Just say NO to kitty litter.

Recently pulled a 2014 Tatuaje stored with HF beads and it was as good as ever.

Some say a cigar stored longer than 7 years is beyond its prime.

cacman wrote:

I'm running the hf beads. How do you charge yours?

If you don't mind my asking.

USNGunner wrote:

Some say a cigar stored longer than 7 years is beyond its prime.

cacman wrote:

Just say NO to kitty litter.

Recently pulled a 2014 Tatuaje stored with HF beads and it was as good as ever.

Some say a cigar stored longer than 7 years is beyond its prime.

cacman wrote:

Well to be fair Carl was discussing a Nicaraguan cigar so there’s that.

ZRX1200 wrote:

I'm running the hf beads. How do you charge yours?

If you don't mind my asking.

USNGunner wrote:

I just pour a bit of distilled water on 'em and shake 'em up.

MACS wrote:

Use Bovedas in combination with beads, and you’ll never have to recharge your beads.
Might have to recharge your Bovedas from time to time, but that’s easy..........just takes a bit of time, depending on how dry they are.

KingoftheCove wrote:

My winador is plugging along well that way. My humidors both suddenly dropped to 55% last week. Now we had a cold snap, but it still struck me as odd. Which made me wonder if I was missing something. 🤔

USNGunner wrote:

Suddenly dropped?
That’s somewhat disconcerting.
Either a bad hygrometer.........unlikely, since both humidors dropped.
Or, a bad seal........again unlikely since both dropped..........but maybe they both have weak seals?
Or, you dont have enough media (beads, Bovedas) in the humis to control a sudden drop in RH in your house.

KingoftheCove wrote:

Don’t know how big your desktops are, but I keep 8 Bovedas in my 100+ count Watts desktop.....4 in the top tray two on each side, and the same in the bottom.
It’s a true 100+ count, cause I once had 122 cigars in there, all real cigars (Robs, Churchill’s, Coronas, etc.)

To go with the 8 Bovedas (these are the 60gm ones) I have 2 tubes of beads......a medium sized one on top, and a big one below.

This is my smoking humi, so I’m in and out of it constantly, taking ones out to smoke, adding new smokes from da cooler, etc.

Maintenance free setup for 5 years running.....rock solid at 65/66rh.

KingoftheCove wrote:

It's a big cigar dojo I got from Stephen. I've got a lb of HF in the bottom, and a couple of the big bovedas in there now. I only had a few of the small ones before. I'm working it. Thanks. 👍

USNGunner wrote: