Needone 33L Electric Humidor Review
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- This last Christmas, I saw more people posting pictures of their new Thermoelectric humidors than just about any other cigar gift that exists. These are THE thing in cigars right now. So today, we're going to dive into the Needone 33L Electric Humidor to see everything it has to offer.
We've reviewed a lot of electric humidors on this channel, but as all of our cigar collections seem to be reproducing like bunnies, we're stepping it up to some of the more mid sized units. This one is billed as a 280 cigar humidor, but what kind of capacity does it really have. Here's a deep dive on all the pros and cons of the Needone 33L Electric Humidor!
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Cigar Acquisition Disorder is a real thing, and regardless of what storage solutions for cigars you opt for, get as large of one as you can afford/house without getting divorced. I promise you will find a way to fill up any sized humidor over time, and you will still wind up with rubbermaids crammed with cigars and bovedas in your bedside table.
*Me looking over at the tupperdore on my bedside table*
I can confirm the above statement is 100% accurate. I have a 33L in my front room with two large Tupperware containers sitting next to me .. Hence, the reason I'm watching this video.
I picked one up a few months ago. It's all dialed in and I love it! Thanks for all of these reviews, Tim. They were instrumental in helping me select a humidor.
It is my absolute pleasure Andrew! I'm glad you like your humidor. I hope it keeps your stash in perfect condition brother.
How are you liking it after 4 months? Also, does it really hold 280 sticks, or about how many Toro sticks can it hold? I'm thinking of getting one, too.
Got one for fathers day last year and its awesome. No problems and my cigars are happy
Walmart has this on sale for $185.99 . I like that you don't have to open the door all the way to pull out the trays. Thanks for the review Tim
I’ve had this for three months now. It’s working great. It holds humidity and stays very quiet. Got it at Walmart for under $200.
Just ordered this one! I'm very new to cigars, and your channel has been a huge help!! Thank you brother!!!
Does it have a humidifier to put moisture in the air? Or is it just a pan for water so the air can pull some vapor up off it?
All these reviews on electric humidors are done right out of the box. Would love to see a review of someone who has used it for a few months.
I've got a cheap new air brand I bought in 2015 before wineadors were cool. It took me about a year to get it dialed in completely (plug the stupid drain hole, external electric thermostat with high accuracy temp probe, definitely use a 2 way humidification system, I use heartfelt beads and a lot of them, put in more cedar in the form of trays and dividers from cigar boxes etc.) and now it's rock solid for at least 8 years. Id bet one of my 7 year old blooming Opus X Lost City or 2104 God of Fire's on it. I also live very close to Death Valley. The units coming out now are much nicer than what I have, but nothing is "set it and forget it" in extreme environments.
I love my Needone 23L. Been using it for about 6 months without any issues.
I got the 48L one about a month ago, pulled the shelves out except for one run three drawers in it with one shelf on bottom works fantastic prob gonna go down to 69% boveda as it holds the humidity so well 72% seems a bit much threw a govee hydrometer and temp Bluetooth unit it absolutely loving it and steadily filling it up thanks to your shop! Mine still has to be fully open to get drawers completely out though that is a draw back but the seal is amazing
Yeah bro... The 69s are perfect...use 3 in the 48L
9:30 I did wet the shelves with a sponge and distilled water. It did shoot to 85% humidity for a few days. I threw in the bóveda packs and within a day or so it was back to 65. It’s been holding 65-67 ever since.
I have the 23L and my son just picked up the 23 L. These do an excellent job. And you can now order a 2nd drawer which I have done for both Humidors. They now have it so you can buy extra drawers.
Great review Tim! It looks like they’ve removed the reflective UV tint on the glass. That makes it to me a much better révisèrent to showcase cigars 👍
Just got a kingchii 23l for Christmas and it's been a huge upgrade. BTW thanks for mentioning not to season the shelves them selves. Way to many videos on here with people suggesting that, and people listening and now having runaway humidity problems
Hey Tim, got one of theses a couple months ago. 3 320g bovedas and a couple 60g, about 150 cigars slowly added. Had to add distilled in the tray as Midwest dry winter was drying out even w the bovedas. Maybe summer will change that but disappointed that I can’t just use bovedas! We’ll see
I picked up a kingchii 100 count and I absolutely love it. I used the Boveda season kit and my humidor is running tip top shape. Where I live, the apartment gets hot. So when I had my cigars in a wooden humidor, the temps used to get crazy. So that's when I decided to invest in an electric humidor. The best decision I made. My temps now are a steady 68 degree Fahrenheit with the humidity at around 69%-70%. My cigars are perfect every time!
