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…

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    I only notice this with weed baggies from legal weed. Not only is it not an official Zip-Lock™ system, they’re made specifically to be hard to open as a child safety feature. But it’s too good at that, being difficult for an adult to open too.

    Most others are so weak, they never actually snap shut properly or they’re just incredibly thin and tear right off the bag when you try to open it.

    • Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      2 months ago
      1. Pull down the packaging to expose the seal.
      2. If there’s a little ‘extra’ plastic bit attached to the ziplock, pull this and the other side. Using your thumbnail to loosen the seal while doing this can help.
      3. Take a big whiff from the bag, then put your weed in a mason jar with a moisture pak like a decent human being.
      4. Save the bag and bring it back to the dispo if they take empty packaging. It’s probably still going into a landfill, but at least you can say you tried.

      Alternatively, grab a knife or some scissors and skip to step 3.

    • gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      I almost ripped a nail off trying to open my edibles a few weeks back. I now put them in a few childproof jars from other edibles that I’ve saved.

      On a side note: those bags aren’t childproof, as any kid with a pair of safety scissors is going to make quick work of them.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        2·
        2 months ago

        Maybe they should, like, not make them look like candy bags. Thanks, capitalism, for ruining weed before it’s 100% legal.