Cigar Oasis vs. Moist-N-Aire vs. Hydra. Opinions?

[GWN]

My pop and I have a couple of cabinets in the works. Mine is 35"Hx19"Dx24"W. His is a bit smaller.
I'm trying to decide which of these humidification devices will do the job.
I have a pound of beads I"ll throw in too, but up here, over-humidification isn't a problem, especially in the winter. In fact, I have a hell of time keeping my desktops around 65RH this time of year, despite decent seals and lots of beads.
Any advice on the pros and cons of these is appreciated. Don't have a ton of dough and I'm buy both, so something around $100 a shot would be nice, if one in that price range will do.

Here's where mine's at. Just a shell, but it's starting to take shape:

[Old Sailor]

I'd go with the oasis and beads, plus a few oust fans for circulation

[Lotus1]

Go with the Hydra. Much better than the Oasis. I have both (bought the Oasis first since Hydra wasn't available yet) and the Hydra is in my cabinet humidor. Oasis is my second string active humidifier in my backup humidor. The Hydra is much easier to refill due to its wide opening and it is much more accurate. Since they're very similar priced, I vote for the Hydra. And the Hydra can operate additional fans as an option, you don't have to mess with battery powered Oust fan.

[Bear]

I'd go Hydra, 2 Pounds of beads plus at least 2 Oust fans. The Hydra is rated at 9 cubic feet (which is pretty close to what you'll have) and the beads will go a long way towards supporting the Hydra.
I believe the Hydra also costs less than the Oasis XL plus...

Re: Moist-n-air, I have no opinion on it bro... never seen or used one.

Good luck & good lookin' cabinet you got there!

[GWN]

Originally Posted by Bear

I'd go Hydra, 2 Pounds of beads plus at least 2 Oust fans. The Hydra is rated at 9 cubic feet (which is pretty close to what you'll have) and the beads will go a long way towards supporting the Hydra.
I believe the Hydra also costs less than the Oasis XL plus...

Re: Moist-n-air, I have no opinion on it bro... never seen or used one.

Good luck & good lookin' cabinet you got there!

Hey Marc, have you seen Oust fans up here? All I can find are the ones that plug into a wall socket.

[bcampos]

Here's my .02 - I have the hydra and the oasis. I like the adjustbility and expandability of the hydra, but i has one thing that just ticks me off... If the power goes off to the hydra (say short power outage), when the power turns back on you must manualy restart the unit. The oasis is on whenever there is power.

Go away for a while counting on your hydra and you might end up kinda mad...

[Bear]

Originally Posted by GWN

Hey Marc, have you seen Oust fans up here? All I can find are the ones that plug into a wall socket.

Zellers has 'em.