Daniel Marshall 30125 unboxing

I posted this on another site as well but thought I'd share as the info I gathered from the Bum was instrumental in my decision making process.:encouragement:

Ok...had nothing going on today so I thought I would share this. I just started getting back into cigars after about 10 years after I uncovered my old humidor. Unfortunately, there were some real nice sticks in there left unattended that had to be discarded. I cleaned it out, seasoned it and set it up with a sampler pack from a local JR store and a couple Boveda packs. A long story short, it leaked badly and could not hold an acceptable RH. Thus began my search for a dependable humidor. I visited many a forum including this one to get the opinions of those more knowledgeable than me. I knew I wanted to stay away from a cheap made in China humidor as they are a crap shoot as to how they seal and other issues I read about. I wanted a humidor made in the U.S.A. and thus decided to buy a humidor by Daniel Marshall. From visiting the various forums I learned of their "Private Stock" (scratch and dent) humidors that were sold at a significant discount.
The purchasing process could not have been any easier. A simple email sent and a reply with the available models currently on hand was received. I spoke with Doug at DM and he was extremely helpful and patient in dealing with all of my questions. In the end I decided to go with the 30125 model in Burl wood with a top tray. A week later it arrived and was extremely well packed, double boxed. Upon removal from the exterior box was another smaller box containing the humidor.

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The humidor was neatly wrapped to prevent any scratching...

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Removal of the wrapping revealed a thing of beauty (at least in my eyes, note top shows reflections and I didn't really catch the beauty of the Burl wood, I'm not a great photographer)..

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The interior was stuffed with additional paper to protect during shipping.

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Removal of the packaging revealed the top tray with 2 movable dividers, instructions, key for the lock, a bottle of humidifier solution, a spare bottle and a surprise 5 pack of DM cigars....

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Removal of the tray revealed more packaging and the bottom section with 2 movable dividers.

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The unit also came with a digital hygrometer and humidification block nicely hidden behind a cedar slide. I am replacing the green foam with Heartfelt 65rh beads.

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I inspected the unit and I'd be damned if i can find what is wrong with it that makes it a "Private Stock". At best as I can tell, I can see a tiny, tiny dent/dip on the lid in a certain light but the finish is not affected. The lid fit seams to seal nicely as you get that nice swoosh of air when you drop the lid. I am currently seasoning it with 6 Boveda 84rh packs and it should be done by this Thursday (These 2 weeks are killing me). During this time I calibrated the included hygrometer and found that it appeared to not be functioning properly. One email to DM and they sent out a new hygrometer the next day, no questions asked. Now that's what I call customer service. All I can say is that I am extremely happy with the service I received dealing with DM and of course with the quality of the product. If you're in the market for a nice Humidor and want to save a few $$ I can't recommend Daniel Marshall "Private Stock" humidors enough.

Now the only problem is I appear to be sliding down that slippery slope at break neck speed and wonder how long before I need to upgrade? :rolleyes:

Nice looking humidor! Great "unboxing" thread too!

That is a beautiful humidor! Thanks for sharing the unboxing. What is the strip with the numbers 1-12 above the humidification box?

Its supposed to be used as a calendar(reminder) for when you last filled humidifier with DW and the PG solution. There were two round magnet pieces you would place on numbers for the last time you filled humidifier with DW or PG. Thanks to what I learned from this and other forums I replaced the green foam with Heartfelt 65rh beads so i wont have to worry about it....:encouragement:

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Very nice Otis! That's a good looking Humi!

DMs are beautiful and functional and nice heirloom piece. Congrats!

thing of beauty right there. very nice pick up

Ok...seasoning is done...time to put it to work...

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Remember its quality not quantity....:cool:

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Ha!...just kidding....

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Scary thing is I've bought all these within the last two weeks...and I want to buy more!..:eagerness:

Nice!

I don't think the drive to buy more cigars ever goes away...

Can't wait to see your wineador thread in the near future!