All in all, the Oshun pouch worked better than my homemade version. It took in a ton of water and most of stems fared well in the pouch. Unfortunately all of my campanula stems had to be replaced on site as they were not hydrating well in the pouch. I did have one pouch bust open in the corner and leak coir into the vessel. It was quite messy. At this price point, I was hoping that none of my pouches would have issues busting open. However, I do appreciate this alternative to foam and I hope they continue perfecting the product.

As an environmentally sound alternative to floral foam I find this wholly acceptable for design w/ sturdier stems, not bad w/pre-made pointed holes for more fragile stems.
Will dry out a bit more quickly after design completed than toxic foam-- needs checking and rehydration more quickly in shallow vase in days after arrangement. But better for me, better for earth in this latest positive move away from chemical compounds.

I bought a case of 5x5 pouches to test. The product is easy to hydrate and use. It isn't messy, which means no floral foam microplastic dust particles everywhere.

I was able to get stems in easily, and the product holds stems really well. If you remove stems to place them somewhere else, you can still use that original spot, unlike floral foam, which compacts together once a stem goes in, leaving it hard to put something else there.

The arrangement I made stayed well hydrated and things stayed in place. I hydrated 3 pouches but only used 1; 5 days later the 2 extra pouches are still nice and moist!

Love this!

The pouches worked ok as a water source- the flowers looked good for more than a day but 4 of them broke open before they even got placed. One burst when it fell off the table (dry, not even poked) the other 3 exploded in their soaking tray. Not sure if this happens often or I got a defective lot of bags but it was a drag.

Love it.