USNGunner wrote:Woohoo, got this up and running and just added the cedar pieces to it. I put in 2 pieces 1/4x4x36 and it smells amazing in there.
I've got two 69% boveda packs in there right now, and one of the big ones on order. I'm probably going to order some heartfelt beads. Those get pretty good reviews.
Thanks for the help, greatly appreciated.
V
Sweeeeeeeeeet.
Keep in mind the superabsorbent polymer gel beads I mentioned and the Heartfelt beads are two very different systems. But, both have lots of fans and great reviews. I only have experience with the polymer, but from all I've read, the Heartfelts should work too, provided they're the same RH percentage as the Bovedas (or within a point or so). Different percentages will make them "fight" with each other.
Actually I'm not sure if your Bovedas will auto-recharge though. Mine do, presumably because the polymer jars are a one-way system that emit water vapor until the environment reaches 70% RH, whereupon they stop emitting, and the Bovedas are two-way and 69%, so they slowly trim that 70 down to 69, which slowly recharges them continually. It seems as if that slow recharge rate is somehow about the same as their emit rate, averaged out, so they never get too big (full) or too dry (crispy). So, all I ever have to do is refill the jars with 50/50 solution (and quite rarely too), and the Bovedas take care of themselves. But if instead you're using Bovedas with the 69% Heartfelt beads, which are a very different and two-way system, you may not get this effect. You're going to have to keep an eye on it and see how it works. I'm guessing it'll still work well though. I've heard reports that it does. You may just have to recharge the Bovedas now and then (not a big deal, just soak 'em in distilled water for awhile).
If you think the smell is great now, add a lot more cigars and let some time pass. The cedar and all the aging cigars' scents will all "marry". You'll open the lid and stick your nose in there and take a deep, long sniff and think,
"this is what Heaven must smell like when you die!".