Dear Catfish,
Had a quick question. Was looking at the Diamond Crown Humi System and the Paradigm Humi system because I'm lazy and basically just want to refill my humidification device one every three months or so. Will these work as well as the kitty litter/beads, and what are the pro's and cons to each deal. Also, if you do indeed end up recommending the beads what kind of water bottle do you use, and if you have a bead tube and you spritz the beads does that make it to the bottom beads, not sure how by spritzing it all the beads get refilled. thanks a million
Well to be honest, I only refill my beads every other month or so, and they cost less then $20...Exquisicat. No idea if these electric devices will work as well, as I do not own them. What I can tell you, is anyone whom uses Kitty Litter will speak volumes of it's stability. As for water bottle, I just bought a spray bottle at the store, or I just pour some water on them. It's not rocket science really, and I do not think all the beads need to get refilled or even get filled for that matter.
Dear Catfish,
Had a quick question. Was looking at the Diamond Crown Humi System and the Paradigm Humi system because I'm lazy and basically just want to refill my humidification device one every three months or so. Will these work as well as the kitty litter/beads, and what are the pro's and cons to each deal. Also, if you do indeed end up recommending the beads what kind of water bottle do you use, and if you have a bead tube and you spritz the beads does that make it to the bottom beads, not sure how by spritzing it all the beads get refilled. thanks a million
Well to be honest, I only refill my beads every other month or so, and they cost less then $20...Exquisicat. No idea if these electric devices will work as well, as I do not own them. What I can tell you, is anyone whom uses Kitty Litter will speak volumes of it's stability. As for water bottle, I just bought a spray bottle at the store, or I just pour some water on them. It's not rocket science really, and I do not think all the beads need to get refilled or even get filled for that matter.
Yup, just spray the beads sparingly. Do not need to dampen all or even most. Nozzle up to beads, spray a few times, done! I haven't used either of the other humidification devices you mentioned either.
I can hardly believe it, but I just read this entire thread, every single post, all 16 pages.
This is extremely useful and informational, thanks to all who have created it and participated.
Thank you Catfish, after following your instructions on how to set up a humidor i finally got it up and at a constant 65% using beads. right before finals week so i can order cigars and enjoy them during the summer.
Bumping this for mcpete, he's having some trouble. Since I just won a humidor last night and a 70rh gel jar, I will use them. So this is day one, just put the sponge in, placed it on foil, and soaked it with enough distiller water that the sponge overflows a tad. I put a hygro in, will check it tomorrow.
I think it's great that you are posting these steps to "the process" using a small desktop. This will help a lot of newbies get a good, close up look at what they should be doing to get started the "right way" with their first humidor
I think it's great that you are posting these steps to "the process" using a small desktop. This will help a lot of newbies get a good, close up look at what they should be doing to get started the "right way" with their first humidor
yeah that's why I did it, I won this in a contest, and will use it for reviewing samples. One can never have enough humi's!
So we are on day 6, rh has now dropped to 66 with a large 65 boveda pack. I went ahead and put cigars in today that have been stored in a stable environment. If for some reason rh drops below 60 in a few hours, ten I probably need to wait a few more days and possibly add the sponge back. This is day 6 or 7 I think, and it has been pretty stable and dropping to the 65rh pack. If I have to add a few
Smaller boveda later I will, but ultimately once it is stable one boveda should be good.
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