Re-Usable Produce Bags, Set of 10

Didn't have high hopes (tried similar products... meh...) However, these DO keep produce fresh longer! Head of cauliflower stayed near perfect for over a wk... usually develop dark spots in just a few days. Refrigerator "crisper" drawers consistently turn kale, Romine lettuce into slime, no matter where you set the dial (grrrr...) Placed in these bags w. a paper towel - greens last sooo much longer and stay fresh/ crisp!! Hallelujah!! Fresh produce is expensive. Chaps my hide when produce is ruined before we can even use it. These bags are a game changer - they won't magically keep things a ridiculous amt of time but they do EXTEND the time you can store fresh veggies/ fruits. And NO odor gassing off from bags... major +. I'd recommend and will purchase again when these wear out.

These bags are great! My produce lasts at least two weeks and sometimes up to a month longer. The trick is to wrap the bag around the produce as tightly as possible to let out all the air. Also, the produce needs to be very dry so as not to spoil- moisture and air are the two enemies here. To keep them dry, I do not wash the produce until I am going to use them; however, if they are wet from the sprayer at the market, I dry them first as well as possible and then wrap the produce in a paper towel before putting them in a bag, then I discard the paper towel the next day and wrap the vegetables with another one if needed to change again daily until they are dry. I also check all the produce in their bags daily (just when I am hunting for food for dinner) to make sure that no produce is "weeping" (releasing liquid) in which case a commence with paper towel therapy (I do have one friend who puts a paper towel in the bottom of every bag that she changes daily and swears by this). The bags also seem to work better when they are fuller (maybe because of less air) so I pack the produce in when I can even combining some odd bedfellows such as celery and carrots because they both need the larger bag. I find that the bags are lasting with daily use about 6-8 months. After that, they tend to get dry and brittle and harder to clean. I don't have a schedule for throwing them out- they just seem to tell me when they have given me all they have to offer (I actually don't throw them out at that point, I wrap my child's lunch in them and he passes them on to the world in some way I would rather not be privy to). I try to wash the bags as little as possible- after the vegetables they have cared for are gone and just turn the bag inside out and air it out overnight before using again (this time using them inside out from the time before). If the bags need to be washed (if they have produce goo on them), I wash them in tepid water only (no soap, no hot water), towel them off, and then let them air dry overnight. I am finding that there are some vegetables/fruits that do better on the counter without these bags or refrigeration. Tomatoes for sure but I am wondering about mangoes and stone fruits. Results on fruit experiments are not yet ready for publication. I am also wondering if I would have better luck putting mushrooms in a brown paper bag as the chefs would direct you. Mushrooms never stay in our house long so I haven't been able to set up the lab for this yet. I store these bags in the cloth bags that I take to the supermarket (our county does not offer plastic bags at store checkout stands although they still offer clear plastic bags in the produce section). I just put my produce directly into these bags while I shop. That helps my karma quotient because I am easing up on the environment and also makes it easier at home since they are already wrapped and ready to place right in the refrigerator. (Good deeds are always rewarded twice- even if you don't believe this, please teach this to your kids with as straight a face as possible.) For a while this was my go-to hostess gift but I found that a lot of people are not ready to commit to them and just use them once (or I find the unopened box stashed in their coat closet). I have gotten a few family members hooked and they probably would not feed me if I arrived at their houses without a fresh box for them. Which brings me to my last point: I can not find these in my local stores (that includes the more progressive ones) and this is the only brand that I would trust enough to purchase. I started out with another brand (that is often advertised on TV- a woman's first and last name- that's all I am going to say) and I found that the quality of those can vary radically from box to box, sometimes they are so poorly made that they tear apart when you try to open them. Peakfresh bags are consistently of the highest quality. So take the time to use them properly and enjoy at least two more weeks of fresh produce from your fridge.

I can’t believe how much these bags have helped my produce! They work great and last a long time.

seem to keep my veggies fresh longer - I like them because they're much sturdier than the Debbie Meyers Green Bags that I used to use. You can actually reuse the Peak Fresh bags after multiple washings. I bought another box because I'm now able to have more vegetables in the fridge without worrying about them spoiling before I can quickly consume them. Especially handy when I get my CSA order.

Not as good as the original green bags.

Amazing!

I was prepared to be let down by these, but I was pleasantly surprised. They work a whole lot better than I thought. I put a bunch of Kale in a bag, and a week later, it was still crisp! Usually after 3 days in the fridge it starts to get a little limp, but this did not. Also red, yellow and orange peppers stay crisp for over a week (still haven't used them, but they are still crisp). I DID take another reviewers suggestion and put a folded paper towel in each bag before I closed it to help absorb moisture. I believe that is the KEY to making these work. I bagged some mushrooms, but forgot the paper towel, and they started to get a little slimy after 5 days. I was a superfan of the Ziplock produce bags, but these are fairly comparable. These just have twist-tie closers instead of the "zipper" close, which is a bit of a pain, but the bags are a bit larger than the other brand, so it works out. I recommend these to those of you searching for, but not finding, a good produce saver bag. Remember to add the paper towel!

My brother and I decided to try 2 different brands of these bags. He went with the Debbie Meyer and I tried these. (Ok, so he makes a lot more $ than I do!!!). We started on the same day with the same fruit and produce in them and kept monitoring to see which one worked best. They are still both going strong and neither he or I have experienced any spoiled fruit or veggies in almost 2 months. They work so well, we decided to share our quantities with one another just for the bag color difference. We will both purchase THIS product in the future in various sizes. No need to pay more. One clue: trick to keeping condensation from forming inside bag (which rots the food) is to place a few crumpled up paper towels in the bag with the food. Also, I don't close the bag up real tight, but rather scrunch the top together but put it loosely in the frig or on the counter. This way no moisture builds up inside the bag from the gases being released from the food and I don't have to keep wiping the 'wet' from the inside of the bag. Edit: Nov 2, '09-it has been several months since original purchase of this product and I have finally thrown out the original few bags I used at the onset. Not because they are no longer working effectively, but they have become a bit ratty looking from all the washing, rinsing and re-use. If all the bags in this small box last this long, purchasing this product once/year with just 10 bags is a dream come true. (thinking of giving brother some more for Christmas (giggle)- he'll be set for life! ;)