I don't really work out, but I can carry atleast 18 bags (no wrists) in one trip. I pride myself on making 1 trip no matter how much the wife buys. My fingers hurt while I am doing it, but it certainly brings satisfaction that I was not beaten by the bags. The trick, bag everything, even the milk!!!

that looks good for picking up dry cleaning

Keep the bags off the wrist. Load them suckers up your forearm to your elbow and try to get them all on one arm if possible. You still need one hand to close the trunk and unlock/enter the door/close the garage door.

So how many kilograms of CO2 was produced to made this not-so-necessary product?

Yeah, but couldn't they have used a nicer hand model? Buy that guy some lotion.

Um, I have a totally different problem. Which will prolly start some sort of PC flamewar. My local Safeway hires a kid or guy with down syndrome to bag our groceries. So what you end up with are bags of bananas, bread, and two liter bottles of soda on top. Or bags of tomatos and cans of soup. Then you have everyone's favorite, bags of eggs with a honeydew melon on top.

I'm all for giving retards a purpose in life, but when the result is more detrimental than benefitting, it's time to put the Corky's where they belong. Preferably mopping floors at Hardy's or in a cage at a state hospital.

So needless to say, this gadget is totally lost on me until I can figure out a way to prevent getting bags of ice cream and hot Safeway orange chicken.

@deadhouseplants

I don't see a problem with your opinion as much as how tactlessly you phrased it, and I half hope you're joking about some of it.

Worthless for me... San Francisco has voted to ban plastic bags...

i have scrawny forearms. I can usually get about 15 -20 bags on both arms.

Woe be to anyone in my way though, my kids are just the right height to take one up side the head if I turn to look or something.

Regarding the un-PC bagger question: I've been to several supermarkets where the baggers are mentally disabled, and I've found that they've been trained expertly. One time, when I asked that they use fewer bags, the bagger correctly identified that he HAD to put a cleaning product in a different bag than edible items. If the bagger is doing a bad job, it's better to inform the manager than it is to rant about it on a blog's comments section. The store can retrain the bagger or reassign him to work where he doesn't have to put up with passive-aggressive jerks.

I don't have retards at my local grocery store, and they still can't bag correctly. When I got showergel all over my buns I finally got manly and demanded a refund of the wasted items.

the bags in that pic look empty i wonder what the payload of this thing is

looked into it.... 50 lbs. excellent... now i can see mothers attaching this to the overalls of their toddler children and then when she wants to go somewhere she just grabs up all the handles and carries them with her.

@sfokevin

It seems like this would work just as well with handled paper bags like the ones from Trader Joe's.

Can we not use the word "retard" when referring to the mentally challanged? I feel like we're all in 6th grade again.

For someone who lives in NYC, doesn't have a car, and has to carry bags on the train 'cause they don't have any stores bigger than a bodega in their neighborhood, this thing seems brilliant.

Let's say it like it is, anyone that puts a melon on a carton of eggs is a retard.

As far as the Grocery Bag Grip goes, I'm definitely getting one for my wife. It just breaks my heart to sit and watch her struggle to carry in 12 bags at once.

The word "retard" is the noun form of the verb of the same spelling. It is often pronounced with a long, soft A sound to denote its noun form and not its verb form, although this is not the only pronunciation. Its definition is "something that slows or hinders, or is slowed or hindered innately." [m-w.com] [dictionary.com]

Despite "deadhouseplants" 's unfortunate lack of tact in his argument, is it not valid? Also the suggestion of taking his problem up with the store management does indeed seem more reasonable than posting it here to incite anger.

Finally, my point: "jawzxy" and others: May we please stop using silly euphemisms to make people (namely the speaker) feel better about themselves and instead speak like adults without watering down our own language? This simply erodes clear thought in arguments, and provides one half with a subtle advantage over the other. (i.e. "undocumented workers" is an unsubstantiated euphemism for an illegal alien.)

Oh, and to be on topic: wouldn't this work better with a small metal core to enhance strength when carrying all that beer? What about when the bag can't handle the weight itself?

San Francisco banned plastic bags?

Wow now that is F@ggot central.

Quote
When I got showergel all over my buns
end quote

Happens to me every day, in the shower!

I think it is a good product!

Only non biodegradable bags are banned. this place i use to work at used plastic bags mae from corn that break down. i agree with them though, plastic bags can be a scourge blowing around all over the place. this is a good idea for all those people that get DUIs that can't drive and need to walk to the grocery store.

@ m3talsyr3n:
Considering that the ban was an attempt to help the environment, I don't quite see how that is faggy. If preserving the environment is gay though, call me Liberace. Also on the "retard" issue, it's kinda like calling a black person a negro. Even though negro is the Spanish word for the color black, black people still get offended when you use that word. Just as white people get offended when you call them cracker. Wait a minute...

I prefer to be called a honkey

^^^ Did you just call me a cracker?!

'The trick, bag everything, even the milk!!!'

Who bags milk? It has a f*cking handle.
I often bring my own bag and its all I can do to keep the checkers from double-bagging everything before I can tell them I brought my own.

This handle is a good ides for large grocery orders. You can bundle everything up and keep it from spilling out of the bags.

Not PC? Pah, I don't have any trouble with what deadhouseplants wrote...sounds fine to me.

As for the product, I don't need it. I have my slaves carry my groceries into the house for me.

