Dehumidifier for Gun Safe

[Jose]

What are you guys using? Just a canister or an electric dehumidifier of some kind? Never used one before but putting more thought into it now and want to maybe buy something to keep my investment safer.

[Trip McNeely]

I have a regular room dehumidifier in the basement set at 35%. But they sell those tube dehumidifiers you can plug in and put inside your safe. Those get pretty good reviews.

[JV106]

My old neighbor gave me some big ass bags of silica that he acquired while doing work at Texas Instruments. They used them to keep microchips dry. I hang them in the safe.

[bird_dog0347]

I too reused bags of silica from random things I bought and just toss a few in there.

[IHaveAMustang]

I too reused bags of silica from random things I bought and just toss a few in there.

Same

[lowthreeohz]

^^ likewise

[GrayStangGT]

I had an electric bar in my old safe, but did a sort of built in safe at the new house and no plug in the closet so now I go the cheap route and toss the silica bags from purchases in. Not overly worried about it out here in the desert.

[Cobraman]

Boveda sells 49% humidity control packs that I use. I use the 69%’s in my large humidor, so I just replace them once a year. They are easy to monitor because once they are hard, you just replace them. They’ll make sure the humidity doesn’t get too low and cause issues with wood stocks, I have guitars in mine, etc.

Oh, and a buddy of mine’s dad died recently. They went I clean out the house and found a handful of nice guns rusted up in the safe. Definitely do something.

[Silverback]

I use a few of these, have yet for them to change color, but when they do, pop em in the oven for a bit, and put them back in.

Wisesorb 5 Packs 40g Indicating Silica Gel Dehumidifier Desiccant Tin Canister, Wisetin Orange to Green Color Changing, SG-40 No Cobalt (II) Chloride-Reusable (Pack of 5)

https://www.amazon.com/Wisesorb-Indicating-Dehumidifier-Desiccant-Chloride-Reusable/dp/B07SRDMNRC/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&keywords=reusable+silica+packs&qid=1605548569&sr=8-10

[juiceweezl]

Academy sells the little packs. You can recharge them when needed. I have them in both of my safes.

[BradM]

Boveda sells 49% humidity control packs that I use. I use the 69%’s in my large humidor, so I just replace them once a year. They are easy to monitor because once they are hard, you just replace them. They’ll make sure the humidity doesn’t get too low and cause issues with wood stocks, I have guitars in mine, etc.

Oh, and a buddy of mine’s dad died recently. They went I clean out the house and found a handful of nice guns rusted up in the safe. Definitely do something.

You said 69.

[Cobraman]

You said 69.

Nice

[Jose]

Just researching my safe and it doesn't look like I have a way to get a power cord into it. I see that Hornady makes a rechargeable dehumidifier but not seeing very many good reviews on it (hit or miss but it's also only $20).

Might just go with a big can of silica gel. I have a bunch of the small baggies that come with all kinds of stuff but I usually throw those in ammo cans. I'll have to "recharge" them as I didn't know that was a thing.

[GhostTX]

I use one of the big canisters and then "refresh" (bake it in the oven) it every month or so.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1014553052?pid=963787

https://smile.amazon.com/Dry-Packs-Gram-Silica-Canister-Dehumidifier/dp/B003QZ6PZ0/ref=sr_1_5?crid=DDP3W8SX4JHR&dchild=1&keywords=dehumidifier+can&qid=1605660788&sprefix=dehumidifier+can%2Caps%2C174&sr=8-5

https://smile.amazon.com/LOCKDOWN-Silica-Gel-750-grams/dp/B004QUIWAA/ref=sr_1_6?crid=DDP3W8SX4JHR&dchild=1&keywords=dehumidifier+can&qid=1605660813&sprefix=dehumidifier+can%2Caps%2C174&sr=8-6

[ceyko]

Just researching my safe and it doesn't look like I have a way to get a power cord into it. I see that Hornady makes a rechargeable dehumidifier but not seeing very many good reviews on it (hit or miss but it's also only $20).

Might just go with a big can of silica gel. I have a bunch of the small baggies that come with all kinds of stuff but I usually throw those in ammo cans. I'll have to "recharge" them as I didn't know that was a thing.

I've used all the reusable types and such in that past and they work fine. A few years ago I drilled a hole in the side of my safe and use one of the plug in types and honestly I really like it. Never worry about it again - other than checking every so often to make sure it still works.

My plug in one (can't remember make model off top of my head) - came with the plug itself not installed - so it's a real small hole and you can seal it up.

The other options mentioned work great too, just I found that I'd go MONTHS without checking/refreshing them and totally forget. Then when refreshing I'd forget to unplug or otherwise move the process forward (life gets in way and just simply forget) - so having it just working 24x7x365 is really nice.

They are 20-30 dollars too if I remember right, so not a big investment.