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Im2Young4This Asked April 21, 2024

Does anyone know what can be used instead of zip top bags?

MIL has arthritic hands as well as carpal tunnel syndrome in one hand. She is having a harder time with zip top bags, especially her packaged frozen fruit bags.
Those click closed containers are impossible for her to snap shut.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I have exhausted Google search.
Thank you

waytomisery Apr 21, 2024
I have trouble resealing some of those bags that frozen food comes in . I roll the top
over a couple of times and put an old fashioned wooden clothesline clip with the metal spring to keep it closed . These are easier than chip clips . I use them on chip bags, the bags inside the cereal box, my Pepperidge Farm cookie bags etc . I love my wooden clothesline clips . I keep a pretty bowl of my wooden clips on the counter .
You can buy 100 of them on Amazon for a few dollars . They sometimes break , but 100 pack lasts me years .
Anxietynacy Apr 22, 2024
Lol that's what I do, can't believe I didn't think of that.
lealonnie1 Apr 21, 2024
A bowl with aluminum foil over it. Or, they make these shower cap type things to use as covers over bowls.

https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Reusable-Elastic-Adjustable-Bowl/dp/B0C1JC76NS/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2L4XV6MD1UBNK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qT82FSQOJOPqHPyLwF1w2foZpydUH61Fsv320NL-ovSfLROWY8_LKACDr0q0_S6XJlVN9JkDGDXoca9GJQfaJJxTnTdQAY79lx8G6Gi-ll-KGR5movlTh3wqmK3LBMD5yinaJd3EbXIb5lQ2fGG277yjn1Y40ar5nw8c7rbWnZ6HJHV-SjPxn30f5SV4XH03z7NNH1DDgvaPZ_RNq8VtiupONJDLTMz9teubl_BnbMYd_Uplm3EAXWbBWfrk-68-CrywRQEHRvXFAogolYH_1wJtJ3CEQx3W_Eg2KhD4OzE.1RNY4BwKpt5NJEllW2rlqVFykMwr9t_HGBbOWJMRQYg&dib_tag=se&keywords=shower%2Bcap%2Bcovers%2Bfor%2Bfood%2Bstorage&qid=1713737297&sprefix=Shower%2Bcap%2Bcovers%2Caps%2C208&sr=8-8&th=1

It'll be difficult to freeze foods using these methods, however, so maybe mom can buy fresh foods in smaller amounts.
Annie65 Apr 26, 2024
Does one need to type in this mass of figures and letters to get to website?? Would take me a long time and one error along the way....do not understand this link...for what, some lids??

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waytomisery Apr 21, 2024
Is she able to use the zipper type bags , with the little plastic piece that slides , as opposed to the ziplock where you have to line up the grooves ?
Maybe she could use this for food she makes , leftovers for the freezer .

Sample Apr 22, 2024
Get the ones with the sliders. Very easy to open and close. Or use a plastic tub. You can buy a case at Walmart

Anxietynacy Apr 21, 2024
My mom just uses a bowl and puts a plate on top, a plate that fits snuggly, but mostly for refrigerator left overs
waytomisery Apr 21, 2024
I have used the lids to my smaller pots for leftovers , they fit in some mixing bowls or even on top of plates and the handle on top makes it easy to pull the lid out .
cwillie Apr 21, 2024
Check out the Ableware 753600000 One Handed Canister Set (Pack of 3) available on Amazon. Ziploc twist n loc containers might work for her too.

KPWCSC Apr 26, 2024
If you put the items in containers, here are great silicone lid products I found:

https://charlesviancin.com/collections/shop-all-lids

I first saw these at our local Mast General Store and bought several for Christmas gifts.

I have trouble closing zip tops and then have trouble getting them open because my hands are weak. As others have said, I too use clips to close store bought products that have zip top closures. I love WayToMisery suggestion of wooden clothes pins... very affordable.
LilyLavalle Apr 26, 2024
Yes, these are excellent.
RedVanAnnie Apr 26, 2024
I cut off the zip top part of prepackaged foods then roll the top down and secure with a rubber bad.

BurntCaregiver Apr 26, 2024
Plastic bag secured with a clothes pin or two.

Deb555 Apr 30, 2024
Roll down the bag of frozen food and put a rubber band around it.

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