FYI: Recharging Boveda packs

[Isaac]

Just an update. Everything has been laying out in a counter. Man these guys don’t wanna give up their charge. Still reading at 70%. 
 

I already purchased replacements, but really hate to throw these away. 

[Bagman]

Toss them in an airfryer for a couple of minutes, they will dry up super fast!  Oven works.  Or submerge them in scentless kitty litter.  I have plenty of that, stop on by and pick some up for free.

[gormag38]

3 hours ago, Isaac said:

Just an update. Everything has been laying out in a counter. Man these guys don’t wanna give up their charge. Still reading at 70%. 
 

I already purchased replacements, but really hate to throw these away. 

Yeah I would recommend finding a heating source of some kind. I've never tried it but the science makes sense. 

[Fuzz]

10 hours ago, Monterey said:

Toss them in an airfryer for a couple of minutes, they will dry up super fast!  Oven works.  Or submerge them in scentless kitty litter.  I have plenty of that, stop on by and pick some up for free.

A desk lamp (incandescent bulb) also works.

[clickbangdoh]

14 hours ago, Isaac said:

Just an update. Everything has been laying out in a counter. Man these guys don’t wanna give up their charge. Still reading at 70%. 
 

I already purchased replacements, but really hate to throw these away. 

I wouldn't throw them away, just let the stabilize. I tend to use mine with %65 beads, I just recharge the beads with the overcharge from the Bovedas, works well.

[helix]

How are the boveda calibrated for certain RH ? Recharging certain different way's may change the original RH % calibration ?

[GoodStix]

10 hours ago, helix said:

How are the boveda calibrated for certain RH ?

Different types of salt solutions (in this case salts in water as the solvent) will produce different RH%.  This is by nature -- its chemical properties.  Boveda manufactures using different types of salts in each of its different RH packs.

_____

Recharging Boveda packs is easy.  Use the method many here have already described, where your packs are in a container or strainer inside a larger sealed container of distilled water, and the packs do not touch the liquid.  Each pack will take a different number of days to recharge, depending on how dried out it was.  You know each pack is properly recharged when it reaches its correct weight.

Each pack is a combination of a specific type of salt and water, in a certain ratio, creating a salt solution.  When we use the packs to hydrate our cigars and the packs dry out, water is lost, but not the salts.  To recharge, all we have to do is re-add the correct amount of lost water.  It's easy to do by weight.

For example, in my environment, I use 62% Boveda packs for CCs.  When brand new, these "Size 67" packs are 67 grams (2.36 oz), but I've found in reality they usually weigh 70 grams new.  When recharging packs (I'll do batches from time to time), I simply feel the used packs in the recharge container each day.  When a used pack feels roughly similar to a new pack, I weigh it.  When it weighs 70 grams (that day or in another day or so), the used pack has re-absorbed the correct amount of lost water (ratio restored) and the pack is ready for use with cigars again.  Done.  Remove it from the recharge container so it does not over-fill.

I use the same recharge method for the 65% Boveda 60 gram packs which I use for Nudies.  Works for any of the different RH packs.  Know their real weight new, and recharge your used packs just until they reach that weight.  Easy.  Hope that helps 🙂