Bead Convert

+1, same experience. Tons less maintenance. I have several humis and set up a coolidor using the beads. It worked so well - I'm just going to switch.

I just put the bag on the bottom(this was in a plastic cooler though). I am going to check the heartfelt site to see what they have for storage.

Beads are awesome, I have been using them now for over a year. Only wish I could find them little cheaper than the heartfelt site.

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Krieg:

Beads are awesome, I have been using them now for over a year. Only wish I could find them little cheaper than the heartfelt site.

There are some other sites that sell "generic" versions of it. I've heard of Ebay selling them for pretty cheap. I've even heard of people using silica cat litter.

yeah, ive heard of that kitty litter thing....but I just can't bring myself to put killy litter in my humi. I know I'm cheap...but not that cheap!

Krieg:

sightunseen:

Krieg:

Beads are awesome, I have been using them now for over a year. Only wish I could find them little cheaper than the heartfelt site.

There are some other sites that sell "generic" versions of it. I've heard of Ebay selling them for pretty cheap. I've even heard of people using silica cat litter.

yeah, ive heard of that kitty litter thing....but I just can't bring myself to put killy litter in my humi. I know I'm cheap...but not that cheap!

Hey Kreig, here is the answer to your wish. These are beads that I and several other's around the forums use. They are half the price of Heartfelt and are Museum Quality Beads, also come with mesh bags to hold the beads. Check 'em out.

http://www.bargainhumidors.com/bh/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=ACC-CONSERVAGEL

txjayhawk:

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Krieg:

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Krieg:

Beads are awesome, I have been using them now for over a year. Only wish I could find them little cheaper than the heartfelt site.

There are some other sites that sell "generic" versions of it. I've heard of Ebay selling them for pretty cheap. I've even heard of people using silica cat litter.

yeah, ive heard of that kitty litter thing....but I just can't bring myself to put killy litter in my humi. I know I'm cheap...but not that cheap!

I'm of the same mind, especially since I have cats.

I use kitty litter...it works perfect for my sticks. Got a 4 lb bag for 9 dollars at the grocery store.

Check these out instead. They are made for this purpose, and they are cheap.

http://www.bargainhumidors.com/bh/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=ACC-CONSERVAGEL

laker1963:

txjayhawk:

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Krieg:

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Krieg:

Beads are awesome, I have been using them now for over a year. Only wish I could find them little cheaper than the heartfelt site.

There are some other sites that sell "generic" versions of it. I've heard of Ebay selling them for pretty cheap. I've even heard of people using silica cat litter.

yeah, ive heard of that kitty litter thing....but I just can't bring myself to put killy litter in my humi. I know I'm cheap...but not that cheap!

I'm of the same mind, especially since I have cats.

I use kitty litter...it works perfect for my sticks. Got a 4 lb bag for 9 dollars at the grocery store.

Check these out instead. They are made for this purpose, and they are cheap.

http://www.bargainhumidors.com/bh/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=ACC-CONSERVAGEL

Yeah, but you can't piss in your beads though :P

laker1963:

Smoke=Fire:

laker1963:

txjayhawk:

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Krieg:

sightunseen:

Krieg:

Beads are awesome, I have been using them now for over a year. Only wish I could find them little cheaper than the heartfelt site.

There are some other sites that sell "generic" versions of it. I've heard of Ebay selling them for pretty cheap. I've even heard of people using silica cat litter.

yeah, ive heard of that kitty litter thing....but I just can't bring myself to put killy litter in my humi. I know I'm cheap...but not that cheap!

I'm of the same mind, especially since I have cats.

I use kitty litter...it works perfect for my sticks. Got a 4 lb bag for 9 dollars at the grocery store.

Check these out instead. They are made for this purpose, and they are cheap.

http://www.bargainhumidors.com/bh/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=ACC-CONSERVAGEL

Yeah, but you can't piss in your beads though :P

SURE you can... but I personally wouldn't use them for cigar humidification AFTER I had done so.
You can do what you like tho bro'. Sick Bass-Turd. LMAO

Maybe that's why the guys at work don't want a stogie after they see me "humidifying" :P

kaelaria:

The silica litter physically works well to control the humidity - but it's a major PITA to use in the humidor because of dust. Silica dust is NOT something you want to be burning and inhaling. Even using pantyhose, the litter has such fine particles it gets everywhere and makes a dusty mess - there's just no way to contain it outside of a big dish, and that doesn't fit in most humidors nor is it practical. Beads on the market are significantly larger particles and can be used in mesh tubes, hose, etc. and are dust free. I have several pounds of it in a few gallon ziplocks now wondering what I'll do with it It was a $7 experiment! The cheap beads are a great product too, but I like 65% and unfortunately very few vendors offer them.

