Thoughts On Heartfelt Beads

[LazyLightning]

Hello folks,

I currently have 3 wood Spanish cedar humidors. This question is for the two larger ones, both of which have a 500 count capacity. One is a footlocker, which I use as my “aging” humi, the standing one, is for the sticks I am currently smoking. From the start, I have been using Boveda packs in all of them. I love the ease of using them, and I really don’t have worries of moisture coming in direct contact with the inside wood.

I use 6-7 of the 320 gram 65% in both humidors, lining the entire bottom, with one or two on the middle tray of the standing humi, and I’ve always been pleased with the performance. Well it’s getting that time to recharge them, so of course I need to purchase at least a dozen new ones to rotate. As I’m sure you can guess, replacing that many at once is a bit costly. Which if it’s the best way, I’m fine with it.

I’ve never really looked into heartfelt beads till I was looking for the replacements. I saw them listed and it got me thinking, are they as good as the Boveda system? My biggest concern is mold from moisture getting onto the wood inside (yes I’m paranoid, but there’s enough cigars in them to warrant concern at least) with the Boveda packs it’s not an issue, having never used the beads, I’m not sure if it is with them either.

I said all that to say,
The heartfelt seem to be slightly more cost effective, easier and faster to recharge ( those big 320g Boveda packs take like 2+ weeks in my experience )

So are they something I should look into, or not even bother? I’m thinking seriously of going down to the 62% Boveda, and the heartfelt seems to come in 65% but not 62%

Any thoughts, experiences, would be greatly appreciated.