any Quikrete mix
(like the #1101) will set up if poured dry. I've also been told that
the
fast setting the fast setting #1004 is far better. Someone even told me
that
the non-fast setting will only have half the strength of the red bag,
fast
setting mix if poured dry.

Sounds about right,
I've always heard the 'quicker' the 'crete sets the harder it becomes.

I'm glad I used the water. One job I had done was a pressure treated
pool deck.
17 years.......Still Sq., Still Plumb.
Sky