Show off your best Cigars with a Glass Top Humidor
A humidor is a term used for a room or box which provides constant humidity (and many times constant temperature also). These are famous for storing cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars. Many good cigar shops can have walk in humidors which can occupy one or several floors or humidors can be used for personal use which can store from ten cigars. Humidors are also used to store other goods which require a constant level of humidity for their preservation. Hygrometers are used in all sizes and types of humidors which ensure that the humidity and the temperature inside the box are always constant.
The different types of humidors include room humidors where a room is converted into a humidor to store all the cigar quantity of the cigar store or bar. Travel humidors can store from ten to forty cigars and are ideal for commuters. The table humidors are portable (theoretically) but are mostly kept in one place only. They can store cigars from three hundred to several thousand. Their exterior is exotically made through various elements such as wood, leather marble or glass tops. Usually cigar smokers keep humidors which are comparatively small in size and provide good look in addition to containing forty to seventy five cigars. They are also called desktop or personal humidors.
The interior of the humidor is mostly made of Spanish cedar which can maintain more moisture than other woods and also impart their aroma to the cigars. Also, they repel the tobacco beetles which can infect and destroy the cigars. Normally, the humidors should be able to hold 65-75% relative humidity for containing cigars. Glass top humidor is a very good selection if the user wants to increase his/her cigars collection. The cost of a glass top humidor is very less when compared to the cabinet humidors. Online glass top humidors come in various qualities, shapes and designs. The small sized humidors can store up to 25 cigars whereas the large sized ones can hold up to 200 cigars which reduce the portability but increase the desktops look.
Another additional benefit of these humidors is that the hygrometers are external to the humidor. This helps in constant management of humidity without disturbing the cigars when the humidor is opened as opening and closing even once can affect the humidity levels for some time which can decrease the aroma and quality of cigars. One can also check the humidifier externally without disturbing the cigars.
Many humidor suppliers can also engrave the logo or name of the owner on the humidors. These humidors can make for good anniversary or birthday presents because a good quality wood finished humidor can offer good look to the desk even without the cigars. Many glass top humidors can be bought in different styles and moderate to large sized humidors also have cigar trays, key locks and cedar dividers. These moderately sized humidors also come with drawers which can store other cigar accessories such as lighter or cigar cutters.
