I'm looking for some advice from other BOTL members who live in a cold, dry climate during the winter (I'm in MN) and use Heartfelt beads.
I'm concerned about my 75-count humidor. This is the first winter I'm using Heartfelt beads and I find myself needing to re-wet them roughly every 2-3 weeks, depending on the weather. I've found that the colder (and drier) it gets, the more frequently I need to re-wet. Anybody else experiencing this kind of thing? During the summer months my humi was rock steady but this winter I've had fluctuations of around 5% humidity on about a 3 week cycle just due to the beads drying out so quickly.
The humi's in the lowest level of the house, which stays around 65 degrees. But the ambient humidity decreases significantly the colder it gets. By design I actually upsized the amount of beads I'm using in anticipation of the drier environment, but I'm surprised at how frequently I'm re-wetting the beads.
Should I be concerned about that cyclic humidity fluctuation? Anybody else from the great frozen north needing to really stay on top of their humidity like this?
I'm concerned about my 75-count humidor. This is the first winter I'm using Heartfelt beads and I find myself needing to re-wet them roughly every 2-3 weeks, depending on the weather. I've found that the colder (and drier) it gets, the more frequently I need to re-wet. Anybody else experiencing this kind of thing? During the summer months my humi was rock steady but this winter I've had fluctuations of around 5% humidity on about a 3 week cycle just due to the beads drying out so quickly.
The humi's in the lowest level of the house, which stays around 65 degrees. But the ambient humidity decreases significantly the colder it gets. By design I actually upsized the amount of beads I'm using in anticipation of the drier environment, but I'm surprised at how frequently I'm re-wetting the beads.
Should I be concerned about that cyclic humidity fluctuation? Anybody else from the great frozen north needing to really stay on top of their humidity like this?