Cigar FF
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- Dec 18, 2011
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I finally got around to replacing my gel humidification with 70% RH beads. I put 1/2 of my 1/2 pound bag of beads into the humidor early this morning in a mesh bag. I opted to use a spray bottle with distilled water and only wet approximately 80% of the beads as the website mentions. I let it sit for approx. 10 hours and monitored the RH and it was still low. I added some more beads thinking I may not have put enough in. I now have 3/4 of the beads in the the humidor. I'm pretty certain my humidor is a 75-100 count so having 3/4 of a half pound bag should be more than sufficient based on the measurement tool on their site. I did not spray the beads after adding more as I didn't want to over saturate.
Does it take a while for the RH to stabilize after adding the beads? It was at least 10 hours before I added more and the RH was lower than it was with the gel. Being new to the beads, I am not sure how long it takes for them to balance out the RH. At this point, I'm starting to think my seal is no good as the RH was oddly lower than when I first started using it. I've changed everything but the humidor so this will be the last straw before I invest in something better. I want to make sure I am allowing enough time for things to level out.
One last thing, placement of the beads... I have a shelf and I put the beads on the bottom of the humidor to the right. There are vents but I have my cigars sitting front to back on the shelf while the shelf vents are right to left. Does this make a big difference? I spread the cigars out a little more on the shelf to make sure the air could circulate properly. I'm scratching my head trying to troubleshoot the dipping RH.
TIA
Does it take a while for the RH to stabilize after adding the beads? It was at least 10 hours before I added more and the RH was lower than it was with the gel. Being new to the beads, I am not sure how long it takes for them to balance out the RH. At this point, I'm starting to think my seal is no good as the RH was oddly lower than when I first started using it. I've changed everything but the humidor so this will be the last straw before I invest in something better. I want to make sure I am allowing enough time for things to level out.
One last thing, placement of the beads... I have a shelf and I put the beads on the bottom of the humidor to the right. There are vents but I have my cigars sitting front to back on the shelf while the shelf vents are right to left. Does this make a big difference? I spread the cigars out a little more on the shelf to make sure the air could circulate properly. I'm scratching my head trying to troubleshoot the dipping RH.
TIA