To recharge or not recharge..that's the question.

[Shelby07]

Spray? Shit...I soak mine. Ambient RH is in the 30's here. My beads never absorb. They always output. I fill a drinking glass with distilled, then dunk my tubes. I shake the excess off, then put them back in. That lasts me about 2-3 weeks.

I'm going to take the opportunity to "answer" the gazillion hygrometer questions. Whether yours reads right on the money or not is not as important as watching when they start to drop. That is what I'm watching. Dropping RH tells me its time to recharge my beads. Otherwise, I trust the beads.

Well, yeah... if they're always soaked of course they'll never absorb.

Seriously, I think that the beads do need to be able to absorb some moisture even here in Denver. Unless you keep a constant temperature in your house (assuming your humi is pretty airtight) the RH can rise quite a bit at night when the temperature drops.

Right on with the money with the hydrometer answer. Screw the actual reading... watch the cigars themselves to determine the "optimal" reading, then recharge when it drops.