A humidor is generally a container or room to control humidity, mainly for storing cigars, cigarettes, cannabis, and other tobacco products. Variation in moisture can harm tobacco products. A humidity-controlled container or a humidor provides the storage with desirable steady humidity levels and protects the contents from physical damage.
Spanish cedar and wood have been used for a long time to make humidors. They are a very decorative piece of work for storing cigars. But a new contender is on the rise, offering way better options than traditional wooden humidors at affordable prices.
An acrylic humidor is an excellent and superior alternative or replacement for traditional wood and Spanish cedar humidors.
What's superior in the humidor? It is its performance. The primary advantage of an acrylic cigar humidor is its capability to offer a seal or an air-tight environment.
The specialty of Spanish cedar is its capability to act as a membrane. It absorbs humidity when moisture levels are high and releases moisture when humidity is low. Its very same quality requires maintenance. Wooden or cedar humidors require seasoning even before their first use.
If they are used to store cigars without proper moisture, they will absorb the moisture from cigars and harm them by making them dry. Similarly opposite could be true as well. They could provide excess moisture, damaging the cigars they are meant to protect.
While acrylic cigar humidors are made from non-porous acrylic, they don't absorb moisture. They provide air-tight enclosed storage for cigars for optimum periods. You can store cigars for more than 12 months in an acrylic humidor without losing freshness.
Apart from requiring maintenance, another fact to note is that wooden humidors are also expensive than acrylic cigar humidors. Some of them are made with exotic woods. Craftsmen ship on those boxes adds substantially to their cost. At the same time, acrylic humidors are way cheaper and have almost zero maintenance. They come in many shapes and sizes, even in jar and cylinder shapes, to offer various storage capacities. Acrylic humidors are lightweight compared to some heavy wooden humidors and are easy to manage and carry.
One other drawback of the wooden humidor, due to their absorb and release quality, is that they might inject their wooden scent into cigars. While acrylic humidors don't harm cigars, they provide contained air-tight storage.
One quality of Spanish cedar is that it is natural insect repellent. That's why it's used in wardrobes as well. So it protects your precious cigars from mots and other similar insects. Acrylic humidor, on the other hand, is not an insect repellent. But it still does offer the same protection with its seal-like air-tight storage capability. So it equals the expensive humidors in protection from insects as well.
Acrylic cigar humidors don't require seasoning like their wooden counterparts. They don't absorb or release moisture leaving your cigars in optimum condition for the longest time without causing any harm. Lastly, acrylic humidors are cheaper than wooden humidors and offer various storage capacities. They provide the best value for money and outperform wooden humidors in protecting cigars.
