Easily one of my favorite cigar guys on this platform I’ve been smoking cigars for about 2 years now and my friends look at me as if I’m some kind of guru 😂 Little do they know majority of my knowledge comes from this channel. Keep up the stellar work brother!

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

That’s awesome bro lol every group needs the cigar aficionado 👑 💪

The whole in the back is like a P-TRap add a small amount of distilled water to whole and it will seal the air flow.

Great review. I picked up this same humidor about a month ago and have been pretty happy with it. Watched some of your other videos and saw how you had yours set up, and pretty much did the same. I have about 275 sticks in mine and did see a small variation in temp and humidity from top to bottom. I added the fan a couple of days ago, and it really did make a huge difference in air flow, and as a result evened out the temps and humidity within a degree and percentage point across all drawers. Keep up the good work.

Another great video! I think I've mentioned previously that I've totally copied your front glass Boveda mounting technique :) As you mention it's a good option to help with air flow when you've got all drawers. Also, glad you reminded me about condensation, I'm going to pull all my drawers out and check after I finish this post. ..... WRT the heating vs cooling unit, I 100% recommend going for the heating + cooling vs the cooling only. I originally started with the cooling only model, and ended up returning it. The issue is regardless of what you have the cooling only unit set to, it will not allow the temperature to higher than 2-4 degrees F _below_ the external ambient temperature. For example, If you set it at 70 and your house is 75, it's not an issue, it will hold 70. However, if your house is at 65, and the unit is set at 70, it will actively cool them to 2-4 degrees below 65, and so forth. I contacted NeedOne and they claimed it was by design and pointed me to some 'small print' plainly describing the effect. My theory is the cooling unit is identical to the heating + cooling unit _except_ without the heating element. I would bet even the firmware is identical, and that it just doesn't know that the heating unit isn't connected, and is still including it in its PID loop. (the 2-4 degree drop would make sense in this case) .... Unsurprisingly none of the NeedOne sponsored channels mention this rather important detail in their reviews, so it's a bit of a bellwether as to which reviewers are actually as unbiased as they claim to be :).

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Yep! That’s the purpose of the drain plug actually. Shoulda mentioned this in the video but what happens is condensation builds up in the fan and it’ll drip straight down to the drain hole. If it’s dry on the back panel under the fan you’re likely good 👍

Was not even aware of the drain hole at the back!! thank you for a great review!

Plugging the drain causes instant condensation and water pooling at the bottom of the unit.

The best most complete review and nice life-hacks on this humidor. Thank you brother 🙏🏻

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate it bro 🙌

Wish I saw this review before I bought it, all solid points. Love the channel man.

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate it bro

Nice collection. Ironically i was about the first 1/3rd into a amazon basin when i started this video. It is an excellent stick.

Excellent Review.. Especially the 8 month test 👍🏽

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! 👍

Thanks for your honest review on this humidor. Sounds like this one isn't for me so I'll keep on looking

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Really good review AJ! Damn I didn’t know about the drain plug leak! I’m gonna have to fix that. I wonder if the more expensive newair humidors are any better?

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

The drain plug has its use if condensation builds up and water starts dripping from the fan. But with Boveda and using it indoors there’s no need for it. Appreciate you bro 💯

Great video! Subscribed! Please keep up the great work

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate it 💪

Hey boss, great content. I had a question. I just got the Needone 23L heating and cooling humidor and I'm currently trying to season it but I keep having issues with condensation developing on the heatsink. My house is currently set 70-71 and the humidor is set at 68. Do you have any recommendations?

👍Great vid, Someone give this man a Gar !!!

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Just what I need! Lol

I am seasoning my needone 23 right now with boveda 84%. How high should i let humidity level go before i take the boveda packs out? I did tape drain hole since i will only boveda packs

Still need to know how you hook up the fan to power after running the cord thru the drain

@sigmanado

4 ай бұрын

To a USB outlet

AJ how did you get the Noctua wire through that tiny hole? The plug doesn't pass through

Where did you get the extra drawers?

Very nice, great video. What are you going to do about the lighting?