How exactly did you season it with season kit?
@@robg897I bought one 320 gram 84% pack and left it in the cooler for two weeks while off. After that I threw away the 84% pack and put in a 72% 320 gram. I plugged in the cooler set the temp to 68 degrees and the RH hovers between 69% and 70%.
This has been a real time consuming trip trying to get the right electric humidor. There is a lot of misinformation on Amazon and I'm really glad to see you reviewed this model. I bought a Clevelander on Amazon for 250 and will be returning it. They had incorrect dimensions on Amazon. But that's not why. It's a thermoelectric but it is loud enough I had to move it to another location. That's when I realized there was zero information in the tiny manual on manufacturer and warranty. None, zero. I called Amazon and they said they were surprised that they could not find it either. They said it had Amazon 30 day warranty. Needless to say it's a crap shoot out there so your reviews are very helpful. BTW I had first bought the kingchi 8l you reviewed but returned it when I realized that in no way would it fit the quantity they state. I guess they were using the stick rating which means small twigs from back yard. It's good you are noting this here. Thanks
Tim, thank you so much for posting this video! I'll be purchasing this exact model very soon. We had the 16L and that was amazing! Great video!
I have the 23l and I love it man. It takes care of my cigars and humidity is always at a good temp I want. I had a box humidor first that I spent $300 on. And it was a pain in the ass to keep a good humidity level on it. I highly recommend one of these needone humidors if you're searching.
This maybe the catalyst for me to finally get one of these thermal electric humidors. Thanks Tim for reviewing this one. 🙌🏼🔥🔥🙌🏼
I’ve had one of these for almost a year now and seasoning. The first time was actually very easy only took about five days. However, I lived in Illinois at that time, and when the wife and I moved to Kentucky and I went to set this thing up for the second time it took me almost 2 weeksto season the thing and keep the humidity where I want it which is 65% lol. Overall the thing has done fantastic and I have really no complaints. Other than moving them is a slight challenge but that could’ve just been me.
I have had this one for nearly 3 months and it has been great. I use 65% Boveda packs (a 320 laying on the bottom and 4 of the 60g sitting on the edge of the top shelf) holds humidity at62% - 64% with the temp set at 63 degrees. I have a Govee on the top and bottom drawer and it stays consistent. I added cigar trays, because NeedOne does not make additional drawers for this unit at this time.
I have the same setup as you, except the temp I have set at 70 (holding at 68). Wondering why you have yours at 63. I’m getting burn issues with ones that didn’t before.
@@NexxGenDrue I was actually shooting for 65/65. My humidor was set and doing really well and I suddenly started fighting rising humidity issues. Someone had suggested to lower the temp to help so I lowered to 63 degrees. What I later realized was that my home was basically the same humidity as outside and our winter humidity is basically 80% plus on the regular, and every time I opened the humidor that humidity would go in and the Boveda packs were saturated and couldn't absorb any more. I have since added a dehumidifier to my home and my living room stays about 40% humidity and my humidor have leveled back off and been holding perfectly again. Long way of saying, I just didn't turn the temp back to 65 and did not notice a difference between 65 and 63.
Love mine, it’s working beautifully. Custom made some Spanish cedar trays to double stack the sticks, and it is perfect!
I just got this exact one for Christmas and love it!! It came from Amazon so not I did have some issues with broken drawer the big bottom drawer front face was broken off and amd a slat on the bottom was half way off. One shelf had 2 slats off. These I was able to press back on the big drawer I baught some very tiny nails and was able to fix it. Also the metal shroud around the hydrometer looked bent but I just pushed the hygrometer from the back a bit and fixed that issue. So head up this was from Amazon but I was able to fix the issues my self and works just fine now. Order the cedar drawers as well that Tim showed they are great for this humidor!!!
I use Tupperware and Bovada packs and as you know, it works amazing, but I am looking for a show piece and I think I found one, thanks for reviewing this.
Got this and it works great. Temp stays where its supposed to. My drawer was broken in shipping. Came loose inside. It was chipped on the front and one rail was off. I contacted them about it. Took awhile but they shipped a new drawer, it came in a bag. No protection and it was broke worse then the original. Havnt heard back after that one.
