Seasoning the humidor....in-season

[cls515]

Some say (I agree) that r/o has better flavor because the oxygen hasn't been boiled out of it. Distilled tends to have a 'flat' taste.

I'm pretty sure distilled water that you find in the grocery store is more free of contaminants than the reverse osmosis water.

You don't boil out oxygen when distilling. If you did that, you wouldn't end up with water. The process works by taking some water, boiling it so that water evaporates, while the impurities in the water does not. The evaporated, pure water vapor, is allowed to condense and is collected.

[indysmoker]

that was taken out of a website (not my personal opinion) and I think it was an opinion by the author. You do boil hydrogen and oxygen and it does remove some hydrogen and oxgen atoms.


distilling is the process of boiling contaminants out....(like a hot spring)

osmosis is the process of pushing water through layers of filters to remove the finest of particles that boiling may or may not remove....i think either is suitable for your cigars.
For god sakes in the old days they used fruit in humidors that were fertilized with human and animal feces.

lets just say that both will are acceptable. However, it is easier to just go buy a gallon of distilled water rather than buying a 189.00 reverse osmosis unit.....but if you have the ro unit..why not use it.

[SideWinder]

I'm having problems with the heartfelt industries website. It isnt coming up. I am also unable to ping the domain name. Has it changed from what is posted in Viper's profile?

[cls515]

that was taken out of a website (not my personal opinion) and I think it was an opinion by the author. You do boil hydrogen and oxygen and it does remove some hydrogen and oxgen atoms.


distilling is the process of boiling contaminants out....(like a hot spring)

osmosis is the process of pushing water through layers of filters to remove the finest of particles that boiling may or may not remove.

You are correct to say 02 and H2 are boiled out. But when referring to distillation that is not the point. My misunderstanding.

When distilling, contaminants are not boiled out. Water is boiled however, but the point is to recollect the water vapor. Recollecting the vapor and allowing it to condense will give you pure water. That is why it tastes flatter than the reverse osmosis unit. The RO is not as pure.

Yeah I'm familiar with RO systems. Most labs use a similar system when they need to use lab grade water. However, it is a lot bigger with many more levels of filters.

[indysmoker]

yes..i had one that did 90 gallons per day...cost me 170 i think for the unit.......i really have little scientific background (i am a managment/econ guy) so I will not pretend scientifically which is better. But I have to say it is pretty moot.....
eddie

[cls515]

yes..i had one that did 90 gallons per day...cost me 170 i think for the unit.......i really have little scientific background (i am a managment/econ guy) so I will not pretend scientifically which is better. But I have to say it is pretty moot.....
eddie

I'm not out to argue with you, just want to get things squared away. A lab grade filtration unit will cost around $1000. I think some of the smaller basic systems will run around $750. Water from the RO unit will be better than using tap water, but I would much rather use distilled water than the RO water.

[Dru Lee Parsec]

But back to the original topic of the thread. Do you have to "Re-season" a humidor every year? It seems to me that if the RH inside the humidor is stable via whatever method or whatever moisture you use (Reverse osmosis or distilled or whatever) that there should be no reason to re-season.

Do we agree on this point?

[SideWinder]

But back to the original topic of the thread. Do you have to "Re-season" a humidor every year? It seems to me that if the RH inside the humidor is stable via whatever method or whatever moisture you use (Reverse osmosis or distilled or whatever) that there should be no reason to re-season.

Do we agree on this point?

I agree with that point and I apologize for getting us off on the Distilled vs. RO tangent. My bad! I did learn about beads though and if Viper's webpage were working, I'd be ordering some!

[cls515]

But back to the original topic of the thread. Do you have to "Re-season" a humidor every year? It seems to me that if the RH inside the humidor is stable via whatever method or whatever moisture you use (Reverse osmosis or distilled or whatever) that there should be no reason to re-season.

Do we agree on this point?

Yeah, if it isn't broken don't try to fix it. If the humidor dries out then by all means re-season it.