Recharging Boveda Packs

[rdomfoto]

I've been recharging them with a shot glass full of distiller water in a Tupperware. Takes a few weeks or longer, but works fine. Hadn't thought about overcharging them at all.

I overcharged a couple last year. It wasn't catastrophic - just left them out overnight and they were fine.

 

[herfdog]

So are you saying you have no bovedas right now and have sticks you are concerned about it?

I have reverted to using beads an kl for the time being, so mot overlay concerned, but yes I am low on bovedas. There was a mention of a sale at cigars internationale but they don't ship internationaly. Go figure.

The packs I have are brown.

Didn't think they could "overcharge"
Now I am concerned...

 

[Sp@rky426]

I can help if you are low.

 

[sofc]

A friend of mine says the new brown ones can literally just be submerged in water. The white ones disintegrate, but the brown inches are fine. I've not confirmed this, but it's what I've been told.

I have reverted to using beads an kl for the time being, so mot overlay concerned, but yes I am low on bovedas. There was a mention of a sale at cigars internationale but they don't ship internationaly. Go figure.

The packs I have are brown.

Didn't think they could "overcharge"
Now I am concerned...

ONE: you have plenty of bovedas to humidify what cigars you have now.
TWO: overcharging is very rare in my experience and I've put them on top of watered down beads.
THREE: I only had two thoughts.

 

[herfdog]

ONE: you have plenty of bovedas to humidify what cigars you have now.
TWO: overcharging is very rare in my experience and I've put them on top of watered down beads.
THREE: I only had two thoughts.

As soon as they are recharged, I will fully agree with you. Likely before the middle of the week. That's why I am not overly concerned. In my initial statement I said I would have preferred to have a second set for the recharge period, but recharge time came faster than anticipated...

Fwiw the humi has been stable all of today at 65.

Thanks for the comment on hard to overfill.

 

[c.ortiz108]

Um, what if I've been recharging with regular water, not distilled, for about a year? We have well so the water is pure. Should I switch to distilled?

 

[sofc]

Um, what if I've been recharging with regular water, not distilled, for about a year? We have well so the water is pure. Should I switch to distilled?

probably safer for the sticks. Or at least that's what they say.

 

[c.ortiz108]

probably safer for the sticks. Or at least that's what they say.

That was the fastest reply in history. I got a new message alert while it was still sending!

 

[Mossome]

Um, what if I've been recharging with regular water, not distilled, for about a year? We have well so the water is pure. Should I switch to distilled?

As long as you are not submerging them in the water you should be fine. The recharging is done by water vapor and that shouldn't have impurities in it. The concern comes when you spray directly on to a media and then the dissolved minerals in the water can corrupt the crystals.

 

[sofc]

As long as you are not submerging them in the water you should be fine. The recharging is done by water vapor and that shouldn't have impurities in it. The concern comes when you spray directly on to a media and then the dissolved minerals in the water can corrupt the crystals.

I'm not a scientist but if that was true, why would everyone suggest using distilled water to season the humidors (in small glass jars or sponges or the like.) Not arguing with you, just curious?

 

[Mossome]

I'm not a scientist but if that was true, why would everyone suggest using distilled water to season the humidors (in small glass jars or sponges or the like.) Not arguing with you, just curious?

Not sure. That is a good question. Maybe it's a safeguard against a spill, or maybe to get you used to using DW as a rehumidifier. I'm not a scientist either, but water vapor should be as pure as distilled water. That is how they get it, condensed steam (water vapor). Any impurities from the tap water should be left as a residue in the original container. I didn't really question it before when I poured DW on a sponge in a dish to season my humidor.

 

[sofc]

I asked because I thought water vapor is essentially distillation process.

 

[StogieNinja]

I think the idea is that you don't want to wipe water with additives or impurities all over your Spanish cedar, or for stuff like chlorine to be sitting in your humi for a week or more.

 

[sofc]

I think the idea is that you don't want to wipe water with additives or impurities all over your Spanish cedar, or for stuff like chlorine to be sitting in your humi for a week or more.

I get that and adding to beads. But just putting glass of water in humi?

 

[Whtwtrman79]

I spritz mine with distilled or sterile water, if it's passive ie from a shot glass I don't think it would matter

 

[sofc]

I spritz mine with distilled or sterile water, if it's passive ie from a shot glass I don't think it would matter

I just pour over kl. Never had to touch hcm beads.

 

[danmdevries]

I haven't had to actively recharge my Bovedas. I have Bovedas and HF beads in all my humidors. If the beads are all white, I overcharge them all clear. The Bovedas recharge off the excess and everything stays stable. But, I do run a pound of beads and a dozen Bovedas in each of my large humidors.

 

[dharbolt]

I think the idea is that you don't want to wipe water with additives or impurities all over your Spanish cedar, or for stuff like chlorine to be sitting in your humi for a week or more.

This

Chlorine is bad mmmkay.

 

[sipnjd]

I have been told that new ones should last two months. Will recharged ones last that long as we'll? I have have been throwing them away once they get hard.

 

[StogieNinja]

I have been told that new ones should last two months. Will recharged ones last that long as we'll? I have have been throwing them away once they get hard.

Yep.

Buy twice what you need. Recharge half while using the other half. Swap as necessary!