Heartfelt Beads in Oasis XL Plus

[ERJenkins]

Hello everyone:

Anyone had any experience using beads in a Cigar Oasis?

I figure they would be better than the foam but thought I would consult the forum first - I am sure one of you guys has tried to improve on the great Chinese build quality...

Thanks in advance,

Eliot

[Bartolomeo]

Best bet is to rip foam out and replace with distilled water

Dont mess with the beads, expanding crystals, etc..........I have tried it all

Straight water works the best

Bart

[ERJenkins]

Interesting...

So what function is the foam meant to serve? Just to hold in the water if you turn it upside down?

Suppose it will increase capacity a bit by taking out the foam - seems like a good idea unless there could be a problem with mould... is this not an issue?

Cheers,

Eliot

[Bartolomeo]

Interesting...

So what function is the foam meant to serve? Just to hold in the water if you turn it upside down?

Suppose it will increase capacity a bit by taking out the foam - seems like a good idea unless there could be a problem with mould... is this not an issue?

Cheers,

Eliot

If you turn the Oasis off or unplug for a time, mold will grow on the sponge in my findings

This eliminates that issue

Bart

[PADDYWHACK121272]

This is probably what you dont want to hear but I have just replaced my Cigar Oasis with 65 beads - I was finding that the Oasis unit was over humidifying by a few percent and nothing seemed to work to bring it down - also the reading was off by 8%! and there does not seem to be any way to re-claibrate these units. I bough it on the basis that it would be a 'set and forget unit' but I just never had confidence that it was accurate...So now I have beads, 2 oust fans, 2 digital hygrometers and everything has been purring along - spot on 65% with no probs...The Oasis unit is still in there (without water/foam) acting as a glorified RH meter (less that 8% of course)....another bead convert....

[daboose]

I'm in accord. My Edgestar28 has 2+lbs of 65% beads; temp set at the warmest, (which works out to be ~61F) and its rather boring. Ha!

We'll see how it does in the North Carolina summers. It's been performing beautifully during the winter months.

[Thing6000]

I bought a cigar oasis with my first humidor and it constantly over humidified. I replaced it with 65% humidity beads and havent had a problem since.

[LeafLover]

Beads and be done with it.