Humi-Care Water Pillows with Mold

niz33

So today I found some of my Humi-Care Water Pillows with MOLD. Now I know that they are not that expensive, but I would like to still be able to save them if I can thus anyone have any suggestions. I have heard something about dipping them in vodka???

dutyje

Pitch 'em.. they're cheap. Always a good excuse to place another order with ccom. If you get in on the Battle of the Countries, I can even ship you all my extras (probably only a couple), which came from Laker. He has set a precedent that humi-pillows don't like to travel outside the company of cigars. I believe it's only fair to honor that. If I have more than a couple left over after BoC, I'll ship 'em out to you even if you're not in on it.

niz33

Now I just notice that my Humi-Care Refill Cartridge has mold as well, What should I do???

brc81

Is the humidity in your humi running too high?

niz33

It fluctuates between 69-70%

brc81

Jdorais

niz33:

So today I found some of my Humi-Care Water Pillows with MOLD. Now I know that they are not that expensive, but I would like to still be able to save them if I can thus anyone have any suggestions. I have heard something about dipping them in vodka???

I don't know about the pillows, but Vodka always fixes me. Oh, and I have a feng shui fountain in my living room (yes I live in no.california). You are supposed to use distilled water, but I never did and lo and behold I had algae growing, so I cleaned out the fountain and refilled it with regular water mixed with a splash of the vodka and it never grew back. Damn Vodka is good.

dutyje

I ran a test last year with some water pillows in a perfectly sealed container... they over-humidified drastically. Now, for my tupperdors, I use pillows, but just set the lid on firmly without sealing it. It maintains perfect humidity for months at a time.

niz33

I have the same problem I used the pillows in a large plastic container. But my Electric Humi-Car was in my actual humidor. How about the Vodka. Any more info on how this works and Why?

rwheelwright

Were you using distilled water?

phobicsquirrel

dutyje:

I ran a test last year with some water pillows in a perfectly sealed container... they over-humidified drastically. Now, for my tupperdors, I use pillows, but just set the lid on firmly without sealing it. It maintains perfect humidity for months at a time.

well that is good to know. I have some large tupperdors that don't have the best seal just a snap top. I was worried about RH issues.

niz33

rwheelwright:

Were you using distilled water?

I was using Distilled water, so im thinking that it was the temperature that played a roll in the mold. Last night I placed an order for the Avanti EWC28 28 Bottle Thermo Electric Wine Cooler

gmill880