Aren't the dessicant bakeable to turn the color back to reuse over and over and over again?
The beads are insde of a sealed cartridge and cannot be taken out without destroying the cartridge.
"Good thread on how to make your own."
https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/high-side-chinese-filter-dryer-hack/ This is a 2017 thread and this information is obsolete. It actually never worked properly because the PVC pipe didn't form a good seal and air escaped around the o-rings. It really doesn't matter since the gold filters now come with repackable cartridges instead of the cotton tampon filters they came with when this alternative home made cartridge was suggested.
Alpha filters are excellent but anyone can get the same performance spending less than 25% the cost of an Alpha by purchasing a Tuxing gold filter housing with a repackable cartridge for less than $90 from many sellers on Ebay or Aliexpress. They are shipped from U.S. resellers so no need to order them from overseas manufacturers.