Hey geeks - looking for a little bit of help here please. I'm going to be setting up a new humidor next month, it's a 300ct humidor. I decided to go with beads for it due to the long lifespan of the beads (never have to buy new ones, just spray with DW).
My question is twofold:
1) is it possible to maintain a lower RH than what is rated for the Heartfelt Beads? I have 65% beads, ideally I'd like to maintain b/w 62%-65% in my humidor.....can I achieve this by keeping say 1/4 or 1/2 the beads "activated" with DW? Or are they just designed to fight to get back to that 65% no matter what?
2) realistically, having a wooden humidor which is porous and not 100% airtight, will this cause the 65% beads (or Boveda, etc) to typically run a little less than 65%? (Assuming of course that the outside environment is less than 65%). I know with my airtight Tupperware, 65% is 65%...
Many thanks!
Tom