Boveda: Are you a Boliever?

Bob Luken

Boliever ( bo - li v?r)  - Noun. One who perceives Boveda cigar humidification products as superior over all other methods, while expressing special disdain for the use of silica kitty litter for cigar humidification. Often bolievers cannot resist joining discussions on the use of silica kitty litter by touting the merits of their beloved bovedas.

Rain

I've tried boveda, beads and KL. Kinky, huh? Anywho, IMO, boveda took the least amount of work :)But they all work. Plus I can't judge the KL since I got it around the time winter started.

WaltBasil

Thought this was heading towards Tebow.

jgibv

Sasquatch

Bovedas are the easiest to use. They can be reused also. All you have to do is soak in distilled water til they recharge and you are good to go....

Bob Luken

OK. But are any of you "True Bolievers"? A true boliever must do both - reject KL and preach the gospel of Boveda.

catfishbluezz

Sasquatch:

Bovedas are the easiest to use. They can be reused also. All you have to do is soak in distilled water til they recharge and you are good to go....

Interesting, you soak them? Never heard that before. I do not believe in most recharging methods I have heard. I tried a bunch, none worked. However, for some reason if I leave a dead one in my wineador for 6 months, it comes back strong. If I recharge them in a bag, they last a few days thats it.

KCW

danielzreyes

Sasquatch:

Bovedas are the easiest to use. They can be reused also. All you have to do is soak in distilled water til they recharge and you are good to go....

I have a few dried Packs. I'm going to try this when I get home.

No_one21

I thought this was about people who like Bolivar cigars. I was hoping to learn about them

Puff_Dougie

Sasquatch

brianetz1

catfishbluezz:

Sasquatch:

Bovedas are the easiest to use. They can be reused also. All you have to do is soak in distilled water til they recharge and you are good to go....

Interesting, you soak them? Never heard that before. I do not believe in most recharging methods I have heard. I tried a bunch, none worked. However, for some reason if I leave a dead one in my wineador for 6 months, it comes back strong. If I recharge them in a bag, they last a few days thats it.

I swesr on my swap out to recharge when they get gritty method

allsmokedup

I do enjoy Bolivar gold medals on occasion...

KCW

Has anybody tried recharging these things yet. I don't have any to try. Very curious about this.

danielzreyes

KCW:

Has anybody tried recharging these things yet. I don't have any to try. Very curious about this.

Yes you can recharge them. I did it by using a sponge and sealing it inside a ziploc. It doesn't recharge back to 100% and it's only good for another few weeks.

brianetz1

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Chuck N

I soak mine too. Put them in a sealed container and place them over a heat register. After they recharge just let them dry off a bit and they are good to go.

Sasquatch

Like Brianetz was saying try not to let them get rock solid before recharging the packs. If you do, it will take longer to recharge.....up to a month or so. No matter what, it is not an overnight and they are recharged deal.

Lee.mcglynn

Chuck N:

I soak mine too. Put them in a sealed container and place them over a heat register. After they recharge just let them dry off a bit and they are good to go.

huh good too know...I just put them over a container of water in a airtite container seems too work as well

Cigary

I can only give opinions on things I have actual knowledge and experience with and I've had experience with every type of RH media that is out there. It really all comes down to ease of use...how much inventory one has and how reliable it is. I have tested all of them and it comes down to this....KL, Beads and Bovedas. Each is very easy to set up and for me it was the ease of use and to get the exact RH I want...not what comes packaged as what it "will be"....I want some of my cigars to set at a precise percentage and while Boveda can hit the mark...it will fluctuate esp. at the 70% range. Times were that I'd let it sit for a week and then return and see it floating around 72 or 73....with KL when I set it at 70 it might float between 69 and 70....I have to stay with KL in this.

Rain

I think how much you're using matters. I'm using a decent sized container for my KL, and it takes up a fair amount of space. If I threw in 20 boveda packets, I really doubt the RH would move. I do agree, everyone should try multiple methods and decide what works best for them.

Lee.mcglynn

Rain:

I think how much you're using matters. I'm using a decent sized container for my KL, and it takes up a fair amount of space. If I threw in 20 boveda packets, I really doubt the RH would move. I do agree, everyone should try multiple methods and decide what works best for them.

damn randy how big is your cooler?! I use 48qt ones and with them full I use 4 bovedas and a small thing of beads

Rain

I meant in my humi I use the container. In the cooler right now I just have boveda.

KCW

Lee.mcglynn

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