Cheap DIY Dry box for storing lenses

Urs · 10-12-2020, 02:23 PM - **3 Likes**

In case ya live in a humid climate like I do ( Panama mountain cloud forest) I suggest ya store your lenses in a dry box to prevent lens fungus, like I learned the hard way. There are expensive electrical dry boxes but Ya can do with a plastic box, important it needs a plastic seal, then some silicon gel and optional a hygrometer. See attached images. Hope that helps somebody prevent lens fungus.

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Last edited by Urs; 10-12-2020 at 02:51 PM.

**bwgv001** · 10-12-2020, 08:23 PM

excellent idea

SharkyCA · 10-13-2020, 06:58 AM

Got me thinking, perhaps use an old non-working bar fridge with the absorbent material included or a wine cooler with glass door (looks better)!

C_Jones · 10-13-2020, 02:42 PM

I put my cameras and lenses in the plastic storage bins like that, and with a hand towel on the bottom. Plus I have each of those cameras or lenses in a self sealing plastic bag.

bluestringer · 11-03-2020, 05:39 AM

Ammo boxes work great also.

pkboy · 11-08-2020, 07:45 AM

I do the same with silica gel. I microwave them from time to time in order to reuse them

edit: microwave the gel, not the whole box...

cymric · 11-14-2020, 10:26 PM

Yup, I do the same. But in winters, when the sun is out and the weather is dry, I open the box and keep it in the sun once in a while. Even with this method, two of my lenses which were fungus free had hairline growth. Maybe because they were kept in the dark.

10-12-2020, 02:23 PM - 3 Likes	#1
Urs Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Panama Posts: 804	Cheap DIY Dry box for storing lenses In case ya live in a humid climate like I do ( Panama mountain cloud forest) I suggest ya store your lenses in a dry box to prevent lens fungus, like I learned the hard way. There are expensive electrical dry boxes but Ya can do with a plastic box, important it needs a plastic seal, then some silicon gel and optional a hygrometer. See attached images. Hope that helps somebody prevent lens fungus. Attached Images Last edited by Urs; 10-12-2020 at 02:51 PM.

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10-12-2020, 08:23 PM	#2
bwgv001 Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Alabama Photos: Gallery Posts: 696	excellent idea

10-13-2020, 06:58 AM	#3
SharkyCA Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 806	Got me thinking, perhaps use an old non-working bar fridge with the absorbent material included or a wine cooler with glass door (looks better)!

10-13-2020, 02:42 PM	#4
C_Jones Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,079	I put my cameras and lenses in the plastic storage bins like that, and with a hand towel on the bottom. Plus I have each of those cameras or lenses in a self sealing plastic bag.

11-03-2020, 05:39 AM	#5
bluestringer Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Cotton fields of South Georgia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,748	Ammo boxes work great also.

11-08-2020, 07:45 AM	#6
pkboy Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Lantau Island Posts: 890	I do the same with silica gel. I microwave them from time to time in order to reuse them edit: microwave the gel, not the whole box...

11-14-2020, 10:26 PM	#7
cymric Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Bhubaneswar; A State in the East of India Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 296	Yup, I do the same. But in winters, when the sun is out and the weather is dry, I open the box and keep it in the sun once in a while. Even with this method, two of my lenses which were fungus free had hairline growth. Maybe because they were kept in the dark.

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