How long until you get the beads? Have you ordered them yet? If you have they will only take a week at best to get to you. As long as the humi isn't seeing like 15% humidity you should be fine for a week until the beads get here. On a side note, I have noticed that they are a very Canadian friendly company to order from. They only charge actual shipping for global express (8 dollars) and they declare it as a low value. I have the package in my hands within the week.

It is not worth it bothering with that humidifier that came with the humi. I pissed around with mine long enough before I just said screw it and bought beads. Now I really don't even need a hygrometer. I can just read the beads and they will tell me when they need to be recharged.