Quick Dam QD65-2 5' Barrier Water Flood Dam Bags, 2 Pack, Black

The product stopped water from entering my garage when it rains heavy. I placeed it in front of the garage door for the inside and water was not able to enter my garage. Great product!!

Purchases this 2 years ago after a heavy rain fall. Got to use them this weekend when it rained over 5 inches in a couple of hours in East TN. They worked great and kept the water out of the shop. Thank you for making this great product and a great value!

fills nicely with water once the rain falls steady. but...i cannot have silica being released as i have a lot of animals in an around the house. lost a star b/c i have stray and feral cats as well as bunnies and racoon and even opossum that come around the house. otherwise, i fully expect this will hep redirect water that is currently coming into my mums Taerntum home basement. but it comes at a cost.

I first heard about Hurricane/ Tropical Storm Helene coming to our area Wednesday morning and Ordered the Quick Dam Water Barrier. I just went ahead and ordered it even though it was stated that delivery would not take place until Saturday. I was going to have faith and I was actually feeling a little desperate. We needed to use the Quick Dam in front of our basement door to keep the water out. The forecast was an unprecedented 5 to 10 inches of rain in a 72 hour period. Somehow, I am not sure how they did it, Amazon was able to deliver the Quick Dam when we needed it most and that was Thursday evening just before the tropical storm would hit our area!! It had already been raining because of another weather phenomena (a cold front coming in). That Thursday night, it rained and rained and it continued into Friday.That Thursday night/ early Friday morning we had rain on our porch but the Quick Dam did its job and kept the water out of our basement. By Friday afternoon, the water on the porch receded. The Quick Dam gave our drainage system time to catch up and move the water away from our porch and our basement door.I don't write many reviews but I had to write this one to say: Thank-you.

Purchased 02/2019 Reviewed 03/2024. This is a durability & performance review. I bought some Quick Dam products back in 2019 because I was looking for water containment products due to either heavy rain or possible burst pipes or plumbing problems.I used two of the 6ft long tubes during a heavy rain storm. I then laid the tubes out on my backyard patio in full sun afterwards when they were fully expanded & after several days they were dried out. Instead of throwing them away, I just put them in the garage on the floor out of the way.What's the saying, Out of Sight = Out of Mind? Well, they were forgotten!Enter tropical storm Hilary = Our area was to receive a tropical storm, something that has never happened during my 60+ year residency in this area. News channels were telling us to prepare & showing people filling up sand bags -- A light bulb moment went off in my head, Would those tubes still work? I had one area of my house, an enclosed patio with a sliding door that always seem to collect water during downpours because my ground (soil) is so hard where I live that it takes a while for water to be absorbed into the ground.In previous rains, I'd been ok - water would build up & then absorb into ground - but those were rains where the downpour would be on & off during the day - this projected storm would be extremely heavy rain. It was heavy, water came down in sheets non-stop for hours & hours!I had taken the tubes out of the garage & put one of the tubes in front of the slider - as you can see in the picture taken after the storm - it swelled up & still worked after 5 years -- it says on the product bag the item can be reused for months - but this sat in a garage where the temperature during the summer is over 100 degrees, and it still worked & did not completely degrade & dry out.I have recently purchased some more of these so I will be prepared again; if I had any doubts about this product working, after performing during Hilary, they are gone.

I got the twin pack of two 5' bags but they worked very well. In the photo, the water puddles were from gaps further to the right; the bag I put down soaked up ALL the rain water coming in from the left gap at the door. I placed the other 5ft bag on the outside and it's MUCH bigger, soaking up quite a lot of water there, as well. This is a problem spot but one that can be remedied by getting a full 10ft bag for the outside, then using these two 5ft bags along the inside. The rain these soaked up was pretty heavy for about 3 hours or so, so they definitely did a great job. I'm about to order the 10ft bag for the outside... :)

Below is from company website FAQ. 3 star since it cannot be reused.Can I reuse them?Once the gel gets wet & activated, they will provide ongoing protection for weeks to months depending on the environment. They are not designed to be dried, put away & reused.They seem to shrink. Is that normal?Yes, as the water evaporates, they will get smaller. Over several weeks without exposure towater, Quick Dams will shrink & become crunchy. Once re-exposed to water, they will absorb & swell again.