sandbags vs floodsax a side by side comparison · 2017-08-01 · sandless sandbags costly setup and...
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Sandless Sandbags
Costly Setup and Cleaning
MANY HOURS OFWORK INVOLVED
FloodSax® are lightweight
and quick to deploy
2,000 pallets of sandbags 14 pallets of Floodsax®
20,000 lbs. of sandbags = 20,000 lbs. of sandbags =
100 sandbags/pallet 2,800 FloodSax®/pallet
Enormous Warehouse RequiredCostly Equipment & Labor Involved
Less Space Required
More Geographic Area Covered Deployed from Multiple Locations
Sandbags vs FloodSax®: A Side by Side Comparison
Required Equipment
WEIGHING THE NUMBERS
Costly Heavy Equipment
Equivalence of 20,000 lbs. of Sandbags
Hundreds of Volunteers Required Less VolunteersShoveling and Carrying Sand and
Filling and Tying Bags
Protect more AreaReduce setup and cleaning
Less Resources
EASIER AND FASTERDEPLOYMENT
Old School Sandbags FloodSax® Sandless Sandbags
Labor Involved
Storage Space Involved
5,000 lbs.PER PALLET
1,440 lbs.PER PALLET
2,000 pallets of sandbags
14 pallets of FloodSax®
1 sandbag = 30 to 50 lbs.
1 FloodSax® bag = 1 lb. dry or 45 lbs. wet
Inferior Bag Materialsthat degrade overtime. Includes: burlap, cotton,
fiber, rice paper w/ cotton
Odd Shaped (Vary in Weight & Size)
Difficult to Stack
Seepage Occurs Water Passes Through
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Equivalence of 20,000 lbs of Sandbags
1,440 lbs. per pallet
5,000 lbs. per pallet
MATERIAL & Performance
Sandbags Fall Apart and Rot
Moist Sand can Carry Diseases
Cleanup is Costly($100,000–$1M+)
No Re-purposing
Up to a 10-year Shelf Life
Early Contamination Detection
Nominal Cleanup /Removal CostsEco-Friendly and Biodegradable
Reusable: Deployed Units Work Well for Erosion Control and Hydro Applications
Superior Engineered Bags White color for early
Contamination detection Durable and Long Lasting
Uniform in Size and Dimensions for Large Cubic
Area Protection
9 Sections of Absorbent Crystals for Superior Stack-ability
Powerful Flood and Liquid Barrier Protection
FLOODSAX ® SAVES TIME, MONEY, AND PROPERTY
Old School Sandbags FloodSax® Sandless Sandbags
Life Cycle & Environmental Factors:
FLOODSAXFLOODSAXFLOODSAX
200040522000405220004052
FS5RFS10RFS20R
52WP7252WP7352WP74
Brand Supplier # Mfr Model # Material #
5-Pack10-Pack20-Pack
Pack size