Thread: Humidity Beads and Old Cigar Tubes

I'm planning to dump them onto a paper towel and spritz them with a spray bottle then dump them back in the tube. Although I did drill a ton of holes in that tube and could probably just spritz the tube on a towel. I'll let you know how I end up handling it and report the degree of dust and bead breakage. The inside of the tube is very rough after drilling.

I have drilled a few tubos in my time also. However, i now just order my beads already in the plastic ones that Viper offers. Much neater, much less time in the workshop, and I don't have to worry about metal shards on the tubos (I am great at snagging my fingers on anything sharp - call it a talent!) A little more expensive, but heck, I figure I'm worth every penny I spend I have used panty hose in my cooler before, but also found...

knee high stockings (panty hose) work great. I put the beads in them, tie them off, trim away any extra hose, and I'm off to the races. The nice thing about the hose? virtually no bead dust, easy to spray with distilled water, and you can get a box of 10 pair for like $4 (maybe more, maybe less... they're not on my regular shopping list) but, as everyone else has said before, tubes will work fine.

I just cut a bunch of little slits in a tube with a pocket knife, < 2 minutes, not pretty but works fine.

How do you recharge the beads, whether the tube has small holes or slits?

I've drilled out a couple RyJ Churchill tubos , they work great . To recharge I just give them a quick dunk and turn over to evenly disperse the water , couple shakes to remove any excess and ready to go . Another option is to remove the floral foam from a humidifier that came with your humidor and replace it with the beads . I've done this also , to stop the beads from falling through the slits I went to an art supply store and...

Should work just fine.

Dude! Those Beetles were on steroids! O wait, for a bead tube...yea I am with DB, it will work just fine.

I have several floating around just like it, work great

i actually 'punched' the holes in my tubes with a nail. the aluminum is quite thin and worked great. i get a bit of dust but not enough to worry about. i only use those in my small hummis (20-30 count). for the larger hummis i went to the dollar store and got little tuperware containers, maybe 2 inches cubed. i drilled these out with prolly 100 holes on all sides but the bottom. they hold way more beads and are easy to recharge and...