Reverse osmosis

kgonepostl

The Boveda packs use reverse osmosis, I was dissapointed to find out that they recommend leaving it in your box for14 days before putting the cigars in. I would think this would be the most efficient way but like I said, my gars would have to be plucked out and put in bags in the meantime. I would think over a given time the reverse osmosis would eventually balance out the box naturally, even with the gars inside it should do the job Meganerd

kgonepostl

It would theoretically take much longer but I'm fine with that. Thoughts?

bacon.jay

xmacro

Seasoning typically takes anywhere from 3 days to a week, less if you have a 20-count. The reason is that the wood is absorbing water/humidity. If you put your cigars in too early, then the wood will still absorb humidity/water, but it'll absorb the humidity from your cigars, instead of that bowl of water bacon.jay recommended

kgonepostl

kuzi16

Russ55

kgonepostl:

The Boveda packs use reverse osmosis, I was dissapointed to find out that they recommend leaving it in your box for14 days before putting the cigars in. I would think this would be the most efficient way but like I said, my gars would have to be plucked out and put in bags in the meantime. I would think over a given time the reverse osmosis would eventually balance out the box naturally, even with the gars inside it should do the job Meganerd

Every time I've seasoned with the Boveda seasoning kit (twice) it only takes a day or two to reach 70. The manufacturer says to leave it in there for ten days though. I don't know if all that extra time is really necessary for a small desktop. Maybe it is. I dunno. No matter what method you use, patience is your friend here.

phobicsquirrel

yeah patience is important. I've never used the season packs only the hygro packs.

bacon.jay

aron325

when i got my humi, i got the boveda seasoning pack with it. when i read the pack and it said 14 days i almost died lol. i didnt want to wait that long. so i let it rest in there for 48 hrs and then put a shot glass of distilled water in there with the boveda pack and let it sit for another 24 hrs. i got home and looked at the shot glass to see if any water was missing and there was a very small amount actually absorbed. i filled it back up again and this time took the boveda pack out. i let it sit for another 24 hrs and looked in it again and no water was missing. i put my humi gel in and my sticks in. ever since then my humidity has been as stable as it could be until i ended up getting it over half full.

aspinallar@comcast.net

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