MoreBeer
Friday, October 29, 2021 3:36:56 PM
What happened to the guy with the Heartfelt Beads? His website says he's moving but its been like this a while. Have used those since forever and wanted to pick up a few pounds or so for another cooler I'm setting up. Any other identical product out there I'm not aware of?
Palama
Friday, October 29, 2021 3:48:06 PM
Haven’t ordered from HF in a while but the last time I checked, I thought the prices had gone up. Not sure if it was significant or not but when I went back to the site, I did kinda rear back and go, “Whoa!” when I saw the prices. But probably ‘cause it’d been at least 5 years since my last order. I’m slowly switching to Boveda packs instead since maintenance, if done correctly, is a breeze. Every once in awhile, a rather well-known place will run a special on the big 320 gram packs. I bought a 6-pack last year and placed one in each of my coolers. Haven’t had to recharge them yet, whereas my beads need some looking at / refreshing every couple of months.
Sunoverbeach
Friday, October 29, 2021 5:44:16 PM
There's a similar product on Amazon that works well for me. Rh Shield I think it's called.
Mr. Jones
Friday, October 29, 2021 7:44:48 PM
He caught the VID FROM ...HOCKEYDAD...

A.K.A

"THE HARBINGER" OF THE VID

ZRX1200
Friday, October 29, 2021 11:41:45 PM
HCM beads.
BuckyB93
Saturday, October 30, 2021 10:23:18 AM
I know of a source where you can get kitty litter beads at $4.94 for a 8 lb bag. PM me for the source.
MoreBeer
Saturday, October 30, 2021 12:43:07 PM

There's a similar product on Amazon that works well for me. Rh Shield I think it's called.

Sunoverbeach wrote:

These appear to be identical to the heartfelt beads, plus they have the large empty tubes. Just ordered some. What I usually do is put about a pound of beads in a long mesh bag in center of cooler and rarely if ever wet it, and if I do, very little. Then I use two of the larger tubes of beads and thoroughly wet those, which are then laid on top of the large bag. This has been working great for me for many years. Boveda's are good although they're a consumable...beads are a time-time buy.

Sunoverbeach
Saturday, October 30, 2021 12:52:22 PM
There is a method to recharge bovedas as Palama alluded to. I use a combination of the two in my humidors and straight bovedas in my cooler/tupperdors
KingoftheCove
Saturday, October 30, 2021 1:11:45 PM
As noted by numerous botl here and other places.......

The combination of Bovedas and beads is pretty hard to beat.

Stable, very low maintenance, both rechargeable.

Going on 6 years with the same beads and Bovedas.......and all I ever have to do is recharge 5 or 6 Big Bovedas......per year.

I have one big cooler and two desktops.

MoreBeer
Saturday, October 30, 2021 2:28:08 PM
I do use the Boveda packs as well. Usually stick two of the small 65% 8 gram packets into my boxes of expensive stuff that are within the coolers. The last thing we all need are $300+ boxes not getting the best of care.
ZRX1200
Saturday, October 30, 2021 2:37:22 PM
Looks like some other two way beads in 8oz bags on the jungle, gonna grab a couple and see how they do (only 70% though). But I had to pull about the same amount of HF beads a year ago that went bad. At that point I started augmenting with floral beads (one way). Should work fine.
Dg west deptford
Sunday, October 31, 2021 1:34:34 PM
epicurean lettuce is out of favor lately

Trying to setup a blackfriday cooler procurement

Final answer on which jungle bead?

ZRX1200
Monday, November 1, 2021 12:59:28 AM
Won’t be here until Tuesday, appear to be the same thing?

I’ll repost for sure

izonfire
Monday, November 1, 2021 2:03:44 AM
I know TW likes to shove beads up his rectum.

Not sure how that helps his smokes though.

You’ll have to ask him…

ZRX1200
Monday, November 1, 2021 3:47:24 AM
It’s the ONLY way he smokes.
izonfire
Monday, November 1, 2021 3:51:06 AM
To each their own. Embrace diversity, I say.

Just make sure you’re wearing an impermeable latex membrane…

ZRX1200
Monday, November 1, 2021 1:58:04 PM
If you’re not a “Party naked and take chances” kinda guy you’re not going to get your camping request pushed through the wait que. that’s quitter talk.
ZRX1200
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 7:35:48 PM
Ok so the two 8oz bags of 70% beads I ordered arrived today. They look in both color and texture to be identical to HF beads there is a LOT of size variation. Perhaps HF uses a flat sieve to achieve uniform sizing or maybe these cheapos just have little QC.

I’ll get these installed Friday or Saturday and update, lost my dad and my last grandpa in September and now my last grandmother is knocking on the door.

Call a family member you haven’t talked to in a while and say hi.

Sunoverbeach
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 8:06:45 PM
Bead review took a helluva turn. Sorry to hear, Z
ZRX1200
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 11:17:25 PM
Not surprised on this one at least, her health has been declining for a few years. Had emergency surgery 2 weeks ago for a twisted gut, came home hospice.