Desiccant Packs

[Gijoe24]

Anyone have recommendations for dessicant packs to use with ammo Cans? Where to buy? What size? How often to change? Thank.

 

[ChanceMcCall]

We save them from merchandise mailed to us and from Rx bottles. We take them out every 6 months or so and refresh them in the microwave.

 

[WbradK]

Sounds like a good idea. Having just stocked up I should start collecting them. Thanks for the post.

 

[Bassbob]

I do the same thing Chance does. When I run across them in other packages I grab them and throw them in the ammo cans.

 

[ScottJ]

Amazon has them, and they're not expensive. Skip the McD's or Starbuck's drive through just one trip, and viola, $ to order some dessicant packs.

Amazon.com : dessicant packs

 

[BrewIt]

After a bit of searching, I found that Amazon and Ebay are the most economical. Most vendors only sell them in lots of thousands.

 

[StillLearning]

I purchased "wisedry 50 Gram [6PACKS] Rechargeable Silica Gel Desiccant Packets Fast Reactivate Desiccant Bags Orange to Green indicating for Air Dryer Food Grade" from Amazon. They work great. When they get up to 60ish grams, you put them in the oven for about an hour and dry them back out. Really easy to know if they are dry or wet either by the color or weight.

 

[Caro]

I save the little packs from vitamins, electronics, and shoes. Only issue is that there’s no easy way to know when to reheat them.

I also use the color coded ones that can be recharged. Mine are blue when fresh/recharged and turn light orange when depleted. Sometimes it takes 3 months for them to turn orange but that depends on the moisture in the can (cardboard boxes hold moisture) and the can’s seal. Once most of the packs are orange, I just put them on a cookie sheet in the oven on 215 degrees for an hour, then they are magically blue and fresh again.

 

[Talyn]

We save them from merchandise mailed to us and from Rx bottles. We take them out every 6 months or so and refresh them in the microwave.

+1. I do the same.

You can buy large dessicant packs from Brownells for safes.

 

[Bassbob]

+1. I do the same.

You can buy large dessicant packs from Brownells for safes.

I have electronic dehumidifiers in the safes. You plug them in for about 10 hours when the crystals inside turn pink.