ExquisiCat Crystals Cat Litter. MUST READ!!!

[pmp]

Ive used beads, crystals, and kitty litter on countless setups. If you do it enough you might find

under 300 count
crystal gel > beads > kitty litter

over 300 count
beads > kitty litter

At least thats what I've found...but WTF do I know I only sell humidors.

[Kenny Powers]

Originally Posted by pmp

Ive used beads, crystals, and kitty litter on countless setups. If you do it enough you might find

under 300 count
crystal gel > beads > kitty litter

over 300 count
beads > kitty litter

At least thats what I've found...but WTF do I know I only sell humidors.

My findings have been:
Kitty Litter > Crystal Gel > Beads

[Slowpokebill]

I decided to use the little round humidifier that had that green florist foam to hold the kitty litter. I didn't weigh the kitty litter but the little round case holds about a 1/4 cup of beads.

The room temp stays 67 to 70 degrees and the rh runs 25-30% in the house.

It has been a month since I last salt tested the Accurite hygrometer I picked up from WalMart. It runs 3% low. This morning with the Xikar crystals the humidor was right at 69% rh. I have 21 cigars in the humidor (it will be twenty by this evening)

I have no horse in this race and really don't care what works best. If the kitty litter works, great... I have enough to get a coolador going. If it doesn't work that's okay too, I'll just put the crystals back in the humidor and let the wife use the kitty litter in the cat box.

So now it just a wait and see game.

[Slowpokebill]

Kitty litter has been in since Friday evening.

This mornings (Monday 04/12/09) reading 66% rh @ 69 degrees

I'll check every other day or when I grab out a stick.

I figure it needs to hold steady at least for 2 weeks before I would say that the kitty litter is okay in a small humidor.

[GrtndpwrflOZ]

DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A PRODUCT THAT i CAN USE TO GET MY CATS TO POOP IN MY HUMIDOR ALL THE WHILE KEEPING A CONSTANT 68% rH LEVEL?

[OracleSmoke]

Originally Posted by GrtndpwrflOZ

DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A PRODUCT THAT i CAN USE TO GET MY CATS TO POOP IN MY HUMIDOR ALL THE WHILE KEEPING A CONSTANT 68% rH LEVEL?

I think Heartfelt sells something that may do this for you but I can't recall what it is at the moment...

[docruger]

Originally Posted by GrtndpwrflOZ

DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A PRODUCT THAT i CAN USE TO GET MY CATS TO POOP IN MY HUMIDOR ALL THE WHILE KEEPING A CONSTANT 68% rH LEVEL?

well I think all you have to do is keep the lid open and tell the cats to stay out. that should work

[GlockG23]

Originally Posted by GlockG23

After reading this on the 31st. I went out and bought some,
on the 1st to try out on a small empty established humi

I put a Caliber III in it along with wet crystals and a separate dish
of dry crystals checking twice a day once in the morning and
once in the evening

April first - 67
(April 2) 58 - 62
(April 3) 64 - 65
(April 4) 73 - 74
(April 5) 72 - 71
(April 6) 70 - 68
(April 7) 67 - 64
(April 8th) 63 - 66

So far, they are not working for me
(my house is 68 deg +/-, at 31RH +/-)

(April 9th) 66 - 67
(April 10th) 68 - 68
(April 11th) 68 - 68
as of today 68

[Jack Straw]

Not bad...

Same in-house ambient humidity?

[GlockG23]

Originally Posted by Jack Straw

Not bad...

Same in-house ambient humidity?

Damn it I forgot to check the house RH but the temp was the same
I think I had way to many cat litter crystals in there or not enough dry ones

The blue must be order control. The humi still does not smell like a humi should.

Oh yeah, let me be clear I will not my cigars in there, probably never will.

[Slowpokebill]

Here is the numbers from this past week. Readings taken in the morning except for Friday afternoon when I removed a Sabor Cubano Corona Gorda to smoke.

I have noticed no difference in the humidor smell and the beads still have no smell beyond cedar and tobacco.

April 14 66%
April 16 66%
April 17 66%
April 19 67%

It is now Spring the temperature in my office was 72 degrees this morning. Still to cool to run the air conditioning so it is time to move the humidor to the basement where the temperature runs about 64-65 degrees year round.

So far the ExquisiCat litter seems to be working okay. I feel comfortable enough I'm going to put some in my 75-100 count humidor.

[ongreystreet]

I know a guy that works at a shop and he uses ExquisiCat Crystals Cat Litter for large coolidors and swears by it.

I'm not sure about smaller applications.

[Nickerson]

So clear beads absorb and release humidity, and the blue beads only release?

So which do I use? Clear? Blue? Both?

http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...m=cse#prodTab1

Thats clear and blue

It says "eliminates odors" which you don't want. I don't know if that's what the blue beads are or not.

Where is the manufactures website?

[PDV]

Originally Posted by Nickerson

So clear beads absorb and release humidity, and the blue beads only release?

So which do I use? Clear? Blue? Both?

ExquisiCat® Crystals Cat Litter - Litter - Cat - PetSmart

Thats clear and blue

It says "eliminates odors" which you don't want. I don't know if that's what the blue beads are or not.

Where is the manufactures website?

I don't know what the colored crystals are and I wouldn't trust them in my humi. I would only use the kind that is 100% clear unscented silica gel beads. This is what I use in my cooler, and they work great: Litter Pearls | Litter | Litter Boxes & Supplies | Cat - ThatPetPlace.com

Only $4.25 for four pounds, plus shipping. Hard to beat, in my opinion.

[Cheroot]

Thanks for all the info in this thread. My "humidor beads" struggle in the winter, but work perfectly in the summer. I think I will supplement it with KL beads next winter, after some additional testing of my own.

My only question is, with long term use, will the "odor absorbing / eliminating" qualities affect the scent of the cedar or the cigars? I tried to read every post in this thread, but I feel like this has not been definitively answered.