A birthday present from my lovely wife, Kathy. It's lined with Spanish cedar and it holds 100 cigars (not yet, but maybe someday...). It has a lock, a small brass nameplate for engraving, a humidifier and a small hygrometer. Kathy was also thoughtful enough to order me a bottle of cigar juice, a seasoning kit, and a calibration kit for the hygrometer. The hygrometer that came with this humidor was way off (25% off!), and the set-screw adjustment didn't work. I wound up using a sharpie to mark off an area that equates to between 65 and 75% RH. But that's my only gripe.
The humidor itself is beautiful and solidly constructed. It was hard to avoid playing with it during the seasoning process, which took two weeks with the seasoning kit, and I still open it too often just to stick my nose in and smell. The seal is exactly right and it will serve me well for many years.
Note that this image is from Cigars International, but Kathy actually ordered this humidor from www.humidorvault.com. The CI image is the nicest I could find though, and with all the free advertising they're getting from this blog, I didn't think they'd mind...
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