A week or so ago I posted in the Drying/Curing part of the forum if anyone had ever used a “EZ Cure” box for drying? I got a couple of “Interesting” responses but no bites. I did a broad search of the internet and there really isn’t much as far as ‘reviews’.
It looked like a pretty simple, yet creative solution to maintaining a micro-climate for drying your harvest. Albeit expensive.
And they almost give you a “shopping list” of parts at the bottom of the webpage.
So I set out to build one myself. It took a combination of Amazon, Lowes and a Kitchen Supply Store. Plus some Burner creativity. But I got a reasonable facsimile together and it works!
I can put together my parts list if anyone is interested. Pro tip: Don’t order everything from their parts list at the bottom of the page.
And the cost of all of the parts ran me around $100.
As of today, I just cut down a good sized Ethos Strawberry OG Cookies. So that’s what in there right now. I’m guessing this is a 4.5-5oz plant. I would say that the capacity of the tub is about one good sized plant. That is if you’re not stacking anything on top of each other. Which I wouldn’t recommend if you have thicker buds. You need the air movement in between.
Also awesome is, you can remotely monitor the Temp and Humidity from your phone. Not control anything, but you can at least see what’s going on without being IN FRONT of the box.
If this works out, this is an easy and inexpensive way to get a great climate/environment for drying without tying up your tent to do it.
I’ll keep this updated with how it goes.
Update #1
Well, it’s not a magic box, but it’s still working better than just hang drying.
Adding a little background details here for better understanding.
I grow and dry in my unfinished basement. It’s a cool, dry location and easy to control the environmentals. Especially in a tent. But, of course, drying in your tent takes it out of commission for growing. Normally the basement sits at 60deg and 45Rh. A little too dry for drying but perfect temp. I figured that if I can at least control the Rh, and get it out of my tent, I’d have a great set up. That’s the idea behind trying this box.
But… We
I thought that when I put that much green plant material in the box, the humidity would skyrocket. But it didn’t really.
AUGH! I took to long to edit my post. So here’s the whole thing: Update #1
Well, it’s not a magic box, but it’s still working better than just hang drying.
Adding a little background details here for better understanding.
I grow and dry in my unfinished basement. It’s a cool, dry location and easy to control the environmentals. Especially in a tent. But, of course, drying in your tent takes it out of commission for growing.
Normally the basement sits at 60deg and 45Rh. A little too dry for drying but a perfect temp. I figured that if I can at least control the Rh, and get it out of my tent, I’d have a great set up. That’s the idea behind trying this box.
But… As ‘luck’ would have it, we’re currently going through a fridged spell here. Outside air temp is -8. So that means that the basement is currently at 57. And with that cold, it drys out the air too. Rh in the basement this morning was 39Rh. ACK!
So this is what I’ve been fighting against outside of the box.
Now for whats happening inside the box:
At first, I thought that when I put that much green plant material in the box, the humidity would skyrocket. But it didn’t really. It went from 50rh to 57rh with a low setting on the fan.
However by the next day it started to drop. When it started to get down to 52, I added a wet washcloth and a small tray of water to the bottom of the bin. That bumped it up to 55 again. But as time goes on, the rh slowly drops again. So I rewet the washcloth and refill the tray each morning and that will get me a couple of percents. Never back to 57rh though. Each day I loose about 3 percent and am only able to add about 1 percent back. Soo… That plant matter is drying, very slowly. Which is what the box is designed to do.
Over all it’s keeping the plant material about 5-7% over the rh in the room. And the small fan keeps the air moving. I’m not worried about mold.
When I saw your original post I as well started brainstorming.
I thought a 40mm or so adjustable speed fan for circulation inside the box with a 80mm fan or so at the exit of the box to control climate.
Then just use a RH device to turn the fan on and off at the exhaust, assuming the outside air has lower RH than the box and sufficient for drying. The box basically to prevent drying too fast.
To me it looked like they had “flaps” covering the two holes at the bottom. One covering the intake, one covering the exhaust. When the fan comes out it would “ pull” open the intake flap and push open the exhaust flap allowing fresh air in, while maintaining humidity.
This would circulate the box as a closed system, “burping” as needed to maintain set RH. Could also be used for curing I’d imagine, if the RH the box is in would allow it.
What I can tell you about their box after watching both videos multiple times and what I learned from building my own is the following;
Their box has a single flap that is positioned above the fan. There is no vent/exhaust on the opposite side. What you see on the opposite side is a grommet. Only there so you can get the humidity sensor cable into the box.
Per their video, the “exhaust” actually goes up and out the edges of the cover.
I have found that to be the case as well.
I believe the flap purpose is to direct the air along the bottom of the box and distribute it more evenly instead of all of it just hitting the opposite end. Thereby drying one end faster than the other.
I have tried it with and without the flap. And the exhaust seems to come out the top more evenly with the flap.
It’s a decent design that can be constructed easily and fairly cheaply, with readily available parts. But there is definitely room for refinements.
glad you did 
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