Prestige Cigar Locker Cabinet — 5,000 Capacity, Black | Pre-Order

Seventeen locks, one cabinet. That is the whole idea here. Where a humidor cabinet keeps one collection under one door, this black locker cabinet divides up to 5,000 cigars into seventeen individually keyed compartments — fifteen upper lockers and two lower storage compartments. It is a commercial fixture, built for lounges that rent storage to members, tobacconists holding reserved stock behind the counter, and collectors who would rather keep vintage, daily and gifted cigars strictly apart.

Who it suits

The black finish is the more neutral of the two available on this cabinet and tends to disappear into a dark, modern lounge interior or a retail floor. Choose it when the compartments are the reason you are buying. A collector wanting steady, thermostatically held conditions behind one glass door is better served by a climate-controlled cabinet — here the locker layout is complexity spent on a problem you do not have.

Humidity and airflow

Set expectations honestly at the outset. The manufacturer specification for this cabinet lists no active climate system: no compressor or thermoelectric cooling, no heater, no water reservoir, no digital controller and no temperature or humidity range. What it does specify is an airflow-optimised interior meant to spread humidity evenly across the compartments, plus a built-in A/C outlet with a rear wiring port.

So the humidity in this cabinet is whatever you or your members put into it. Some houses run one sizeable active humidifier and let the airflow design carry it; others let each member humidify their own locker, which suits mixed preferences but produces mixed results. Temperature is entirely the room's job. The usual target collectors work toward is around 65 to 70 percent RH with the room held steady in the mid-sixties Fahrenheit — achievable here, but only through the room and the humidification you add.

• Airflow-optimised design intended to distribute humidity evenly through the cabinet
• No cooling, heating or humidification hardware is included in the stated specification
• Built-in A/C outlet with a rear wiring port for powering a light or humidifier inside the cabinet
• Seventeen compartments, each with its own door, lock and pair of keys

Capacity in the real world

Five thousand cigars is the rating for the cabinet as a whole, and as with every capacity figure in this category it assumes loose singles packed tightly. Divided across seventeen compartments it works out to a few hundred cigars per locker on average, with the fifteen upper lockers and the two lower storage compartments differing in size.

Real locker programmes do not run on loose singles. Members store boxes, and boxes carry dead air — the box walls, the lid, the cedar sheet, the space around a partial layer. A compartment holding boxes will realistically take well under half the loose-cigar equivalent. That is not a fault of the cabinet, it is geometry, and it applies to every locker unit on the market. Size the purchase by how many lockers you need to rent or allocate, and treat 5,000 as the theoretical ceiling.

Build and finish

Black finish, 76 inches tall, on a 38 by 18 inch footprint. Because the doors on a locker cabinet get opened by many different people rather than one careful owner, the hardware matters more than it does on a domestic humidor: this unit is built with heavy-duty hinges and chrome pull handles, with contemporary lines rather than traditional moulding and panelling.

Every one of the seventeen compartments has its own lock and comes with two keys. The cabinet is also modular, meaning several units can be installed side by side and read as one continuous run of casework — worth knowing if you expect the programme to grow, since the second cabinet will match the first.

What the specification does not say is worth flagging. There is no mention of a Spanish cedar lining, and we are not going to imply one. Cedar is what buffers aroma and moisture inside a traditional humidor, so if a lined interior is a requirement for your members, verify the interior material with the manufacturer's documentation before you commit.

Specifications

Not listed anywhere in the specification supplied to us: shipping weight, voltage rating, interior lining material, and any shelving inside the individual lockers. Take those from the manufacturer's documentation rather than from assumption.

Setting it up

General best practice for a cabinet of this kind — the manufacturer's manual governs in any conflict.

• Bring it up to humidity first. New casework absorbs moisture from the air before it holds any. Run the cabinet with your humidification in place for several days and confirm it is holding a steady level before a single cigar is stored.
• Distilled water only. Fill any humidifier with distilled or reverse-osmosis water. Tap water leaves mineral deposits that block humidifier media and can encourage mould. Say this to members too, because they will be refilling their own.
• Placement. Interior wall, out of direct sunlight, clear of radiators, heat vents and equipment that exhausts warm air. Sun striking one door will warm that compartment while the others stay cool, undoing the even distribution the design aims for.
• Level footing. Seventeen doors have to close squarely on seventeen locks. On a 76 inch cabinet a small floor slope becomes a visible gap at the top, so level it properly before handing out keys.
• Power. The built-in A/C outlet with a rear wiring port lets a powered accessory live inside the cabinet with its cord routed out the back. No voltage figure is given in the specification we hold, so read the rating on the unit before connecting anything.
• Load gradually. Fill the lockers over several days rather than in one afternoon, and watch that humidity recovers between loads.

Delivery

This cabinet moves by freight. At 76 inches tall and 38 inches wide it is far beyond parcel dimensions, so it ships crated on a pallet as an LTL shipment. Freight of this size is normally delivered kerbside — the carrier is not responsible for taking it into the building, up stairs, or into position.

Plan the route first. Measure doorways against the 38 inch width and check the 76 inch height against stairwell turns, low ceilings and lift interiors on the way to the final wall. Have the labour ready on delivery day. Inspect the crate for damage before you sign, and record anything you find on the delivery paperwork at that moment.

Common questions

Can I combine this with the dark cherry version?

Mechanically yes — the cabinet is modular and the dimensions are identical between finishes. Visually the two finishes will not read as one continuous run, so if you are planning a wall of lockers, order them in a single finish.

Who supplies the humidification?

You do. No humidifier, reservoir or controller appears in the specification. Operators typically either run one cabinet-sized active humidifier or let each member manage their own compartment. Both work; the first gives more consistent results across lockers.

How often does it need attention?

That depends entirely on the humidification device you choose and how dry the room is, not on the cabinet. There is no reservoir here with a stated refill interval. Check levels weekly at first and let observation set your routine.

Does it require plumbing?

No. Nothing in the specification connects to a water supply or a drain. Any humidifier you add is filled by hand.

Can it live in a garage or unheated storeroom?

It is not advisable. Without heating or cooling of its own the cabinet simply follows the ambient temperature, and cigars stored through repeated daily swings suffer for it. Site it in properly conditioned space.

Are the lockers keyed alike or differently?

The specification states a lock and key system for each locker with two keys per locker, which is what a member programme needs. It does not state whether keying is unique per compartment, so confirm that detail with the manufacturer before issuing keys.