I’ve noticed that every product I’ve bought in the past year with a zip-lock seal is destroyed with common use. I actually think the zip-lock itself has gotten stronger. The bag rips before the seal opens on half the bags now and whenever I try to opens bags I had no issues with before, I find myself stretching/warping the plastic before the seal eventually opens.

It’s pretty frustrating and I am seeing it across many products. Cheese bags, storage bags, snacks etc…

  • Anticorp@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    Are you using the name brand bags? Ziploc is one of the few products where buying the actual name brand makes a big difference.

    • Sarmyth@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      4 months ago

      Yes. I have a mix of those and the target / smart & final bags. The issue is appearing in all of them, and also in random foods that use that style of seal as well.

      • Anticorp@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        I have not experienced the problem that you are experiencing. But I’m still using bags that I bought last year since we buy in bulk at Costco. Perhaps they cheapened the build quality in the last year.

        • bluGill@fedia.io
          2·
          4 months ago

          This question seems to be about things packaged in bags you buy not bags you buy to package your own things.

          I noticed the bags my underware came in were bad quality over a decade ago. I didn’t care then as I don’t know why I want my underware in a stay fresh bag. Those cheap bags are coming to places I care though.

          • Anticorp@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            Ooh, well in that case, yes, it’s all junk. But I’m just going to throw that away anyways, so I don’t care.

            • bluGill@fedia.io
              21·
              4 months ago

              For undeware I don’t care. However I expect to reseal my cheese a few times.