The Integra Dry Bucket Drying Room Desiccant Pulls Moisture One Way Only
A drying room that will not come down is a scheduling problem before it is anything else. Dehumidifiers handle the bulk of it, and then there are corners, low spots and full racks where the air simply sits. This is a passive answer to that. A 5-gallon bucket holds 30 desiccant packs in sealed liner bags, set out around a room rather than hung. The chemistry is calcium chloride, which absorbs up to 158% of its own weight in moisture. Integra sizes it at roughly 5 g of desiccant per cubic foot of enclosed space. Service life runs 50 days or more depending on how hard the room is working.
Desiccant for Drying Rooms, and the Line It Will Not Cross
The boundary here matters more than the capacity does. This is a one-way desiccant: it absorbs moisture and never gives any back. It is not a humidity pack and will not hold a room at a number. It also will not absorb below 50% RH, which is a deliberate floor rather than a failure. Below that point it simply stops, so it cannot over-dry a room the way a machine can. That makes it a partner to a dehumidifier rather than a replacement, and it is genuinely useful in the places air movement never reaches. The packs are spent when they have taken what they can, and they are replaced rather than dried out and reused. For anything that needs to hold a setpoint instead of pulling moisture out, a two-way Boost pack is the right tool.
Key Features
- Absorb-Only Chemistry: Takes moisture out and holds it, so it cannot feed humidity back into a room mid-dry.
- 158% Absorption Capacity: Each pack takes on more than its own weight in water before it is finished.
- 50% RH Absorption Floor: The packs stop working below 50% RH, so an unattended room cannot be over-dried.
- 30 Packs Per 5 Gallon Bucket: Sealed in liner bags inside the pail, so unopened packs stay dormant between harvests.
- 5 g Per Cubic Foot Sizing: A published rate you can size a room against instead of guessing at pack count.
- 50 Days or More of Protection: Long enough to cover a full dry and hold a room between runs in light duty.
- Non-Toxic, No Hazardous Materials: Spent packs go out with ordinary waste, with no reclaim procedure to manage.
- Sealed Liner Bags: Packs stay dormant inside the pail, so opening the bucket does not start the whole stock.
- Distributed Placement: Packs get set out around the space, so dead corners get covered along with the middle.
- No Power or Drain Line: Works in rooms where running a dehumidifier and its condensate line is impractical.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Product Class | One-way desiccant (absorb only) |
| Product Line | Integra Dry |
| Form Factor | 5-gallon bucket holding sealed liner bags of desiccant packs |
| Configuration | 5-gallon bucket holding 30 desiccant packs in sealed liner bags |
| Desiccant Chemistry | Calcium chloride based desiccant |
| Moisture Absorption Capacity | Up to 158% of its own weight |
| Lower Humidity Limit | Will not absorb below 50% RH |
| Sizing Rate | Approximately 5 g of desiccant per cubic foot of enclosed space |
| Service Life | 50 days or more of moisture protection, depending on room load |
| Deployment | Packs are set out around the room; this format does not hang |
| Secondary Effect | Helps reduce ambient moisture and odors |
| Safety | Non-toxic, contains no hazardous materials |
| Disposal | Disposable as normal waste |
| Odor | None |
| Manufacturer | Integra by Desiccare, Inc. |
| SKU | SNDBUCKET |
Is the Integra Dry Bucket the Same as a Boost Humidity Pack?
No. Boost packs are two-way and hold a set RH inside a sealed jar. These are absorb-only and pull moisture out of an open room.
How Many Packs Does a Drying Room Need?
Size at roughly 5 g of desiccant per cubic foot of enclosed space. Measure the room volume first, then divide by the pack weight.
Can This Over-Dry a Room?
No. Absorption stops at 50% RH, which is why these get left unattended over a weekend without someone checking a hygrometer hourly.
Does It Replace a Dehumidifier?
In a small sealed room, often yes. In a commercial dry pulling a heavy water load, treat it as a supplement that covers corners and dead air.