Amazing Water Absorbing Polymer Beads -Slo Mo

[davidangelmorin]

where can i buy the from

[AlbanAC10]

they brake easy i have held them before

[Esoremada]

I want to eat them

[alaphonse331]

One question have you tried to see if the solid polymer separates salt form water?

[773steve]

how to make this?

[viila5]

Like bar: your penis. Dislike bar: justin biber's penis.

[lkabird]

not the best , but good slowmo, what camera?

uprez'd 480?

[Nirvana87]

Beautiful video :) What is the song called?

[TimeSplittersHD]

When i get into water i don't get bigger :(

[SHExxLIKESxxBARINAS]

@TimeSplittersHD can't tell if trolling

or just stupid

[TimeSplittersHD]

@SHExxLIKESxxBARINAS umm just stupid

[cellbuddies2000]

is anyone else here because of idigthemullet?

[taofledermaus]

@cellbuddies2000 What is idigthemullet? Always interesting how people find my videos!

[cellbuddies2000]

@taofledermaus well, its kind of a long story. theres this guy called thecomputernerd01 who does parodies and random videos. he has a second channel called joshrocksguitarhero where he does vlogs and bloopers from his main channel. and a few months ago he got a third channel called idigthemullet. in one of his videos, he bought a kiddie pool but before he put the water in he poured in a jar of deco beads. he didnt really show what they did, so i was curious and i came here.

[taofledermaus]

@cellbuddies2000 Ah gotcha.  The package I bought was like a koolaid package. A whole jar would have probably filled that pool.

[cellbuddies2000]

@taofledermaus it was about the size of a small peanutbutter jar, not too much bigger.

[megabappel]

@cellbuddies2000

lol i just watch the deco beeds one of the idigthemullet and i wondered wht they were actually made for....nothing

[cellbuddies2000]

@taofledermaus hope i didnt confuse you.

[megabappel]

@cellbuddies2000

me lol

[OmgItsTotallyMe123]

Where can I get them?:

[taofledermaus]

@OmgItsTotallyMe123 Try a hardware store, gardening store, maybe a wedding supply store.

[SIDETRACKEDpenguin]

when i figured out about this my friends and i pegged people with these but then we got ISS for a week cuz we hit the noon duty on accident

[therewillbepain]

Those are freaking amazing! I want some!

[JoeDizzle15]

put them in a paintball gun! That would be sooo cool!

[moonlightwater123]

@JoeDizzle15 They actually have a paintball gun for orbeez, it's called xploders.

[akmv3]

WOW, amazing stuff 0.0

[darkangelsaby]

i have the multi colored ones and me and my cousins call them water babbies

[starstar331]

THE HORROR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[phukemonster]

hmnnnn.... its a diaper material for babies

[TheWewanater]

mmmmmmmmm caviar

[Blockization]

They look like they're made of contact lenses.

[gotshirts2ink]

Awesome quality video

What kind of video camera?

[taofledermaus]

@gotshirts2ink I used a Casio EX-F1 for all the shots. Thanks for the nice words.

[iiTory]

Now i know what happened to nemos brothers and sisters.

[MrCookiemafia]

Ja Tao die teile haben wir schon seit monaten daheim für die blumenvasen genutzt damit die blumen wasser kriegen und es gut aussieht^^

[Cakeries]

hey i love these things. if you put them on a hot fring pan they jump around and make hissing noises

[Xprez308]

Try this: Get some smokeless gunpowder and som acetone, Putt some gunpowder in a sealed container, add some acetone. Leave until the gunpowder is dissolved (you may have to stir to get all dissolved). Then, soak those beads in THAT and lite them on fure.. ;D

[thedothedew]

Interesting... looks similar to the compound used in those super bounce balls, only a lot softer. Definitely cool though.

[TechSmack]

shoot one of them

[BorntoskateJr]

slomo?

[taofledermaus]

@BorntoskateJr That's short for slow motion.

[BorntoskateJr]

@taofledermaus isn't it a time lapse tho?

[billhaley1868]

breast implants for labrats!

[TheHiddenPart]

@MrAirgunlover I wouldn't advise about eating them.

Altough they're great for keeping your indoor plants wet.

[TheHiddenPart]

TAOFLEDERMAUS:

The World Is a Playground.

Can I say they look like bouncing b00bs?

[taofledermaus]

@TheHiddenPart  Double D's for Barbie? Lol, thanks for stopping by!

[ryukenosuke]

I think it's time to turn your air cannon into a deco-bead shotgun. ^_^

[natofyelsew]

or try them in a paintball gun

[natofyelsew]

shoot them with the pellet gun. its cool.

[yevgenz]

Watching your videos is just like science fiction or Diiscovery channel, thank you.

[4it0r]

I didnt even know that these beads can bounce so well. Clear ones are really freaky when they are in water. Can't see them at all and the cup looks just like it's full of water. Just a little request, could you take loads of these beads (with many different colors) and put them in a bowl and then blow them up.

[CasioEXF1Freak]

Very interesting video. I don't think I've ever seen beads like that before, at least not around here.

[SlaveZero1234]

Great video Jeff!

They look fun to play with...

[taofledermaus]

@SlaveZero1234 Thanks Jeff. I believe I filmed all this around 3am on one of my nights off. I was going to just do a time lapse of the beads swelling up but they took about 6 hours to get to full size. Then I discovered how well they bounced!

[1992bwalker]

wher did u get them from i want some so bad

[taofledermaus]

@1992bwalker I got them at our local hardware store. Look for "Deco Beads".  They come in about 5 different colors and a little pack is a couple of bucks.

