FightingIrish
New Member
before i had been using the 50/50 solution to keep my desktop humidor at the proper humidity, but it just really didn't stay all that steady. Well i bought a tube of the beads and it works great. right at 65%.
Viper
i bought a pound of your 65 rh beads and two satchels i spit the beads up to fill the two bags. I then added water by dipping the botom of the bag to hydrate 75% of the bag. My problem is i can not get my rh to drop below 70% in both my 50 quart coolerdor or my small desk top humi. Can you advise me on this. I thought for a min that i may have added to much water so i tryed to dry the beads out a little for a day. Help a little but later returned to 70 to 75%rh. What gives?
Joe
Viper
i bought a pound of your 65 rh beads and two satchels i spit the beads up to fill the two bags. I then added water by dipping the botom of the bag to hydrate 75% of the bag. My problem is i can not get my rh to drop below 70% in both my 50 quart coolerdor or my small desk top humi. Can you advise me on this. I thought for a min that i may have added to much water so i tryed to dry the beads out a little for a day. Help a little but later returned to 70 to 75%rh. What gives?
Joe
i spit the beads up...
Question. What is the accuracy of the beads, say the 65% ones. What I'm saying is, "they're accurate to +/-" what? Reason I ask is, if they're spot on, can you calibrate a hygrometer with them? I mean, if you have a decent amount in a bag, with your hygrometer overnight, would that basically be the same as a salt test?
Wade
Hell yes. Why anyone would use anything else is beyond me!Should this be a sticky worthy thread?
EXACTLY the answer I was hoping for. When doing this Viper, I'd assume it's better to err on the side of having more beads than necessary for the test.Question. What is the accuracy of the beads, say the 65% ones. What I'm saying is, "they're accurate to +/-" what? Reason I ask is, if they're spot on, can you calibrate a hygrometer with them? I mean, if you have a decent amount in a bag, with your hygrometer overnight, would that basically be the same as a salt test?
Wade
The manufacturer states +-2%. My experience is the beads will hold within +-1% when there are no outside influences. What this means is in an airtight container with no other contents. I have used the beads to calibrate hygrometers and have had good results.
Hey Viper, if I have 65 beads and mix them with 70 beads, would this give me around about 67?
Hell yes. Why anyone would use anything else is beyond me!Should this be a sticky worthy thread?
I was wondering about beads falling apart in my humi. I bought the 60% tube the smallest one and seems like the beads are breaking apart because everytime i move it to get to a cigar i hear more and more particles dropping and i've shaken out what i thought all of the pieces twice before... just wondering if i messed something up or if they're drying out too fast or something.