DampRid Moisture Absorber Hi-Capacity Bucket, 4 lb., Fragrance Free, For Fresher, Cleaner Air in Large Spaces, Lasts Up To 6 Months, No Electricity Required

I have two recent purchases, a car and a small home. Both of them came with water issues - stains on the ceiling, inexplicably wet floorboards. Finding and fixing the leaks is great - but then you have a water-tight space that's clammy inside. Enter DampRid Hi-Capacity. I made faces at it on the computer screen. RV-size? But I live here, I don't vacation here! Give me something that works. My secondary concern was that I have pets - wouldn't they get their snouts in there and eat the stuff? I took a chance, seeing as it was less expensive than buying 200 pairs of shoes with those little silica gel packs to absorb moisture. I bought two buckets. I'm SO happy I did. Why? 1. The bucket is full of calcium chloride, a kind of salt (not table salt! that's sodium chloride.do not eat this.) which does, in fact, absorb moisture. You know how humidity makes your salt shaker clog up? This is based on that property, but on a much larger scale. 2. Once you take off the plastic lid, there's paper sealing the bucket. That stays in place during the whole time you use it! The crystals in the bucket absorb moisture through it. So, no spill, no risk for kids, no pets foraging. 3. The bucket has an indicator for when the crystals have reached capacity. Just look at the dots on the bucket to see if it needs to be replaced. 4. It worked in my car and in my house. I set one bucket in each space, and all of the funky wet spots cleared up. I don't have to worry about mold anymore, or sagging ceilings. (As I said above, I fixed the sources of the leaks. DampRid helped extremely well in the drying process. I will still have to paint over the water stains, but I'm confident they aren't wet.) A couple of novice recommendations. I have no scientific proof that these suggestions work, but I believe they were true for me: 1. If using DampRid in your car, check the "vent/circ" button. While you're driving, you may have your vehicle set for fresh air ventilation, and that's fine. But when you park for the night or a long period, it seems to me, it's better to switch the setting to recirculate the air within the car and the dehydrating bucket, closing off the vents. Maybe you could leave the ventilation system open, but that feels to me like turning on the air conditioning while the windows are open. Why waste the bucket dehydrating outside air? Let it suck up only the internal moisture. 2. Don't buy these to store for later use. The bucket and the lid, eh, they match up in a seal that seems tight. But they're probably not made specifically by this company for this purpose. A little at a time, the bucket contents will crystallize with moisture. It's that good. Buy them only when you need to open them. 3. This is an odd one. There's another thing that I found uses the buckets fast: proximity to cat litter boxes. Sure, the cat litter is going to absorb the moisture eventually, but the DampRid is better at it. So, you have two choices ... use the DampRid in the cat area to multiply the work of the kitty litter, or let the litter do its own job and place the bucket where you need other moisture absorbed. Personally, I'm doing both - I've dried out the closet, the bathroom with the vent that leaked, and with the remainder of the bucket I can keep unsavory smells from leaching out of the cat area. There are all sizes of this stuff, but for me, it was cheaper to buy the big one and move it from room to room until it was done. You don't need to move it - I didn't touch the one in my car - but it's common sense to apply the solution to the problem area. I highly recommend it.

Works great in cars that are stored during weather months ,been using them in our basement about 15yrs. ago,that's were we got idea to put them in our every day cars,works great in the winter

Have stored a lot of crafts and family items in cargo container. I use damp rid to control moisture. Works well. Have used it for 2 years and no moisture damage.

The product is fine. Does what it is supposed to do. However, I ordered two of these items and one was opened in the box, I assume at the fulfillment center because the lid was removed and the tub’s tamper resistant seal ripped open. That tub poured into (and later, out of) the Amazon box. And on my floor. Didn’t send the tampered-with item back because how could I? I used the one that wasn’t ripped open, tossed out the other and will further limit my Amazon purchases. Could just be an angry employee blowing off steam but I didn’t cause whatever issue he/she had. But I was the one who got to pay “1 for the price of 2” and clean my floor. Good product. Good price. Take care buying this from Amazon. Really is a mess to clean up this stuff.

This stuff is amazing! Gets rid of musty smells without using any electricity or making any noise. Super easy to use and does great job.

I have a 30 year old SSE that I store in FL and have found leaving a sample rid inside the car helps preserve it from the dampness and corrosion.

Does the job

This stuff works great! Do you use an open box of baking soda in your refrigerator to keep odors from forming? Same concept here. Although many use it during boat or RV storage, I use it every summer in my boat as well. When the boat is not in use it is sealed up with the mooring cover making the interior a perfect place for condensation cycles that allow mildew to form. This product effectively reduces the humidity in this confined space eliminating condensation cycles in that space which can cause corrosion of metal parts and odors related to the formation of mildew. I place a single container in the space between the cabin sole (Interior floor of boat) and outer hull (Inside bilge/storage area) and let it absorb any moisture caused by high humidity or the storage of damp items in that space. I generally go through about 3 of these containers in one season (4 months). I don't see any reason why it would also not work in the main cabin area for those with larger boats and "Cutty"or "weekender" style boat cabins. It is an odorless solution to eliminate high humidity on confined spaces. This is a very cheap solution to keep odors and mildew at bay in confined spaces that get little or no natural air circulation.

The bucket sat (manufacturer's instructions followed) in my moisture ridden loungeroom (two years of recurrent rainfall) for 60+ days.' The Damp Rid' moisture absorption white balls turned brown and did not disintegrate, they remained formed brown balls. And worst of all, my expectation of water residue in the bucket is not realised. Dry. My purchase amount was $26, today the seller's price is $61. Buyer beware.

Great for the humidity in the UAE. Arrived faster than expected.

Awesome product, works really well reducing moisture

The container was half filled or more with sawdust not the standard Damprid moisture absorbent as advertised

Great for camper