Shark Tank Season 15 Episode 2 StormBags Sandless Sandbags

[@SharkTankProduct]

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[@17.5tye_banz]

Who's here after seeing a KZbin short

[@thedivide3688]

@@17.5tye_banz Nobody because this is 1978 technology and a product similar to the “stormbag” was invented in 2004…and other countries have been using SAP for similar purposes for decades now.

[@Richard1976]

Me

[@carlosnevarez4003]

Me 😂🤣

[@lander77477]

me

[@ASMRlifeFR]

Count me

[@tonystank_kick]

Love that 2 heavy set dudes made this because they definitely hated shoveling sand 😂

[@Tomtaylor7337]

😂😂😂😂

[@Tomtaylor7337]

Do they look like they wanna lift anything? 😂 that’s how they stay in shape 😂

[@amanstaaaa280]

@@Tomtaylor7337ye a lot of fat people lift, exercise doesnt do much for losing weight at all.

[@thatbuckmulligan]

Please, just say fat.

[@Unruly11]

@@amanstaaaa280exercise is literally the way to lose weight.. lifting heavy isn't the only form of exercise..

[@dakota825]

Don't let the army see this

[@OriginalLonelygstar]

You beat me to it 😅😅😅

[@Chris-em1bc]

Chico California lol

[@Rolluphim]

Why wouldn’t they? They would probably get a contract

[@steezyxx]

@@Rolluphimyeah sure bro lmao

[@daltonhayhurst8501]

If you think some random person came up with an idea the military hasn’t already done 60 years ago you need to go back to school.

[@bowhuntingg9268]

Are you telling me that if I'm hauling 1000 dry bags in my pick up truck and got into rain, that's gonna fuck up my truck in 5 minutes? 😅😅😅

[@chinchillamdgamer]

No because they come sealed hehe 😅ok WATERPROOF packaging :)

[@rldabomb33]

this might be the best prank ever

[@MichaelB769]

Yeah probably don't do that

[@bt.c.1829]

I finally got mine! This week may see them put to the test!🤞🤞🤞🤞👍👍👍👍

[@abeadklate]

Does it floats?

[@Uchiha-956]

What did you think fo them?

[@33alltheway14]

Did it work?

[@bt.c.1829]

No,it's a heavy sandbag.

[@bt.c.1829]

My area did not flood. Good thing. I laid them out in the pattern I'd use. As a senior I'll have to figure out how to lift it from the water container & place it where I need it. I like that they're flat until needed. I store them under the couch,next to the front door. It took me a year to dispose of my old sandbags from the prior years water intrusion.

[@wellthen.......9384]

Texas needs to hire these guys around the clock for their storms

[@sethwiley7839]

Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) are not biodegradable and can cause environmental problems. You really want them to be around your house. It’s safe but now all the toxins are in are water.

[@goddessxyri]

I saw this from the short but coming. Here I feel like they are truly selling themselves short

[@rhpmike]

Answering some questions: Mark and Lori invested. $200k for 30%, making the business worth 667k rather than the $2mm valuation they sought. Mark wanted to sell them for about $10 each; Kevin thought they were competing with free products. They currently sell for between $7.50 and $9 a bag in increments of 10-25. They can be reused a couple of times. There are other products on the market that are similar, like quick dam.

[@RobbTheHobb]

Doesn't look like they'd seal as well as sandbags. Sandbags will conform to each other, I noticed holes in their wall.

[@kaushala1988]

That's for ventilation sneak peaks. Basics

[@carpevinum8645]

Had the same thought. Mistake that a lot of people make is over filling sandbags so that they don't confirm.

[@ferv888]

Plus sand is heavier than water, water will just wash these water weight bags away

[@dwatts64]

I have three major questions, and depending on the answers it might be worth it: 1: It weighs 30 pounds, but since much of that weight is water, is it buoyant in water? It won't do much good for keeping storm waters at bay and things that normal sandbags do it out will just float away if the water gets high. 2: is it dense enough to stop bullets or major flying debris in a storm? That's a huge benefit of sandbags. 3: when it's filled with water, how long will it be a useful "sandbag" in the sun before it loses enough water to go back to being a useless bag of gel beads again?

