First off, hello to everyone!
I just registered yesterday, although I have been lurking a while for some time. I have been smoking cigars for a while but just recently been putting more effort and time in this precious activity.
I bought a small, standard no-frills desktop humidor a couple of months ago but you guessed it, it's full to the rims! I do my best to try and smoke some space for more sticks but this seems like a fight I can not win :laugh:
So, I have been planning to build a 'Coolidor'.
Because I live in Europe (Finland to be precise) I have had no luck finding a retailer or webshop selling the Avanti model here. There would be little sense to order it from the US because of taxes and shipping costs.
With a lot of searching I found a German retailer that sells a similar one:
http://cgi.ebay.de/AK-40-110C-Weinkuehlschrank-im-Shop-ilve-Baumatic-smeg_W0QQitemZ280105014707QQihZ018QQcategoryZ77228QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
I am thinking of the 28 bottle count. I this would be perfect for me. I know, I know, you should get the biggest possible etc. but I really think the A&K AK-28.70C fits the bill perfectly (being priced at 289,00 EUR).
Pic (the first one):
But for those who would want a bigger THERMOELECTRICAL cooler than a 28 bottle count, there's one for you, the AK-40.110C model for 40 bottles (110 litres/116qt). Altough most of you guys are probably from the US, right?
Pic:
Anyway, I will be buying this in a couple of weeks but couldn't resist starting a topic (patience?, what is that?), and report how it goes.
The plan is to use Heartfelt Beads (works wonders in my small humi!), build cedar trays and lining the underside of those trays with humidity sheets.
I will probably do 1001 other things to it also but we'll see :smile:
But today, I think I'll go down to a little wine-pub in my neighbour and have a Cohiba Robusto :starrylov
It's been a while since I last smoked a Cohiba so I think it will be very nice.
(Robusto is my size preference, and Cuba my favourite manufacturing country. Honduras is a very good runner-up)
Well, enough of my ramblings. Go smoke a stick! :eyepoke:
I just registered yesterday, although I have been lurking a while for some time. I have been smoking cigars for a while but just recently been putting more effort and time in this precious activity.
I bought a small, standard no-frills desktop humidor a couple of months ago but you guessed it, it's full to the rims! I do my best to try and smoke some space for more sticks but this seems like a fight I can not win :laugh:
So, I have been planning to build a 'Coolidor'.
Because I live in Europe (Finland to be precise) I have had no luck finding a retailer or webshop selling the Avanti model here. There would be little sense to order it from the US because of taxes and shipping costs.
With a lot of searching I found a German retailer that sells a similar one:
http://cgi.ebay.de/AK-40-110C-Weinkuehlschrank-im-Shop-ilve-Baumatic-smeg_W0QQitemZ280105014707QQihZ018QQcategoryZ77228QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
I am thinking of the 28 bottle count. I this would be perfect for me. I know, I know, you should get the biggest possible etc. but I really think the A&K AK-28.70C fits the bill perfectly (being priced at 289,00 EUR).
Pic (the first one):
But for those who would want a bigger THERMOELECTRICAL cooler than a 28 bottle count, there's one for you, the AK-40.110C model for 40 bottles (110 litres/116qt). Altough most of you guys are probably from the US, right?
Pic:
Anyway, I will be buying this in a couple of weeks but couldn't resist starting a topic (patience?, what is that?), and report how it goes.
The plan is to use Heartfelt Beads (works wonders in my small humi!), build cedar trays and lining the underside of those trays with humidity sheets.
I will probably do 1001 other things to it also but we'll see :smile:
But today, I think I'll go down to a little wine-pub in my neighbour and have a Cohiba Robusto :starrylov
It's been a while since I last smoked a Cohiba so I think it will be very nice.
(Robusto is my size preference, and Cuba my favourite manufacturing country. Honduras is a very good runner-up)
Well, enough of my ramblings. Go smoke a stick! :eyepoke: