I have owned my Cigar Oasis for over two years now. I use it in the coffee table humidor. I decided a couple of months ago to modify the water cartridge and take out the green foam and replace it with the gel (not sure of the correct term atm) stuff that comes in the Xikar humidification jar. I saw the humidifiers the cigar shop I frequent has with the gel in the bottom with a fan on top and thought that mine is using the same principle. I would just need to ensure I don't over fill the cartridge with gel or 50/50. I could only imagine what could happen if this did occur. I'm sure the gel and/ or 50/50 would start shooting out the top of the fan unit on the Cigar Oasis. I attempted a few months ago to remove the top of the cartridge but it is glued or molded together so I quit and forgot about it. Yesterday I remembered what I was trying to do and thought to myself, why not just take a knife and scrape out the foam? So, I did it today:
The method
I took my Swiss Army Knife Climber and rooted around in the cartridge to loosen up the foam and once loosened, I took a butter knife and scraped it out. After scraping real good, I ran the inside of the cartridge through hot tap water and dried the empty cartridge thoroughly. I put a four oz jar in the cartridge along with a two oz jar. I did use the 50/50 solution but only enough to keep the gel moist.
Has anyone else done this or am I the only crazy out there?¿?
The method
I took my Swiss Army Knife Climber and rooted around in the cartridge to loosen up the foam and once loosened, I took a butter knife and scraped it out. After scraping real good, I ran the inside of the cartridge through hot tap water and dried the empty cartridge thoroughly. I put a four oz jar in the cartridge along with a two oz jar. I did use the 50/50 solution but only enough to keep the gel moist.
Has anyone else done this or am I the only crazy out there?¿?