Wife got me a needone 16L for father’s day and got me a 48L for Christmas. 16L is now for infused and the 48 for my regular smokes
Great idea🫡
Since watching your vids on all the electric ones, I’m sold! Just can’t make up my mind between this needone or the Kingchii lol.. thanks for the reviews!
I love the new features on the 33L currently have the 23L. First person to ask why the doors are different will make the don’t invite back list 😂🤣😂
I have the same size Needone, but probably an older model (mirrored door). The only issue I had with it was some mold on cigars without wrappers after a few weeks. I didn't fight it too hard and just kept cellophane-wrapped cigars in it from then on.
@richdepuy1754 how were you handling humidification? Boveda (if so what %) or water?
They are nice (I had the 48L version), but after months of ownership and multiple attempts, I could not get the plastic smell out of the unit. It ruined all of my cigars. Every time I would light one up I would get an acrid taste and smell of plastic. I went to a smaller, traditional humidor cabinet instead and I'm very happy now.
I got this exact one. It really is exactly how you reviewed it. All the way down to the 5% difference in the humidity. I took three days to season it. It has been working perfect. Now all i need is those cigar trays.
I don't think they make extra drawers for the 33L. I'm thinking of getting some cedar packs and making sides
How did you season yours
got my 8 pack sampler pack, from Cigar's Daily. Tim, all I can say is, Awesome. I am so happy, now! thank you for the wonderful cigars!
I recently got a wooden desktop humidor for my beginning collection. One thing I have noticed is the temp fluctuate quite a bit. Anywhere from 68 degrees to 72. I have been considering an electronic unit like this one to help with that issue. I really like the designs and choices from kingchii but it seems that needone is a bit more popular.
This looks really nice. Thinking of getting one to build out my smoking room/office at home. I hope that I can have it shipped to me. The state I live in is particular on tobacco and any supporting products.
Happy new year to you and yours tim I have a wooden I got a nat Sherman in nyc years ago beautiful and works great but 2 things small and was expensive for its size so thanks as I need to upgrade.
I love this style of humidor. Set it and forget it when you throw some Bovedas in there. If you ever get into a situation where you have too much humidity, use DampRid. I used it when I had humidity get too high in mine, from opening the door too often.
I’ve been looking at these have saved on wish list on Amazon just figuring out size I want and where it will go depending on size plus want to get all my small humidors full before I buy so it doesn’t look empty when I load it 😂
I got the 23L need one for Xmas and my only feature I wish they had was the ability to flip the way the door opens. But I get why it can’t be done since they have the digital display for changing temp on the door.
Awesome job, Tim.
Great review and I’ll be looking to order one soon as my collection is starting to out grow my current set up. Anyone know the best place to pick one up in the UK? Prices seem to be crazy high compared to the US.
I have a Needone 23L, wish I got the 33 now that I see it fits cigar trays!
Order the 33L direct from Needone, came with free shipping. 229.00 can’t wait to get it. I’m running out of room with my desktop humidor.
Just arrived today. Boveda on order
Wish I had a unit like this. I have a small desk top unit that can handle somewhere between 25 and 50 cigars. It's getting a little full though 😅
Hey Tim, as I told you last week I got the exact same size in the Kingchi for Christmas and love it. But I was noticing how easy it is to see through the glass on the door in this video. Is that due to your lighting in there? Or is the glass on this one that much more non-reflective and easier to see into? And for what it’s worth I seasoned with 84% Boveda packs, starting humidity was 49% and I was at 72% 18 hours later.
I have the 23l and I have like a 8 percent humidity swing from the top to the bottom
Hey Tim I just picked one of these up after watching your review and found a good price for it. I was wondering what size boveda and how many I should use as it's my first humidor and also what size tray you had that fits in there because I'd like to pick a couple up.
I just ordered one so I guess we’ll see
I'm fairly new to cigars but I'm outgrowing my desktop acrylic. I've been contemplating grabbing one of these, but every time I go to pull the trigger I read a bad review 😅😅
I have heard both you and Michael Knowles from Mayflower Cigars mention one another of your respective shows. I would love yall to enjoy a stick on the interwebs together to review his new cigars!
Id be interested in video of your top 5 humidors (wooden and electric).
I have just ordered one of these. I plan to use the Bovida packs in this one. How many packs would you need to season, and for maintaining the humidity? Thanks in advance.
What should I do if my humidity is relatively high although the temperature is steady at 70?
