Part-time Gizmodo operative and full-time ladykiller Brendon “I,” Koerner talks about the “Mercedes of Trash Bags,” the Glad ForceFlex. Each of the new, stronger bags is comprised of ribber diamond patterns, each of which can expand out when internal pressure gets too overwhelming without compromising the entire bag integrity. As Clive notes, the most interesting part of the story isn’t just the new technology, but the fact that larger diamonds would have been more effective than the size that finally made it to market, if customers hadn’t been “wary of too much of a departure from unadorned bags.”
Congratulations to Brendon for the first use of the phrase, “fetid meat juice dripping” in The Times since Giuliani cleaned up Times Square.
The Mercedes of Trash Bags [NYTimes]
Update: Consumer Reports says Heftys are better. (Thanks, Jason!)
Claim check: Glad ForceFlex bags [ConsumerReports]
