How to Use
Boveda

Cannabis should be kept in the ideal range of .55-.65 relative humidity based on ASTM standards. Boveda helps you achieve precise humidity with a 58% RH option and a 62% RH option depending on your personal preference. You can’t go wrong with either RH. Test for yourself.    

Boveda comes in five different sizes to protect cannabis from terpene evaporation. Whether you’re saving terps in daily pre-rolls, inventory or wholesale packaging, there’s a Boveda to fit your flower. Here’s a handy chart that shows what size Boveda is right for your cannabis/hemp containers: You can never use too much Boveda in with your flower. So if you have an eighth and only have Boveda Size 8 on hand, by all means, use that pack! Using more Boveda means you get more efficient and longer lasting moisture protection. Be an overachiever—Save the Terps!

Boveda begins to work immediately. When placed in an empty airtight container, Boveda can bring the internal relative humidity (RH) to precisely the level marked on the Boveda within 20 minutes.  

Watch this video to see how fast Boveda works in a cannabis container

 

Once you add cannabis or hemp to the container, Boveda again works to stabilize the environment inside. How fast depends on how dry your flower is—it can take up to seven days. Rest assured, Boveda is quick at achieving the ideal RH to protect cannabis and hemp.  

Calibrate the Hygrometer in Your Cannabis Container to Ensure Accurate Readings

Just because a hygrometer is registering readings doesn’t mean those readings are right. Over time, both analog and digital hygrometers fall out of calibration. (In professional laboratories, hygrometers are regularly calibrated—as they were before scientists performed the Boveda VS. Glycerin test.) A properly calibrated hygrometer gives you an accurate account of the RH in a cannabis jar, bin or bag. Storing cannabis at the right RH protects its quality, terpenes and weight. To easily and accurately calibrate a hygrometer to get professional-level results, use Boveda’s One-Step Calibration Kit.

Sure, Boveda can 100% come in contact with cannabis and hemp. Boveda is FDA compliant and food safe. So feel free to slip in Boveda among your buds in your bins. Or place us on top of or at bottom of your cannabis in a jar. If you like to keep a tidy stash, check out a CVault® stainless steel cannabis container. (It’s preloaded with Boveda, the original terpene shield™.) The lid sports an integrated Boveda holder, so you can slip your pack right in. Then latch the lid closed to create an airtight seal. You now have total humidity control while Boveda is suspended high above your medicine, preserving your terps.

No, Boveda does not steal terpenes. It’s the only humidity control that protects terps. While other 2-way humidity control might put humidity in the container, only Boveda 2-way humidity control creates a monolayer of purified water vapor over the trichome to protect cannabis terpenes from evaporation. Boveda is the original terpene shield™. Boveda’s all natural salt solutions help protect your terpenes at precise humidity levels to ensure ideal weight without worry of over drying or mold.

When your cannabis is stored with Boveda, the terpenes are protected with a monolayer shield of purified water, the aroma you love is kept safe until grinding. Once the cannabis is ground, it releases the aroma with great potency. Or in more detail, the aroma of your cannabis comes from the terpenes, or essential oils of your flower. So when you get a nice “nose hit” from your cannabis, you are actually smelling the terpenes evaporating off of your flower. So although in the past people have judged the quality of cannabis by the smell, strong aromas emanating from your cannabis is actually a sign of terpene degradation. Rather than these precious terpenes evaporating into the air, Boveda shields these terpenes inside of the trichomes where they belong, until the moment of consumption.

No, salt is one of the most natural ingredients used to create precise relative humidity (RH) levels. And rest assured the saltwater solution in Boveda is hard at work sealed inside the 2-way vapor phase osmosis membrane. The salt stays safely inside the Boveda leakproof membrane. So the salt in Boveda NEVER comes in contact with your cannabis. Only water vapor passes in and out of the membrane to safely and precisely shield trichomes in protective water molecules. ADDING AND ABSORBING MOISTURE is what makes Boveda 2-way humidity control. And it’s how Boveda can prevent terpene evaporation.

By the way, it’s the excess salt in the solution that allows Boveda to maintain a consistent RH level in stored cannabis. As water vapor is released from or absorbed into the membrane, the water to salt ratio changes. The salt dissolves when more water is absorbed. The salt precipitates or becomes a solid again when more water is released.

Using nature’s original preserver, salt, Boveda dials-in and maintains your container’s humidity levels to 58% or 62%, much like a thermostat.