Breast Milk Bags

Great thought, Dan. There was 6 years of my life that I dealt with those A LOT – the folded over and clip style – and despite freezing, storage and transport, they never leaked or broke.

I'd trust them almost as much as Nalgene bottles and they'd pack much smaller after being used for things like pesto or curry sauce.

Thank you David for the confirmation of their quality. 6 years of using them is field use, real world conditions. I'm sure I'll find more use for them as this year progresses.

Thanks for the reminder. Those are used by the preparedness guys as a replacement for the cond*m water containers..lol. I have had some Gerber brand, but forgot about them.

Add a blenderball wire whisk, it's light and really does a great job of mixing your drink.

http://www.blenderbottle.com/replacement-blenderball-wire-whisk-ball.html

Doug, I think that blender ball will also increase your cell-phone signal.

Doug, I think that blender ball will also increase your cell-phone signal.

They look a LOT like the AT&T "deathstar" logo. Will they work with other providers too?

Now THIS is why I read the forums. Daymn! That's a great idea – and they are reusable.

Ok, this is a great idea.

But the real problem is how do you ask someone if you can try their breast milk bags? That will make for a very awkward situation.
You see I just want to try them out without having to buy 25 or 50 (I know they are only $5, but I am trying to stop my hoarding if I don’t end up using them).
Anyone have an idea on how to help with my problem?

Tad

I have extras, send me a pm with address and it's done :-)

It was difficult for me to ask my wife's friend for some samples so I know where you're coming from :-)))))

Hey Dan, I am interested to know if the weight of the breast milk bags is approximate to a platypus type bag. Sometimes I pack out eggs cracked from their shells so it's just the liquid to cook for breakfast the next morning or sometimes heavy whipping cream to soak my oatmeal in overnight. Are these things really gonna hold a liquid swashing around while hiking, of course given that its at the top of the pack without any weight on it?

This would save considerable weight to carrying 16oz nalgene containers I use to do essentially the same thing – safely and securely transporting liquids.

I also wonder if they could hold up to being put in a pot of boiling water to cook what's inside.

I'd feel comfortable taking pre-cracked eggs in those breast-milk bags. If you or your wife have never pumped milk and schlepped it all over town for various feeding times, you have no idea how "valuable" the contents are. Any failure would be really bad PR for the manufacturer.

>"Are these things really gonna hold a liquid swashing around while hiking"

Yes.

Intermediate to a Nalgene versus a breast-milk bag would be the HDPE 8-ounce and 12-ounce bottles that milk comes in at McDonalds (dig around in their trash cans) or milk-like products at the grocery store – chocolate milk, protein drinks, etc. They are thinner walled, but still sturdy and potentially free with a little dumpster-diving at the recycling center. Those would work very well for transporting eggs, IMO.

I also use them for other things. Rather than send the kids' field-trip lunch with blue ice, I freeze water or milk in one of those containers and then is both the coolant for the lunch bag and the drink once it thaws. I've used the McDs for transporting olive oil and pesto on BPing trips. When labelled clearly, they make a nice container for alcohol fuel. And alcoholics' fuel – whiskey, vodka, and Everclear. Those HDPE containers can be run through the dishwasher to get them really clean between trips.

I agree with DavidT.

I'll go cook some scrambled eggs with one of the bags and report back. :-)

I did 2 boil tests.

1st one had too much air in the bag, floated around and bag stuck to side of pot a few times. I had to keep a close eye on it. ended the test early, eggs turned a little loose.

Second test went well. Squeezed out most of the air and rolled the bag upas much as I could. Placed it in boiling water, held it down with metal spatula. Cooked for 4 min. to perfection. Bag held up well. Had a few micro holes in bottom seam. they were determined by filling used bag with water, zippin it shut and did the big squeeze.

Bag was wrinkled but boil worthy.

In the interest of stove science ;-)