Praetorian AB600 Synthetic Flood Sack

This might be the greatest product since sliced bread, but my first impression is that I wasted my money. This is not what I was expecting. For $50 I was expecting something a bit more substantial. This is basically a thin sealed pillow case with what feels like 3 or 4 thin foam pads inside. I was under the impression that there were five pads included and that I could spread them around. I received no instructions. I don't have a clue how this is to be used. I received one thin sealed bag in a large Amazon box. Am I supposed to cut open up the sealed pillow case bag and take out the inside foam pieces? Do I keep it all in the sealed bag and hope for the best? From first impressions, if a person is expecting this thing to soak up a good amount of water you're going to have to buy 5 or 6 to cover even a small area. At $50 a crack, this is going to get expensive. Thought there we're supposed to be five for $50 ...if so, it appears someone in the warehouse broke open the case of 5 and sent me 1/5th of what I was supposed to receive. Sending this back to Amazon tomorrow.

We used the Praetorian flood barriers in our basement to stop the seepage from the thawing snows; every year there is at least a foot of water in our basement, we lined the inside walls with the bags; as the water slowly came in the bags absorbed and swelled to about 45 Lbs. each. They continued to form a barrier for about two weeks afterwards. We did find that the bags are not really re-usable, and bags are a bit pricey but when you leverage that against the inconvenience and the potential damage they were well worth it.