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(More customer reviews)First, to clear up confusion from a previous review, this is five bags, not one. The price would be excessive for a single bag; it is almost excessive for five. If you only got one bag, you need to contact the seller.
The good: The bags are good size, and they open to have a flat stable base so that they will stand on their own and pack nicely into the car. They then fold flat for ease of storage and carrying. The bags and handles are reasonably sturdy. There's no problem packing a gallon of milk plus other groceries in a bag. Brought ice cream home last night when the real feel temperature was in the 90s, and the chocolate chips in the grocery store (apparently loaded the same day on the shelves) had turned into solid chocolate blocks. Ice cream still solid when I got it home 25 minutes later; milk still cold.
The bad: Like other reviewers, I found that the zippers were extremely fussy and difficult to close. This means that if you are in the grocery store, you will need to finish your purchases, put things in open bags, then wheel your cart off somewhere so that you are not blocking the line and struggle with the zippers. The zippers, I realized belatedly, are important -- because if the bag isn't closed, then your groceries are not insulated, the whole purpose is defeated. If this bag had functional zippers, I would definitely bump the number of stars up.
The funny: This plastic bag is stamped all over with the message "no plastic." The website of 4Rplanet doesn't discuss this, but does have a FAQ that explains that cotton bags aren't as good for the environment as you think because of the fertilizer needed to grow cotton. My principal purpose in buying the bag was to get the ice cream home without meltage, so I don't care that much. And arguably, since you are using the same plastic bags when you shop you are in fact reducing demand for disposable plastic bags, so you are still doing something good . . .
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Uses industrial food - grade approved polypropylene and polyethylene fabrics. Keeps foods frozen for over an hour.1% of all revenue donated to '1% for the Planet'!. www.4RPlanetbag.com
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