Montecristo Villanueva
5 1/2 x 50
Natural
Dominican Republic
I stumbled onto this stick mearly by chance. While browsing one of the online dealers that I shop from occasionally, I noticed it in the ‘recommended’ area. They were selling it by the box, of 10. I forget the price, but it was in the neighborhood of $80 for the box. Anyway, I […]

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Padron Anniversary 1964 Superior
42 x 6 1/2 Natural
Nicaragua

A number of my friends really enjoy Padron cigars, so I’ve heard nothing but good things about them. So I tried one. It was good, but I wasn’t impressed. Since then, I’ve continued to hear similar raves and reading good things about the Anniversary Series, constantly. So I […]

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Most new small humidors come with some type of humidification device but being that the humidity if the whole point of the humidor we are making an upgrade here. It is inexpensive and will make using your new humidor much easier.

Our new humidor came with a standard foam type humidifier but we picked up the […]

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With our recent humidor purchase we also grabbed a new travel case. Previously found through Otter Box but now under separate management our new case is a Cigar Caddy 2-Stick hard travel case.

Here are a few of the specifics.
The Cigar Caddy and Cigar Humidor 2-Stick

Crushproof, waterproof cigar travel case that can float.
Keeps Cigars moist and […]

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We’ll do other post on setting up the humidor, seasoning, configuring the hygrometer, etc. later. Don’t worry it won’t be that hard. But first since we are going to have alot of pictures we are just going to have a post on unpacking our recent order from cheaphumidors.com.
Again as a reminder, Packing List:
25-50 Cigar Humidor […]

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Thanks to Cigar Aficionado for this tip.
Q: There’s plenty of spring cleaning to do around the house, but what about inside my humidor? Should that get a good cleaning as well?
A: Yes, but humidor maintenance should be done regularly.
Keeping your humidor in top condition should be a year-round endeavor, but a thorough spring cleaning won’t […]

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Here’s a heads up on a few of our upcoming reviews. We’d love to get your opinions and reviews on these too so go ahead and grab a few of these and do a write up to send in when we post the review.
- Ashton VSG Robusto (5 1/2 x 50)
- Padron Anniversary
- Montecristo Villenueva
- […]

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This was my first venture into this brand. And honestly, I haven’t heard or seen many reviews about it, good or bad. Generally, this turns out to be a good thing, so you don’t end up with some pre-concieved notions about any particular smoke.
 
Anway, this was also my first experience with a “box pressed” […]

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We have heard of people finding humidors in T.J. Maxx stores for some time. Jonathan even picked one up there in the last month or two. So we decided to stop by and see if they got any more in. Well, they did. They have two pretty nice mid-sized (50-100) humidors on their shelves. Both […]

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We are going to show you the process from start to finish with a small entry level, affordable 25-50 humidor. It is ‘The Capri’ from cheaphumidors.com. We picked it up for just $21.99 with a $20 digital hygrometer upgrade. It comes with a humidifier but we are going to pick up a better one from […]

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