HarveyBoulevard Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Imagine you could not control yourself, you had a terminal case of CCBS (Compulsive Cigar Buying Syndrome), you had cigars coming out of the wazoo and no where to store them...what are your options? Criteria to be considered: 1. It needs to be a finished product (I am not a carpenter and could not build a humidor to save my life); 2. It needs to be attractive (would be nice to have an heirloom/antique piece to pass down); 3. It needs to hold at least 100 boxes; 4. Preferably temperature controlled; 5. Preferably active humidity controlled (not a deal breaker though); 6. Pretend price does not matter (it does but I don't want to rule anything out whilst brainstorming). With all this in mind, what suggestions do other CCBS sufferers have for another ill BOTL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFatHokie Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Over-bought during the latest LFTH, did you??? LOL! I'm pretty close to max capacity in regards to storage with my latest purchases, too. This is going to be an interesting thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlohaStyle Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Have you done a search through the older threads yet? I imagine there are plenty of opinions offered on this already... Aristocrat is a common higher-end humidor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Pretend price does not matter (it does but I don't want to rule anything out whilst brainstorming). If price is truly no issue, a climate controlled walk in ( re - purposed closet / room or purpose built addition ) is the way for me. Otherwise, one of Ray's units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftimatic Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I am in the same boat, just got notice of two packages at post office waiting for me. I am a carpenter but but sourcing decent materials, making it cost effective and getting time to build it is next to impossible. Looking into three options Aristocrat, a marine cooler, or just wondering what anyone thinks of Canada Humidors. Thought about the walk in humidor but that would put the wife right over the edge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomo Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Price not an issue? Walk in. No brainer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 It can be hard to get tupperwear boxes with good seals, I found the best ones were found by searching for dog food storage containers on Amazon, 64 ltr ones for about $40, they will hold about 30 boxes/500-600 cigars nicely with a couple pounds of beads. You can built a simple wooden box to out one/them in if you want to disguise them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigFish Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 If price is truly no issue, a climate controlled walk in ( re - purposed closet / room or purpose built addition ) is the way for me. Otherwise, one of Ray's units. …thank you for that Ross, quite flattering! Cheers! -Piggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtrade Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 A walk in designed by Ray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftimatic Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 You know I am researching walk ins, not bad from a carpenters view. Just need to deal with humidity and temp. Hmm. Building wrap must play a part here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaDisco Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Ahem . . . it's CCCBS, not CCBS . . . Any chance you've got a basement? Subterranean is generally a good start for these sorts of things: stable temps, consistent humidity. Great place to start with for tuper/coolerdor type of storage, and even better for building that room sized walk-in; if and when your active humidification fails you've got a relatively benign environment as a fail safe for your collection of pre-embargo cubans. Need something fast? If tuperdore won't do, then a wineador with beads is probably the cheapest way to get in the game and still have temp and rH control. It will tide you over until your masterpiece of CC cabinetry arrives. The compete temperature and humidity units are so good these days, that for me (if price were no object), I'd order up a system and have a local furniture guy build whatever I wanted for the cabinet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveyBoulevard Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 I run several coolidors with beads and use the house a/c for temp control. 65rh and 70 degrees year round. Works perfect. Looking to consolidate into a single piece of furniture. Needs to hold at least 100 boxes and I have no idea how big of a unit that requires. No basements due to geography. Too many coolidors and humidors. Need a single piece option and not sure what all is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habana Mike Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Aristocrat M Plus holds 100+ boxes. At least mine does - PM'd you on some details.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheppsea Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 My ultimate ambition is to get an Aristocrat - will just need to buy a house to fit it in (and more boxes to fill it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partriar Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 If money was truly no question, i would be buying a very large coldroom. Something like this.... http://www.o-digital.com/uploads/2227/2283-1/Mini_Multi_Temp_Cold_Room_437.jpg A bit of a dislay at the front and massive storage out the back. So thats prob 20-30k for the coldroom And 150k to fly Ray out to Oz to design the humdity system to make this perfect. Its nice to dream sometimes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 That storage is massive! You'd need to build a house around it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigFish Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 You know I am researching walk ins, not bad from a carpenters view. Just need to deal with humidity and temp. Hmm. Building wrap must play a part here somewhere. I have outlined on several thread some knee-jerk building notes on walk-in's and Tyvek is a part of that plan! Cheers, Piggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1LegLance Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Winecoolers, just line up a few side by side Glass front and work great. I have 2 and would not mind a third. If you have an interior closet that doesn't get used much like in a hallway then you could convert that. I used to run an upright freezer with spanish cedar lining and a Johnson control unit. Easy to put together and ran great for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutcher Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Maybe something like http://www.humidorstore.com/walkin.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Price no option? Buy Czar's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Price no option? Buy Czar's... When did he start using climate control? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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