime. Otherwise just go tupper or coolidor.
The reality is that an acrylic desk top humidor (Rectangular not the cylindrical can style) is the best. You can throw in one or 2 humidity packs and they will last forever. Forever. Most desktop acrylics these days come with "Spanish" cedar trays and inserts. Amazon is merely a retailer. And using Amazon, one can order "Spanish" cedar splits to line your acrylic humidor. There is no prep work needed. Just put cigars and packs inside. People can argue about where they got their Chinese made wooden humidor all they want. If you're not paying top dollar for a craftsman produced wooden humidor... you're only paying more for what amounts to junk.
Yea but KIA and Hyundais also work great but i dont want to own one. Same with cigars im sure theres tons of budget discount cigars but i want top shelf. So why not invest in a good wooden humidore which goes well with the hobby and culture of cigars?
@@quattro4468 Because they don't work better. If keeping your cigars at a constant humidity is the goal, and w/o hassle no less, acrylic is the best. The best wooden humidor cannot match the "performance" of an acrylic. Do you want a showpiece? Then that is a different issue. I'm not a lifestyle guy. I don't subscribe to the BOTL BS and the american consumerist fetish approach: overpriced lighters and cutters and ashtrays and other needless doodads. I enjoy good cigars nada mas.
@@FMCorcoran stay mad zoomer
@@quattro4468 mad? zoomer? wrong on both charges. go get your "top-shelf". nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the american CONSUMEr
I bought a Tupperdor on Amazon. It has a built in humidity and temperature meter
Can you use (nice) cigar boxes? I’ve got a beautiful Gloria Cuban Glorias box that would be great but not sure if they’ll just dry out.
My grandmother made me a humidor out of real cedar. Even though I love my acrylics. I feel obligated to use the cedar one 😂
I bought a Stetson leaf desktop, made of cherry wood and Spanish cedar. It wasn’t cheap!
Damn, I’m returning mine!! Lol I have a Hakuna supply stash box made of Mahogany wood hand craft and it keeps a 50%-52% humidity is that okay to use?
Thoughts on Germanus humidors? Seen some on Amazon for around 70 bucks.
I stopped buying them after my 3rd off Amazon failed to hold humidity. I switched to a simple glass jar with an airtight sealed lid with a latch, put a dig hygro inside along with a piece of cedar and a boveda and it holds 70* perfectly.
I have that exact humidor from Amazon and I've always been suspicious of it. The hygrometer has never worked. Will be looking and investing in a better box soon.
If that’s the bald eagle one I just purchased it to start off with still discovering my palate. Hopefully it actually works if not I’ll some of your other suggestions saw your other video on humidors appreciate the intel.
I pick one of Amazon form case elegance. It great holding humidity it was £250 pounds about $324.08 in the future I will be picking up a other one
I do have one of those, exactly that one, possibly. Looked like wood to me when I bought it. It gets moldy here in MA.
You guys are the funniest on CZcams
It’s got almost 1/4 inch of Spanish cedar in the inside confirmed. Also when you drop the lid you hear a thunk sound meaning it seals well! Do not buy a humidor off amizon. Go to a local shop like I did. Plus I had a desktop humidor from Thompson cigar over a year ago and it would not hold RH OR TEMPERATURE WELL. But my expensive Stetson leaf cherry and cedar humidor holds well.
Prometheus humidors... I have three... great value and amazing quality for the price. But good luck finding one...
Great video
i agree with the comment you read, i have the EXACT same one you just showed aaaaand now im looking into a better one 🤣😂
I got a small neat humidor from Famous Smoke shop thanks👍I didn't even get to stack it yet with like "25" singles!!, still wanted a lock on it..#cigarlife 🤘[some deal on my order=>it was Free baby!!!
Should've told him that was coming out of his paycheck 😂🤣😂
Tried the cheap Amazon ones. They are a constant fight to maintain
What are your thoughts about the Marvero humidor on Amazon? Evidently it’s made up of 100% Spanish cedar for $170. The smaller one is $150. Would love to hear what you think!!
I brought 2 Arcrlic Humidors from Amazon.
1 for my sticks & good friends.
1 for my friends that always wanna smoke but never have a cigar. Needless to say, this one is for my cheap cigars. Lol
This was the funniest video ever😂😂😂
Lol that’s my exact humidor!!! 😂😭
Thanks 🙏
My cheap Amazon one is stuck at 60 percent. Thinking didn't season it enough :( going to grab some acrylic jars tomorrow while i reseason this cheap box. Looks awesome though. 😂
I'm new to cigars and I bought one of those from Amazon. I think that if I were to put a garden sprinkler in it, I'd never see the humidity rise above 66%. Mine will soak up any amount of water you throw at it.
😂 Noobie and same issue. Did the 24 hour think, repeat another soaking and figure it was good to go. Bova packs two of them and sits around 60%.
@@Curious_Skeptic I've found you have to go with food grade plastic containers that seal well. It's not as cool.looking but that'll keep your cigars perfect indefinitely.
I think the cheap particle board and thin wide grain wood they use in those inexpensive humidors isn't suitable to hold humidity.
