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How to Make a DIY Humidor for Your Cigars. If you’re a cigar fan, you need a place to keep them so they’ll stay fresh and ready to smoke. But a nice humidor can cost you around $1. Watch Munna Michael (2017). Here’s how you can build one yourself for a lot less.

It’s not just heavy smokers that are setting themselves up for a future of cancer and heart. They were super fresh—like, freshly rolled on the farm fresh. But they only let you buy in bulk there, so I needed a way to store them all since I don’t smoke that often.

I knew a humidor was the way to go—they can preserve cigars for years if properly maintained—but I quickly found out they can be pretty expensive. After doing a little Googling and Youtubing, I came across the “tupperdor.” It’s a DIY humidor that works great and can be made very cheaply (especially if you already own some plastic food storage containers).

What You’ll Need. Building a “tupperdor” is easy.

Here’s what you need: A clear, plastic, airtight container. I’m using this one from Sistema ($1. It has a nice pull out tray for the cigars to rest on, and it’s the perfect width for most cigars. But you can use anything you have lying around really.

Some Spanish cedar. It smells nice and it’s what’s used to line most nice humidors.

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Cedar is absorbent and keeps moisture from building up too much so your cigars stay fresh and flavorful. I’m using planks, but you can also use chips, or skewers, or leftover inserts from old cigar boxes. A digital humidity monitor.

You can find these for cheap in your local hardware store or online for $1. A humidity controller. Most cigar aficionados recommend Boveda packs (either 6. They’re specifically designed to stabilize storage environments for tobacco and keep the humidity within 1% of its designated humidity level. You can order a pack of 1. That will last you a long while. You can also use those absorbent silicon beads with distilled water.

Cigars! Get the good stuff. You deserve it. All in all, you should be able to build your own custom humidor for less than $3. I forgot to order my humidity controller when I first built my tupperdor, so it’s not visible in the pictures here. If you don’t do this, your cigars will take on that plastic- y smell and flavor. Cut your cedar plank to size, then lay it into the bottom of the container. If you’re using some other form of cedar, still put it in first. If your container has a tray, insert it.

Place your digital humidity monitor in your tupperdor with the digital readout facing up, or toward any part of the container you can see through. Add your cigars. Adjust humidity as needed and add your humidity controller. Because I forgot my humidity controller, I had to improvise. I was able to increase the humidity inside with a damp paper towel, then took it out when it reached 6. Unfortunately, this is not ideal and I’ll have to babysit my cigars until my Boveda packets arrive.

Seal up your tupperdor and stash it in a dark, cool place. When you’re ready to light up one of your cigars, just open . That’s all there is to it!