My 28 bottle thermoelectric Vino is terrific.
There isn't 5 cu. ft. so the bead website says
less than a pound of beads. But, I use 1.25#
of beads, plus a tube of beads (1 or 2 oz.) in
each drawer. It recovers rh well after opening.
It runs so quietly that I keep it as a nightstand,
and it holds humidity very well. I check the rh
about once per week, and add water as needed. The
highest temp setting is 67 degrees, and that's where
I keep it.
One small problem is that a power hit resets the
temp to 55 degrees, so if there are thunderstorms
I sometimes come home from work and the temp defaulted
to 55 when the power came back up. I just reset to 67
degrees ASAP, and all is well. I run mine off of a
power strip with lightening clamp, but if the power
actually goes out the temp resets to 55.
My VT28TEDS is the best investment I ever made for my
cigars! Holds 7 or 8 boxes below, with 2 drawers and
a shelf for beads up top. Each drawer holds 4-5 boxes,
sans box. I haven't counted total cigars, but I estimate
about 400. I got 2 of ChasDen's double high drawers
from cigarasylum.com cigar message board.
GL and enjoy!
Chemyst
