Considering an Aristocrat

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Originally Posted by markem

It sounds to me like you do not need the temp control. However, I would ask Bob Staebell and go with his recommendation. He talked me out of temp control and I've not regretted that decision in spite of my cabinet being next to a south facing window.

Two of my friends have big ones with temp control. They are loud and if you lose power (which is when you lose AC), you'll lose the temp control on the Aristocrat as well. Not only that, the temp unit takes up a lot of space.

I've owned an Aristocrat for about a decade, in the summer it is humid in my locale, so some years I do not even use the humidifier. They are well priced considering the level of craftsmanship; you'd pay that much for any kind of heirloom piece humidor or not.

Go twice as big as you'll think you need. General rule of thumb on any investment collecting piece like cabinet, wine cellar, etc...