Its a good thing we have to many choices to pick from nowadays

You are right, there are so many different needs. Not only do different kinds of reptiles have differing needs, but it also depends on the individual animal as well as the setup. And the owners preferences...lol

My first batch of reptichip I got WAY to wet. What a mess that was...

This time I used Justin K.'s method and that was far better. It ended up perfect for a cage, but still to "humid" for my tubs.

What he does is fill a large sink (like a utility sink) with water and then dunks the entire big brick under water for about 10 seconds (I counted, lol). A bunch of bubbles will come up. Then he turns it around and dunks it again for about 10 seconds. Then he holds it over the sink and lets most of the water run off. (gosh, it is getting heavy at that point, too, lol) Then he leaves it sitting on its side in a big container and simply waits for around a minute or so.

You can then just easily pull it apart. Only in the very middle did I still have a bit of dry/compacted pieces. They were small and I could easily pull them apart. There is a video about it on youtube..