Aqua Crystal Expandable Gel Water Beads berry

I love these things. While they can be used as a vase display, what I found more interesting was how therapeutic they are, running your hand though a bowl of these, or just filling a food spar with them and rolling your feet in with them feels very soothing.They are also a fun thing for kids (probably kids older then 3-4) just expect to be cleaning them up after they play with them.

I bought these as a party 'gift' and some to play with for a 12 yr old boy's sleep over. Some of the lads had seen them on 'QI' and they went down A STORM. I put one packet in a large plastic cake box for 2 days to swell up before the party and let them mess around with them - you can hardly see them, especially in water in a clear glass vase or jug, and sent each boy home with a packet. They were the coolest thing and what each boy burst out of the car to tell family about (not the paintballing session, much to my husbands chagrin). Fantastic.

These certainly are an interesting product. I don't know how long they will last, but they certainly make a display of flowers more attractive and at this price a real bargain.

i love these! they are going in my centrepieces at our wedding and they can be made to any size you want, leave them the full amount of time and they absorb all the water and are big and squishy filling a bowl or vase with ease or leave them less time to make them smaller

Initial thoughts were that they were ideal for use in a vase with flowers or just as a decorative item. However, I noticed that some of the balls started to have black mould growing on them so I had to throw those away. Only a few are needed to grow to fill a vase, so a small bag is ample for several vases/bowls

Good that you can mix in with soil for slow water release. We just used in vases for family lunch. Very pretty and good for when transporting arrangements.

This is such a great little product. One bag completely fills a litre vase, I got these to use in wedding centrepieces. I tried one packet to see how long they lasted - they were completely enlarged after a few hours, but they only stayed full-sized for about 2-3 days. After that, they began to shrink. I added water and they puffed up again.A lovely, great value decorative product and I recommend the seller also.

Since buying these and mixing them in with the soil, I water my peace lily about once a month, down from about once a week - even with my dehumidifier running. 10g goes a long way. You could probably do 2 or 3 plants with 10g.