~80% rh?!?!

[rodwha]

All I use is plastic storage containers and large Tupperware type sandwich meat containers. The large containers each use 2 of the large 65% Boveda packs, but the small containers have utilized the 69% packs that came in my small cigar tins and various big boy stick packages. I have a bazillion of them 😆. 33 of the tiny 4 gram versions and a few of the 8 and 10. The free humidor I got with a purchase wouldn’t even get up to the proper humidification so it’s just a nice looking box taking up space.

So we’re talking about 10 sticks per container X 3 containers. I wouldn’t put the sticks outside, just the Boveda packs. The sticks I left out for a day and then placed in the box of QuickDraws since there’s plenty of room in there.

I’ll be in the mountains again very, very soon (gotta escape this nasty Texas heat wave!) so I’ll see where I’m at when I get back. That is if the bears in Wyoming and Idaho don’t wanna to wrestle. I’m not too concerned with the little ones in Colorado, but those big guys further north are another story! I didn’t realize Karmen meant tent camping up there 😳. We talked about renting a small RV.

[rodwha]

Those 100-and something days dried those 69% Bovedas just fine. They all read roughly what I’d expect (70-71%) so I’m calling it good.

[Nature]

Bob, sounds like you got them dried out just fine. If they are holding aT around the 70% mark, you are good to go!
Ihave a Plastic container I toss all my Boveda packs into not being used or dried out and dribble a little water in. Those get overcharged for me too, if I don’t pay attention.

I would go ahead and use them.

[rodwha]

It seems I had read many, many moons ago that some people were a sponge and allow it to just be absorbed through the contained atmosphere. Might this be a better but longer way to achieve rehydrating Boveda packs? I watched a video in which the guy literally soaked all of the packs in a bowl of distilled water so I tried it and got what I got.