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May 9, 2011 at 6:24 pm #1273561
I hear they are odor proof, waterproof and lighter than a trash compactor bag for a pack liner…sounds good to me, but where do y'all buy them?
I can't find them for sale in Google search results, only mention of how to use them. And Ebay is barren as well. Any help? thx.
May 9, 2011 at 6:30 pm #1734754Termite exterminator companies have them. They either give them to their customers, or else they sell them to their customers. The ones I got are 1 ounce each, and they are waterproof, for sure.
–B.G.–
May 9, 2011 at 6:31 pm #1734757From this link:
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/county/cacltrs/penfltrs/penf2010/2010atch/attach2101.pdfOn page two it states:
1) Types of storage bags for items requiring “double bagging” that will
remain in the structure:
• Vikane labeling only allows the use of Nylofume™ bags.
• Zythor labeling allows the use of Nylofume™ bags or Fumigard bags
• Drexel Master Fume labeling allows the use of Nylofume™ bags,
Fumigard bags, or Master Fume bags.Perhaps people are buying different brands than Nylofume?
May 9, 2011 at 6:32 pm #1734758How durable are they vs. trash compactor bags Bob?
May 9, 2011 at 6:36 pm #1734764I have no way of knowing that. I have no trash compactor or bag.
–B.G.–
May 9, 2011 at 7:02 pm #1734780$100 for 65 bags 24" x 36"
May 9, 2011 at 7:04 pm #1734783….that supply would last me for? Forever? :o
May 9, 2011 at 7:07 pm #1734785Without doing any research on weight or shipping, I'm guessing some benevolent, enterprising soul could purchase and redistribute these at 10 bags for $10.
I'd buy 20.
May 9, 2011 at 7:09 pm #1734786You're probably right, but I've never seen one let alone experienced it's durability. I'd love someone who's used them to let us know how durable they are (compare them to a regular trash bag, then a compactor bag?).
May 9, 2011 at 7:29 pm #1734793Bryce,
The durability comparison with a trash compactor bag is an "apples to oranges" thing.These bags are best compared to OP Sacks. Which have a very high failure rate, in my experience. The seals peel off way to easily.
Using one of these inside a stuff sack or Ursack as an odor-proof bag is the application. Not storage and haulage. With a little care (not setting the full bag down on pointy granite) I think they would do fine.
I'm trying to locate some locally, but it is a slow process.
May 9, 2011 at 7:31 pm #1734795Ok, so I misunderstood them. I read elsewhere they could replace a pack liner (compactor bag). I guess they are more fragile than that and are best for food.
May 9, 2011 at 7:33 pm #1734798Nothing better for a pack liner than a trash compactor bag!
May 9, 2011 at 10:07 pm #1734857Lots of the bags that you might be dealing with are stretchy. That makes them effective as a backpack liner. Nylofume bags are not stretchy. They are more like a plain polyethylene bag, but they are gas-proof, odor-proof, and water-proof. They seem much tougher than polyethylene bags.
–B.G.–
May 9, 2011 at 11:30 pm #1734870Nylofume bags that are 20"x36" weigh almost exactly one ounce each. That is a little different in size from what Greg mentioned.
–B.G.–
May 16, 2011 at 10:32 pm #1737505I stopped at a fumigation site in my neighborhood; the work crew provided me with new Fumigard, not Nylofume bags. Crew said Fumigard bags have same properties as Nylofume bags. I have 20 excess Fumigard bags, which I will give to a backpacker in the Pasadena, California area. If interested, send me a PM.
May 17, 2011 at 6:12 am #1737569gave a whole bunch of these Nylofume bags out at the BPL event at Henry Coe. There has to be a bunch of folks that have used them and can speak to the strength. They seem to me to be much stronger than normal PE bags.
May 17, 2011 at 6:17 am #1737572It was Marc Eldridge…
May 17, 2011 at 6:28 am #1737575"It was Marc Eldridge…"
Yeah, I think someone was trying to put David Wage in one of them, perhaps that's where Greg got confused…..
May 17, 2011 at 7:41 am #1737598Sorry Marc, I was having a senior moment and I'm not old enough to have those yet.
May 17, 2011 at 3:09 pm #1737763"They seem to me to be much stronger than normal PE bags."
To me, they seem to be slicker. That leads to them being harder to poke a hole in.
OTOH, slick is not a good thing if you were trying to use it as a ground cloth.
–B.G.–
Jul 26, 2011 at 12:21 pm #1763225I bought a box of 100, for myself and to re-distribute.
Details can be found Here, in Gear Swap
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