You found out it was thin at the worst possible moment.
The Bags. 270 to a box, 13 by 9 inches, unscented, 15 micron. That last number is printed on the front, and almost nobody else prints theirs anywhere.
Ships from a US warehouse. Three to eight days to your door, handling included. Nothing is pre-ticked on this page.
Thickness is the whole product.
A poop bag has one job and one failure mode. The only thing standing between you and that failure is the gauge of the film, measured in microns. Drag it and see where everything sits.
We measured nine competing boxes with a micrometer. Seven of the nine did not state a gauge anywhere on the box, the listing, or the website.
Not behind a tab.
Including the three rows that cost us sales. We would rather show you the hole than paper over it.
| Film material | High density polyethylene, HDPE |
|---|---|
| Gauge | 15 micron |
| Recycled content | 65% post consumer, supplier stated |
| Recycled content verified | Not independently verified |
| Degradable additive | D2W oxo degradable |
| Breakdown period | Not measured, and we will not quote the supplier's figure |
| Compostable certification | None held. These are not compostable bags |
| Dimensions | 13 × 9 in per bag |
| Count | 270, on 18 rolls of 15 |
| Core | Coreless, fits any standard dispenser |
| Fragrance | None |
| Leak test | Supplier states leak proof. Our own test pending |
| Shipped weight | 550 g |
| Country of origin | China |
| Ships from | United States warehouse |
| Delivery | 3 to 8 business days, handling included |
| Dispenser | Not included. Use any standard holder, or The Pouch |
Three boxes, one parcel.
810 bags. Roughly a year for one dog at two a day. Same film, same gauge, and it works out at four cents a bag instead of five.
Running out is the real problem.
Not the price. Tell us roughly how fast you get through a box and the next one turns up a few days before you would have noticed. It is not pre-ticked, it is not hidden in the cart, and stopping it takes one tap.
Four reasons not to buy this.
If one of these is a dealbreaker, we would rather you found out here than after the box arrives.
It is not compostable.
D2W is an oxo degradable additive, which is a different thing wearing similar words. If your city requires certified compostable bags, these will not qualify and we are not going to blur that.
Nobody has certified it.
We hold no third party certification for the recycled percentage or the degradability. Those figures come from the supplier and we have labelled them that way in the table above.
It is not the thickest bag you can buy.
15 micron is a deliberate middle. If you have a very large dog and want armour, buy a 20 micron bag and carry the extra bulk. We will tell you that for free and lose the sale.
It is not made by us.
We do not own a factory and we did not specify this film. We went looking, found one already being made to 15 micron with 65% recycled content, read its sheet, published the numbers, and we will tell you the day we find better.