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Silica Gel Pack Hacks: Those Little Mystery Bags are Actually Useful

Protect Your Pills and Vitamins

Problem: You’re traveling to a hot country, and you want to bring your bottle of pain, reliever pills, and vitamins, but there’s no cotton in the bottle.

Solution: Put a silica gel packet in the pill bottle to keep the pills dry like they’re supposed to be.

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Source: Janine Ngai for LittleThings

While most pill bottles already come with a cotton wad inside with the same purpose as gel packets, not all of them do. Sometimes you purchase a bottle with no water protection whatsoever. In that case, gel packets can do the job. It’s a great solution for when you’re traveling; especially if to a hot country.