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11-06-2006, 06:45 PM | #1 |
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My 2 cents on Beads.
I purchased the 65% beads from Heartfelt. I have them in all my 5 humi's now. My experience so far is that they keep the spaces right at 67% +-1% with a salt calibrated digital hygrometer. I replaced the florofoam pucks in the black humi devices with beads. I don't care for these black containers as you cant see the beads to tell when they turn white. I prefer my DIY clear pucks which is a no brainer. No hygrometer needed in EACH humi. As long as the beads are not all white, I know I'm ok. I use a medicine dropper to drop distilled water on them every few weeks. I had an accident in 2 of my black humi containers. After the humidity shot up to 75% in the one I happened to be monitoring I opened it up to find that I had over watered the thing and water had run out all over the floor of the box. DANG!! only one cigar got wet a bit on the bottom.. No damage. Water just poured outta it and another I had over watered. Can't see the beads to know when it's full. I will be replacing these with DIY clear ones.
Beads are great, I highly recommend them. They eliminate the need for a hygrometer if you can visually monitor the beads easily. I won't be buying any more hygrometers, just more beads, and of course cigars! Accident
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11-06-2006, 08:38 PM | #2 |
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Could you please elaborate on the DIY clear pucks. Thanks.
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Re: My 2 cents on Beads.
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11-07-2006, 06:48 AM | #6 |
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By the end of a few weeks a hygrometer becomes redundant. Based on my experience I can tell when my cigars are happy and when they're not.
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11-07-2006, 09:01 AM | #7 |
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I love happy cigars, and beads.
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11-07-2006, 10:03 AM | #8 |
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Some guys are really anal about cigar care, some guys are really carefree. Each to their own...
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I'm one of those who treats my cigars like my house plants, with benign neglect. With beads, like with the plants, I water occassionallyand they do just fine.
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11-07-2006, 03:00 PM | #10 |
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Heartfelt beads are the best investment I've made when it comes to cigars. Easy to maintain and it took all the guess work out of things back when I was a noob I got moldy cigars and had problems keeping my humis at a consistent humidity BEFORE purchasing the beads. I trust the beads after having used them for almost a year now, they keep my smokes happy I still like a hygrometer in there-- Just some extra insurance for the fluctuation in climate and relative humidty here
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