Mold on Cigar Oasis

[Bill1200]

Have a Cigar Oasis in medium size cabinet humidor, has been working fine for several months. Just noticed white mold on the foam material when I remove the top to fill it.
Questions:
1) Is this a real problem, haven't noticed any change in taste of cigars, no bad smells,etc
2) Can it be fixed, or do I have to buy a new bottom part to the Oasis
3) small (very small) amount of bleach in the water tray?
thanks

[badwhale]

Have a Cigar Oasis in medium size cabinet humidor, has been working fine for several months. Just noticed white mold on the foam material when I remove the top to fill it.
Questions:
1) Is this a real problem, haven't noticed any change in taste of cigars, no bad smells,etc
2) Can it be fixed, or do I have to buy a new bottom part to the Oasis
3) small (very small) amount of bleach in the water tray?
thanks

I ran mine like you describe for quite a while without problems. That said, I took mine apart (carefully), removed the green foam, and replaced with humidity beads.

You'll have to cut / pry carefully to get the top separated and get in there. I meant to take some pictures a long time ago, and never did.

Will

ETA: I do have pictures:

[TheGreekTitan]

Good idea with the beads. Also, my guess is you didn't use distilled water.

[badwhale]

Good idea with the beads. Also, my guess is you didn't use distilled water.

No, I never didn't use distilled. Another thought is maybe I (and this dude) had a kind of mineral deposit or something in the green foam?

[TheGreekTitan]

No, I never didn't use distilled. Another thought is maybe I (and this dude) had a kind of mineral deposit or something in the green foam?

Actually, I didn't realize you had the same problem. I thought you modified your oasis for the sake of betterment. In a stable environment the mineral deposit makes more sense than mold imo.

[badwhale]

Actually, I didn't realize you had the same problem. I thought you modified your oasis for the sake of betterment. In a stable environment the mineral deposit makes more sense than mold imo.

No, no. Maybe we're confused here.

I had the green foam shit in mine for a while. During that time, I noticed the white whateveritwas on the green foam shit, and decided to mod it out with beads. Haven't had any issue like that since.

[CptnBlues63]

I ran mine like you describe for quite a while without problems. That said, I took mine apart (carefully), removed the green foam, and replaced with humidity beads.

You'll have to cut / pry carefully to get the top separated and get in there. I meant to take some pictures a long time ago, and never did.

Will

ETA: I do have pictures:

Terrific idea Will, I hope you don't mind me copying you!

I bought the Hydra-SM instead of the Oasis but they look identical (the resevoir anyhow) so it should work like a charm with my setup too.

[Bill1200]

Just got this email reply from CigarOasis

I apologize for the difficulties you’re having with your Cigar Oasis unit. The white powder on the foam brick is not mold but rather the distilled water reacting to the antifungal agent that the foam brick was treated with.



Thank You,

Cigar Oasis, Inc.

[CptnBlues63]

Just got this email reply from CigarOasis

I apologize for the difficulties you’re having with your Cigar Oasis unit. The white powder on the foam brick is not mold but rather the distilled water reacting to the antifungal agent that the foam brick was treated with.



Thank You,

Cigar Oasis, Inc.

That's good to know............as long as it's not a "bad" reaction.........LOL