Water Activated 10ft Flood Barrier, Pack of 1

I will be buying these again!! We had a flood from rain a couple weeks ago and it was unexpected and destroyed a lot. I heard we were getting a lot of rain with flooding this weekend so on Friday I ordered these and the single pack ones, they got here at 4 am, I put them around the outside of our crawl and foundation and garage doors, and 4+ inches of rain I didn't have water in the garage or coming up from my flood vents in my house because these things stopped the water!!! They are so easy, I soaked some the night before and others I didn't and they just did literally what they said they were supposed to do. With a young child and losing a lot in a recent flood and ripping up my son's playroom floor because it when I got these set up and through out the rain storm I changed them my anxiety and stress level decreased so much because this product did its job! No odor, no mess, very stable even the ones I didn't fill and I let the rain start to fill they stayed in place! Thank you I felt like my home was safe. I even have family in florida that I told them about these and they are already ordering them!

Used this to set up a place to water test a sliding door we suspected of leaking. We made a half circle around the bottom of the door and put a hose in the area. Yes! The water in that area, just in front of the door, entered the house and leaked down to the room below. This made our waterproofing decisions easier and saved us a lot of time and money. It is versatile enough to use to stop flood waters as well. Our son used it for that when the San Lorenzo River overflowed. The size and shape are useful.

I’m so glad I discovered this product! We were headed for a lot of heavy rain last winter and my slider has always been a concern for the possibility of water coming inside if it gets too high outside. I don’t have anything big enough to pre-soak the barrier so I just went ahead and placed it where I needed it, being sure to anchor it from blowing away, and let the rain provide the water for it to fully inflate. It functioned exactly as advertised and gave me such peace of mind! I left it in place for several weeks until the flood threat was over and then dragged it to the side of my patio for it to start drying out which took 2 or 3 months. Once dry, I stored it in my garage and I’ll be testing it out again this winter to see if it really is reusable. To be on the safe side, I bought a second one for back-up. I highly recommend reading through all the information so you’ll know what to expect, but I can tell you for certain that I won’t be without one of these again!

Our previous order of 2 5ft dams worked well so we ordered the 10ft dam and are satisfied with its performance in soaking up water. The only issue is that it takes soooo long to dry out - we've had it on a covered porch, out of the sun, for days and it's still drying out. So the smaller the dam, the faster the dry-out time, but for our 9ft length garage door, we needed the 10ft dam. Outside of that one issue, it does the job it was created for and kept the inside fairly flood-free. Water still got in, but the dam prevented it from damaging our walls and the wood that touches the floor. Definitely worth the price since it's reusable, just hoping it dries out before the next storm.

These work. Was try to keep water from coming thru roll up door and used them outside to redirect water flow and they worked. After rain they dry back out and easy to store. Kind of amazed how much they puffed up. I've used them several times so far and they worked every time. We do pick back up after couple days so not to beat in the sun but quality seems pretty durable.

I went against my mama's advice and purchased a house that sits slightly below street level - so naturally every time Austin gets one of it's infamous gully-washers (in between droughts) my garage would flood out, at times the water coming close to entering the house proper, even with a grated drain in front of the garage door. These dams work VERY well - and it is such a relief to not have to anxiously monitor the situation constantly when the rains hit in the middle of the night, or worse, when I am away from home. Mine lasted about a year of brutal Texas heat and remarkable rainfall (even by Austin standards) before it was clearly going to start to lose its abilities - so it's not a permanent solution, but adequate for the reasonable cost. I am just grateful that I finally discovered this product last year - a high value for the added piece of mind it offers. **Update 3/18/2015: Second dam is functioning and holding up as well as the first **Update 8/1/2017: Still coming back for these -and they still seem to be the best solution for my particular issue - but I must add that some of them do last longer than others - some of them start leaking the interior absorbent stuff sooner than others do which is more of a manufacturing issue regarding weak seams. Some of them get desiccated within a few months, but this likely has to do with higher than usual levels of rain/severe heat/ rain/severe heat/rain. You get the picture. Even so, I haven't needed to replace more than 2-3 times a year. Still a good value from my point of view. Once these have swelled up with rainwater, don't expect to be able to roll these up and move them - they are heavy and SUPER gross to touch and just need to be left where they are until completely dry. I just leave mine in place all of the time myself - it's better that way here what with crazy Texas Hill Country weather!

Let me start off by saying this is the third time I've purchased this particular brand of water dam, so so I can't knock it too much...but its not what it used to be. Our first Quick dam (17') lasted almost 2-1/2 years, and in those years there was a lot of cycling from dry to wet and back again, combined with dragging it back and forth on an asphalt driveway (we use it to stop rainwater from entering through our two-car garage door) and despite the advertising saying you can drive over it, we decided NOT to take a chance. Anyway, it finally wore out and wouldn't expand anymore, so we purchased another (17') Quick Dam hoping for another good run time-wise. Unfortunately, we immediately noticed a difference. While the product worked extremely well initially, it started losing a bit of the (cellulose?) filler through the bottom stitching/seams which help create the "foot" of the dam. We attributed this loss to the newer style sewing/stitchwork when compared to the original. This slow loss went on for the duration of the Spring/Summer/Fall seasons which left us with a minimally usable product at the end of the year. We chalked it up to maybe getting a "bad one" off the production line, and purchased three more (including these two) because its a cheap investment in protection against water damage (for us). We bought 2 -10' Dams and a 17', because we wanted to try simply moving 1 10' section instead of our usually having to move/flip-back 1/2 of a 17' dam in front of the garage door. The 17' is still in its pack, unused, because we are using the 2 10' dams to provide a wider coverage area. Bottom line, aside from the difference in widths of the Quick Dams is that there is still an issue of the product losing its filler. I've attached a photo showing the loss of fill (white material in seam of dam) after the dam's first use. There is NOT a substantial amount of fill lost, and while some loss may be expected, after just a half dozen dry/wet/dry cycles its already not as "full" and doesn't block the water as well as when new. I can only attribute this to the product having less absorbent material inside after each use. The product does work, and works pretty well, I was just hoping for a longer product life span. For the money its a good product against preventing water damage, its just not as good as it used to be...

This works great. Eliminated my water problem and diverted water away from foundation. Will use again!

Does what it says on the bag. Easy to put down and stays in place once wet. It's protected my front door from the recent downpours and reduced splash up from passing traffic. Definitely worth the cost. States it's reusable in that once it's fully dried up, it can be stored away - yet to see if that will be the case, as will be leaving down until after winter. It's not brash or intrusive so no problem leaving out to be prepared for 'just in case' moments. Would probably recommend buying a slightly larger size than you think you'll need

Sirve muy bien para detener el paso del agua. En mi caso compré uno muy largo pero me ha servido fenomenal.

This is a must have during floods great for doorways & windows or to direct water to another direction

These work great! Take a long time to dry out and easy to.stack if needed. I ordered 1 (10 ft) to test and was awesome! So I immediately ordered another the day the 1st one arrived. I paid $32.99+ each. Less than a day after I ordered, they went down to $20 on Sale! and I hadn't even received mine yet. What a bummer:( This isn't a complaint against the product but is frustrating. So, I will order a 3rd now, on Sale. But I would have ordered 4 or 5 if I had the $20 sale.

Lengthwise it is useful Can have some more breadth to it