I try to avoid using plastic bags where possible since they are bad for the environment. I believe Ireland has also banned them.

I was last in Dublin in June 05 and went grocery shopping. They did have plastic bags available but you had to pay extra for each one, something like 25 cents (euro) each - and they were cheapo thin bags.

As for the bag holder, I'm definitely picking up a pair.

funniest thread ever.

Cetrian.... is it cool being a robot? I've always wondered and now I finally get to ask one.

by the way. this is a great invention. wish I'd thought of it.

White people get offended when you call them cracker? LOL, I just got the joke with Chef from South Park calling the kids little crackers.

@Camperton - no actually - it is quite lonely. These meatbags called humans really are irrational creatures that make my life difficult. ;)

Looks like we have a lot of bag-packers in this thread.

Brian Lam, once again, proves to be my hero.
And to all the nay-sayers to my previous comment, I used to say retard with the best of them until one of my very good friend's brother became mentally handicapped. Retard doesn't fly with her, and thus has been minimized in my vocabulary- there are perfectly fine ways of saying the same thing without being so offensive.
Retards.

Why lay out that kind of money for that gizmo when you can get this for $1.49 at the Container Store?

We keep two of 'em in each vehicle glove compartment and two extras in the kitchen junk drawer for when we walk to the store.

AdmNaismith: Who bags milk? It has a f*cking handle.

Not everyone buys milk by the gallon.

/If I did, I'd end up with a 1/2 gallon of spoiled milk in my fridge.

/I only use it for cooking, I don't actually drink the stuff.

do you have have those "green bags" which cost a buck and u bring theme back to the shop each time instead of using plastic bags in the states?

btw those degradable bags always break for me..

"May we please stop using silly euphemisms to make people (namely the speaker) feel better about themselves and instead speak like adults without watering down our own language?"

Euphemisms could easily be construed to be one of the things that hold the fragile notion of a "civilization" together. There is a reason the "calls thems as theys sees thems" doesn't work, not just because I spelled it wrong; it's the simple fact that the kind of directness you are calling for will only intensify hostility, and then we all lose.

Let's say I meet you on the street. I don't know you. You accidentally bump into me because, well, you were thinking about that hot chick that just passed you. Would you accept it if I just went ahead and called you "the biggest motherf***** di**head in the fu***** world, and I hope you end up in the fc***** gutter where you belong"?

I didn't think so. Hence the euphemism "Watch it, old chap, or you might hurt yourself."

@deadhouseplants
He just has an extra chromosome. At least he's trying to be productive in society, why many others aren't. If he does goof up, the store understands and takes the loss. I'm all for helping people that at least try to help themselves. (Although sometimes I'm not patient with anyone when I'm in a hurry.)

@Cetrian
Thanks for that first post. You saved my fingers from typing your words.

@Brian Lam et al.
WTF? Thanks for making me aware that my fingers must be craZy strong like a monkey. ;) Perhaps I have 48 chromosomes - hahah. I always use individual fingers when adding those extra bags.

BOTTOM LINE: Although a great device, I'd forget it inside the house most of the time anyways.

I suggest using a garden hose loop. It is supposed to hold a garden hose that's all rolled up but it has a handle, I suppose for carrying the hose. I have a bright orange one and it was way cheaper than $12.99. I think I got 2 for $2. Love stores like Big Lots. Lots of cool odds and ends.

I rarely use plastic bags. I always bring a small backpack when I shop for groceries. If it doesn't fit I grab a cardboard box from the pile and put the rest of my groceries in that. Never had a problem. Oh, and over here you have to pack your own stuff, so you if you get "shower gel on your buns" it's your own fault.

I love living in Europe ;-)

jpcsc said:
So how many kilograms of CO2 was produced to made this not-so-necessary product?

How many kilograms of CO2 did you waste by turning on your computer to make such a completely inane comment?

-=Well observed Brian.=-

The wife and I do our own bagging and make one trip between us.

That's why I call plastic grocery bags "urban tumbleweeds".

I just use an extra large carabiner I bought at Wal-Mart for $1.49. Problem solved. Now if I could just fine one that will fit my wife's hand, I'll be in business!

Instead of dropping 13 bucks, how about swinging by Home Deport for a couple of these.

Have you ever tried walking up 1 1/2 stories worth of stairs just to get your groceries in the apartment? Every time I do some slightly bigger than a couple of items of shopping I feel like a pack mule. The gripper things would help a lot. I can carry by myself at least ten bags , twelve pack of toilet paper and a gallon of milk. When it's in paper that's another story. Although I would probably forget them too inside the apartment after using them.

But as unenvironmentally friendly as plastic bags are, I still prefer using them. I recycle mine by giving them to the library. They always need bags. Also using them as packing for boxes helps too.

@alveryx

Calm down baby. Unless you're personally offended by discussions about retarded folk. In that case I applaud your keyboard skills, you little hero!

@Kittenparade

In my books, if you're aware enough to be offended by being called a retard the accusation is clearly untrue. See my above comment for a working example.

Those Trader Joe paper bags mentioned aren't that strong. I can break those handles easily - weakest part of the link. And you can't pile them up.

Saying that, I need my plastic bags to pick up dog poop.

there was an article on the telly about san-fran banning the plastic bag. The supermarket owner was proudly displaying the new paper ba