Thread: where to get dessicant / silicon bags?

Hi all,


(I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada and) I can't find dessicant bags ( = hygroscopic bags = silicon bags?).
I've tried hardware store, drug stores, ... None have them.

So my question is: You, where do you buy your dessicant bags? (small ones, for razor storage)


Thanks
Christophe.

packing supply companies might carry them
Desiccant, Desiccant Packs in Stock - Uline

Lee Valley Hardware carries desicant tins I believe.

I just use rice tied up in a little muslin pouch.

I use the gel silica packets that come in the box of new shoes.

What size are you looking for?

Originally Posted by Theseus

I just use rice tied up in a little muslin pouch.

This will work.

I've collected about 2 liters worth of those little packets in the past 15 years (since moving to Maryland). Every kids' toy, piece of optics, electronics, guns, gadgets, shoes, medications, you name it, everything has one or two of those little packets of silica gel in them and it just occurred to me they'd come in handy someday and don't take much room in a large mason jar. I've also bought several silica gel packs from brownells.com for storing handguns. Try ebay, too.

Reactivating them takes some time, but they can be used indefinitely.

I know you can get them on amazon.com in all sizes
-dan-