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I've been smoking cigars for 20 years but I've always made a 50 to 100 count humidor work for me. This year I got tired of missing out on good deals because I had no room in my humidor so I bought a 300 count humidor.
Now, I'm running into the problem of...what the heck is even in that thing?
How do you keep track of what's actually STILL in your humidor? I'm seriously thinking of writing some software...or does that already exist?
Check out Stogie Vault: https://www.stogievault.com/app
It's brand new and the developer is open to enhancements
@gscott Interesting...but that's way to um, cluttered (fancy?) for my tastes and I don't see a way to import my cigars via CSV, that's going to be a must have option. I did post a comment on "the wall" there to ask about it.
Thanks for the suggestion!
@thetech207 Yeah it's pretty full featured (busy). It does have the ability to import CSV. There is a template you can download, look at that for what the field names available are, order is not important but naming is.
I had the same issue years ago. I bought a 300 count humidor and things got lost. Now I own two 100 count humidors that I have broken up into mild to medium bodied cigars and medium to full bodied cigar humidors. I also have two smaller 50 count humidors that one holds my premium cigars and one that holds my boutique cigars. It seems to work for me, but now I have multiple humidors. However, I do know where to search if I'm craving a certain kind of cigar. Oh, I also have 4 tupperdors that I age cigars in, but they are put away from everything else fior a future date.
@liquidsg oh man. Think I have a total of 120 cigars. 30 in each tupperdor. They're broken up into when they would reach peak aging. So I have Oliva mb3s, Espinosa Muricelagos, CAO Camshaft in one (long term 5 year). LCA American Bulldog, Oliva V maduro, Herrera Esteli Maduro, Undercrown Maduro in another (mid term 3 year). Then my other two have a variety that will peak within a year or two. Really doing it because I need a hobby hahaha
@hansolocup Solid choices. I'll have to do that sometime, but when I put some aside for a longer period they just stare at me, challenging me to take them out and smoke them lol
@hansolocup Makes sense, but for me the hobby is smoking them, not monitoring the state of a half a dozen or more "humidors", it just seems like too much work to me. In hindsight I would have rethought my humidor purchase, I went for something taller and deeper (for a smaller footprint), but maybe I should have gone with shorter and wider as it would have made organizing much easier. I also have no intent to purposefully "age" anything, although that's going to happen by happy(?) accident I suppose.
I have the grab and go section, the weekend section and a special occasion section. I just pick something and if I don't feel like it, I get something else. It's like a little slot machine, though you shouldn't take this as a recommendation for how to organize your sticks.
@liquidsg Yes, I do much the same, top shelf daily smoke choices, second shelf, I try for one of everything in the bottom, the bottom has everything else plus a few cigars still in boxes cause there's still enough of them and I smoke them often enough that they're easy to find.
I was using an app called my humidor that worked pretty well. I think the thing you need to remember is that the only way to remain on top of your inventory is to constantly update when you purchase and when you smoke your cigars. I’m either too lazy or too forgetful and fell behind on management of my humidor. I know I have about 150 in mine now where as my app suggests 220ish.
good luck
I bought a 500 count humidor that is basically a long gun case. I got mine from Cigar Page. The great thing is I can stow it away and out of sight. It will hold 2-3 layers deep. I don't have issues with 'lost' cigars. But I also have several 300 count humidors. I like that I don't know where everything is. I know...crazy, but there is nothing more fun than finding surprises.
@katmanphil Hey Phil where do you "hide" your humidification and monitor? I don't see 'em.
@gscott I throw my Boveda packets willy nilly. I believe there are five 67% 60-gram packets. I stick my two digital hygrometers wherever there's room. This gun case keeps the most consistent humidity of any of my fancy boxes. I've done the electric humidor, and it was OK but not worth the hype or money. My wife and I are 6 minutes away from certain death, so we live in an apartment. The long case fits nicely in a closet. And when my failing memory remembers that I have a 500-count hidden away, it's like Christmas morning. See, there are perks to senility.
@katmanphil Yes, cigar surprises are GOOD surprises! I'll agree with that. But not when you're looking for that cigar you THINK you have...
@thetech207 I heartily agree so I don't put the very special sticks in the long gun case; just the very good ones. At my age, I can't remember what I think I have...or what I thought I should have...or what I wish I had. I have Gorilla glued together six 300 count humidors so I can be buried with the cigars...and maybe a few packs of Twinkies. And some Nestle Quick that always dissolves quickly (a pipe dream). And some weatherproofing that will allow me sanctuary in case Charlotte thinks the garden is better than Forest Home.
@katmanphil Lol, I'm getting there too...which is why the need for some kind of management. Is this a "man thing"? I don't know...
I've been using Apache cases from Harbor Freight, and they've worked out really well for me.
The Apache 1800 holds approximately 25–30 sticks plus a Humidipak, while the larger 3800 holds around 75–90 sticks with three Humidipaks, depending on cigar size.
I've organized my collection by brand, with separate cases dedicated to long-term aging. This makes it much easier to keep things organized and find what I'm looking for without digging through everything.
As for tracking inventory, that's a different challenge altogether! I think the biggest hurdle with any tracking system is keeping it updated as you smoke cigars or add new purchases.
If you decide to develop software, I'd love to see something simple that tracks brands, sizes, quantities, purchase dates, and aging time. Most importantly, it needs an easy way to subtract a cigar from inventory.
The best system in the world won't do much good if keeping it updated becomes a chore!
