Raching MON5800A vs. Yohtron 448L

[joeprice28]

Raching MON5800A vs. Yohtron 448L (YC-448)

• Design & build: The Raching looks more premium in person—high-gloss finishes, dual-pane glass, and a luxe cabinet vibe. Yohtron is clean and modern but more utilitarian.
• Capacity & layout: Raching is the bigger box (≈580 L; ~3,000–4,000 cigars) with more room and nicer drawer/shelf organization. Yohtron is ~448 L (~2,300 cigars).
• Humidity/temperature system: Raching’s water-cooling + membrane setup is tidy and avoids sponge-type media, which helps keep things cleaner over time; it also includes ammonia-removal. Yohtron offers precise climate control and an ammonia-removal/water-recycle system, but uses a straightforward water-tank approach.
• Price: Typical street pricing puts Raching around $4,799, while the Yohtron commonly sells around $3,100–$3,700—often $1,000+ less than the Raching.

Bottom line:

• Pick Raching if you want the better-looking showpiece with more space, excellent drawers, and a cleaner, low-maintenance hydration system. It’s the superior unit—just pricier.
• Pick Yohtron if you want a capable, well-featured cabinet that still holds a ton of cigars, maintains stable conditions, and saves you over a grand. It’s a great value play.

[yuppie]

I got the YC-288 "Premium", which has 6 shelves instead of 7, but I added the ball-bearing sliding shelves and ammonia removal. I've been super happy with the machine. I think I paid $1,900 landed here in the states, I just reached out to Yohtron on Alibaba and put it together via chatting with them.

It's not too-too loud, but it does sound like a mini-fridge just a few feet behind my office desk and I wonder how the Raching sounds. Temps and Humidity is spot-on, using several Govees and Temtop to monitor conditions. Only thing that I wonder about is the air flow, kinda wish the fans could spin down more to move the air around more slowly.

Overall, very happy with it.

[Socrates]

On 10/1/2025 at 12:01 AM, joeprice28 said:

Raching MON5800A vs. Yohtron 448L (YC-448)

• Design & build: The Raching looks more premium in person—high-gloss finishes, dual-pane glass, and a luxe cabinet vibe. Yohtron is clean and modern but more utilitarian.
• Capacity & layout: Raching is the bigger box (≈580 L; ~3,000–4,000 cigars) with more room and nicer drawer/shelf organization. Yohtron is ~448 L (~2,300 cigars).
• Humidity/temperature system: Raching’s water-cooling + membrane setup is tidy and avoids sponge-type media, which helps keep things cleaner over time; it also includes ammonia-removal. Yohtron offers precise climate control and an ammonia-removal/water-recycle system, but uses a straightforward water-tank approach.
• Price: Typical street pricing puts Raching around $4,799, while the Yohtron commonly sells around $3,100–$3,700—often $1,000+ less than the Raching.

Bottom line:

• Pick Raching if you want the better-looking showpiece with more space, excellent drawers, and a cleaner, low-maintenance hydration system. It’s the superior unit—just pricier.
• Pick Yohtron if you want a capable, well-featured cabinet that still holds a ton of cigars, maintains stable conditions, and saves you over a grand. It’s a great value play.

For what it's worth, the specs indicate that the Raching MON series has a tighter precision tolerance at +/- 1% RH, versus Yohtron at +/- 2% RH, so perhaps it also drives the price up a bit. Either way, they both seem like great units.