What are you buying yourself for Christmas?

[El Presidente]

What are you buying yourself for Christmas? 

Let's face it, 99% of the time, the only decent gift you receive is the one you have organised  .......or the one you bought  yourself. 

Fill us in, what have you organised for yourself this Christmas. 

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[lovethehaze]

Bought it yesterday. Old one is past it’s prime. Gas line  off the house  it’s money no matter what the weather. merry Christmas ? 

[El Presidente]

I saw these up at mooloolaba beach. 

 

Maybe next year 

 

 

[SenorPerfecto]

[Wailbait]

2 minutes ago, SenorPerfecto said:

I usually wait til after Christmas when it goes on sale.

[Lotusguy]

A new cooktop after dropping an olive oil bottle on the old one. Who thought that making the surface out of glass was a great idea??

As an encore a new water heater, since my current one just started leaking. FML



Luckily I already had a friend reserve this for me in Taiwan and my ever loving wife will pick it up next week

[Chibearsv]

My wife wanted a Peloton bike for herself for Christmas so she and I agreed she could buy one as long as I got myself the equivalent amount of CCs ....and a new wineador in which to store them.  Family's going to have a tough time beating that one ?

[The Squiggler]

Got a lustful eye on this... a potential belated Christmas gift to myself after I move at the beginning of the year.  Unfortunately they want ~$300 to ship it, so I might have to go pick it up.

[Drguano]

35 minutes ago, The Squiggler said:

Got a lustful eye on this... a potential belated Christmas gift to myself after I move at the beginning of the year.  Unfortunately they want ~$300 to ship it, so I might have to go pick it up.

Looks nice. Is it new?  Who makes it? I regret not getting an Aristocrat before they stopped making them and have been looking for a used one or the next great humidor builder ever since.

[Drguano]

I saw these on the Tuesday 24x24 this week and moaned so loud that Agnes handed me her credit card. Holiday gift sorted!

[Fuzz]

I'm a big kid at heart, so what I bought for my friend's kids, I also bought for myself!

Pew! Pew! Pew!

Of course, Uncle Fuzz has to have the bigger, more powerful version! Can't let the kids win!!

 

[Wookie]

Been on a bit of a tear....NC and CC. The FOH XMas Sampler landed today safely....super psyched about trying all these young sticks. Will probably save the double bands for a bit just to confirm they are mens' equivalent of womensweaknesses for expensive baubles. 

[Pharmacovigilant]

59 minutes ago, Drguano said:

Looks nice. Is it new?  Who makes it? I regret not getting an Aristocrat before they stopped making them and have been looking for a used one or the next great humidor builder ever since.

@Drguano, check out the line of cabinets by Vigilant Inc. They’re located in New Hampshire (US).  I ordered the Reliance 1500 in Traditional with espresso stain and oil-rubbed hardware. Delivered 2 weeks ago and I love it. Very solid construction. You could say it was an early Christmas present, but honest-to-God truth be told my wife insisted I get it for my 50th birthday!!

  

[Cayman17]

Rolex Fat Lady 

[The Squiggler]

1 hour ago, Drguano said:

Looks nice. Is it new?  Who makes it? I regret not getting an Aristocrat before they stopped making them and have been looking for a used one or the next great humidor builder ever since.

They sell them on 1stclasshumidors.com... It's a Lemans brand/model... it's on the relatively low end for a cabinet that size (~6ft), but I've seen some reviews that make it seem like a steal for the price ($699).  I've heard adding some stronger magnetic catches and replacing the analog hygrometer are both essential (pretty obvious, at least as far as the analog hygrometer is concerned), but it comes with a cigar oasis built into the price, so that's a perk.  There are some really nice fully digital, climate-control-integrated models, but they cost over 3x as much.  This one happens to be in my budget (if I cut back on cigars for a month, anyway). 

