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I've only used the live kind and don't think there's anything consistently better for brim. Never have much trouble keeping them alive for a few days. I just dunk the cage briefly in water every now and then. The water clings to the mesh and the crickets help themselves to a drink.
I remember when I was younger that I used to catch crickets in my grandmothers basement and went fishing, lol man those were the good ole' days, they loved crickets in that Shelby Park pond in east Nashville,Tn...
Drop a couple of slices of Potato into your cricket cage. The potato has starch and water for the crickets. Keep the cage in a unlit area like your garage when not being used for fishing and your crickets will last for 2 weeks or so. Just change the potato slice about every 2-3 days depending on the number of crickets in the cage.