NOTCHIS 100,000 Clear Gel Beads for Vase Filler, Wedding Centerpieces and Candle Decor

Used these in gift jars. Turned out beautifully

There are a ton in the package!!

I was highly skeptical when I received the bag of water beads. They were so tiny. But I read the instructions and added water to a couple handfuls and waited 15 minutes. I used a large kitchen trash can to “grow” the beads. Glad I did too! They are noticeably larger in just that amount of time. After a couple of hours they were big and jelly like. Perfect for my decorations for wedding. Received lots of compliments on them too! Using again for a baby shower table decoration. These are really cool. However…disposal of them left me wondering if they would biodegrade. You have to try to dry them out & bag up. Problem is that water will reactivate the beads! So, environmentally speaking, I think they are an issue.

Same idea as the Orbeeze brand. My kid wanted to have her planets floating for her project. She tried it with Orbeeze she had, and it was everything she wanted. So, I tried to find more to fill the giant jar. Can't find that brand, found these. We still have a BUNCH left. Use distilled water. They are clear, but you can tell something is in there. It did not ruin the affect she was going for. She had to do it multiple times and the third she didn't remove her planets to change the water. The air bubbles are very easy to get out, she wasn't able to do it well with everything in its place. At first we used tap water and it got cloudy, caused some issues. After 3 water changes, and using distilled water, it looked great. Don't even attempt a small amount of vinegar to keep water clear... the beads dissolve

Water beads are versatile, functional in many ways

I had to fill 5 cases. I've never used these before but they are easy - they just keep swelling! We soaked these for 24 hours with the bead /water ratio given on the package. At noon the day of the event, we filled all the vases leaving about a 2" gap from the top. We added water to the top of the beads and they looked gorgeous!! As we continued getting things ready for the event, we kept noticing random gel beads here and there... they had swollen to the point that they were overflowing and spilling into the table. We drained most of the water from the vases thinking this would stop the overflow, but they kept enlarging and overflowing. We ended up having to take a lot of the beads out of the vases at the last minute and our color beads had been forced to the top of the vases being almost hidden by the floral overhang. These are really neat and pretty but I don't think the directions are accurate for use. And they are only invisible if they are covered by water.

Writing this review 3 years later because these things are amazing!! Used them in centerpieces for an event and then threw them in my garage. I found them still full of water and easily still in a perfect condition to use again.

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