Tips for vapers in high humidity climates such as the region

[doc julio]

So bottom line is this. Both PG and VG are hygroscopic. Which means they suck water from the atmosphere. Bad news if you live in the tropics. If you live in a humid environment, your juice or your atty is gonna get wet, and then all you are gonna vape is hot steam. Your lovely thick juice turns to water in no time. Leading to leakage and gurgling.

Or perhaps you have decided to boil or wash out your atty or carto, and are waiting for it to dry out, but even after 3 days you find yourself burning half the battery just to dry the damn thing out.

I have done some research into this. What we need is a "dry box". In the region they sell this kit for cameras and stuff, it will likely cost 300-400 dollars (not US, local). Fine if you are loaded ( that means rich). But for me, sod that!

So here is the cheap solution (for peeps that don't have 24/7 AC).

buy yourself a large, airtight container (like lock and lock). Note: airtight, its gotta be sealed. Buy one of those cheap 2 dollar dehumidifiers. Buy a $2 hygrometer from Daiso (if you want to keep check, but optional). Put all of these things inside the airtight container, along with your attys, juices, etc etc. Whatever you want to dry out or keep dry.

Boom!

Job done for S$25........

 

[dragonl]

Another way to dehumidify is to put it in the fridge.

 

[Fuzzy Bruce]

Thanks, for the eye opener @doc julio!

I live in/near the swamps of south Florida. The average annual humidity is above 70%. In fact, as I type this, my handy RV weather station is reading 79° with the humidity at 90% As a cigar smoker I have kept my vape supplies and tools in a humidor. I even steep in another humidor. This, not because I knew about the hydroscopic properties but because I have almost quit buying cigars and had the humidors laying around. Guess I lucked out on keeping my juice safe or at least better that just leaving them out to soak up the humidity.

 

[doc julio]

Another way to dehumidify is to put it in the fridge.

Yes, you are quite right of course, the humidity levels in the fridge are going to be pretty low indeed. Ideal for keeping juices and kits dry.

Though I suspect a 'dry box' will be more effective at drying out a washed atty, given that the humidity would be just as low but the temperature will be about 30 degrees higher. Given the rule of thumb that each 10 degree temperature increase equates to roughly twice the speed of change, a 30 degree temperature difference could make it around 8 times faster to dry an atty or carto out.

That said, whilst the hygrometer and dehumidifier are in the bag, I have not yet laid my hands on a suitably sized airtight container. So for now, I am taking your suggestion and using the fridge! Cheers for the suggestion! So fed up with lovely thick juice turning to water-thin juice in 24 hours, and then just leaking through and giving what I can best describe as a "wet hit"!

If I had a dripping atomiser (rather than tanks) then I suppose the problem wouldn't arise. But I don't. Not yet. But it sounds like a good excuse to buy one