Last week in the "Show pics of your humi" thread I posted a picture of my new EdgeStar 28 bottle wine cooler. Since then I've really come to appreciate this little bugger. I was always fighting with my humidors to keep them stabilized and I never cared for using a cooler as it had to sit out of sight in the closet. Set at the highest temp setting and stocked with half a pound of beads the fridgador maintains 63 degrees and the humidity stays at 65% with the occasional drop to 62% when it's running a lot.
In the summer the temperature in the house can easily swing from the upper 80s to the low 60s over the course of a day since we rarely ever run the AC (nights are almost always in the mid 50s here). This played havoc with my traditional humidors but the EdgeStar just keeps chugging along at 63/65.
Once the weather turns cooler I figure I can just shut it off completely since we keep the house at 65 during the fall and winter. Then it will just act as a glorified cooler with a window.
I was reluctant to take this further step down the slope but so far I couldn't be happier. Now I just have to await the arrival of a bunch of new sticks to stock it up.
In the summer the temperature in the house can easily swing from the upper 80s to the low 60s over the course of a day since we rarely ever run the AC (nights are almost always in the mid 50s here). This played havoc with my traditional humidors but the EdgeStar just keeps chugging along at 63/65.
Once the weather turns cooler I figure I can just shut it off completely since we keep the house at 65 during the fall and winter. Then it will just act as a glorified cooler with a window.
I was reluctant to take this further step down the slope but so far I couldn't be happier. Now I just have to await the arrival of a bunch of new sticks to stock it up.