Crystal Gel Humidity Beads

[edogg]

Hi all,
I was looking at the CI Crystal Gel Humidity Beads. Humidity in my humidor is a bit high, so I was wondering if this product would lover the humidity?
Should I just go with Hearfelt beads?
Any information would be appreciated. Thanks

[Herf N Turf]

I have both. Both seem to work equally welll.

[GlockG23]

Originally Posted by edogg

Hi all,
I was looking at the CI Crystal Gel Humidity Beads. Humidity in my humidor is a bit high, so I was wondering if this product would lover the humidity?
Should I just go with Hearfelt beads?
Any information would be appreciated. Thanks

I have two humi's with them and they are running high also 76-78%
I am going to replace them

[Herf N Turf]

I am using mine in sort of a "push/pull" manner. I have Heartfelt 70% tubes on the top and bottom and a 65% gel jar in the middle. I only charge the gel and I stay right at 66-67%. One thing that really helps me is that my humi stays pretty close to capacity most of the time.

[rrgarvey]

are the Xicar beads any good, the only thing my shop had was this jar of these see thru crystal looking things, is that like the heartfelt beads?

[zipa]

Originally Posted by rrgarvey

are the Xicar beads any good, the only thing my shop had was this jar of these see thru crystal looking things, is that like the heartfelt beads?

Nope, those are acrylic crystals. They do work about the same, but they need to be charged with PG solution (according to xikar.com) and I find that they don't work quite as well as silica beads.