Mag 46's Arrived/Humidor Upgrade Question

[KWG116]

I just wanted to Thank everyone on this forum for turning me onto the Mag 46. I knew very little about them before, and now I feel like I am finally ready to smoke one. I ordered a box and whoever (Lisa, Rob etc) picked out my box did a fantastic job, they are oily and probably one of the nicest looking cigars I have ever seen. I usually smoke a cigar as soon as I get it, but I have been busy, so they are resting in my Humidor until I can smoke one.

Also, Thank you to everyone that replyed to my thread about my new Avallo 1000 Humidor. I love it and almost everyone that replied said to buy the biggest humidor I could afford. Well, I am almost out of room, I should have listened to everyone. I never thought I would fill it so quick. I already talked to Matt about upgrading. And I really want to upgrade to a chilled unit. I am tired of keeping my apartment so cold to keep the temp down.

How do you guys like the chilled units?

I was told it was OK to stack the boxes upright with the foot facing up. What do you guys think?

Thank you

[smokum]

If you can afford a chilled unit by all means get it. There is no substitut. Go big. I stack mine anyway they fit now !!!

[Tampa1257]

Living in Florida, it is totally cost prohibitive to pay the electric bill to keep the house cooled down to 70 degrees or lower. I purchased a THC humidor from Bob at Aristocrat, yet I have seen Matt's work and he makes a quality humidor as well.

If you can spend the money on a temp controlled humidor, get it. Go larger than you ever thought possible, then still go larger. I can stack full boxes any way possible to fit them in. No problem on the side IMHO.

Tampa

[anacostiakat]

I am very happy and I like my Avallo DDD Chilled unit very much.

It does take some maintenance in that you have to check the drip collection jar to insure it is not full periodically. I guess you could put a bigger one in but then it would take up more room. :-P If you want to call that maintenance. :-D

It gets very humid in the summers here so it is a must IMHO.

[rallones]

If you really want to go all-out, find a closet in your home and convert it into a walk-in humidor. I did this seven years ago and it cost me about $1700 total. I'm storing 140+ boxes comfortably. Best investment I ever made -- my smokes stay at 62/62 ALL THE TIME.

[Colt45]

I hope you'll post a review when you do smoke one. They can take some time to reveal their

true selves. I've got an '05 box that are just now starting to turn the corner.

[anacostiakat]

» I hope you'll post a review when you do smoke one. They can take some time

» to reveal their

» true selves. I've got an '05 box that are just now starting to turn

» the corner.

Same here. I have them marked for 2010.

[KWG116]

Thank you to everyone that replied. I will post a review of one as soon as I smoke one. I am hoping tonight. I keep looking at them and drooling. They are so oily looking, I can not wait.

I will also keep you guys posted on the progress of upgrading.

Again, Thank you to everyone.

[Colt45]

» » I hope you'll post a review when you do smoke one. They can take some

» time

» » to reveal their

» » true selves. I've got an '05 box that are just now starting to

» turn

» » the corner.

»

» Same here. I have them marked for 2010.

2010 sounds just about right.

[MaytagMan]

I just retrofitted my Aristocrat MxT-19.5 with a THC unit... Bob shipped everything out with mounting brackets, templates, and clear instructions...

With last summer getting to 104-106 F during the day, the house AC was having trouble keeping up.

If I had it to do all over again, I would buy a temp controlled unit from the start... mine is steady at about 67 F right now, and the room is about 79.

[dblones]

» If you really want to go all-out, find a closet in your home and convert it

» into a walk-in humidor. I did this seven years ago and it cost me about

» $1700 total. I'm storing 140+ boxes comfortably. Best investment I ever

» made -- my smokes stay at 62/62 ALL THE TIME.

I have been thinking of doing this myself.

Did you convert it yourself or hire someone?

I would love to hear the details and see a pic.

[rallones]

» » If you really want to go all-out, find a closet in your home and convert

» it

» » into a walk-in humidor. I did this seven years ago and it cost me

» about

» » $1700 total. I'm storing 140+ boxes comfortably. Best investment I

» ever

» » made -- my smokes stay at 62/62 ALL THE TIME.

»

» I have been thinking of doing this myself.

»

» Did you convert it yourself or hire someone?

»

» I would love to hear the details and see a pic.

I bought some Reflectix insulation to line the closet; an active humidification device from Vigilant, Inc. (Guardian 500); and a wine cellar cooling unit (Breezaire WK2200). I had a handyman install the Reflectix and tape off the seams/gaps etc. to make sure the closet would have a decent vapor seal. He also ran a power cord into the closet so that I could plug the humidification and cooling units into a power source. Finally, he built a shelf on which to mount the cooling unit. I could have done some of the manual tasks myself, but the handyman was a family friend who was doing some other stuff for us anyway. I think I paid him $100 for the work for my walk-in. I had also bought a decent number of Spanish cedar boards which the handyman made into shelving.

I'll edit this post over the next few days to add pics.

Edit 6/28: Here's the photos of the walk-in: http://www.friendsofhabanos.com/board_entr...er&descasc=DESC