Distilled water.

[Alexw33]

Hi everyone, i am anticipating the arrival of my first humidor any day now and after having a look around I seem to have underestimated how easy it would be to buy some distilled water. So I was wondering if anybody knows any good places to buy it and if the solution stuff is any good or should I give it a miss.Thanks.

[Zigatoh]

Worth getting the humidifier solution IMO, it helps maintain the right sort of humidity as well as having anti-fungal properties which is invaluable!

[James811]

De-Ionised water (practically the same as distilled) is like £1.50 is Tesco for 2 litres. Humidification beads are the best for me but that's just because they don't need much maintenance

[Deano]

Or Cgars has a anti-mold solution which I buy...

http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=solution&categories_id=&range=0&22=&23=&24=&26=&x=0&y=0

[monkey66]

Anti mould is only relevant for sponge type humidifiers. Beads/gel do not face the same problems.

I buy on ebay distilled water. I understand deionised is not the same thing.

[Zigatoh]

Would the anti mould not be handy for protecting the cigars too?

[monkey66]

Doesn't protect the cigars afaik.

Sent from happy tappy tap.

[Eddie]

And trashes beads.

[Zigatoh]

More information would be good as I now use beads so if the solution is bad for the beads it would be good for me and plenty of others to know as it doesn't seem to be advertised. And my thoughts on the anti mould and cigars are that you're humidifying the cigars with moisture that has anti fungal properties, at worst it can't hurt?I mainly ask as it is sole as humidifier solution, suggesting it should be fine for sponge/beads/etc?

[James811]

On the back of my puck beads it says not to use humidification solution of any sort, just distilled water, hope that helps

[Nightwingvyse]

I use deionized water, which is more readily available. It's the next best thing to distilled water, so it doesn't have ALL of the properties required, but i've never had an issue with it. My cigars have never had mold, and have always been kept in a good humidity. If it works, don't fix it.

Lots of chemists sell distilled water if you still want to use that though.

[Zigatoh]

Balls.. I use beads... Time to stop with the solution then! Cheers for the info, rtfm I spose!

[L_DOG]

I too use de ionised water. No problems my end.

[Eddie]

From the hearfelt website:

VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!

You will notice that every time I mention the fluid that is added to the Heartfelt Humidification Beads I say “distilled water”. This is extremely important; anything other than distilled water will ultimately ruin the beads. All the impurities in tap water will be drawn in by the beads and remain there. Ultimately the beads will get plugged up and not work anymore. The same is true with any type of humidifier solution (also known as 50/50 solution) this will also ruin the beads in the long run.

[James811]

Nice find Eddie

[Eddie]

Alll though I believe that de-ionised water is good enough for everything but chemistry experiments. That's what I use.

[Fratton]

Alll though I believe that de-ionised water is good enough for everything but chemistry experiments. That's what I use.

Bugger - we use deionised water in our clinical biochemistry lab :).
Distiller water is boiled and the steam is then condensed and used (like a kettle) whereas deionised is passed through a column to remove various ions eg calcium, phosphate etc. It depends on the quality of the column and whether it is monitored regularly but deionised is (usually) just as good.

[Willie1]

Hey Guys

It's been a looooong time since I've been here, but it's good to be back :)

I've not been able to find a supplyer for Distilled water and so, I just buy bottles of De-Ionized water from Homebase for about £1 and it does the trick :)

Willie

[Eddie]

Bugger - we use deionised water in our clinical biochemistry lab :).
Distiller water is boiled and the steam is then condensed and used (like a kettle) whereas deionised is passed through a column to remove various ions eg calcium, phosphate etc. It depends on the quality of the column and whether it is monitored regularly but deionised is (usually) just as good.

There is always some smart arse :) after I posted it I realised I should have said "very sensitive chem experiments". but had to go to a lecture so didn't have time to change it. (not chemistry or clinical you'll be glad to hear)

[Bad-Yeti]

Distilled water doesn't conduct electricity.......fact for the day there ;)

[Bigboned]

You men blow my mind!