Any preferred cooler type?

[ck475]

Good to hear! By looking at the measurements online it's about the max size I can fit into a space I have in mind without being too obvious.

[jazzboypro]

I currently have 3 Coleman Xtreme 70 Qt coolers with HF beads and it works fine

[CanuckSARTech]

100-qt Coleman Xtreme Marine coolers. All with 1/2"-thick or so cedar base installed to the interior, Xikar rectangular calibratable hygrometers, and three 1/2 pound packs of RH Beads (65% RH).

Might need to start another soon...

Don't tell the Wife Unit....

[ck475]

I just wanted to bump this thread as I recommended this cooler to another member. I want to sing praises over this cooler as it is everything I was looking for! It is not too big it holds humidity great and has no plastic smell.

Thanks Torsion! I feel as your search has saved me a lot of time in my own quest for cigar storage.

Chris

[Ubergosupro69]

This topic is incredibly helpful for a person starting down the path of setting up a coolidor. I just wanted to thank all the contributors for their 2 cents.

I've recently begun to get a lot more serious about cuban cigars, and aging all of my stock, cc and nc alike. Shortly after I upped my efforts I realized my 3 small humidors weren't going to cut it, so I've been reading everything I can find about coolidor set-ups. Now I just have to jump on it and get mine prepared before my most recent box gets done with its freezer nap.

[Hunter1974]

I purchased a green coleman X-treme 150 qt at walmart. They are around $70.00. It has the grooves like a fishing cooler so you can build shelves. This is the same cooler as mine, but it is not my cooler. I just took the image from the web. I like mine because i can stand them up in a closet (out of sight out of mind for the wife) and the shelves in the picture are really easy to make using closet shelf material cut to size. I have also seen people make spanish cedar shelves to slide into place but the boxes provide enough cedar for me.

You probably should have just bought a 150 first because now you will have to deal with the angry wife two, three, or more times. On the bright side you will have a cooler for outings soon when you get a bigger one. My favorite quality of coolidors is that they are easy to carry out in a fire or other emergency. My wife will get the kids out and I will get my coolers to safety

Killer Idea ! I would rather spend money on cigars !

[parabola66]

I've had my eye on this guy for my next setup..Anybody have any experience or thoughts?

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/storage/trunks?productId=10024301&N=71235