[1992bwalker]

@taofledermaus cheers :)

[mrbadx19]

nice SMD lighting, i just put those in the brake lights of my car, now see what you started...do those beads lose hydration? and now you have to fashion a barrel to shoot them from with your cannon! .625 is an odd size, 1/2" sch 40 pvc is .560, LOL, ain't i a troublemaker?

[taofledermaus]

@mrbadx19 Yeah, the beads will shrink back down. They are around 3/8" now. Not sure if they will get back down to their original size. They are nearly the same size as a paintball, but I think they will blow into piece if you tried to shoot them out of anything

[LegendaryWaterBottle]

That was soooo cool. I watch whole video :)

[taofledermaus]

@LegendaryWaterBottle Thanks!

[scarleth98]

c est utilise dans les couches ,je crois!!!

merci

[metalhead2508]

can you eat them?

[taofledermaus]

@metalhead2508 They are non toxic. I guess you can... lol

[NaplesSwampRat]

that was cool, before i read the description i thought that they were some do-it-yourself bath beads

[fia2322]

Do something epic with heat and paintballs.

Dont care what

JUST DO IT (insert nike check here)

[DasBulk]

Wouldn't this be more like time lapse?

[taofledermaus]

@DasBulk Just the beginning is time lapse and I cropped out most of the 45 minutes of footage I shot. The rest of the video is 600 and 1200 frames/second high speed.

[DasBulk]

@taofledermaus Hah yeah. I noticed that after I posted. lol

[z3160200]

Use them for airsoft

[theKaarvaag1]

They look soo tasty!!! :(

[gunrobot]

so cool!

[weaponeer]

Now the question is do they absorb gasoline? And if they do, how do they look when burning in slow mo? bb form of napalm.. lol

[taofledermaus]

@weaponeer I might soak some in vodka and see if that will work. Gasoline, not sure, will try that too.

[stfuBUDDY]

anyone else get the urge to shove these up their asses and or swallow them? or just me?

[taofledermaus]

@stfuBUDDY  LOL

[monkeyslaye]

Wow, that's so neat! Never seen this kind of thing before... Awesome video once again, Taofledermaus!

[taofledermaus]

@monkeyslaye These beads come in a bunch of different colors too. I think it was $2 for a pack and I only used about 1/4 of them. The whole pack is supposed to make 1/2 gallon or so of finished balls. I was thinking of putting them in the dry areas of my lawn.

[bjornalewulf]

No! How many have to die?!?!?

[taofledermaus]

@redzebra94 They got to 5/8" but on the instructions they say if you use distilled water they will get bigger. I'm trying to see if they will shrink back down after drying out. Might take weeks...

[spenfisher2]

shoot one with a pellet and shoot a paint ball to

[MegaGevehr]

Very cool!

What would happen if I swalled a cup full of those beads?

[taofledermaus]

@MegaGevehr They are supposed to be non-toxic. You'll probably plug up your whole digestive system... Now why the hell would you even THINK of eating them? lol

[thinkbeforespeaking]

2:24 is so awesomely brilliant!

[taofledermaus]

@thinkbeforespeaking I wasn't sure if I should have even uploaded this video.. lol

[thinkbeforespeaking]

@taofledermaus I am very happy that you did.

I saw some of these at my local fair and was really tempted to purchase some, but sadly I did not.

[coronadopballer]

@taofledermaus I hope this isnt the last time I see the word 'PAINTBALL' in one of your videos! :D This is pretty amazing stuff!!! I want to go and buy some of those :P

[thekingofHar95]

@taofledermaus no good thing you did, this video is AMAZING!

[cupcupculpable]

cool lighting in shot ~2:46

[taofledermaus]

@cupcupculpable Thanks!

[007tallguy]

i laughed when it got stuck on the razor blade, lol.

i was hoping you would zoom right in on the one in the very end of the vid for that "fish eye" effect. every thing looked so clear in it as it was! cool stuff. :)

as for using it for paint ball ammo... i don't think i'd want to get hit with it, lol.

[taofledermaus]

@007tallguy I think they are too fragile to shoot out of paintball gun. Probably just spray out.

[0adireita]

thats how paint ball munition is made XD

[mpoT3CHY]

That is so awesome> I never knew polymer could swell up like that. Imagine a polymer bead the size of a beach ball, then, putting it in a pool for 3 hours... hugh jass gelatin bouncing thing... then roll it down a street.

[taofledermaus]

@mpoT3CHY That would be cool, or put a few of them in a public fountain as a joke. People would freak out!

[mpoT3CHY]

@taofledermaus Hey, if you have time, do a ratio of my idea.

clay bead/bead growth x beach ball/ball growth

Let ball growth be X in the equation. You'll need to find the beach ball diameter and bead diameter and diameter of bead after it has swolen. Paper due at the end of class. lol

[taofledermaus]

@mpoT3CHY Well,  let's say the beachball was 2.5 feet in diameter, the think would swell to 17 feet. 2.5mm to 17mm is the measurements I got of the beads.

[mpoT3CHY]

@taofledermaus 17 feet, Jesus! Thats almost 2 stories high!

[Jeffzpimp]

i wanna bite one so bad

[taofledermaus]

@Jeffzpimp Maybe if you soak them in vodka ... wait... there's an idea!

[Grimripper]

This reminds me of the "beads" my younger cousin was using :D

[007tallguy]

@Grimripper lol, o--kaaayyy... haha.

[stfuBUDDY]

@Grimripper the anal beads?

[Grimripper]

@stfuBUDDY I dunno it looks chrome like and linked like the tiny beads on a keychain

But she stuck it up her hoohoo not the Wazoo

[grogyboy20]

ok now i feel like this is wat they use to make paint balls.....but im most likely wrong