Hi Tim long time smoker I have 3 wooden humidors lol just purchased a reaching c230 finally going electric the reason I bought this unit was because it is fully lined with cedar what I didn’t know was it’s Canada ceder was this a mistake ?
Look at the box - YES! I work in supply chain and I see our merchandise handled horribly. If you see damage on the box, you’re more than likely to have damage to the product. I NEVER buy anything in a box that shows damage.
I can’t get the plastic smell out of mine. Washed it with dish soap and distilled water, left it open for 3 days while running, and left baking soda in the unit for 3 days.
i got this one, the tall 33l and i really didnt like it. i ended up repurposing it for flavored cigars but it really functions well with 2-3 shelves. these things are wonky sizes. i ended up getting something with better space utility for my cigars. these are good for storing some flavored cigars in mild collection batches. will not fit the claimed amount.
Got this and I’m not sure if it’s defective. The cooling function is not working. The room temp is 80 and the humidor temp is 81 :(
Tim, I got a NeedOne for Christmas. I've been trying to season it but I've noticed that whatever temperature I set it on the outside the humidity is different on the inside. is this normal?
I am wondering the same thing. I am getting a 10% different reading on my hydrometer. Not sure if one is defective. I bought and seasoned a 33l.
How big is the internal dimension? Like how big is the shelf?
I bought the newair 250 count 2 years ago. It’s great but now I wish I had a 500 count.
Id say 84% boveda for seasoning and 69% for everyday. Get the 320gram boveda's. For the 23L you only need one of each, but I'm thinking about throwing a 60 gram in there to. You can always throw the pack in the boxes if there's no room for them inside. But boveda also sell giant a** humidor bags you can store your boxes in, instead of buying one just for your boxes
Anyone having issues with the hyrometer on 23l or 33l? Its reading a 10% difference from the set temp.
I have this exact unit. I was wondering how everyone else’s needone does at keeping the temperature inside the unit at what you have it set at. Also how does the digital hygrometer fair far as calibration? Mine seems the be a degree off of my hygrometer is that I’ve been using for the past year and a half.
Where did you get the cigar tray from? The ones I found will not fit.
And the problem I have with my three needone humidors is that if my electric blips in my house (it happens often UGH) The humidors doesn't remember its temp settings and it drops to something like 61!!or whatever the lowest temperature is. Then every couple of days I have to go and bump it back up to 70!!ugh
I'd love to have a humidor like this, but with more cedar on the lining and a built-in humidification mechanism (though this is optional, Boveda packs can always suit the purpose). I'd looked at the Raching MON series humidors but even the smallest one is about twice as big as this one. Do options exist in roughly this size range but with the premium features of much larger units? Is there any advantages or disadvantages to having the full cedar lining, and the built in humidification? What about their "ammonia removal" (which I'm quite sure is an ozone generator)?
Tim, I have a newair 250 and have had a terrible experience with them, they’ve replaced it twice and this unit does the same thing: the cooling/heating unit gets to temp, but continues to run indefinitely, which eventually pulls all the humidity out of the unit. I use boveda and after about of day of running the humidity will be down in the 50s. Anyone have similar issues? Is this unit free of this issue?
I am also having this issue - it seems to run non stop and I can’t get the humidity to stay above 50%. I reached out to Needone and they haven’t got back to me yet
Mine is being delivered Wednesday.
They look so nice but acrylic is so affordable. I use anything with good gaskets because im a poor boy. Something to save for!
I have one of these units and am seasoning it currently. Using boveda seasoning packs - do I season to 5% RH value over desired or just go 14 days like boveda recommends? 🤔
Hello I just bought this, do u recommend seasoning the humidor per the manual or do u recommend using the 84% boveda packs and doing it for 14 days ?
I’m looking to upgrade from a wooden desktop humidor to a thermoelectric. Kingchii or Needone???
I bought one but can't keep it at a steady humidity I have bovidas
Tim what do you do with the humidors when you’re done filming these types of videos? 👀👀
I got one of these. I love it
When you season on of these, do you have it plugged in or not?
Just ordered one today. $189 at Walmart
How many 84% packs for seasoning do you recommend for this unit
I need one!
Needone actually sells drawers for their units
I have one and I hate it. Unless you store it somewhere which is always higher temps, this thing will constantly cool and the humidity never has a chance. My place is kept roughly 73 deg and this humidor is always 10 deg colder. regardless of what I set it too. I have to leave it unplugged.