[lostsoulcamero]

Some lingerie for the wife

[BoliDan]

12 minutes ago, The Squiggler said:

They sell them on 1stclasshumidors.com... It's a Lemans brand/model... it's on the relatively low end for a cabinet that size (~6ft), but I've seen some reviews that make it seem like a steal for the price ($699).  I've heard adding some stronger magnetic catches and replacing the analog hygrometer are both essential (pretty obvious, at least as far as the analog hygrometer is concerned), but it comes with a cigar oasis built into the price, so that's a perk.  There are some really nice fully digital, climate-control-integrated models, but they cost over 3x as much.  This one happens to be in my budget (if I cut back on cigars for a month, anyway). 

For that size at that price I'd expect some leaking. Maybe not. But some food grade silicone and thin weather stripping should fix her up. 

[Bohemio]

Besides cigars, been thinking about gifting myself a pool table. Used to play a lot but between family and work dont have that much time anymore. 

[The Squiggler]

3 hours ago, BoliDan said:

For that size at that price I'd expect some leaking. Maybe not. But some food grade silicone and thin weather stripping should fix her up. 

I ignored the reviews on the site figuring some of the positive ones were fabricated and the negative ones deleted, but the independent video reviews I've seen have been mostly positive.  One person I talked to on reddit said it sealed great after adding some stronger magnets (the door comes with heavy-duty weather stripping).  I imagine it will require a little work, but for the price I don't mind at all, as long as it doesn't tank like a crappy second-hand boat.  I wouldn't even mind putting in the time to do some minor woodworking to make the necessary improvements if it came down to it. 

[chris12381]

A plane ticket to Havana. 

[Meklown]

5 hours ago, The Squiggler said:

They sell them on 1stclasshumidors.com... It's a Lemans brand/model... it's on the relatively low end for a cabinet that size (~6ft), but I've seen some reviews that make it seem like a steal for the price ($699).  I've heard adding some stronger magnetic catches and replacing the analog hygrometer are both essential (pretty obvious, at least as far as the analog hygrometer is concerned), but it comes with a cigar oasis built into the price, so that's a perk.  There are some really nice fully digital, climate-control-integrated models, but they cost over 3x as much.  This one happens to be in my budget (if I cut back on cigars for a month, anyway). 

I have purchased from that website 3 times before (desktop large humidor) and I would again. Everything about it works perfectly, I don't even use any humidification devices now (not even Bovedas) and it keeps my cigars pristine. Do note however, it does take a while for the cedar to season - I'd say give it around 6 months with some Bovedas, but after that period, absolutely perfect. 

I also recently found very close examples on Taobao (Chinese Amazon) and plumped for one, which arrived just a couple of weeks back. From what I can tell it's exactly the same, I've asked others to inspect the humidors from both sources and nobody could tell a difference. However, the results matter more than the look, so to be fair I can only make a judgement on it in a few months.

[Derboesekoenig]

2 minutes ago, Meklown said:

I have purchased from that website 3 times before (desktop large humidor) and I would again. Everything about it works perfectly, I don't even use any humidification devices now (not even Bovedas) and it keeps my cigars pristine. Do note however, it does take a while for the cedar to season - I'd say give it around 6 months with some Bovedas, but after that period, absolutely perfect. 

I also recently found very close examples on Taobao (Chinese Amazon) and plumped for one, which arrived just a couple of weeks back. From what I can tell it's exactly the same, I've asked others to inspect the humidors from both sources and nobody could tell a difference. However, the results matter more than the look, so to be fair I can only make a judgement on it in a few months.

6 months to season? ?

[Meklown]

1 minute ago, Derboesekoenig said:

6 months to season? ?

conservative estimate 

[SwissPEP]

Finally bought 2 plane tickets to Havana for May 2020. ?

 

[anacostiakat]

HaHa.  Bought myself some pants. 

https://www.crazyshirts.com/product/casual-black-pants-1022759.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=fn&ecList=7&ecCategory=104941