Heartfelt beads

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Does anyone have bags of beads, like a pond or more? I would like to see a picture of a bag of beads, what does a pound of beads look like? The reason I ask is, I have 5 containers and need to figure out how many pounds of beads I need to fill them.

catfishbluezz

There is a calculator on thier website. I use two 1/2 lb bags and then a gel jar and stay at 67-68 all day

catfishbluezz

I honestly used a lot less than they recommend for quite some time and had no problem in a cooler, but then I got scared and bought more. The bags are nice to save space

CvilleE

That looks to be a bit bigger than a pound a piece....I've got 4 half pound bags and putting all of them together doesn't match 1 of those...

james40

Go to their website and use the calculator. Rule of thumb - more is better than less. Extra can be used to absorb a high spike and keep everything as normal as possible. You won't regret getting these beads.

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I used the calculator and plan to use more than recommended but I don't know how much it will take to fill my containers, I have 2 large sponge humidifiers and 3 small travel humidifiers and will be filling all 5 of these. I plan to get 1 or 2 more large sponge humidifiers to fill as well. What I am looking to do is saturate 4 large humidifiers @ 90% and the 3 small at about 50% saturation to allow for absorption of any excess rh. I thought by seeing what a pound of beads looked like I would be able to guesstimate how many pounds I need. Can you BOTL's guesstimate from experience what poundage I should start with? I have 2 doors on my 400 ct. humi and I want enough beads for a quick recovery when the doors get opened!

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catfishbluezz:

There is a calculator on thier website. I use two 1/2 lb bags and then a gel jar and stay at 67-68 all day

67-68 rh, is that using the 65% beads, I plan to use the 70% because I think the door on the front doesn't seal well enough!

jgibv

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I used the calculator and plan to use more than recommended but I don't know how much it will take to fill my containers, I have 2 large sponge humidifiers and 3 small travel humidifiers and will be filling all 5 of these. I plan to get 1 or 2 more large sponge humidifiers to fill as well. What I am looking to do is saturate 4 large humidifiers @ 90% and the 3 small at about 50% saturation to allow for absorption of any excess rh. I thought by seeing what a pound of beads looked like I would be able to guesstimate how many pounds I need. Can you BOTL's guesstimate from experience what poundage I should start with? I have 2 doors on my 400 ct. humi and I want enough beads for a quick recovery when the doors get opened!

Didn't have a chance to snap a pic - but I have a 1/2 lb of beads and all together they'd fill up a sandwich-sized ziploc bag + a little more.
I have them in plastic ziploc containers but I'd guess that a 1/2 lb of beads would fill 3-4 of the large, rectangular humidifier cases.

I try to keep my beads about 70% saturated and it works just fine for me. I'll leave the lid open 10-15 minutes as I rummage through the sticks and the RH always recovers fast. I'd think you'd be good with a 1/2 lb to start with, but if you want to play it on the safe side and don't mind having excess then go with 1 lb.
Also be sure to spread them out throughout your humi and place some of them at the bottom since humidity rises - that should help maintain your RH a little better than if they're all at the top of the unit.

catfishbluezz

They are 65% beads, but the cooler holds well. These are 1/2 bags too, the camera is just playing tricks on you guys lol. All three of my humi's have 65 beads and hold 67-68 too...

CvilleE

catfishbluezz:

They are 65% beads, but the cooler holds well. These are 1/2 bags too, the camera is just playing tricks on you guys lol. All three of my humi's have 65 beads and hold 67-68 too...

lol....I have short fat bags, or at least that is what she said...lol....pics r very decieving sometimes..

Toombes

na na na na na na na na na na!!!! Warm happy place, warm happy place...

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if you don't season the humidor and let it naturally climb to the 65%rh of the beads, how long should it take for it to reach the goal rh?

jgibv

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if you don't season the humidor and let it naturally climb to the 65%rh of the beads, how long should it take for it to reach the goal rh?

Idk but I bet it takes a while. Some of the wood humidors can be pretty dry ROTT and those beads can only put out so much humidity without needing "recharged."

Personally, I'd charge at least 1/2 of the beads and add them, along with a shallow dish of water to the humidor. Let it sit for 1-2 days, make sure you have a stable RH then pull the water dish out & let it sit for 12 hours or so and then check it again. Just my $.02

skweekz

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if you don't season the humidor and let it naturally climb to the 65%rh of the beads, how long should it take for it to reach the goal rh?

Just out of curiosity why would you not season the humidor?

Rail Jockey

Where do you get the beads at?

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Rail Jockey:

Where do you get the beads at?

http://www.heartfeltindustries.com/

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skweekz:

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if you don't season the humidor and let it naturally climb to the 65%rh of the beads, how long should it take for it to reach the goal rh?

Just out of curiosity why would you not season the humidor?

because I didn't have a boveda season bag and did not want to wipe down the inside of my humidor with water! BTW It took 3 days for a 400 ct humi!