List Price: $39.95
Sale Price: $28.19
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Ok, first off the price advertised is $19.95 but when I checked out the price was $22.95, $3 difference but I still went with it.
The box arrived and considering the cost I was somewhat impressed with what I recieved. The construction was good and the lid fit fairly well. When I allowed the lid to go down slowly it wouldn't close all the way, I needed to push on it which impressed me. Since I didn't have much in this one I decided to see how air tight it really was and filled it up with water (not recommended) and began tipping it on edge. The water of course began to leak out in several places but I let it have a good soaking for about 25 minutes. I dumped out the water and let it dry in the sun with the lid open (inside the house, next to a window. This raised the hairs on wood and created a much tighter seal. I lightly sanded the interior compartment with 00 steel wool and filled it up with water again. Same treatment, sun dried then light sanding on the interior but this time I had very few drops leak out of the box so it sealed up much better.
I checked out the gauge while the water treatments where being conducted and I ended up throwning it in the trash after a few attempts at calibration. The instructions say the variation is %5 +/-, mine was closer to 15% when placed inside a good humidor with a known humidity. I would attempt adjustments and still ended up way off.
The humidification system is a foam type humidifier, I use crystal systems so that went into the trash as well. It would work fine if you want to add the juice but I find the crystal systems to be easier to use.
The size is as advertised dimensionally and looks just like the photo provided. I think I might get 40-50 coronas in there, which is why I bought it. You won't be filling this up with 50 churchills or anything over 50 ring for certain, it just isn't that big.
Overall assessment, I think it is a decent box that can be tweeked to function as a humidor. I won't be putting a box of $300 cigars inside but it should work well to improve the humidity and quality of a bundle of $30 coronas. You should plan on buying a better guage or maybe yours will work better than mine did. I actually am pleased enough with this box that I will be ordering another one. We'll see what my next one is like.
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