For many years, whenever someone has asked about where to get a cabinet humidor, I’ve replied with one recommendation: Bob Staebell of Aristocrat Humidors. The funny thing is, while I’ve spoken to Bob numerous times, visited his shop(s) a half dozen times, purchased a variety of products from Staebell & Associates; I’ve never owned an Aristocrat humidor. I’ve seen a variety of different Aristocrat models, but for one reason or another, I never got around to you know, actually owning one. Earlier this year, we moved offices and as part of the move, we decided to upgrade one of our current humidors and replace another. At that point, I decided to call Bob. Aristocrat offers a dozen or so standard designs with different sizes for each of those designs. From there, there’s a few basic finishes to choose from, usually an option to use glass or not, moldings, LED lights, refrigeration and other “standard” options. Then there’s the option for a customization process. In short, if you can dream and pay for it, Bob will try to build it. Take a scroll through the custom built-in page and you get the idea. Fortunately, we didn’t need a custom humidor, just ...
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