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DuneCraft Super Snow 100 gram Jar

(5 customer reviews)

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See the snow sensation blanketing the nation. Super Snow has been featured in Family Fun Magazine, on the CBS Early Show, Good Morning America and much more. Simply stir the powder into water and watch it turn into fluffy, sparkling, shiny snow. Super Snow lasts for weeks, is totally reusable and looks like real snow.
Product Dimensions (inches): 2.8 (L) x 2.8 (W) x 2.3 (H)
Age: 4 years and up

List Price:	$13.19
Our Price:	$7.95
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Product Details

Product Length:	2.75 inches
Product Width:	2.75 inches
Product Height:	2.4 inches
Product Weight:	0.2 pounds
Package Length:	2.7 inches
Package Width:	2.7 inches
Package Height:	2.2 inches
Package Weight:	0.25 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 5 reviews

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Short name: Super Snow 100 Gram Jar
Dunecraft Brand of Products
Typical Use: Instructional Materials / Science / Earth Science

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 2.5

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16 of 17 found the following review helpful:

Buy the Steve Spangler version... Dec 04, 2007 By Brian Fuchs
Who would have thought there was two types of "instant snow"? This stuff is manufactured by Dunecraft, and the other is manufactured by Steve Spangler Science. Is there a difference? You betcha! Although they are both superabsorbent polymers, they yield incredibly different results.

The Dunecraft version is the same powder found in disposable baby diapers. Sounds great - after all they swell up to a huge degree. Well, ya know how the diaper feels really squishy as you take it to the trash can? That's the polymer becoming the consistency of fine-grained tapioca pudding. The Dunecraft snow crystals swell to very large globules of trapped water - nothing like real snow. When you try to form a snowball, most of it sticks to your hands. In fact, you'll be picking these globules off your hands, arms and clothes for hours to come.

The Spangler version looks identical to Dunecraft in it's dry form. But when it's wet, it remains dry-feeling even though it's filled with water. The expanded crystals much more closely resemble flakes. The consistency is light and fluffy, yet you can still compress the stuff into a ball - just to a lesser degree as the ball will want to fall apart. Best of all - your hands will come away flake-free.

If my descriptions don't convince you, let's compare the formula for each vendor's snow, per their own instructions:

Dunecraft: "Mix 1/2 teaspoon Super Snow with 8 ounces of water"
Spangler: "Mix 1/2 teaspoon of Insta-Snow with 1 ounce of water"

Both products swell to 100 times their size, and will therefore end up filling the same volume. The container with the Dunecraft snow will weigh half a pound from all that water. The container with Spagler will weigh 1/8 as much (i.e. light and fluffy).

Let's also compare the instructions once the water is added...
Dunecraft: "Stir and continue to stir until snow forms. You must stir for at least 20-30 seconds to see the snow magically appear from the slush." That's straight from the bag. The "snow" they are referring to is a larger version of...slush.
And Spangler? Well, just Google Insta-Snow and you'll eventually find demonstration videos. You literally pour a tiny bit of water on a small mound of crystals and the snow appears in a second or two. You CAN stir for a more dramatic reaction, but you don't need to.

I'm not a shill for Spangler. Both companies put out good products. The Dunecraft snow is a little cheaper than Spangler, but the difference is huge. Go with Insta-Snow - you won't regret it.

By the way, both products are re-usable; they return to a small crystal form when the water evaporates. The Dunecraft takes several WEEKS to do so at low humidity (after all it holds 8 times the water). The Spangler takes several days to fully dry. You will see the volume diminish every morning until there's just crystals. You will need to stir the Dunecraft version every day, as the top will form a hard shell trapping the moisture underneath. Once you stir it up, much of the slush will want to stick to your spoon. Kids may enjoy the Dunecraft version simply because it's messy and feels gross. Parent's will love the Spangler version because it's not. But I promise that kids will really get a kick out of seeing snow literally erupt from a pile of dust - that's the magic of Spangler. Remember, Dunecraft is exactly what you find in a disposable diaper - which wasn't designed to be re-used (believe me, I tried....but that's another story)

8 of 8 found the following review helpful:

Extremely disappointing Dec 13, 2007 By Kate Moore
I've used 'pretend' snow in Story Time for 3 years, this year I purchased 'Super Snow' thinking that it would be the same as the products I've used in the past.

It's not...it's NOTHING like Insta Snow. Yeah you add water and it expands, but what you end up with is basically clumps of white rubber. It may look a little bit like snow, but it's not fluffy, it's not white and it doesn't get cold.

I'm trying to give kids in the desert an understanding of snow. Other years I've had to take it away to get them to stop playing with it. This year they dropped the stuff and started trying to wipe it off their fingers.

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

I got the wrong kind of snow :( Dec 22, 2007 By Mona Osman "zolwica"
As another reviewer mentioned that there is another type of snow that is much better - insta-snow.

Though I was disappointed with this snow, but my daughter still loved it. I put it in a large container and she had fun playing with it.

I have no idea how this could be reusable, but I guess for a while it can be re-moistened a bit.

I went ahead and bought the insta-snow and boy the difference was huge.

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

Pretty fun Jan 24, 2007 By Faery Fyre "Your Muse Personified"
We really enjoyed this. Having moveda about 2 years ago from a more northern state, we have missed having snow during the holidays. The little one was thrilled to see a pile of snow on our back porch when she woke up to open presents. The feel of the stuff was a little weird, especially when you know what real snow feels like, but it was very enjoyable to have some "snow" to play with.

1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

Not impressed Jan 19, 2009 By Tama
I recently bought this product as an activity to teach in a prek classroom. When I recieved the product, I was disappointed in the size. I was expecting a much larger container. I did use it in the classroom and the students seemed to enjoy it. However I was not impressed. I was expecting the snow to form as soon as the water was added. It didn't the kids had to continuously stir it for about a minute before the crystals formed. I also thought that it would turn white like snow but it looked more like clear gel and was very messy.