Cons: - Their measurements are off. The bag says 8 oz. makes 6 gallons. 8 oz. makes more like 10-11 gallons when fully saturated. - They are fairly strong, but some just fall apart with a little pressurePros: - Their measurements are off. The bag says 8 oz. makes 6 gallons. 8 oz. makes more like 10-11 gallons when fully saturated. - These would be really fun with a sling shot. An 8 oz. bag would make more balls (and a lot of splatter) than you would want to shoot in a day.I had (2) 14 gallon totes and I put 1 pound of beads into the tote, and after an hour or so split the beads into the second tote, and filled with more water. When all was said and done and the beads were fully saturated, each 14 gallon tote was about 80% full of beads.En masse, these do take a long time to dehydrate, which is great in most cases, but I need my totes back...guess I'll have to dump them in the trash.I would buy again. These are fun to pour molten aluminum over to make decorations.Filled up a bath tub with these and water for an April fools prankster because you can't see them when they're still in the water. Be careful, even in winter they take ages to dry. If there is even the slightest moisture around it they will keep it. One bag is more than enough for a whole bath tub.I am very happy and satisfied! I recived my items quick, no damages.Item was just as described! ?These are amazing. Great product using this for a wedding's center piece. Just to test it out, so fart lasted 4 weeks.They were what I needed to go in vase for my wedding decorations and I received them fastGood product. Used it for new lawn. Sprinkled on dirt before installing sod.I bought this product it does work OK but their amounts are way off I bought a 1 pound bag and an only swelled up to 5 gallons not 12! I left the beeds soaking for 24 hours! I probably will not buy this product again just because of the faults advertisement and I had a deadline for this which I did not meet!!!