While shopping for Thanksgiving, my local store had a table with clearance items. On it was some “Lock n Lock” storage containers. I know from experience that these make excellent travel humidors, and even desktop humidors, so i grabbed a couple. Here are the instructions for turning this $4 container into an excellent travel 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″, and it has the locking lid. The Lock n Locks are nice because they have a gasket seal, and a 4 clamps that lock the lid in place. They hold humidity perfectly.

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.

Next up is a photo of my 6 cut trays loaded with 24 cigars and stacked up for fun.

Lets talk humidification. 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.

Lets talk about putting some spanish cedar in your new travel humidor. 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 one.
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)