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    Matt Sanger
    BPL Member

    @iparider

    BPL is out of stock of the small zip baggies – any recommendations on sources of these things?

    Ziploc brand snack baggies are a little fragile with poor zip sealing, and not quite as small as I want.

    #1606582
    Jennifer W
    BPL Member

    @tothetrail

    Locale: So. Cal.

    I found a couple of sizes in the Wal Mart craft section. I hear they sell them at Joanns and Michaels, as well.

    These don't seem to be much thicker or better at sealing than the snack sized Zip Lock brand ones, but they work for me.

    #1606586
    David Lutz
    Member

    @davidlutz

    Locale: Bay Area

    I also found them recently at Michaels's and Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart was cheaper, of course).

    They're really convenient.

    The small bags, not Michael's or Wal-Mart.

    Also not sure if the seal is any better than the snack size Zip-Locs, doesn't seem to be.

    #1606590
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    What is this preoccupation with ziploc bags???????

    I use ordinary polyethylene bags with a rubber band. I buy them at 1000 a time (very cheap that way), but you can probably go to your local fruit shop and buy 100 bags off the roll from the guy there. They will be way cheaper, and lighter – and probably stronger.

    Cheers

    #1606594
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    "What is this preoccupation with ziploc bags???????"

    The zip closure is effective for eliminating food or liquid leakage. If I am not worried about leakage, then I use ordinary non-zip bags.

    I just got some new zip bags sold for packaging prescription pills, but I had to pay 5 cents each for the whole quantity.

    –B.G.–

    #1606607
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    Ziploc is made in the US….for some of us that is reason enough to buy them ;-)

    #1606608
    Matt Sanger
    BPL Member

    @iparider

    I'm feeling really flush and can spring for small ziplocs over ordinary poly bags with rubber bands ;)

    I also find them a lot neater in filling, emptying, sealing, and packing.

    Now how about those sources? (and I'm not sure about whether craft store bags are food-grade plastic (?))

    #1606670
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    If they are made of polyethylene they are food safe but not necessarily heat safe (thin equals fragile).

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