I bought this model last week and it will not heat up above the ambient temperature of my room which is currently 67 degrees even though the humidor is turned all the way up to 72. This model supposedly heats and cools but mine must be defective. Needone’s customer service is unfortunately terrible so far as you can only email them and they have not replied to my emails. Unit looks good but doesn’t work as advertised and the service is terrible.
Just order one curious how many Bo pack would you need to use with the 33L
I use 65% Boveda packs (a 320 laying on the bottom and 4 of the 60g sitting on the edge of the top shelf) holds humidity at62% - 64% with the temp set at 63 degrees. I have a Govee on the top and bottom drawer and it stays consistent.
Sooooo I used a sponge and distilled water on the shelves smh. I didn’t know. The instructions were trash. But it’s been holding at 70.
I had one similar to this so not the same instructions
If you had more than one of these, can they be stacked?
Another Electric Humidor, OMG.
Love these gadgets, I am OLD SCHOOL.
Tupperware rocks, even faux Tupperware.
I picked up the 23L version and it won’t go past 68 degrees, I’ve been seasoning it for a week now. Is due to the temperature inside my apt (pretty cold) or should I send it back?
I have same issue with 33L. Needone won’t reply to my emails so good luck. I set mine at 72 and won’t go above 68
@@Home_Run_Balls I said fuck it and started filling it up.
I need another one I’m out of room
Hmmm do I need one?
I have a wooden one same size and it cost me double that price
Kinchii or Needone?
It reminds me a tobacco store that I go to and I have to handle it with care when I open it. My left hand on the left side and the right when I open it, because if I open it with one hand the whole damn thing would fall off the desk. 🕷
Would it be classified as furniture or an appliance? 😁
TIIMMMMM I need help. My mojgar smells like plastic and I used baking soda and washed it with soap what should I do HEEEEELLLLPPP thanks
Washed it with soap, wtf lol
@carmeloamos3736 I got the Mojgar 50L and had the same issue, and man did it put up a fight! On mine, and I assume yours, it's not the box that had the smell, it was the wood. Not sure if you have yours loaded up or not, but I would suggest getting your cigars out if you have them in then basically start over.
Here's what I did to get rid of the smell:
1) Remove the trays and set them to the side
2) Wipe down the interior of the unit with a mix of distilled water and baking soda. Let that dry overnight with the door opened, then wipe clean with distilled water, let it dry again and wipe with a clean microfiber cloth to get rid of the dried baking soda. (I went so far as to remove the fan grill and carefully wipe in there too, but don't think it's necessary. If you do, be careful not to break the thermometer that looks like a little antenna). After doing this and letting it air dry, close it up overnight then check for any smell the next day. Mine smelled like sweet Spanish cedar only. Repeat if necessary (I did mine like 2 or 3 times before realizing it was the wood only that smelled).
3) Now for the wood. This took a few tries, and was definitely the source of the odor. First, I wiped them down lightly with plain, distilled water and let them air dry outside of the humidor overnight. After dry, I put them back in the humidor (which I know had no smell) and closed it up overnight. Next day, same plastic smell. Repeated the process a second time, same result. (Each time I put the wood back in the humidor and closed it up overnight to let any smell build up)
Next I wiped them down with the same distilled water/baking soda mix I did for the humidor and let them air dry again; when dry, wiped down with distilled water to get rid of the residue; air dried again...still smelled .
At this point I was about to give up, so figured I'd try one more thing and wiped the shelves down with a mix of distilled water, white vinegar, and lemon juice. After they were pretty saturated (not water logged, just a good wipedown), instead of just air drying I had a fan blowing on them. The next day I put them back in the humidor, closed it up overnight and BINGO! Smell is gone and the box just finished seasoning and it smells great (I just used distilled water in the tray that came with it to season it).
I don't know if it was the final mix with the fan that did it or just the amount of times I wiped them down, but I would start with distilled water, white vinegar, and lemon juice mix wipedown followed by the fan drying.
Let me know how it goes or if you need any clarification. Good luck!
@@c2023r Holy moly, this is why I use Tupperware with boveda. Zero headaches and maintenance
is this unit quiet?
, it is very quiet.
Any cedar infusion into the cigars with these?
Do they sell on Europe? And why those 2 trays aren't drawers?
I’ve had an electric humidor for about a year now I wouldn’t go back to wood.
Why aren't you doing affiliate marketing for these reviews?
could I dry cannabis with this?