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This is a discussion on Cigar Oasis? within the Cigar Accessory Questions forums, part of the Cigar Accessory Discussion category; I'm looking at turning an old cabinet into a humidor, and trying to decide the best way to hydrate the ...
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Leading Puffer Fish
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Cigar Oasis?
I'm looking at turning an old cabinet into a humidor, and trying to decide the best way to hydrate the thing. Are beads a reasonable route for this? Or should I look at something like the Oasis? I've only ever used beads and PG solution/foam. Any pros/cons for either for something this large? Dimensions are roughly 15X25X32.
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All You Can Eat
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ok, i guess ill make my 1900th post a helpful one..
I dont think you will find anyone here that will not recommend Viper's Beads.. I, for one, used the beads as well as an oasis.. I found that with the larger cabinet, the oasis helped not only spread humidity, but circulated the air a bit, as it has a fan.. I dont think there is anything wrong with just going with the beads, and perhaps going to the grocery store and buying some OUST fans for circulation.. Just make sure you dont put the fragrance capsules in the fans!! unless you WANT to smoke vanilla mist cigars!!
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All You Can Eat
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oh, and by the way...
lose the foam and the pg solution either way..
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I'm inclined to think that the beads, along with some cheap Oust fans sound better than $150-200 on an oasis, assuming I would get similiar results. |
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I have only used PG in my humidors. If you mix it yourself, it is cheap and you can buy enough of the wet foam oasis to equip 10 or more coolerdors for $6.
But, as of 2 minutes ago, I sent an E-mail to Viper about buying a pound of 65% beads. If we can arrange a phone transaction I will be going with the beads. Ken |
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Elder Jungle Leader - Not
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My opinion is to use both on larger cabinets - and is what I do. I have the largest Oasis for use in my cabinet and I use one of the smaller ones in my one desktop that I constantly open.
The Oasis will replace lost humidity a lot faster than the beads - but the Oasis can not take excess humidity away - hence I use the beads. It's the best of both worlds. I do use the beads only in my coolers, desktops that I only open once a week or so and in my travel caddies. Ron |
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And I think you will love the beads once you get them - nothing more to buy for them outside of distilled water - and they will last longer than foam between wettings. Good move there - Ron |
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i have 2 and they work great..150 is expensive though
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Young Puffer Fish
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Your comment that an Oasis can not take excess humidity away is interesting. I'm about to purchase a 100 size humidor along with the Oasis XL. I know it's a big investment for the XL and occaisional refill cartridges but I'm looking for minimum maintenance. Any thoughts ? Doug |
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The beads are very low maintenance - once you are up and running it could be at least two months or so inbetween wetting of the beads. Ron |
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