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opelmanta1900
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5 years ago

I haven't kept a humidor in years... I noticed boveda makes an 84% seasoning pack... is that a gimmick? I've always done a shot glass of distilled water until the humidity stabilizes... is that still the preferred method?

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Whistlebritches
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5 years ago

opelmanta1900 wrote:

That's the way I have always done it.Get it to 70-75% and toss in cigars and heartfelt beads........it'll stabilize in a couple days.

opelmanta1900
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5 years ago

I'm thinking I'm gonna go boveda packs in lieu of beads this time around...

Whistlebritches
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5 years ago

I'm thinking I'm gonna go boveda packs in lieu of beads this time around...

opelmanta1900 wrote:

I've never been a huge fan but whatever floats your boat.I use water crystals in my closet humi and beads in my desk top,it's what works for me in dry as a bone winters and scorching hot summers.

opelmanta1900
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5 years ago

I like how I can switch out the dry packs for fresh ones while I recharge them... and I like how a lot of the companies I like use boveda packs in their boxes... it means I have extras and always getting more...

I used the beads for years... eventually they got discolored and picked up some off odors... almost certainly use error... I also found rehydrating them to be a bit of a pita... and they took up a lot more room in a desktop than I like surrendering...

rfenst
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5 years ago

opelmanta1900 wrote:

Waste of money and time.

Dampen (not dripping wet) a folded paper towel with distilled water and wipe/dampen the entire inside of the spanish cedar. Close the lid. Do the same thing again the next day for 2-4 days, then put your hygrometer in and test the RH. If it has stabilized, put a bunch of cigars in it with a Boveda that is the RH you prefer.

opelmanta1900
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5 years ago

Personally i avoid putting water directly on the cedar, even if just a damp paper towel... I look at it like curing herb... the slower the process, the more uniform the results...

rfenst
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5 years ago

Personally i avoid putting water directly on the cedar, even if just a damp paper towel... I look at it like curing herb... the slower the process, the more uniform the results...

opelmanta1900 wrote:

Not even wet, just mildly damp and done over a few days will stabilize things properly. The wood balances out the moisture on its own pretty quickly- certainly faster than acclimating cigars. And, you check it with your hygrometer to make sure it's not too wet... YMMV.

Jakethesnake86
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5 years ago

What did you get opie??

I’m the snake

LeeBot
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5 years ago

#10

I got a boveda bag with something I ordered several months ago, had a big boveda pack in it. Said it would last a year. I put pack in a coolerdor, and it started forming crystals within 4 or 5 months. One is really big, like the size of a dime. I read that's when you need to get rid of them. The cooler was moist the whole time with other humidifiers, so the boveda shouldn't have had to do much work. Do they really not last any longer than that? Seems like that would get unnecessarily expensive. I don't get it.

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opelmanta1900
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5 years ago

#11

What did you get opie??

Jakethesnake86 wrote:

I won a My Father 15th Anni humi in a raffle at the local b&m... from what I understand you can't buy em, they're only made as grand prizes for their raffles... it's a thing of beauty...

opelmanta1900
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5 years ago

#12

LeeBot wrote:

You can recharge em easily with distilled water... they give up humidity more readily than other forms of humidification... it's possible your other humidification systems stole the moisture from the bovedas...

Palama
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5 years ago

#13

opelmanta1900 wrote:

Was thinking the same thing, especially if there’s a mix of RH levels.

Cheno
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5 years ago

#14

So you are telling us you have an empty humi that holds 100 cigars?? MOOCH POST!!!

Dr. Madhattan
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5 years ago

#15

I generally mix table salt and distilled water to a slush-like consistency in a ramekin and close it up in there with a Govee hygro/thermo unit and let it ride for a week or so, opening only to make sure the salt stays hydrated. The ramekin has more surface area than a shotglass and I know exactly the RH it should be reading inside. Easy as pie. Saltwater will get it to 75% RH. Then I pull the saltwater add my sticks and a 68% boveda. The initial drop caused by adding all the sticks usually drops me no lower than 65-66% and it only stays there a day or so until the boveda catches up. Most effecient method I've found by far.

opelmanta1900
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5 years ago

#16

Sounds like you're confusing 2 different processes...

The saltwater slush method is used for calibrating a hygrometer (to 75.5)...

You should never, ever put saltwater inside of a humidor...

tonygraz
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5 years ago

#17

What !?! , No lettuce ?

frankj1
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5 years ago

#18

Sounds like you're confusing 2 different processes...

The saltwater slush method is used for calibrating a hygrometer (to 75.5)...

You should never, ever put saltwater inside of a humidor...

opelmanta1900 wrote:

only in a zip lock bag

Cigarick
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5 years ago

#19

70% humidity, 70 degrees F is ideal from my understanding. They also recommend the same stat's for cigarettes, guitars, and pot.

LeeBot
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5 years ago

#20

Sounds like you're confusing 2 different processes...

The saltwater slush method is used for calibrating a hygrometer (to 75.5)...

You should never, ever put saltwater inside of a humidor...

opelmanta1900 wrote:

But a Boveda is just distilled water and "natural salts." They either dilute the sodium chloride with something that moderates it, and let's them adjust it down from the default 75 Rh to whatever the pack advertises, or perhaps they use some different type of salt. My understanding is that most of the value added is the 2-way permeable membrane they put the salt in. But, as I have already made clear, I am not a boveda expert.

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