This just showed up today. Is this the correct amount of gel? This was all that was in it. Seems like I need to find some more gel.

That's about all you get in it. Now fill it up with distilled water and let it sit for about 30 minutes. Drain the rest of the water out. Those suckers will fill up that container. FYI You might want to tape it back together. They tend to come apart after expansion.

AR 15 Never fear! The crystals swell up to like 1,000 times their size or weight & can absorb a hell of alot of water!

Makes you feel like you got your monies worth, huh? LOL But that's about it. I've let the smaller 2oz. gel bottles run dry, and I felt the same way when I saw what was left.

If you ever get the gel in a jar, it looks like they shorted you about 80%. When you add water, come back a couple minutes later, and boom, the gel has swollen quite a bit.

If these were silica crystals, ala beads or kitty litter, I'd say you had room for more. The kind of gel used in the jars I've obtained is what I'm referring to. Haven't ever had one of these on hand.

No, it's not the correct amount. They sent you 5 too many crystals. Now take them out and send them back, somebody somewhere is missing them. It'll be your fault that their cigars don't get adequate moisture. Can you live with that on your conscience? Being the destroyer of someone else's cigars?

I had a larger oval version of this a couple years back, from a competitor I think, and thought the same thing. I let it soak in water and accidentally forgot about it for several hours. When I came back, it had expanded so much that it split the case and had the gel floating all over the place.

It is amazing how much they expand.

So what ya'll are saying is that I shouldn't have bought the extra 1/2 lb of dry crystals huh?

The answer to your questions is:

Yes, that is a brilliant way of shipping crack rocks.

RE #8

Any people out there that you don't like who happen to have fountains or swimming pools?

Dump that stuff in and run like hell...

where did you find the 1/2lbs of dried crystals? i've been looking everywhere for them i have plenty of containers and i'm gonna make a coolador soon and need more plus i want to replace my sponge humies with gels.

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Go to a craft supply store and find something called Water Crystals or Cracked Ice Crystals - they are used for flower arranging or other crafty stuff that crafty people do. They aren't solid crystals like the silica beads - these are the gel kind.

I got a packet for 99 cents that contains about a tablespoon of dry crystals. If you added water to the whole packet they would swell up to hold about a gallon of water (or so the packet says). You need like 1/10th of the packet to make enough of the hydrated crystals to fill a soup bowl. One "crystal" is about 1/16" in diameter when dry, but when wet it's about 1/2" in diameter (the ones I got are spherical).

I've used them for a while now and they hold 65% perfectly... cheapest, most stable humidification source I've found by far.

-JT

Re #10

LOL!

If that happens, just pour table salt on them... supposedly that dissolves the gel (never tried it myself).

-JT

I just got home and looked at the label on the packet - they are called "Water Jewels."

-JT