That is very well put Dan.
Haier Wine Cooler
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That is very well put Dan.
Mister Moo
The Pinnacle of Style
I thought about it while happily smoking a $3.00 corncob pipe on the porch, gazing at a rack full of briar in the den. :r
Care to elaborate?
Mister Moo
The Pinnacle of Style
Put boxes in a cooler with thought toward:
- how many would ultimately fit in the cooler; or
- what the value of the occupied space would later mean to me in terms of cost, investment potential and enjoyment; or
- what my consumption rate was vs. my acquisition rate; or
- how changing tastes can alter what you WANT compared to what you've already STORED.
I suggest going to a B&M and buying a selection of a three dozen single $4.00 - $12.00 cigars. Take them all home, put 35 on a tray in your lap. Sit in front of the cooler and light up the 36th. Think carefully, staring meditiatively at the cigars and into the empty space for at least an hour, about why you'd want anything other than those 36 in the cooler. DO NOT study the already-filled spaces which are, almost certainly, occupied with what you will later call "mistakes." Insteady, stare thoughtfully at the empty space as you smoke and formulate a cunning plan about how to fill the vacant space(s) ONE box at a time. Work some version of this process before each box you add to the coolerdor.
Plan your work - work your plan. If you fail to plan then you are planning to fail. A stuffed cooler represents a large investment which should not be executed by impulse.
Elaborated enough?
Major Captain Silly
Poker for the troops
Put boxes in a cooler with thought toward:It is easy to be seduced by low cost 2nd tier smokes and, having mindlessly filled a cooler with them, discover there is no longer space for cigars that actually benefit from aging. Why accept expense and risk to store a $100 box of cigars which, five years from now will taste about the same and be worth about $75.00? You might as well store thousands of tube socks from Wal-Mart in your living room.
- how many would ultimately fit in the cooler; or
- what the value of the occupied space would later mean to me in terms of cost, investment potential and enjoyment; or
- what my consumption rate was vs. my acquisition rate; or
- how changing tastes can alter what you WANT compared to what you've already STORED.
I suggest going to a B&M and buying a selection of a three dozen single $4.00 - $12.00 cigars. Take them all home, put 35 on a tray in your lap. Sit in front of the cooler and light up the 36th. Think carefully, staring meditiatively at the cigars and into the empty space for at least an hour, about why you'd want anything other than those 36 in the cooler. DO NOT study the already-filled spaces which are, almost certainly, occupied with what you will later call "mistakes." Insteady, stare thoughtfully at the empty space as you smoke and formulate a cunning plan about how to fill the vacant space(s) ONE box at a time. Work some version of this process before each box you add to the coolerdor.
Plan your work - work your plan. If you fail to plan then you are planning to fail. A stuffed cooler represents a large investment which should not be executed by impulse.
Elaborated enough?
I wish I would have read your advice a few years ago when i was buying up cheap crap! I'm all better now.
MCS
:tpd:
Though I have been keeping myself to cheap crap somewhat for the time being because I knew getting into this that ideal storing solutions were required and I didn't want to suffer heavy losses if/when I screwed it up. A lot of my first cigars got wrapper tears because I was an idiot with little guidance and didn't know what I was doing (wish I knew about this site then)... and now moving into my cooler has been a little bit of a pain with humidity rates... once that stabilizes I will be only buying the finest of cigars :tu
Mister Moo
The Pinnacle of Style
I'm not denying the smoking value of many lower cost (cheap crap) cigar brands either OTB or aged. I have recently been enjoying surprises from the back of the humi including some $2.50 to $5.00 sticks that are showing a little sparkle on the wrappers and smoking much to my satisfaction. Tonight (in the No Snob Zone) I really enjoyed an old Drew Estates La Vieja Habana (blue band) that was showing an unexpected bit of plume; a few days ago I had the same good experience with a two year old Oliva Grand maduro. If I'd had no coolerdor space, then no sparkly wrappers on these guys, and no surprising $3.00 cigars.
I'm just saying, if you have a finite amount of money and a finite amount of space for storage, be smart about how you spend/occupy it.
