Cheap Humidor Woes

[HIM]

if you think a 100ct is going to work get a 200ct than. I started with a 30ct desktop and outgrew it very fast.

This is so true and happens to most in this hobby. Buy bigger than you'll need and don't get it in your head that you have to fill the extra space just because you have it. Your humi won't end up jam-packed and you'll be able to move stuff around or rotate stock every once in a while. Much easier than when its packed to the gills.
Many of us said "200 cigars would last me a lifetime thats plenty of space." Lo and behold 3 more tupperdors later your scratching your head wondering what the hell happened lol.

[FireRunner]

This is so true and happens to most in this hobby. Buy bigger than you'll need and don't get it in your head that you have to fill the extra space just because you have it. Your humi won't end up jam-packed and you'll be able to move stuff around or rotate stock every once in a while. Much easier than when its packed to the gills.
Many of us said "200 cigars would last me a lifetime thats plenty of space." Lo and behold 3 more tupperdors later your scratching your head wondering what the hell happened lol.

Very true in this hobby. This is what I tell every single person I know who starts smoking cigars as a hobby:

1. Figure out how many cigars you smoke, on average, a month. For example if a person smokes two cigars a week that's eight cigars a month.

2. Take your monthly number and multiple by 10. In this case it's 80.

3. Round to the nearest 50/100/150/200/etc. In this case 100.

4. Multiply by 2. In this case it's 200.

Now, go buy a humidor that is "built" to hold 200 cigars, because realistically it will only hold about 125-135 depending on the ring gauge/spacing/dividers/etc. Overall, I find this to be ideal because there is enough % to go around for random cigars, regular smokes, and rare smokes. You also have some room for cigars that are resting or even aging.

[OtismyMan]

This is so true and happens to most in this hobby. Buy bigger than you'll need and don't get it in your head that you have to fill the extra space just because you have it. Your humi won't end up jam-packed and you'll be able to move stuff around or rotate stock every once in a while. Much easier than when its packed to the gills.
Many of us said "200 cigars would last me a lifetime thats plenty of space." Lo and behold 3 more tupperdors later your scratching your head wondering what the hell happened lol.

Truer words were never spoken... I bought a nice 125ct Humi and only had about 20 sticks...before the damn thing was even finished with the 2 week seasoning process with Bovedas I had out grown it