Different ways of storing, housing, containing RH Beads...

[tedrodgerscpa]

In regards to "conditioning" with tap vs. distilled...

I agree that the majority of the impurities will be left in the glass.

However, given the stable prices for distilled water ($4.00 a gallon of gas vs. $0.99 a gallon for distilled), why not use distilled?

A gallon of distilled keeps my 500+ sticks and beads correctly humidified for the better part of 6-8 months.

PM me your addy and I'll treat for the distilled! 1 Dollar + 0.45 stamp.... I can swing it

[TOB9595]

Originally Posted by tedrodgerscpa

In regards to "conditioning" with tap vs. distilled...

I agree that the majority of the impurities will be left in the glass.

However, given the stable prices for distilled water ($4.00 a gallon of gas vs. $0.99 a gallon for distilled), why not use distilled?

A gallon of distilled keeps my 500+ sticks and beads correctly humidified for the better part of 6-8 months.

PM me your addy and I'll treat for the distilled! 1 Dollar + 0.45 stamp.... I can swing it

Hmmmm
Is this getting into the negative zone...just cause I chose tap water to use in my first charging of the beads????
WOW!!!
It's probable that I'm just a little dulled to the humor of it all.
If the beads haven't gained any charging tomorrow, I will spray the beads using distilled water.

.................
The tap water is mentioned as a method of charging the beads...Doesn't seem to be working worth a damn..
So tomorrow will be a spritzing with distilled water from a small sprayer.

[tedrodgerscpa]

Originally Posted by TOB9595

Hmmmm
Is this getting into the negative zone...just cause I chose tap water to use in my first charging of the beads????
WOW!!!
It's probable that I'm just a little dulled to the humor of it all.

Ummmm, no, there's no negativity at all. I am 100% serious that I'll treat for the distilled.

Negative? Absolutely not. Not even a little bit.


If I were charging my beads using the evaporative method (which is required for Shilala beads, but not so for Heartfelt/Cigarmony beads), I'd hate to accidentally slosh/spill tap water on to the beads...

My entire point was that distilled is wicked cheap. Why not use it for evaporative charging?


Plus, the response and dollar offer were not really meant to insult. I treat CS like home, and am very careful not to take a in the house.





Finally, i keep about a pound of my beads in half of a DPG dress box (yeah, I ripped the top off of a DPG Blue box, I think it was). I covered the box with a knee high stretched all the way across it to keep the beads contained in the event the box gets knocked over.

Because beads perform best with surface area, this is used for the wide open spaces of my vinotemp. Inside the vino are various smaller humis and such, which I keep the correct RH using individual knee highs with beads in them, much as you have described.

I've been gifted a few tubes of beads in my 2+ years here, so i use them where I can, but don't actively seek them out.

Knee high = crazy cheap

[tedrodgerscpa]

Oh, and I PMd you... just wanted to make sure we're on the same page.

In sum... I'm sorry if you perceived my offer to treat for distilled water as negative. It was a sincere offer, not one of malice.

[TOB9595]

Ted, you're right when it comes down to the cost of distilled water.

It'd be a shame to ruin beads just for not using distilled water in the bowl.
Not so much a matter of cost but of convenience. The distilled was in the basement and the tap was at hand