[@TheeAriaLee]

Responding to question #2... where do you live that during a storm you gotta worry about someone 1st degree murdering your sandbags?

[@AbdulrehmanAkram-ib2wg]

​@TheeAriaLee it's not abt during the storm he's talking bout using bags for.cover in war

[@s..a893]

​@@TheeAriaLeethe military are a big purchase of sand bags

[@Woo.f32]

The whole point of sandbags is the way sand reacts. Who’s to say this will create a seal between air and water

[@deadplthebadass21]

Some people use sandbags just to weigh things down... It doesn't need to seal if the only thing you want is the weight

[@MichaelB769]

Something tells me they made sure it would do that before they got to this point

[@storkshot]

Anyone else guessing these bags have the same absorbent material used in baby diapers?

[@nazzy_t]

My thought exactly

[@charisetros5590]

I'm here because I watched the episode originally and wanted to know if it still existed!👍

[@javilo2797]

Damn this is good bro

[@Mm.2112]

Is it bulletproof? If yes then this thing is Nobel prize level of genius

[@ktm1125]

I'm pretty sure you don't have a clue what the noble prize even is about. 💀

[@Mm.2112]

@@ktm1125 It’s a metaphor my guy so chill

[@zachgordon99]

@@ktm1125actually I think that’s you

[@renzian1845]

it's mainly for flood so...

[@wencymiguelhidalgo622]

It's used for to protect homes not for the army This is comment is like Mr whose the boss dropping a phone in a 6 story building for a "stress test"

[@SteelDown]

1 does it actually stop water ? 2 how do you dispose of it when the storm is over ?

[@Dragon-hb1yq]

1.yes 2. You cannot turn it back to bag

[@SteelDown]

@@Dragon-hb1yq Idk, seems it would start to allow water flow once fully absorbed.

[@ferv888]

1 no. It's basically the same weight as water, water as high as 1 feet is already a threat to this. These will get flooded away by water. DO NOT BUY

[@danielcombs19]

These have been around for 20 years why did it take so long to become successful?

[@thedivide3688]

1978 was when SAP superabsorbent polymers was invented. It took 20 years for the stormbag to be successful because they no longer have to pay patent royalties for the polymer. It’s the same stuff in diapers, water gel beads, woman’s tampon/maxi-pads nothing new here…they just threw some crystals in a burlap bag and called it an invention.

[@TheTNK97]

Military is gonna be inquiring on this one

[@johnbailey6533]

So, the wall thats built on stage has big holes all over the place… it definitely doesn’t look water tight

[@kaydnburns5935]

Because it’s almost like they’re not wet and the product is only effective when it’s wet lol

[@masterqueef1172]

They are only displaying pieces filled with cotton or some other type of lightweight filling. There are about 60 bags there. If each bag is 30lbs, then thats 1800lbs. I doubt production would let them put that on their stage. Plus, it would take forever to set up and take down.

[@chinchillamdgamer]

Dude it’s a stage wall I’m sure they filled those with something, they didn’t get them wet!!! Hehe 😂

[@biancamunoz9719]

From CHICO, CA Baby!!!

[@ChicoCAGuy]

Crazy. I swear the dad has a Maine accent.

[@jackbynum2460]

What happe s when it dries back out

[@Dragon-hb1yq]

Nothing its stsys in same volume becomes light and od you water it it Will ne spunge again

[@Piry2000]

I had to see this after that KZbin short

[@MarcG7424]

Here after Hurricane Milton

[@TUD22141]

i can see the military contract coming

[@thedivide3688]

@@TUD22141 Old technology…similar product been out since 2004. This is 1978 technology. The only invention was the word “Stormbag”

[@SMitchell91090]

So my question is….what if the storm comes with wind? Wouldn’t these just blow away? These only for calm windless storms?because idk how many of those happen

[@sophis9453]

You wet them before the flood

[@GFXBUILDS]

If you're preparing for a storm, you'd water it before hand or stack with rocks/weight. Strings and stakes are also options.

