Musafia humidifier tube
I just bought my wife a Musafia case, and it comes with one of their in-case humidifiers. It is a plastic tube (like a string tube, but shorter) with holes in it and some kind of filament inside. How do I get that thing to hold water? It's too long to submerge in my sink, and running water over it doesn't seem to get it very wet. Interesting material! Does anyone use this?
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Bathtub?:)) I wish I had a wife. I'd buy her better stuff than I have too.
Buri, I guess it's a de-humidifier if you live in humid Japan. :)
I have a Musafia case with the same system, it fits in my sink just fine. In your case I would indeed suggest the bathtub. :) It usually takes five minutes or so to get fully saturated.
Greetings,
>It usually takes five minutes or so to get fully saturated.
yes, but I wa sslower in my student days,
Cheers,
Buri
Hi Nate,
I just put mine in the kitchen sink and let it sit for about 3-4 minutes, then wipe it off.
Greetings,
Pieter, we don`t wish to know your personal hygene routines.
Cheers,]
Buri
You guys are the best, what can I say? I'm not surprised to hear it takes a while to get that thing soaked. Here at home I can use the kitchen sink; I guess I was wondering what I would do while traveling, hotels, halls, etc. But it probably doesn't need to be refilled nearly as often as a Dampit then. Am I right?
If it's anything like a humidifyer for a cigar humidor, it may already contain a stabilizing substance like propolyene glycol. When slighty moistened with distilled water and placed in a closed system, the device will maintain a constant humidity, absorbing or realeasing moisture as needed. In that case, you shouldn't saturate it, so that there remains some absorbing capacity. I would send them an e-mail to be sure. (I'd like to know what they say. I have one but never used it since its so wet and rainy where I live that I need to put little packs of silica in the case to dehumidify, but would be nice to know anyway)
It almost seems like a shame to use regular water on this wondrous thing.
that's why I use vitamin water, Jim.
When travelling, you can use an empty wine bottle (or beer bottle, in a pinch).
You might have to turn it halfway through to wet the other end, but there's no need to go through the trouble of finding a large enough sink.
That's what I do (the bottle thing). I just use the same water each time and pour a little more in whenever it starts to visibly get lower. No need to fill a sink with water and then waste all the excess...
A medical syringe works, just inject the water in.
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December 5, 2006 at 10:36 PM · Greetings,
that`s interesting. I thought it was a -de-humidifier- so one just leaves it. I guess even cases need instructions these days for the humidity challenged,
Cheers,
Buri