Keeping Bongo Damp Free

[BernieBongo1955]

Morning Bongonauts,
Just a tip to keep Bongo dry and damp free in the winter months. Poundland wardrobe hanging damp traps (£1 ) pop a couple in every 6 weeks, really rips the damp from the atmosphere in the van .
Kind Regards Paul.

[Bob]

Nice one, Mrs B gets these for the wardrobe.

[Treetalk]

Thanks, useful to know.

[CandygramForBongo]

Good tip. Thank you

[Flanners]

I use Pingi's work fairly well and rechargeable

[BongoBongo123]

Thanks ordered some of these, I expect they are filled with silica gel. I removed my silica gel sachets (cannot recall their weight, were 100gram bags I think) and they had become extremly mouldy... and beyond rescue (I guess they did the job as long as the roof tent is not mouldy) so will be interested how these work up in the AFT tent over winter. They seem to be similar price as the sachets.. but because the sachets are that poly woven "fabric" they get very mouldy indeed.. so these looking plastic might fair better.. give them a spray of white vingar and wipe them down.. they might last longer than the fabric bags of silica gel, worth a try.

[BongoBongo123]

These are very effective but appear not to be reuseable and also create a lot of plastic waste. It feel pretty bad to throw them in the bin after a single use. I put 4 up there and they have took in at least a mug full of water from the AFT area... so they do work. The Silica Gel bags last around 3 years... if you dry them on a radiator.. eventually the bags do develop little splits in them.

I will try 2 next time as suggested.

[Rickster]

The best ones to try are the rechargeable type, the window clearly shows it contains silica gel balls with an added dye, it changes from blue to pink when it needs plugging in.
These things come in a 2 pack for around 20 quid or so.
Recharging takes a very long time, the heater is low wattage and can take upto 24 hours to complete, at least it uses a standard radio lead, that's a plus.