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Got the Newair x Boveda 500 humidor. Pros: Seals good as usual, good storage space unless you’re stacking in sticks, built in storage for Boveda packs, thoughtful insight into the build of the shelves for storage. Price, weight, construction. Fans are quiet. Cons: it has 1 display which only displays the temperature you wish you keep it at. It is not opti-thermal and instead uses a compressor. Cooling only no heating ( which is fine for me ). Boveda storage is great, however it takes up space for almost every shelf so you can only stack single sticks 2-3 high depending on ring gauge unless they are shorter sticks. Probably not the best for boxes ( I have not tested this but this is an assumption based off Boveda storage locations ). Only comes with a stainless door, no all black. No hygrometer or digital display for it. I’ll rate this 7/10. Satisfied. Newair and Boveda claim that it does not need seasoned, however even with me seasoning it- it still took several weeks to level out.

I recently bought a NewAir wine coolor with shelves and drawers by Forrest Price (Forrest's work is very nice and fits well). Everything looks good except I discovered that the NewAir unit will reset to the lowest temperature (54 degrees F) in the event of a power interruption. I like to set it at 65dF with 65RH Heartfelt beads. There are times when I am out of town for extended periods and if I leave the unit plugged in and even a momentary interruption occurs the cigars will be cooling to 54dF. I will hook up an inexpensive battery backup such as are used with computers but if the interruption is lengthy and I am out of town that solution will fail. That leaves me with two choices: leave it unplugged when I leave town and let the temp rise or leave it plugged in and let the temp fall to 54 if power interrupts. The temperature in the house will be 78 or 80 when I am out of town. What harm will come to the cigars if I do one or the other? Which alternative will do the least harm? Remember the beads will be 65RH. Thanks for any advice you may give.