Did I screw up these Bovedas

[JustTroItIn]

I cleaned my garage today and found that I had left two Boveda packs in recharge mode all winter. They have been out there since probably September so have been frozen and thawed who knows how many times. I have also never seen a Boveda so full of moisture...they're freakin huge.

I guess my only concern is mold. I don't know what kind of mold inhibitor Bovedas have and they don't seem to smell musty, but before I return them to service or the trash can I thought I would get the collective opinion. Use them or trash?

 

[Zmilin]

Damn, those got fat!

 

[Sp@rky426]

Put a few dog rockets in that container with a hygro and give it a week....?

 

[joe45]

Idk. .. but it made me laugh.

 

[bigbill72]

nothing wrong with them use them

 

[ChuckMejia]

Maybe it will just be able to keep twice as many sticks good now... So just buy more sticks to even out that fatty pack!

 

[ChefBoyRG54]

There might be popcorn in there

 

[Rupe]

Look fine to me.....I'd use em!

 

[ENV]

my stepdad did that to bovedas by putting a shot glass of dw with his cigars and dry boveda. 3 mths later boveda is pregnant

 

[Zmilin]

I was watching this show on Nat Geo earlier about when whales wash ashor or beach themselves and die how they like to explode...just sayin!

 

[ascrivner]

For the love of God just throw it away, fucking up good cigars with a $2 boveda would be a damn shame.

 

[eastcoast paul]

I would leave them out for a while to dry out a little but still use them. They are so full now they may not be able to absorb more and no longer be 2 way control until they dry out a little.

 

[luckysaturn13]

For the love of God just throw it away, fucking up good cigars with a $2 boveda would be a damn shame.

I have to be thrifty so I can relate why you might want to save it but I gotta agree might not be worth messing up a humidor full of cigars to save 5$ you could leave it out in the open and see if it releases back down after a while and if it seems to be working you could throw it in a zip lock w a few dog rockets and see or dissect it and report back! Was there any mold in your Tupperware?

 

[JustTroItIn]

Idk. .. but it made me laugh.

This was pretty much the reaction I was going for. It was too funny not to share.

 

[ascrivner]

Or the cold has subtly broken the two way barrier and they'll be too humid. If you have a good hygrometer put it and the boveda in a Sammy bag for a week and check.

 

[JustTroItIn]

I have to be thrifty so I can relate why you might want to save it but I gotta agree might not be worth messing up a humidor full of cigars to save 5$ you could leave it out in the open and see if it releases back down after a while and if it seems to be working you could throw it in a zip lock w a few dog rockets and see or dissect it and report back! Was there any mold in your Tupperware?

No mold or any evidence of ill effects other than being so bloated they want to burst. Even though the majority think they are fine, I think I may error on the side of caution and toss these two. It does show the bastards work!

 

[luckysaturn13]

If your gonna toss em slice one open and get some pics. You could let the other sit out for same of science

 

[ascrivner]

They are certainly rechargeable, about 6 charges soaked in distilled h20 4 days each time.

 

[herfdog]

No mold or any evidence of ill effects other than being so bloated they want to burst. Even though the majority think they are fine, I think I may error on the side of caution and toss these two. It does show the bastards work!

They just have more charge.
Leave them outside the humi to release some of this water for a while. The boveda was just doing its job; no need to trash it.

I have had a small boveda do that on me when I forgot I was recharging it with a large 85% boveda. Its back to normal size and kicking.

 

[danmdevries]

Wow. Never seen one get so fat. I've had em plump up beyond factory fill, but never that far.

I have doubts that they're gonna regulate within specs.

But you've got an experiment to share with us now. If you dont want to follow through, pm me and I'll trade you 2 for 2.

Id like to see whathappens in a sealed container or a cheapo humidor over time with these.