Smart Water with Heartfelt Beads/Standard Humi Sponge?

[BradLTX]

Guys:

Anyone here used Smart Water in your humi? I usually buy distilled jugs but this is all the store had. It's vapor distilled water plus electrolytes (calcium chloride, potassium bicarbonate, and magnesium chloride).

Thanks in advance!

 

[mwlabel]

Nope, I just use normal distilled water.

I imagine the "extras" could mess with the beads. I haven't done anything chemistry-related since high school though.

 

[BradLTX]

Thanks brother. That's where I leaned. And agreed on the chemistry rustiness. Ha.

 

[stukibuilt]

I wouldn't do it because the salts could have a bearing on the longevity of the beads like mwlabel pointed out. Best to go to the next store and buy just straight distilled.

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[aroma]

If you recharge your beads by putting a wet sponge into your humidor and letting the water evaporate and be absorbed by the beads (and wood and cigars), you can use any kind of water, including tap water, since only the H2O evaporates, leaving behind anything that was dissolved in it.

 

[H3rrington]

If you recharge your beads by putting a wet sponge into your humidor and letting the water evaporate and be absorbed by the beads (and wood and cigars), you can use any kind of water, including tap water, since only the H2O evaporates, leaving behind anything that was dissolved in it.

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I'm no expert at all, but couldn't the sponge then grow mold?

 

[aroma]

I'm no expert at all, but couldn't the sponge then grow mold?

Theoretically, yes, but in practice, it doesn't happen to me.

I don't leave the sponge wet indefinitely. I only use it to recharge, which can range from a few hours, for a small humidor, to a day or two, for a wineador. I take it out and let it dry when not in use. Once in a while, I sniff it, and if I smell anything unusual (which happens maybe once or twice a year), I wash it with soap.

 

[ascrivner]

I use a plant sprayer on jet spray w/ distilled to rewater my heartfelts. 6 or 7 squirts / baggy every 3 months.

 

[Olivo35661]

I also do this to recharge beads and no mold will grow. It would take a decent amount of time for mold to grow.