I use an old ammo can I clean out for longer term storage which works great and an Amazon humidor that looked a lot like the one he busted for the cigars I smoke regularly
I'm not exactly sure why people worry so much about it being particle board. I have 2 of the $80 dollar range ones and they work good, my cigars are kept well, and they look nice. ok likely I need to babysit them more than other ones but I'm ok with it. They work and are a cheaper option. Sure one day I'll likely buy something nicer, auto climate controlled and all the bells and whistles but for now they work fine for me.
Exactly. This is the whole point. Thank you for enunciating exactly why 99% of most people who enjoy cigars shouldn’t give a shiiiiiite. Thank you
F Yeah Tim get down and dirty guys. Lol
So what do you recommend?
I enjoyed watching Billy trash that on Live🤣
Off topic - why don’t you have any briar pipes and pipe tobacco on your site? I enjoy a good cigar as much as the next guy (I’m currently sitting on around 300) but pipes are my bread and butter - I’ve got, again like 300, briar pipes and about six hundred pounds of pipe tobacco.
Now you’ll understand why I am constantly broke. Paid today, broke today.
But c’mon, start supporting your pipe brothers as well!
I use plastic ammo cans that have the gasket on the lid... work great but you have to empty it to get tot he bottom sticks.
Cigars are an investment and good ones are not cheap. Go to a respectable cigar/tobacco store in person and pay the extra money to store sticks. If your only choice is to look online, you are watching the owner of a cigar store with Humidors sold online. For larger Humidors, pay attention to a simple search and read the reviews. Also, JR Cigars has a great selection of Humidors.
That escalated quickly!
I use one of those 'wine bottle coolers (chillidores)' with tupperdores and bov packs to keep my flavored cigars separate and at the right temp and humidity.
what's the right temp? i have a wine cooler with reds at 59 and whites at 47.
@@jstones9872 I keep my cigars at 68, which through trial and error seems to best to leave my stock in prime condition.
57-62 degrees Two words, Davidoff London
After Visiting Kirby Allison. I really don't think I would trust anything from Amazon for the prices they're showing.😂😂😂😂
Great video. I’m going to pay the money for a real one.
I bought a really well made Humidor, made in USA. Functional Art but was pricy.
If the description says something along the lines of "100% lined with spanish cedar" then walk away, its just cardboard covered by cedar.
We gotta getcha a nice 4K 60fps camera.
Or any 60fps camera for that matter.
I'm just using an Amazon one till I build my own with some nice hardwood
I have a Rocky Patel Burn humidor.
What about the humidors Lowes carries?
Why not recommend where we can get a quality desktop humidor?
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Pardon my ignorance in asking this question....
I have always watched cigar collectors and affectionados keep their cigars in humidors to protect and age their tobacco. Now my question concerns their blending the different brands in the same system box. I think by mixing the cigars in the same humidor will change the flavoring tastes by the time when one selects one to smoke. So then how can we get the true taste since each is feeding and withdrawing flavors from all the other stored in the box?
Shouldn’t each brand have its own humidor?
Has anybody smoked Pargas cigarsI got some from Mexico and I’m curious what they’re like I have not smoked on yet I just put them in my humidor yesterday
Even with more expensive humidors you will only get compressed wood.
Just buy an airtight tupperware, pop some cedar wood inside which you can find in most cigar boxes, add a humidifier and you're good to go.
No thanks. I dont own a kia veihicle either why would I settle for tupperware.
@@quattro4468 I use tupperware boxes to stockpile my cigars, works great.
For my regular smoke I use a Liebherr ZKES 453 humidor.
Wow. Who’s Billy ? 😉👌
Well that backfired lol
So are they crap or are they good or are they usable or what?
Sadly in most major cigar shops these are what we have in the EU. OR I really don't know where can I find REAL DEAL humidor. What you destroyed there looks like something similar to what I have the brand is called ANGELO which looks like OEM brand because when I searched I couldn't even find an official website for this brand.
Damn I have that humidor….. no wonder the humidity sucks in that thing
Well that explains a lot. That's literally the one I got and it fucking sucks
I bought my audew humidor on Amazon
I was SOOO disappointed in my first “all wood” desk top humidor!!! Sad💩
classic video
They're always the best when Billy's around!
@@CigarsDaily we all love our chicken daddy
Also: again off topic - I dunno if the Chinese brown stink bug is a problem for you guys out in the West but they’re a major, major issue here on the East Coast. How can we keep those little buttholes out of our wooden humidors?! They can get through virtually any crack. The only thing they don’t get into is my tupperdor.
Just make your own or have a local woodworker make you one
What a desk top humidor from Temu?
Question about the acrylic humidors. Do the cigars tend to have a plastic/chemical taste? I’m skeptical. Any feedback from anyone is appreciated.
Not unless the plastic stinks. You can wash it and as long as the plastic doesn't smell you'd be fine
What about Case Elegance?
thats it.. im breaking mine to pieces lol
Tupperware beats a particle board box any day. 👍😄
I ordered the same exact one a year ago, and It sucks.
so what’s the sale price on that humidor lol
The comments are hilarious 😂
My Tupperdor from Amazon works great. 😀
Me too 🙋🏻♂️😁😁
Guessing Cool Knight is just as bad lol
Are Humidors from Amazon (that we hit with a hammer) Any Good?