Since silica packs easily absorb moisture, they're often used to prevent mold and spoilage in packaged food and stored goods. As Ky's hack shows, you can use them to protect books on an open shelf by ...

Ever noticed the tiny small packet with little gel like granules that often come with your new pair of shoes or the new bottle? It is often discarded with the rest of the packaging. Well, to brush up ...

Ever dive deep into a bag of beef jerky and, just when you get to the good stuff, you feel like you’re chomping down on plastic? Surprise! That’s a silica gel packet. Silica gel packets are desiccants ...

Chances are, the first thing you do when you see one of those small, silica gel packets tucked in with your packages is that you simply toss it. In case you didn't know, according to Discover Magazine ...

You've probably never given much thought to silica gel packets beyond noting that they're a mild inconvenience. The tiny white packets are often included by brands in deliveries of shoes and bags - ...

You open a pack of vitamins, and there's one. You buy a new cellphone, and there's one packed in there, too. A new pair of shoes? Probably will find one or two tossed in the box. Those tiny silica gel ...

Dear Readers: You came through again! I asked for other uses for the Silica Gel Packs packaged with various products such as shoes, medicine bottles and more. The packets typically absorb and/or ...

If you drop your phone in water, experts and major manufacturers warn against using rice to dry it, instead recommending air ...

You know those little paper packs of gel beads that everything from shoes to handbags gets packaged with? As a child, I always saw their “do not eat” signs as a sign that they contained extremely ...

Chances are the first thing you do when you see one of those small, silica gel packets tucked in with your packages or items is you simply toss it. In case you didn't know, according to Discover ...