Sandbags vs. Flood Bags
Which Option is Right For Your Flood Protection Needs?
Choosing the right flood protection can be tricky, but understanding a few key variables can help guide your decision. Garrison™ Flood Control offers a complete line of flood protection solutions to combat almost any type of weather issue.
Are you looking to create a dike or levee? Do you need to protect your home from rising waters and flood damage? Are you just looking to provide ballast to weight down a temporary fence or piece of equipment? At Garrison, we offer high quality sandbags for all types of applications and ship both small quantities and bulk bales, palletized shipments, truckloads, and containers worldwide.
When comparing Garrison Sandbags to our Minnow™ water activated gel filled flood bag, the information below can help you choose the product that meets your needs.
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Gel Filled Flood Bags
Garrison’s Minnow™ Bags are water activated gel filled alternatives to traditional sandbags.
Simply expose Minnow Bags to water and watch them swell to nearly 40lbs of flood protection. Leave the hassle and strenuous labor of filling sandbags behind and stay protected from flooding using Minnow sandless sandbags.
• No required outside fill
• Easily deployed and activated within minutes
• Allows for stacking to achieve taller protection heights
• Compact storage versus traditional filled sandbags
• Long shelf-life allows you to stay prepared
• Non-hazardous and non-toxic inner material
• Inner material is completely biodegradable
• Great for short term flood control applications
• Simple disposal once finished
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Traditional Sandbags
Garrison™ Sandbags are a trusted method of flood protection, ideal for municipalities, businesses and homeowners looking for an economical solution to flood protection. Sand bags are ideal for users with the ability to procure, fill and deploy the necessary amount of sandbags for a flood threat. Sandbags are cost effective but require more time and resources.
• Cost effective option to protect against flood threats
• Fill bags using sand and standard shovels
• Durable woven and seamed construction with tied included.
• Unlimited shelf life when unfilled and packed.
• UV protected for longer life
• Ideal long term flood mitigation solution
• Great for dikes, dams, levees and perimeter protection
• Significant force protection capabilities
One standard pallet holds either 60 filled sandbags or 1200 deflated Minnow™ bags. While empty sandbags require sand fill, Minnow™ bags just need to be exposed to water.
