We’ve all experienced the nuisance of a bag of rubbish tearing as you lift it out of your trash can, and the mess that ensues.
It’s why I’m switching to these affordable but heavy-duty bags from Hefty, available at Amazon, which lock in smells and are hard to tear.
Although you can’t ditch cleaning your trash can altogether, having strong bags that don’t tear regularly means you won’t have to add this chore to your urgent to-do list on a busy day.
Why shoppers love Hefty Ultra Strong trash can bags
These 13-gallon scent trash bags are perfect for avoiding smells and spills as the Triple Action Technology sees the material stretch, rather than tear, with a drawstring closure, and powerful Arm & Hammer odor control built in.
In our household, we usually buy cheap grocery store trash bags, and it shows: They often tear, causing more mess than they contain. It has happened regularly enough to become a thorn in our proverbial sides.
The good news is that the great-value Hefty Ultra Strong ones have clever, tear-resistant trash bag technology. More than 30,000 Amazon shoppers bought it last month, and overall, it’s been rated an average of 4.8 out of 5 stars by the majority (86%) of 195,000+ shopper reviews.
Verified shopper Freya Loki Fynn said these are the ‘best trash bags I’ve ever used,’ adding that they know ‘what it’s like to have a full trash bag of kitchen garbage and it tears or rips while you’re taking it out of the trash can and it spills all over your floors…or even worse, it breaks on the way out to the street trash can and breaks spilling everything onto your driveway or grass and you have to pick it back up!’
Freya concludes, ‘These Hefty trash bags are tough. They will hold a lot of kitchen garbage, they don’t tear (now unless you just put very sharp objects in them but it has to be something very sharp) but I have put broken glass, cat food cans and lids, kitchen trash including food scraps, empty milk and egg cartons, food scraps, used cooking oil, and these bags hold it with no leaks no breaks no spills and they are stretchy! I highly recommend these Hefty kitchen trash bags.’
These work out at a great price with the current offer, at just 0.15 cents a bag. For comparison, other highly rated strong trash bags with five-star reviews, such as Glad ForceFlex Maxtrength 13 Gallon scented ones from Walmart work out at 22.5 cents a bag in the 80-pack.
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