Glad Tall Kitchen Drawstring 13 Gallon Bags, 45 ct

I usually buy Glad trash bags because they're usually the best. These, though, are trash (pun intended). The Leak Protection is a joke. The plastic is paper thin and the slightest pointy corner of a box rips the bag. If the bag is heavy, the tie string rips when I lift it out of the trash can. It's too short to fit a tall kitchen trash can (there's an inch or two of empty space under the bag).

I bought a box of these, (my man wanted "better" trash bags, as I have always bought the hannaford brand which I like), thinking that Glad would be better, stronger, and with supposed "leakguard"...... NEVER AGAIN. These trash bags seem like they were made of tissue paper! they are NOT a useful size, even though they are "force flex" they are small. They also tear SOOOO MUCH MORE EASILY then my go to hannaford bags. We now are the proud owners of 120 of the WORLDS MOST USELESS TRASH BAGS! We have been consiquently been using them for our recycling to get rid of them. VERY DISAPPOINTED.

It appears Glad recently changed the drawstrings to better grip trash cans. This (a) was unnecessary, and (b) has made the drawstrings (and thus the bags) ineffective because pulling the drawstrings still leaves not-insignificant gaps in the top of the bag when you try to tie it closed.

I have used nothing but Glad bags in my kitchen for many years, but now it looks like I will have to find a different brand. I only buy the drawstring bags because the handle-tie bags didn't work for me, and I buy them in boxes of 150. Recently, I asked my husband to pick up a new box and they were sold out, so he got the Force Flex instead. I had never bought the Force Flex before because we don't need them, and because there are 30 less bags in each box, but I decided to use them anyway because it was easier than going through the hassle of returning them, but I made sure that he was aware of the differences so that he would not make that mistake again. From the first bag out of the box, I hated them because the drawstring just wouldn't work. In order to cinch the bag, I had to use one hand to hold the bag where the drawstring comes out and the other hand to pull the drawstring through, inch by inch, and I had to do this four times for each bag, i.e., once for each of the four openings. Having disabilities that make it difficult for me to use my hands this way, I gave up after a few bags. Thinking that this was a problem exclusive to the Force Flex bags, I sent my husband for a new box of the same kind that I had been using for so many years but, unfortunately, they are exactly the same so, apparently, you have made changes in order to save money for the company at the expense of the consumer. It's really a shame that you don't realize that saving a few pennies in production will actually cost you more in the long run because of the loyal customers you lose.

I recently bought a Mega Pack of 110 kitchen trash bags with Fresh Clean scent, and I find that the entire box is defective product. The drawstring is not secured to one half of the trash bags, and simply separates from the bag with the slightest pull on it. I have to get creative to tie the bag shut when it is half full. What a hasle! I feel that I am stuck to use this poor product for a year and spent $19 poorly.