Where do you put the beads in your Vinotemp?

[RRocket]

^^Can you be a bit more clear? Where exactly do the beds reside? On the bottom: Are they on the floor? Or in a drawer with your sticks? Same idea up top...where do they sit exactly?

[markem]

I split my beads in half. The easiest container, IMO, are clear pantyhose. I put one bundle on the floor of the vinotemp (I only use a shelf at the very bottom) and one about half-way up in the middle.

My humidity is quite stable with that configuration.

[bonjing]

Originally Posted by RRocket

^^Can you be a bit more clear? Where exactly do the beds reside? On the bottom: Are they on the floor? Or in a drawer with your sticks? Same idea up top...where do they sit exactly?

Well the one i placed at the bottom sits on top of a plastic tupperware so more surface area is exposed. The one placed on top just sits on a plastic sandwich bag on top of a box. reason for the plastic bag is that i have heard that the beads can absorb some of the oils, or something like that, discoloring the beads. I have no bead inside any of the boxes. Best thing i learned here about humidity is, just be patient.


edit to add:

I do have two mini fans sitting inside the cooler to help circulate air inside. But i think it's a little overkill for that small of a cooler.

Originally Posted by bonjing

I do have two mini fans sitting inside the cooler to help circulate air inside. But i think it's a little overkill for that small of a cooler.

Probably but you're the master of your humidor so if you don't mind the space they and the beads take up, then go right ahead. Most guys use fans for the 28-bottle.

I have the 28 but I don't use fans. I have about a pound and a half of shilala's beads split in 3 mesh bags. I have one cedar drawer and 3 cedar shelves. One bag is in the drawer at the top and the other two lie on the middle and bottom shelves, behind cigar boxes. Right out in the open.

[BORIStheBLADE]

I have a 28 bottle vino with one pound of beads. I went out and bought one of those plastic hooks with the double sided tape and placed that next the fan on the back of the vino.