Soooo.... Out of curiosity

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Originally Posted by SeanTheEvans

I've gotten 2 or 3 humidors now that are "cheapies" and haven't had any issues. One was cheaphumidors, one was a Don Salvatore, and was a little 15ct wedding gift. If you add a bit of extra cedar and they don't leak terribly, they can do you quite well, as mine have.

Solid spanish cedar would just hold humidity better, as the SC helps "regulate", just like your media (beads, boveda, etc). So solid spanish cedar would just be more buffer to the leaking, which is why it's "better". Also, anyone making a humidor with thick spanish cedar is going to put the time and craftsmanship into making it work well and hold humidity. Cheap ones are mass-produced and then have a thin SC veneer slapped on them, making them much more susceptible to air leaks because of general "tolerances" that are involved in the process.

That being said, cheaphumidors has been known to take care of customers, and plenty of folks have sent back leaky ones and eventually received something workable. So props for that.

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Lots of good information here, not just the you get what you pay for, which is usually true. But...top quality doesn't come cheap, $800.00 to ensure a stash of. let's say thirty $3.00 cigars may not always be the way to go. While it is not very common, you can if lucky find a cigar box, with enough good ceder that is extreme hard to open and close because of tightness.
If you do find one like this you 'may' have an excellent small humidor that with Brovida, beads which will serve better than many of the cheaper ones available, and will have it at no cost.