Someone told me he recharges Boveda packs by soaking them in distilled water for 2-3 days. Does anyone know if this works?

Don't know about soaking them directly in distilled water, but they can be recharged by placing them in a ziplock bag or container with a small glass of distilled water.

Soaking them makes them bloat. I would soak a sponge or two and put them in a tupperware container.

I've recharged them by putting them in a sealed zíplock bag with moist humidifier pillows and moist paper towels.

I've been putting them in a zip lock bag and then pouring a little distilled water in the bag and then sealing it up.

I just leave them in there until I need 'em. By the time I pull 'em out, they feel about the same as when they were new. But.... it's not like they are just sitting in a pool of water. I pour in just enough to do the trick. If I get too much water in there, then the next day I will pour out the excess.

Not sure how many times you can do it. But, it works for me.

You can soak them in water, it won't hurt the membrane. The label might fall off, as it did with some I tried it with. Only happened with the white ones though, the newer beige ones the label stayed on. One thing to keep in mind that it's really easy to overcharge the pack by soaking them. It won't hurt it, but it will not operate at the specified humidity until it loses it's excess water and the salt-water ratio falls back into the operating range. IIRC a fully charged small pack weighs 8g and a large pack weighs 60g. If you go over that weight what happens is that the salt solution is too dilute and the pack will just give off humidity until it drops to a saturated solution at the specified weights.

How many days would you leave them in the ziplock bag?

Indirect works fine I had three dead ones in my cooler beginning of summer now they recharged and kept my levels fine all summer. So Just throw the dead ones in your humi or cooler and they will slowly recharge any faster recharge I don't know Tupperware and a water source

[quote=pfk985]How many days would you leave them in the ziplock bag?[/quote]

The time will vary depending on your ambient conditions. When I lived on the East Coast with higher humidity it would take a day or two. Now living at a higher elevation with less humidity it takes up to a week. When all the crystals are soft inside, they're ready. Good luck.

I have had great success by placing a sponge soaked with distilled water in a tupperware container and throwing one or two dead/dying Boveda packs in there for a few days. The less "dead" they are the better the outcome though.

So I can attest to the fact that yes, you CAN indeed recharge a Boveda pack.

Have some reactivating as we speak, I used a lrg JIF jar with a smaller JIF lid in the bottom pour a small amount of distilled water in, drop lid in and set packs on top of it. Works flawlessly.

Note: some that I've added we're pretty much drained of any moisture.... And they came right back in a matter of days

I let mine soak in an air tight container with distilled water for 3 days. Then let it rest one day in the container without water in it. Works good and have done it twice already.

Is distilled water really that important? I understand if you have issues with hard water, etc. Wouldn't water passed through a reverse osmosis process be as good as distilled? IIRC, RO pulls all mimerals out of the water .... Or, are there other issues i am not takimg into consideration?

It might work fine since the packs aren't directly absorbing the water just absorbing moisture as the water evaporates in the container. Now for soaking them that's different, direct contact with the non distilled water might be inviting a visit from the mold fairy. A gallon of distilled water is cheap and will last a very long time.

Good point, didnt think about that. For me it isnt the cost of the distilled water, it is the laziness factor. Now if i could order distilled water omline ...... LOL

I've had them in a container for a week and they haven't recharged yet. Any suggestions?

I have recharged several perfectly by placing 3 or 4 in large Tupperware with a small, shallow cup of distilled water. I have another 4 recharging as we speak. I left them in there for several weeks because i didn't need them right away. I didn't really check them very often either. They were crunchy when i put them in, a few weeks later they were recharged.

I have 2 each in separate Tupperware containers with a sponge soaked in distilled water. They are still crunchy . I will continue to leave them in there , I will check them in a couple of weeks.

[quote=cacman]Don't know about soaking them directly in distilled water, but they can be recharged by placing them in a ziplock bag or container with a small glass of distilled water.[/quote]

This works great - just did two last week.

RY

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More of, basically, the same advice.

Will add that I’ve put the packs inside a container with distilled water and at first things were fine but after a few dunks, the outer paper / membrane started to get funky so definitely don’t recommend that method.