Has anyone messed around with building a small to medium scale jar burper?

I've seen the video of the guy curing double digit pounds in 5gal buckets stacked along a wall and Ive seen people over engineer their mason jars to scale the process down.

I like the ease of stacking a few buckets in the closet but I dont harvest enough out of my garden to really warrant the need to handle 50 pounds at a time.

There's also facy looking options like the curecork that carry a steep price tag for what seems like a fairly straightforward and simple design.

My question here is: Could I set up a 5 or 7 gal bucket with all the valves to cycle air through the bucket, tie the pump to a rh probe, and then stack open jars on a rack in the bucket? Are there any drawbacks or potential negative outcomes that I am overlooking?

The idea would be to simplify and standardize the start of the curing process by using the buckets as a more controllable environment than just a closet or spare bedroom; while staying fairly low tech and easy on the wallet.
 
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The biggest issue I see with what you are asking is that the air at the bottom of each jar will likely become stagnant from lack of airflow down there. I think you'd be better off putting the bud straight into the bucket, even if you don't fill it all the way. This is why the design calls for bringing the air into the bottom of the jar/bucket, and exhausting it out the top. I would also suggest purging the jars/buckets daily, even if the RH doesn't get too high, because you want to replenish the oxygen in there for the curing process. I built one of these with 1/2 gallon mason jars and it works very well. I just set mine to push air through the jars for 30 minutes once a day.

Here's mine.
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The biggest issue I see with what you are asking is that the air at the bottom of each jar will likely become stagnant from lack of airflow down there.

This was my initial thought as well; but wouldn't placing the probe above the top layer of jars ensure that there is ample fresh air to fill the jars during/after a purge, since the humid air in the jars will always want to rise and displace the fresh air?
 
This was my initial thought as well; but wouldn't placing the probe above the top layer of jars ensure that there is ample fresh air to fill the jars during/after a purge, since the humid air in the jars will always want to rise and displace the fresh air?
I’m not sure how well the air in th jars would rise, though, since there’s no way for air to enter in from the bottom of the jars.
 
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