List Price: $15.25Price: $4.95 You Save: $10.30 (68%)as of 11/24/2009 12:29 EST
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Binding: Misc.
Brand: Hydrosorbent
Item Dimensions: 300400100200
Label: Hydrosorbent
Manufacturer: Hydrosorbent
MPN: QPG - #1500D
Publisher: Hydrosorbent
Studio: Hydrosorbent
Features:- The Desiccant Silica Gel "drinks" dampness from your items.
- Prevents condensation from trapped air when cases are opened in damp, high humidity climates.
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Hydrosorbent Desiccant Silica Gel. This Desiccant Silica Gel "drinks" dampness from your items. It prevents condensation from trapped air when cases are opened in damp, high humidity climates.
Average Rating: 
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This is a neat self-contained desiccator you can put in your camera bag, or elsewhere, to remove moisture from the air. It lowers the humidity for several days before needing to be regenerated. It is easily regenerated in the oven at 300 F for 3 hrs. Good product.
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I'm pretty sure that the ACTUAL Pelican silica gel is different. There is some confusion on this product whether it's the legit stuff made by the same manufacturers of Pelican Cases. It's not. Just clearing that one up.
Secondly, while I'm sure it's done its duty in protecting my gear in humid, humid DC summers (and winters, and falls, and springs), the damn thing broke open in my camera case after like three days. The only method of keeping it on, as far as I could tell, was pressure on the sides of the casing.
No adhesive of any sort, just machine pressure. Not a good recipe for cohesion, even if you treat your camera bags as delicately as I do. Took me something like two and a half hours to drain the little balls from my Tamrac case until I finally got most of them back in the case and sealed it with duct tape. I've had it for a year now; at least it's stayed together.
Problems with that solution? Number one, some of the holes are covered now. Number two, I can't quite throw duct tape in the oven.
For shame. Next time, I'm buying direct from Pelican.
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I've been using mine in my Pelican 1614 since I got the Pelican about 6 months ago. I was quite shocked to check the crystal one day when taking out some gear over the winter and found that it had turned colors. I really didn't expect much moisture to be present in the winter months. No problem, throw it in the oven for 3 hours, and it is as good as new again!
Now that we're moving into spring/summer I will be checking this on a much more regular schedule.
I've read of people that just throw the desiccant packs from shoe boxes, or wherever into their bags, or boxes. I can only imagine how ineffective those little bags are.
This is a definite buy!!!
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I'd been looking for some reuseable silicagel for a while, and when I came across this on Amazon I figured it worth trying out, particularly since it is not all that expensive.
Well, the unit is nicely made - I have "recharged" the gel about 4 times now with no problems - just remember to use a glove or tongs to remove the tin from the oven and let it cool! Of course, this stuff is only as good as the weather-proofness of the space in which it's put, so I keep most of my digital camera gear in a Pelican case (actually, a LowePro camera bag that fits in the Pelican case) and slip this unit in there.
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I have used this silica pack over and over again. The reason I am here now: I lost my last pack in Cocoa Beach on a location shoot. It was raining every day (in August), with lots of humidity. I kept my digital camera in a zip lock bag with this pack when I was not shooting. On the 6th and last night I put the pack in the oven for a half-hour at 300 degrees to dry out ( as I have done for years) and forgot to take it out of the over when I left. I am buying 3 more now. I believe this is an easy way to extend the life of my cameras.
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