Quick Dam Water Activated 10ft Flood Barrier, Reusable Water Absorbers for Diverting Water, Protects from Rain, Spills, Leaks, Floods & More, - Pack of 8

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!

Used during hurricane worked very well. Had problems getting them dried out, but who cares they helped keep water intrusion out of the house so they served the purpose. I just bought some more. Better than having to lug sand bags around IMO.

Works really well!

I moved to this house two years ago after having a condo that the kitchen on the outer wall side had to be gutted because water seep into the wall from bad sloping issues outside. I've noticed since I've been here that water gets up against the wall outside my front door. Who knows how many years it's been doing this? I started getting a broom type squeegee and trying to pull all the water out away from the wall. That's where these just came in and I didn't need to hydrate it to start it because there's so much water under there. First I pulled the water away from the wall and then set these in place. I just placed it yesterday so time will tell. Not sure if it's good to keep these against the wall since they are moist? Anyhow if necessary I will put a sheet of plastic against the wall as well. If it keeps water from destroying the whole wall like what happened to my kitchen it's more than worth the price you pay for this!

I bought this for my garage entry that is a detached garage for a home built in the 1920s where the driveway is a little bit higher than the garage floor. It works like magic and keeps water out of my garage.

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.

These are for everyone who is tired of rain seeping in your basement. They work! They dry out nicely and continue to keep going to stop the water in your basement during heavy rainstorms.

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...

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

L’ho testato per la prima volta ieri sera, in occasione di un nubifragio senza precedenti. Ebbene funziona, si espande a contatto con l’acqua e crea una barriera efficace. Non è economico, ma oltre ad essere pratico e semplice da usare, protegge dagli allagamenti

Lengthwise it is useful Can have some more breadth to it

Holds the water well!Full ratings for this product .

Bien reçu