[@yokaibyte2133]

What is the stopping power vs bullets? It might be useful to the military.

[@ZeginMakesMusic]

Can you stack them first during a rain and have a wall just rise out of the Earth?

[@justbikewatch]

Dude, that was invented years ago, but with a different name-diaper. My son's diaper is also 30 times heavier when he wakes up. 😅

[@walterlavilla7074]

Love it❤

[@Rudest2]

No military contract here I doubt its practical in combat water is very important in combat alongside its cheaper to get a sand bag and have someone fill it up than this

[@louismufasa]

How much water do you need ?

[@user-oc7uu8ss1x]

Did they invest or not

[@kurdishboy504]

So i have to add 29 pound of water

[@cesds2105]

Is it biodegradable?

[@nidhoggr4308]

dosn´t really look like it would hold up the water

[@nocomment3866]

In short it's a diaper. And diaper floats on water

[@TheKomenter]

How much volume of water does it take to make those 30 pounds? A gallon weights ≈ 10 lbs, I wonder how much gallons it needs to generate 30lbs. Also, is easier to transport sand than water….

[@CriIp]

could be a chemical reaction of something inside the bag mixing with water, (I have not seen this episode, just guessing)

[@condor07uk]

3gals by ur calculation, weight do not appear out of nowhere

[@TheKomenter]

@@CriIp it’s just the same absorber polymer that is use in diapers. The problem with this is that when it gets wets it’ll have the same density as water, so it will be dragged out if the water reaches the up in a flood.

[@TheKomenter]

@@condor07uk no, because you lose water during the process, so it will need to absorb more than 30lbs. I asked them and they told me 40lbs of water will make it reach the 30lbs of diaper absorbent polymer.

[@condor07uk]

@@TheKomenter i was talking theoretically, and a bit sarcastically

[@dhuddhul]

Full video?

[@sebastianb.4929]

How can I short this sucker?

[@rdoubleod2086]

If it's less dense than water it will just float away

[@DominicCunningham-n8m]

Umm, wouldn't the water have to be in the bag? Plus, when the water drys, does it go back to normal?😂

[@TRVPHAUS]

dude says "very cool" before anything is even happening... lol..

[@Uchiha-956]

Has anyone actually bought these?

[@33alltheway14]

Someone in the comment said they did I was wonder the same thing

[@machonsote918]

Another "Just add water" product.

[@amyamos3017]

genius

[@Aaron_Scissorhands]

The problems with this is that 1- every sand bag I've ever had has developed rips or holes over time. They still hold up because it's sand and doesn't come out too easily. So what happens when these bags get a hole in them? They will empty out almost immediately. Also, of/when SHTF then sand or dirt will be much easier to come by than water. That's for sure. I think I'll pass.

[@aarondrossart6026]

I think the thought is that you lay them out in case a flood happens. It's certainly interesting. I'd be curious to see how they work in reality

[@kosaveli6668]

Although I think this storm bag idea is garbage, because it won't conform like sand does. But in their defence, the water wouldn't leak out because it's an absorbing material, think of it like a giant baby diper in a bag

[@thedivide3688]

@@aarondrossart6026 Similar product been in use for decades. This product is not new…It’s 1978 technology. It’s used in diapers, pet pads, women’s feminine pads. A product under a different name doing the same thing since 2004.

[@sethwiley7839]

Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) are not biodegradable and can cause environmental problems. Do you really want the stuff in diapers all around your house. Don’t drink the water after.

[@CityStarrzz]

But it won’t do shit against bullets

[@KasaunJames-r4s]

😮

[@grahamcracker659]

looks like they swallowed some sandbags

[@TRVPHAUS]

dude these one minute videos suck...

[@onlydalordknowz2745]

Nerds