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

It’s not an issue really since I have to pull out a drawer to choose a smoke anyway 💨

Do you have a direct link for the Fan, I bought a 120mm 4 pin noctua and the connector didn’t fit through the drain hole

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Yes it’s in the description 🤙

Every time he says poop , we drink !!

Does your stock fan stop after it reaches temp? Mine does and it causes bad temp and RH differences from top to bottom. Thinking of adding the noctua fan

@sigmanado

4 ай бұрын

No the cooler is always on

I get it blocking up the drain hole to not let the humidity escape from the humidor. I did this on a wine fridge I converted into a humidor, it was cooling only. I blocked the drain hole on that and the problem I had was condensation would drip down the back during cooling and pool in the bottom and my humidor was always over humidified. Does condensation pool at the bottom of your since you plugged the drain hole and if so how do you manage the excess condensation?

@SuperBass1964

Ай бұрын

Plugging the drain does create condensation and water pooling at the bottom. I tried it and in just 8 hours there was water collecting at the bottom of my unit. Plugging the drain is NOT the answer.

How do you connect the fan to power?

With bovedas on the door. How is that working. Was going to try that instead of just putting packs in draws. Good review

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Works perfect 👌 could do either way too

Does the fan run constantly or when does it kick in?

You are lucky for now, wait a few more months. I bought one Nov 2022, and it broke down. Now it is extremely cold inside and humidity stays at 51%. waste of $560 CAD i paid for it. now the vendor won't help me with repairs, replacement, NOTHING!!! BEWARE before you buy this!!!

I have one of these in my cart right now, where do you get the drawers

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Link in the description 👍

Mine has a small smell of plastic, been open for two weeks and still there any advice before I return it

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Pour some baking soda in a small bowl, put it in the empty humidor (without any shelves) and let it run for a couple days. That should get rid of most or all of the smell. This is what I did and it helped, but what really got rid of the smell was letting the aroma from the shelves and cigars take over.

@Magnacardia

6 ай бұрын

@@sigmanado that’s what I was thinking I bought a 20 pack of factory smokes to help with that I just didn’t want to ruin my opus collection

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

@@Magnacardia for sure that should help too. Either way I think the cigars will be fine 👍

I’m looking to buy the fan you gave us a look at in the video. Can you give the details of what you had to buy to power it, and is it on a timer ect? I haven’t touched a pc fan in more than two decades, and never powered one with something other than a motherboard. I’ve found power supplies on Amazon but don’t know if i also need a speed controller ect. Please help me out bro.

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

Sure thing bro, there’s a link in the description for that fan I’m running. It’s a usb powered fan, nothing else needed, and its constant on.

@DJ-Art-Morris

6 ай бұрын

@@sigmanado ty bro. I appreciate ya

@DJ-Art-Morris

6 ай бұрын

@@sigmanado i bought the fan from your link, did you have to modify the drain hole? I don’t see how the cord from the fan could have passed through. Please help me out once again bro lol

@sigmanado

6 ай бұрын

@@DJ-Art-Morris so you wanna pass the wire through and then connect the fan after. One side of the wire is small enough to fit

@DJ-Art-Morris

6 ай бұрын

@@sigmanado oh lemme check that out. If that’s the case sorry to waste your time lol

4:50

Kingchill sucks!! Get a needone!

Don’t buy needone. Many of them come with a terrible plastic smell that doesn’t come out and will ruin your sticks…

@leewatts1570

5 ай бұрын

Bought klarstein almost identical.. Had the plastic smell but bit of venting bit of scrubbing it soon goes. Great value humidors

@5615669

5 ай бұрын

I have the 48L and no smell. Maybe I got lucky..

@ThreeTonDinobot

5 ай бұрын

I have the 48L, zero issues and smell.

@ThreeTonDinobot

5 ай бұрын

This is after 4 months, just an fyi

@Pattyrobinson6969

4 ай бұрын

Mine has zero smell. Set up just like he did. It's been awesome!!

Needone sucks stick with Kingchii probably made in same factory I’ve had better luck with the King