Counting and Sorting Alphabet Beads at 16x Speed

I've been trying to find alphabet beads that look sophisticated enough to use for jewelry for adults, but without going all the way to actual silver beads (when you need 10-20 beads per bracelet, silver is just not economical). These were as close as I was able to find in bulk, but they were labeled as 140 grams- not by quantity. And since I have plans for actual words, I needed to know what I was working with. So over the course of 2.5 hours, I counted out the beads, then separated them by letter and counted those separately. You can pause the video the see the exact results, and I may have slightly miscounted- but this package contained (approximately) 1117 beads. I don't know why there are so many Qs.
Also, the storage containers were $4 at Hobby Lobby, BUT, two of the containers were broken, with no shards inside, and the whole thing was shrink wrapped, so... I guess you get what you pay for? Each vial held 40 beads if they settled right, but in most cases I could only fit 37-38 beads, which is why I used the spare vials for the overflow.
I bought these beads at Wal-mart, but these are super close, if not the same: amzn.to/4bwjyns *
* The above link is an affiliate link, which means that if you click that link and then make a purchase from that website within a certain amount of time, I may receive compensation from them. It does not affect the amount you pay, but it may benefit me financially. If you'd rather not click the link but do want the beads, you can visit that large online retailer, and I found them by searching for "Acrylic Alpha Bead Mix."
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