anyone tried Dry My Field?

We used some last year. The product has to be 'worked'. You add a bit ( very small amount) and rake it in.. and rake it... and rake it.
Stuff does work wonders....
If you had several puddles to dry and 2-3 people and 15-20 min. works well.
I'd hate to have to 'work' an entire infield to get to play ready... BUT, with enough rakes and folks it's possible.
Have not used it on a mound.... don't think I 'd want to try that.

It does work. 8 ounce volume of it will dry a 5'x5' area in about 5 minutes. Like the others mentioned, you do have to "work" it with rakes, the garden-type works best. Just boought it a few weeks ago - it was about $250 for 10 pounds.

That does look pretty impressive... a little labor intense.

Here is what I use. Sawdust. I get it for free from a place that makes cabinets. You take a large garbage bag of it and drop it straight on the puddles. Walk on it and soak up the water.

The sawdust stays on top of the soil and you remove the sawdust with a rake and shovel after it's dry or after the game is over.

I've had really good luck with it. The sawdust i use is in shaving form,...

obviously, if i had a big league budget i wouldn't use it, but it's pretty darn good.

Any more opinions on this type product as opposed to the traditional "diamond dry" bags of product?  I'm making out my budget and possibly switching over to this to save space and money.

Just out of curiosity, have you even considered a tarp? My guess is you can get a pretty darn good IF tarp for less than $2K. Of course there’d still be the occasional need for some quick help, but it should be really cut down a lot.

Yeah, we have a tarp (but it cost a lot more than $2K, ha). Still need to dry the occasional area as you mentioned. 

 

Interesting that DryMyField merged with Rain Out and now they are one company making the same thing.  I'm just curious what is in the bucket?  I'm assuming it is sodium polyacrylate.  That is the chemical that is found in diapers that absorbs about 300 times it's weight in water.  I can't imagine what else they'd add to it....so why not get some sodium polyacrylate for about $10 a pound and use it?  it's obviously safe enought to put next to a baby's bottom, so it isn't dangerous.  I hate to interfere with their marketing, but I'd be curious to get some S.P. and try it...

 

If rain out is indeed made of sodium polyacrylate, I'm indebted to you TCB1! As you said, it's only about $10 per lb. and sold as "paint hardener" to make the disposal of paint easier and safer. A pretty good value when you compare to $25 per pound when sold for baseball fields! Thanks for the info. 

 

My plan is to get some of the sodium polyacylate and try it on a couple of spots, see how it works in the off season, and see if it causes any other issues.  Will let you know...