Shelby07 Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 I left Denver a week and a half ago for Aruba. Before I left I got a couple of 62% Boveda packs for my travel box. I checked the packs today and they are saturated. Humidity here is typically around 80-90%. I’m thinking I should have let them dry a bit before I left home, but it’s obviously too late for that. Is there any slick way of drying out these things in a high humidity climate? Thanks!
stogieluver Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 Sounds like they're doing what they're supposed to do. 1
Shelby07 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Posted March 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, stogieluver said: Sounds like they're doing what they're supposed to do. The cigars seem soggy. I’m afraid they may be too saturated to be working. Is that a possibility after just a week and a half?
Ritch Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 Pick up some silicon dessicent packs. Normally used in packaging.
inter4alia Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, Ritch said: Pick up some silicon dessicent packs. Normally used in packaging. +1 on this. I've researched this before on the internet and several people recommend putting them in the oven at very low temperature for a certain amount of time. That might work but I would think there might be a risk of damage to the pack with this method. So I used desiccant packs in a ziplock with my boveda and worked great.
rcarlson Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, Ritch said: Pick up some silicon dessicent packs. Normally used in packaging. Good idea. I would look for a handful of kitty litter if it could be found.
Ritch Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 I got some for last summer when my bovedas were struggling. Put two in the humidor and it brought it under control so I could take them out and let the bovedas do their job
Shelby07 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Posted March 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Ritch said: Pick up some silicon dessicent packs. Normally used in packaging. This sounds like just the ticket. Thanks.
Jal154 Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 13 hours ago, Shelby07 said: I left Denver a week and a half ago for Aruba. Before I left I got a couple of 62% Boveda packs for my travel box. I checked the packs today and they are saturated. Humidity here is typically around 80-90%. I’m thinking I should have let them dry a bit before I left home, but it’s obviously too late for that. Is there any slick way of drying out these things in a high humidity climate? Thanks! Wow.....I thought the boveda packs absorb and release the humidity?! If you left the cigars you brought with you in some Tupperware with some cedar in your hotel room I would think they would be fine. That’s what I use 62% boveda.
PapaDisco Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 I have this problem in Asia as well. Usually, just leaving them in the air conditioned hotel room brings them back into line, without drying them so fast that they get crunchy. Eventually I lose the battle and the membranes give it up and start leaking, but that's after 2 or 3 years of cycling through over saturation.
Shelby07 Posted March 11, 2019 Author Posted March 11, 2019 9 hours ago, Jal154 said: Wow.....I thought the boveda packs absorb and release the humidity?! If you left the cigars you brought with you in some Tupperware with some cedar in your hotel room I would think they would be fine. That’s what I use 62% boveda. Yes, they do. I have a case that holds about 15 cigars. They were smoked in the first few days. As I smoke them I replace them with cigars purchased locally. The humidity here is high. At LCDH it is 85% according to the in store hydrometer. So as I replace them the boveda packs are working to get the moisture content down. The packs seem to be pretty much saturated.
Edward7 Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 Lay them all out and turn on the ac. In the highest of humidity locales I have noticed that hygrometers register in the 50%’s when indoors with ac blasting.
Bucky McSwensen Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 No AC availavle so I have a Tupperware of desiccant beads at home. They are dark blue and turn pale orange when they absorb moisture. Then you dry them out in the oven to "recharge" their dryness. Anyway, if my house is too humid, I'll drop a few "wet" boveda with them for a week or so, then use one of these "dryer" 62% boveda in my humid, so it can suck up the excess moisture. Keep doing this process as needed. Just the inverse of what I do when its dry (Tupperware with distilled water cup). Buy a jug. They are cheap and will come in handy for other things (storing electronics in garage was my latest application)
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