HX10 Crystal Gel Rectangle Humidifier

I've bought two of the Humicare humidor humidifiers. I do not use distilled water in the humidifiers, because they release too much moisture into the humidor. This will cause the cigars to mold. I use the "Life Style Basics Cigar Humidor Solution". This is an excellent solution to use with the Humicare beads. This combination keeps the humidor at about 70 to 72 percent humidity. When I first received the Humicare humidifier, I could easily shake the beads. I poured about 3 OZs of the Humidor Solution and let sit for 30 minutes to an hour. After the beads have soaked up the solution, then when shaking the Humicare, you can tell the beads are much larger and tighter in the humicare humidifier. This will last a couple of months before needing an infusion of humidor solution. Thus far with this combination, the Humicare Humidifier is an awesome product and well worth the money spent to keep and protect my cigar investment and enjoyment.

Placed in my humidor and it holds my moisture around 65%, may have put to much water in as the balls expanded and broke free of the unit but that may be on me.

I've used Humi-Care products in all my humidors. Upon moving to a larger humidor, I opted to stay with that brand. I bought the larger unit (here) and started the process of soaking it. Let's just say this thing absorbs a lot of water. So much that it exploded and the beads were all over the inside of the humidor. This is not a defect, this is a measure of quality. I must have soaked it too long. I believe this unit will work great for my humidor. I just have to get used to its needs and how much water it can handle. It's a good product as are all Humi-care products.

Works great, but I’d recommend removing 1/4 of the beads. Otherwise it can over fill and actually split the container. Not a big deal and the container just snaps back together.

As others experienced, this came apart shortly after setup and installation. Unfortunately I didn’t read others’ reviews until I started my own. When the new one comes I’ll give it a try, perhaps taping the sides together as others have suggested. But it shouldn’t be necessary with a quality product. As a followup, when the new one arrived I taped it with packaging tape. It has held together, working well in keeping my humidor around 70%.