I'm just saying, if you have a finite amount of money and a finite amount of space for storage, be smart about how you spend/occupy it.
jerseynewbie
Young Ape
This thread inspired me to build my own at the beginning of the summer. I'm pretty proud of how it turned out, and I kept meaning to post pics, but always forgetting. So here they finally are.
I hardwired in the Johnson Controls controller and mounted the unit on the back for easy changing of the temp range.
The 12 shelves are all Spanish Cedar, made myself to custom fit the interior of the Wine-A-Dor. It's originally a 28 bottle Edgestar with a thermoelectric unit.
I keep a couple of pounds of 65% beads in it, mostly in the bottom, but some of it on the top shelf in mesh bags, next to three Oust Fans with the faceplates cut away for better circulation.
I also have a wireless sensor inside, with larger airholes put in the face, which transmits to a receiving unit outside the sealed structure. I had a couple of other sensors, planning to mount them in the top, bottom, and middle, to verify that air circulation was ample. But I ended putting them in a coolerdor instead.
The Johson Controls sensor enters through the back, as seen in the photo, so that the door seal stays intact.
The shelves each feature antique brass finish handles, and full extension ball bearing roller slides, which are pretty neat.
What do you think? Yes, I did get a little carried away. Unfortunately I pretty much quit smoking cigars, so I probably should sell the thing and get it out of my living room! I have to say though, it was a fun project, and kept me busy for awhile.
I hardwired in the Johnson Controls controller and mounted the unit on the back for easy changing of the temp range.
The 12 shelves are all Spanish Cedar, made myself to custom fit the interior of the Wine-A-Dor. It's originally a 28 bottle Edgestar with a thermoelectric unit.
I keep a couple of pounds of 65% beads in it, mostly in the bottom, but some of it on the top shelf in mesh bags, next to three Oust Fans with the faceplates cut away for better circulation.
I also have a wireless sensor inside, with larger airholes put in the face, which transmits to a receiving unit outside the sealed structure. I had a couple of other sensors, planning to mount them in the top, bottom, and middle, to verify that air circulation was ample. But I ended putting them in a coolerdor instead.
The Johson Controls sensor enters through the back, as seen in the photo, so that the door seal stays intact.
The shelves each feature antique brass finish handles, and full extension ball bearing roller slides, which are pretty neat.
What do you think? Yes, I did get a little carried away. Unfortunately I pretty much quit smoking cigars, so I probably should sell the thing and get it out of my living room! I have to say though, it was a fun project, and kept me busy for awhile.
Mister Moo
The Pinnacle of Style
Work of art - nice job, Jer'bie.
Fishbeadtwo
Lowland Gorilla
Wow, looks great! Have a price in mind for you ready to fill smoke heaven?
Put boxes in a cooler with thought toward:
It is easy to be seduced by low cost 2nd tier smokes and, having mindlessly filled a cooler with them, discover there is no longer space for cigars that actually benefit from aging. Why accept expense and risk to store a $100 box of cigars which, five years from now will taste about the same and be worth about $75.00? You might as well store thousands of tube socks from Wal-Mart in your living room.
- how many would ultimately fit in the cooler; or
- what the value of the occupied space would later mean to me in terms of cost, investment potential and enjoyment; or
- what my consumption rate was vs. my acquisition rate; or
- how changing tastes can alter what you WANT compared to what you've already STORED.
I suggest going to a B&M and buying a selection of a three dozen single $4.00 - $12.00 cigars. Take them all home, put 35 on a tray in your lap. Sit in front of the cooler and light up the 36th. Think carefully, staring meditiatively at the cigars and into the empty space for at least an hour, about why you'd want anything other than those 36 in the cooler. DO NOT study the already-filled spaces which are, almost certainly, occupied with what you will later call "mistakes." Insteady, stare thoughtfully at the empty space as you smoke and formulate a cunning plan about how to fill the vacant space(s) ONE box at a time. Work some version of this process before each box you add to the coolerdor.
Plan your work - work your plan. If you fail to plan then you are planning to fail. A stuffed cooler represents a large investment which should not be executed by impulse.
Elaborated enough?
Jewels I tell you Moo is handing out jewels of knowledge. Such a gentleman and a scholar! Well said!