While doing some Christmas shopping, I found some “Lock-n-Lock” containers on sale. I know from experience that these make excellent travel humidors, and even desktop humidors, so I bought a couple. Here are the instructions for turning this $4 airtight, food storage container into an excellent homemade humidor.

Heres a photo of the lid so that you can recognize the container if you go out looking for one. This one is 16.3 cups. It measures approx. 8.5″ x 6.5″ x 6″. I prefer the Lock n Locks because they have a gasket seal, and a 4 clamps that lock the lid in place. They hold humidity perfectly. Other tupperware type containers will do the job, but just make sure that they have a good, airtight seal.

To continue the project, you will need 3 of these foam cigar trays (available for www.cigarsolutions.com). Each tray is big enough to make 2 trays for our travel humidor.
Cut each 9″ x 12″ tray into 2 – 8″ x 5″ trays. Each cut tray will hold 4 cigars up to 8″ long. You can use a scissor, and exacto knife, or easiest is a tabletop paper trimmer.

Next up is a photo of my 6 cut trays loaded with 24 cigars and stacked up on top of each other. This is how the trays will be put into the homemade travel humidor.

Proper humidification is very importan. We will be using a 65% Boveda. For this type of airtight, travel humidor, a Boveda is absolutely the best, most accurate, and easy to use product. It should last a year or 2 in this humidor. You can also buy a 69% or 72% Boveda if you prefer a different humidity level. Another benefit of the Boveda is that you can place it anywhere that you want in this travel humidor. You will see later in the instructions where I placed the Boveda. Using a Boveda insures that you will not overhumidify your new homemade humidor. You are taking a chance on overhumidifying and ruining your cigars if you use any other humidifier.

Try to find some thin sheets of spanish cedar to put in the bottom of your new travel humidor. Its not essential, but will help give your cigar a nice aroma if using this humidor for long term storage. These thin sheets can sometimes be found in cigar boxes seperating the rows of cigars. If you can find one, break a cigar box up, and just put a small, thicker piece in your travel humidor.

Now we are going to put it all together. Next photo is the empty lock n lock container with 2 spanish cedar sheets on the bottom.

Now, load up your trays and cigars.

Now put your Boveda in the humidor. I put mine in on the side. Remember that the foam trays are soft, and its easy to put the boveda in after the trays are in the travel Humidor.

You might have also noticed in the above picture that I put a digital hygrometer in the travel humidor. As I said, the foam is soft, so its easy to just slide a hygrometer in the humidor. A hygrometer would really not be needed for a travel humidor. The Boveda on its won will keep the humidity exactly where you want it. If using your new humidor for long term storage, it might be a good idea to get a good recalibratable hygrometer.
Thats it, we are done. Here are some more photos, and a list of what you will need to make this travel humidor.

Parts:
1 – Lock N Lock $4.00
1 – Boveda $3.99
3 – Foam Cigar Trays $3.99 each
1 – Hygrometer (optional) $24.99

Final Cost – $20 ($45 with hygrometer)