How to CONVERT a Wine REFRIGERATOR Into a Cigar HUMIDOR (Wineador) - Humidor Build 2022

Today we're converting a wine refrigerator into a humidor! Follow along as I upgrade my personal humidor, or, should I say “humidors,” and convert this Wine Enthusiast wine fridge into a “wineador.”

00:00 Meet My Wine Fridge
02:22 Accessories
03:31 Plug w/ Timer
03:55 Hygrometer/Thermometer
05:17 Flat Extension Cord
06:00 120mm Fans
10:47 Spanish Cedar Trays
14:38 Putting It All Together
19:51 Cigar Oasis Care Package
23:38 How It All Came Together
24:27 What NOT to Do
25:31 Fan Placement
27:59 Where to Put the Cigar Oasis Controller
30:02 Where to Place Hygrometers
32:21 Summary of Everything Installed
33:35 How to Shop for Used Wineadors
34:12 Total Cost Breakdown
35:23 Outro

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Additional Accessories Installed: (explained below)

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LED Lights: https://amzn.to/3G6rNXu
Spanish Cedar Trays: https://amzn.to/33WE1oK
Cigar Oasis Magna 3.0: https://amzn.to/3o0kCtO
Command Strips: https://amzn.to/3rf3wKA
Flat Extension Cord: https://amzn.to/3KOOfbg

__Dual Plug w/ Timer
Honestly, it's not important which timer you purchase. The fans I picked are almost silent, even with the door open, so you could leave them on all the time, or, with a timer, you could put them on a schedule.

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__Mini Hygrometer
I think I tried to save a buck here. I could've had 4 of the normal hygrometers below, but I tried to save money, especially if I didn't need to see historical (high and low) temperatures and humidities. I like the Govees I purchased, but I wish I could find some that let me check the conditions inside the humidor from anywhere in the world. With these, the data synced to the tablet I keep with the humidor doesn't get uploaded to “the cloud” where I can view it remotely on my phone.

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__Normal Hygrometers
With the larger hygrometers, I wanted to be able to look at the face of it and see what the conditions had been inside the humidor over the past few days. Since the mini hygrometers don't show that information, I got these. I like them, but, as I said above, I wish they synced data to a cloud so I could view the temperature and humidity remotely. Ya, I'm a little obsessed.

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__120mm Fans
I really spent a lot of time picking out these fans, and I'm glad I picked these. While large, they do a great job, and, as I said, they're almost silent inside the humidor. If you're going to convert a wineador into a humidor, you're going to need circulation. As mentioned in the video, larger fans can spin slower to create the same airflow, so you don't have to turn these up to get good circulation inside your humidor. And, because they plug into the dual plug w/ timer, you don't have to worry about how you're going to get USB cables into your humidor.

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__LED Lights
These just look awesome. Oh, they also help you see inside your wineador that has a black interior and solid walls on five sides. If I were to get LED lights that changed color, I'd go with these RGBIC lights from Govee so I could control them from the same app as I use to monitor the hygrometers.

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__Spanish Cedar Trays
As I said in the video, Spanish cedar is great, but it's hella expensive right now. These trays are great because you can move them around, take them out so you can see the cigars inside, stack them… the list goes on. Oh, and they're good for your cigars. I chose these because A) they were a good price, B) because they came in bulk, and C) because they were deep enough to hold several layers of cigars stacked on top of one another. I also measured the shelves inside my wineador to make sure they'd fit the way I wanted them to – don't forget to do that.

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__Cigar Oasis Magna 3.0
Other than the wine refrigerator itself, the Cigar Oasis Magna 3.0 was the biggest investment. Ya, you could spend several hundred dollars just on shelves, but the Magna 3.0 is a whopping $299.99 by itself. Plus, there's a $20 a year subscription required to monitor and control the unit from your phone. But when it comes to a wineador of this size, or any tower humidor (aka cabinet humidor), you're going to need something for humidification and little brown packets aren't going to cut it.

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Total Cost of My Wineador Build: $964.93

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