Customer Reviews

Glad ForceFlex Tall Kitchen Bags, 13 Gallon - 120 Bags

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

Not once, but twice in the kitchen my food trash items leaked on me when I started using these bags when I took the trash. Thus leaving behind some gnats, which I didn't have problems until I started using these bags. I will not repurchase & switch back to non-flexible trash bags.

I figured that I'd give these bags a shot from seeing a commercial that extolled the toughness and flexibility of this product. I quickly found that these bags easily tear when loaded to a fraction of capacity (tearing at much less than half full), and I would go through the bag package quickly and wastefully(no pun). The flex construction and the thickness of the plastic make these bags fragile and almost useless in a kitchen capacity, with no difference between soft or sharp trash (both will tear the bags). I have since gotten rid of the rest of the package and have gone back to regular (simple and effective) kitchen bags. They are bags, yes...and they are trash... Buyer beware!

Glad Forceflex trash bags are the worst. The top tying part always rips (100% of the time) - so you can't even tie the trash bags closed. They aren't strong. Even when the bags aren't full, they will rip. This is a piece of "trash". What a waste of money. I will never ever buy again. You should never buy this.

I'm not who usually does reviews on grocery items, but I thought I'd add to the existing reviews and give you folks the heads up on the Glad ForceFlex Tall Kitchen Bags. In short: the bag part works great, but the ties break easily on 90% of the bags used making it difficult to bundle them up.

On the bright side, the ForceFlex design worked well for me. The big box opens from the front and the bags are easy enough to grab hold of and remove. There is no constant feed mechanism, as the bags are not connected to each other by perforations. There are to cylindrical bundles on top and bottom and you simply grab and pull. The bags come out cleanly and there is no need to separate them from each other. This minimizes the chance of breaking one or the other bag upon removal. The bags themselves are uniformly sized and easy to place in a standard, 12 or 13 gallon, kitchen garbage can.

The FlexForce feature seems to work well enough in my hands. The bags themselves take a reasonable beating and seem to expand generously no matter what I put in them. With the exception of sharp objects that simply slice through the plastic, these bags are great for over stuffing.

The problem really is the red, plastic draw string that is used to close the bag. Whatever technology Glad invested in to manufacture the bags themselves was clearly ignored when it came to 'draw string technology.' The ties break easily on 90% of the bags that I used. This happens whether you remove the bag from the trash can first or try to tie up the thing while it rests within the receptacle. The loop of plastic just doesn't cut the mustard and sheers on its seam nearly every time. The most frustrating part is when you try tie the thing up after you over stuffed the bag itself. You have to empty some of the contents so you have enough room to jury-rig a knot on the top of the bag. What's the point of having a bag that you can over stuff, if you can't close it? Even the old fashioned method with twist ties worked better...

Another small gripe: these bags are made out of virgin plastic. No post consumer waste need apply here. I purchased my bags at a big-box store, impressed by the technology and the hype and overlooked the fact that these will help expand my carbon footprint.

Sadly, the purchase made me more mad than Glad. I have about 90 or so bags of frustration left to go. You may wish to forgo these more expensive options and go for a solid store brand. Or something with handle ties. Or something that works. The Kirkland Signature Drawstring Kitchen Trash Bags - 13 Gallon - Xl Size - 200 Count work just fine and the ties don't snap. Or you could try the Seventh Generation Trash Bags, Tall Kitchen, 13-Gallon, 30-Count Boxes (Pack of 12) [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging], clearly more expensive but more environmentally sound.

Ah, the power of advertising to beguile -- I was enticed into getting these Glad trash bags because I was intrigued by Glad's so-called "Force Flex technology," which Glad depicts as an innovation that makes these bags stretchy and more resilient against tearing. Man, do I feel suckered.

The ruffled texture of these bags do, in fact, make them a wee bit more stretchy than conventional bags but in all others respects, these bags are no different from conventional bags. They are no thicker or stronger and thus no more impervious to sharp protrusions than regular trash bags.

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Sorry, Glad, but ForceFlex technology is a dud. I guess after I've run through these Force Flex bags, I'm going back to the ones I was using before - Glad Quick-Tie Tall Kitchen Bags, which I love! The flaps on these make quick work of tying up and disposing of the bags (no messing around with twist ties or draw strings). I would recommended these instead.

I have been using ForceFlex since 2003. I was very disappointed when the new ones came out last year. Now the string part of the bag breaks when I just line the bag into the trashcan. It has gotten cheaper material-wise. I will buy it again.

We've been using these bags for quite some time, and initially loved them when they first came out, we'd use them in the Tall kitchen bin and when the bag was removed from the trash bin container we were able to jam more into the bags, amazing! That is until recently, now these things tear just trying to get them out of the trash bin, and on top of that the drawstrings now break! These bags are no longer Tear Resistant and not worth the extra you pay for them in my opinion. It's a shame! My guess is they are using a different plastic to save money now. We are going back to the Generic bags.

I can only put 1/3 of the trash in the Force Flex trash bags before they rip to shreds. The simple act of taking it out of the box and opening it ripped several of these bags. It couldn't handle regular trash much less something irregular. Even when I tried to throw the bag in the dumpster, the bag ripped apart and trash flew everywhere! Glad Force Flex bags are the most horrible trash bags I've ever used.

I've been using the original Glad tall kitchen [red]drawstring bags for years; they work fine. In fact,they work much better than these so-called "ForceFlex" bags. They hold less than the original! They are shorter(I am assuming this is to allow room for the so-called strong stretch). Problem is: they don't really seem to stretch, only break and leak! Terrible, just terrible. I'll stick with the original:Glad Tall Kitchen Bags with Drawstrings, 13 Gallon 100 bags!

Used these bags for years, loved them but then they "improved" them recently, using less plastic to allegedly be more green. Yeah right, less plastic means cheaper to make and a cheaper quality end product. Now every time I try to tie the bag, the red rip cord breaks, not once or twice but EVERY TIME, every bag. Sorry to say that I won't be buying them again after 5 years or so of loyally using them. Very disappointing.