Phresh Filters In High Humidity Environments...

[cjk]

I certainly don't, given that 350 days out of the year outdoor temps here are 60-70 degrees and RH is 50-60% at noon, I just suck straight outdoor air in, run it through the filter, through the cooltube, and out the other side.

point is if he has high enough humidity to damage a filter it seems i'd be more worried about fungal issues and powdery mildew. in that case, you'd have to make some humidity adjustments anyway. also, it doesn't sound like he's going to suck in outdoor air being with a small tent, but i could be wrong...

 

[nameless]

yeah was wondering why you would have humidity that high in your grow late in flower when smell is the worst and rh is a huge enemy. i voted before reading, wanted to let OP know voted that mine work great, humidity in my state is higher than average, but not the pnw. humidity in my grow is usually around 60%. sometimes gets up to 80 and odor control is in check, but if over 60% for extended (days or weeks) period of time (in the room) odor control starts slipping. have had my phresh 6x24 well over a year and works great. humidity has gotten up to 98% on a couple occasions and odor was noticeable but gone as soon as rh dropped back down to 70%. now my 4 inch for veg is 2 years old, and its humid as hell in my veg tent all the time, never smell anything. but thats very low odor to begin with. inside of tent never smells too much. hope this helped!

ps i thought all carbon filters werent as effective over 70% isnt that just the nature of activated carbon?

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Thanks to all for their input! The question about high humidity came about because an owner of a grow shop told me that his customers complained of problems with the Phresh Filters regularly, to the point where he doesn't carry them anymore, and he told me this was due to the humidity that exists in the PNW. I'm not that experienced with filters, but found his reasoning as a possible reason for the filters not working well.

I checked the RH in my apartment this afternoon, a rainy day, and it was 55 percent. Not sure if that will be problematic...the RH levels go up in the winter months, but wanted to see if others in this forum would back up this guy's statements. I always wonder, in situations where a salesman is involved, if they have other reasons for not recommending a particular product...like maybe they are getting paid extra to push a competitive product line.

Anyways, so far it seems to be about 50/50...I expected to find the votes to be against the Phresh Filter would be a lot more, if the grow shop guy's opinion was valid.

 

[prune]

I always wonder, in situations where a salesman is involved, if they have other reasons for not recommending a particular product...like maybe they are getting paid extra to push a competitive product line.

ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!

 

[cjk]

Thanks to all for their input! The question about high humidity came about because an owner of a grow shop told me that his customers complained of problems with the Phresh Filters regularly, to the point where he doesn't carry them anymore, and he told me this was due to the humidity that exists in the PNW. I'm not that experienced with filters, but found his reasoning as a possible reason for the filters not working well.

I checked the RH in my apartment this afternoon, a rainy day, and it was 55 percent. Not sure if that will be problematic...the RH levels go up in the winter months, but wanted to see if others in this forum would back up this guy's statements. I always wonder, in situations where a salesman is involved, if they have other reasons for not recommending a particular product...like maybe they are getting paid extra to push a competitive product line.

Anyways, so far it seems to be about 50/50...I expected to find the votes to be against the Phresh Filter would be a lot more, if the grow shop guy's opinion was valid.

55% is fine and actually a pretty good overall number. go for it, i'm pretty confident you'll be happy. especially with a smaller setup.

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

bump for....more voting.

 

[nameless]

lol. 55% on a rainy day? your golden bro. the rh in my house never changes really no matter what. if you have a fan running through that filter all the time, not just when the light is on or when its hot, then you wont have an issue id bet my bottom dollar. the fans run 24/7 in my 5x5 thats not climate controlled and not a single prob with odor last round, and it stunk. i think its a good call to run the fans all the time in flower imo.

 

[megayields]

I just bought a new Phresh super big filter, I have humidity that runs from 80% to 40....I absolutely LOVE my Phresh filter and am having ZERO problems here on the coast.

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

bump for more votes

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

...nudge...

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Hmm...well, I thought there would be more people who had tried the Phresh Filters up in the humid PNW, maybe they are still on the newish side. One more bump to see if a few more votes can be had...

 

[eyes]

I wouldnt want to run any filter in a high humidity environment. Once the carbon gets wet,it doesnt work as intended. All carbon does the same thing- it filters hydrocarbons and the drier the air into the filter the better working ability. keep the prefilters clean to keep the dirt out as well.

 

[RomulusUSA]

Phresh Filters In High Humidity Environments...

To those of you scrubbing and not exhausting, and stating it didn't work, how many exchanges per minute did you run? I've seen very good reports of in room scrubbing with exchanges every 1 to 3 minutes.

 

[enter sandman]

i run a 4X12 phresh im my 250 cab in the deep, deep south...where u can cut the humidity in the air with a knife and my phresh does very well. Everyone I know who has used one like the brand very much. Don't understand all the negative reviews. Classic trolling mabye? That is where i think it was started. But if u just happen to get a bad filter, then shit happens. If u get a good one then good shit happens.