I have a rookie question.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by J Higgi

I guess I should be a little specific in my question, im deployed to Afghanistan and can't just go get beads (without having them shipped to me) so I was looking at a quick "home" remedy to bring down humidity. My humidor is at 80% RH.

First off, if you don't have a 2-way humidifier like hcm or heartfelt beads or bovedia packs, then remove the humidifier from the humidor.

If the ambient indoor RH is lower than 80%, then leave the humidor open for a bit.

You can also fill a small dish (depth isn't all that important, but exposed surface area is, so the wider the better) with uncooked plain dried white rice and place that in your humidor until the humidity drops. It might take some time and you might have to dry the rice in a low temp oven for 10-15 minutes to get it to suck up a lot of moisture.

[J Higgi]

Originally Posted by T.G

First off, if you don't have a 2-way humidifier like hcm or heartfelt beads or bovedia packs, then remove the humidifier from the humidor.

If the ambient indoor RH is lower than 80%, then leave the humidor open for a bit.

You can also fill a small dish (depth isn't all that important, but exposed surface area is, so the wider the better) with uncooked plain dried white rice and place that in your humidor until the humidity drops. It might take some time and you might have to dry the rice in a low temp oven for 10-15 minutes to get it to suck up a lot of moisture.

I do have a DryMista tube but I took that out a few days ago, im just in a very humid area. How hight can the RH get before I need to worry about mold?

[T.G]

Originally Posted by J Higgi

I do have a DryMista tube but I took that out a few days ago, im just in a very humid area. How hight can the RH get before I need to worry about mold?

Low-mid 70's.