Boveda - Recharge

[ExtraShaken]

Just posted this in response to someone in another thread. Thought I'd post it generally in case some don't know. I've recharged mine for years too. It works. Distilled water works best. Happy Recharging! 🙂

- Ed

 

 

 

[Fuzz]

I wouldn't do that to be honest. Yes, you can recharge Bovedas, but I would not be submerging them in water. You're gonna ruin the bag eventually.

You'd be better off slowly recharging them by using a ziplock bag with wet paper towels or vegetable steamer container.

[SoCal Gunner]

Agreed. I use a Tupperware-like container with a small dish of distilled water in the corner and a sponge standing up as a wick with my discharged bovedas stored inside.

[La_Tigre]

Toss the ones that form the first crystals in a 2-Gallon Ziploc freezer bag with a flat walled dish of distilled water. All in a warm (not hot) place to drive the moisture exchange (drawer under the hot water heater closet). A few weeks to months and just pull the ones for use as they recharge for the cycle. 👍 

[bishop532]

4 hours ago, La_Tigre said:

Toss the ones that form the first crystals in a 2-Gallon Ziploc freezer bag with a flat walled dish of distilled water. All in a warm (not hot) place to drive the moisture exchange (drawer under the hot water heater closet). A few weeks to months and just pull the ones for use as they recharge for the cycle. 👍 

This is what I do, but I use a large Tupperware container with a tight lid, instead of a 2 gal ziploc. Works really well. 

[La_Tigre]

2 hours ago, bishop532 said:

This is what I do, but I use a large Tupperware container with a tight lid, instead of a 2 gal ziploc. Works really well. 

You obviously have a cigar shortage if you’ve tupperdors to spare for such things…. 🤣

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Seriously though, this is a cleaner option over the ziploc. 👍 

[ExtraShaken]

8 hours ago, Fuzz said:

I wouldn't do that to be honest. Yes, you can recharge Bovedas, but I would not be submerging them in water. You're gonna ruin the bag eventually.

You'd be better off slowly recharging them by using a ziplock bag with wet paper towels or vegetable steamer container.

Eventually the outside layer may/will disintegrate. I've recharged Boveda packs for years without an issue. After 2-3 days of water submersion, I delicately put them on sheets of paper towel to dry, flip them to dry the other side and they're good to go. Recharging them slowly the way you suggest works too! 

[bishop532]

27 minutes ago, La_Tigre said:

You obviously have a cigar shortage if you’ve tupperdors to spare for such things…. 🤣

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Seriously though, this is a cleaner option over the ziploc. 👍 

Only hazard is my wife has started yelling at me when she goes to put leftovers in the fridge and can’t find a big container:

“Okay, I didn’t say anything about you storing your cigars in all my containers, but now you’re storing water? This is getting ridiculous!” 😁

[rcarlson]

I've been dunking them for years.  Works great.  The packets do deteriorate after a while, but you can get a lot of life out of them before repurchasing.  

[Capt. Corona]

My tupperware came with a plastic grate in the bottom.  I add some distilled water with Boveda and lock it closed.  Forget about it till I need them.  Rotate with others that need charged.  They never touch the wetness in the bottom.  Reload with water as needed.  Been doing this for years.

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[Bijan]

What timespan do you guys get out of boveda. I'm at about a year and a half on my coolers. 2x 320g 65% bovedas in 120qt coolers.

Also how many times can you dunk them? If it's 5-10 times I might just go with dunking. I can afford to buy new boveda once every other decade 😎

[rcarlson]

10 minutes ago, Bijan said:

What timespan do you guys get out of boveda. I'm at about a year and a half on my coolers. 2x 320g 65% bovedas in 120qt coolers.

Also how many times can you dunk them? If it's 5-10 times I might just go with dunking. I can afford to buy new boveda once every other decade 😎

I haven't done it with the 320 gram bovedas.  But the smaller packs, as in the video, 5-10 time is about right for me.  And it's always worked for me just fine.  

[El Presidente]

I use a tupperware dish with strainer $5.  

• raise the strainer slightly by putting something under.
• Water (I use water that has been boiled and cooled) at base. 
• As many Bovedas as need rehydrating on top of strainer.  They stay high and dry. 
• 3 days does it.  Some have lasted 10 years. 

 

[Stoyan]

[Fuzz]

I'm at 8 years with my current Bovedas using my slow recharge method.

[saltbox]

I don’t dunk my Boveda, not out of concern for the decreased lifespan but the potential for the change in humidification properties. 

I’ve seen mention of the packs feeling slimy after a soak, which might indicate that being submerged is pulling out some of the salts and/or stabilizing gel. 
 

If I was in a rush, I’d probably try slowly misting the packs as opposed to fully submerging them.