The beads I linked to above come in 65% & 70%. I run the 65% beads and range from 63 - 68% same as the Heartfelt beads.

I had 2 pounds from barginhumidors.com they work great

Goldy:

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laker1963:

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laker1963:

txjayhawk:

sightunseen:

Krieg:

sightunseen:

Krieg:

Beads are awesome, I have been using them now for over a year. Only wish I could find them little cheaper than the heartfelt site.

There are some other sites that sell "generic" versions of it. I've heard of Ebay selling them for pretty cheap. I've even heard of people using silica cat litter.

yeah, ive heard of that kitty litter thing....but I just can't bring myself to put killy litter in my humi. I know I'm cheap...but not that cheap!

I'm of the same mind, especially since I have cats.

I use kitty litter...it works perfect for my sticks. Got a 4 lb bag for 9 dollars at the grocery store.

Check these out instead. They are made for this purpose, and they are cheap.

http://www.bargainhumidors.com/bh/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=ACC-CONSERVAGEL

Yeah, but you can't piss in your beads though :P

SURE you can... but I personally wouldn't use them for cigar humidification AFTER I had done so.
You can do what you like tho bro'. Sick Bass-Turd. LMAO

Maybe that's why the guys at work don't want a stogie after they see me "humidifying" :P

They're just infused.

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kaelaria:

The silica litter physically works well to control the humidity - but it's a major PITA to use in the humidor because of dust. Silica dust is NOT something you want to be burning and inhaling. Even using pantyhose, the litter has such fine particles it gets everywhere and makes a dusty mess - there's just no way to contain it outside of a big dish, and that doesn't fit in most humidors nor is it practical. Beads on the market are significantly larger particles and can be used in mesh tubes, hose, etc. and are dust free. I have several pounds of it in a few gallon ziplocks now wondering what I'll do with it It was a $7 experiment! The cheap beads are a great product too, but I like 65% and unfortunately very few vendors offer them.

FWIW, I've never had a dust problem with my kitty litter beads.

Krieg:

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kaelaria:

The silica litter physically works well to control the humidity - but it's a major PITA to use in the humidor because of dust. Silica dust is NOT something you want to be burning and inhaling. Even using pantyhose, the litter has such fine particles it gets everywhere and makes a dusty mess - there's just no way to contain it outside of a big dish, and that doesn't fit in most humidors nor is it practical. Beads on the market are significantly larger particles and can be used in mesh tubes, hose, etc. and are dust free. I have several pounds of it in a few gallon ziplocks now wondering what I'll do with it It was a $7 experiment! The cheap beads are a great product too, but I like 65% and unfortunately very few vendors offer them.

FWIW, I've never had a dust problem with my kitty litter beads.

I doubt I will try the beads, I got a lot of money tied up in my humidor so it would just seem to me to be a unnecessary risk.

Were you talking about the Kitty litter beads Krieg? Cause the actual beads are the best thing out there with VERY LITTLE "Risk". I would assume a lot of us who use beads also have a lot of money tied up in both humi's and the premium sticks in them, and I am sure none of us bead users are looking to risk our investments either. The beads are easy, reliable and now cheap too. WIN, WIN, WIN.

JUst don't want to see some of the newer guy's get scared off of these beads when they are one of the BEST humidifiers on the market.

Just a few words of wisdom:

I've been thinking about converting to beads (using gel from Drymistat, and it's working but I'm an engineer and want tighter control...duh) and so have been doing alot of reading on kitty litter vs. Heartfelt vs. Conservagel, etc...

Well anyways my fiance and I had to pick up some cat food from the pet store and I slowed down around the kitty litter so I could scan for the 100% silica stuff...you know, just to look at it first hand (Though I've decided if I switch to beads it will be Conservagel).

I slowed to the point of nearly stopping, eyese fixed to the wall O' litter and the look she gave me could not have said any clearer "WTF are you doing? Have you lost your mind?". Needless to say "I was looking for some kitty litter that I might use with my cigars" wasn't the clearest explanation

So, for anyoneconsidering using the kitty litter beads I recommend you work on the delivery of the explaination to your significant other...