450 Gram Silica Gel

by HYDROSORBENT

Product Description

Silica Gel prevents condensation. And prevents rust, mildew, corrosion and spoilage before they begin. Ideal for gun, camera and telescope cases, tool boxes, silver drawers, safes, display cabinets, gun chests, storage containers, plus more. Built-in indicator turns from blue to pink when reactivation is needed. Easily reactivates in a conventional oven. Order ONLINE Today! AVAILABLE SEPARATELY: 40 Gram Silica Gel - word search in our Store for 'Silica Gel'. 450 Gram Silica Gel... Protects 33 cu. ft. of enclosed space. 4 1/2 x 2 x 7" corrugated carton.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0001EJIXU
• Item model number: SG-450
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,275 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #83 in Sports & Outdoors > Hunting & Fishing > Hunting > Gun Storage & Safes

Customer Reviews

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It works, December 20, 2008

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Jase (Katy, Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 450 Gram Silica Gel (Misc.)

It's true, you won't get the little metal box that is pictured alongside the desiccant. What you will get is a coarse fabric bag with the desiccant beads and a box that it all goes in. The box is supposed to tell you when to go and dehydrate the desiccant.

Here's what I recommend:
Throw the box away.
Use the bag only because you can see the indicator beads through the coarseness of the fabric.
Put it in your safe (or whatever)
Purchase a cheap $6 hygrometer to also keep in your safe
When the desiccant needs to be dehydrated, you will see pink beads.
Pour the beads into a cookie pan.
I think the instructions call for pretty high temps -- I, however, set the oven on 250 degrees, and find that within an hour or so all of the indicator beads are back to blue and ready to go.

Anyone using a safe absolutely must have some sort of drying agent or you are asking for mold and deterioration. Fire safes, at the time of sell, contain a lot of moisture, and their instructions will tell you as much.

I have a small safe. A single application of the product will get the humidity down to 20%. When the safe was brand new, I had to dehydrate the desiccant within a week. Then I went three weeks. Then I went two months. A year later, I find that I need to dehydrate the desiccant only about every three months or so (depending on how frequently I open the safe).

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Silica Gel, July 17, 2006

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Mark White (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 450 Gram Silica Gel (Misc.)

I am using the Silica in my gun safe in Florida. It went a little less than a month before needing to be rechareged. Seems to be keeping the safe dry.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Metal container(s) not included, February 11, 2010

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Nick Johnson "LiQUiD_X" (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 450 Gram Silica Gel (Misc.)

This seems to work quite good but the product is not entirely as pictured.

The product is a gray cardboard box (pictured) with a cloth bag inside filled with silica pellets, the box has a hole on the front, rear, and 3 on the bottom for viewing the included quality indicator papers. The box and bag are very easy to open and the product works very well.

There is no metal canister or tin.

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Would buy again!