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Trash Bags
- Budget trash bags America's Choice (Wal-Mart) *Est. $3
- Best premium trash bags Hefty Ultra Flex *Est. $10
- Trash bags made of recycled plastic Seventh Generation *Est. $4
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Budget trash bags
- Inexpensive
- Strong enough for most uses
- Can break when overloaded
We found the best, and most reliable, review of America's Choice trash bags at Consumer Reports magazine, which compares this brand to Hefty Ultra Flex and Glad ForceFlex. We also consulted an article at AssociatedContent.com, which compares America's Choice to another Hefty brand, Cinch Sak.
America's Choice trash bags (the house brand of Wal-Mart) are compared favorably in reviews to more expensive (and supposedly more durable) brands like Hefty Ultra Flex (*est. $10 for box of 38 13-gallon bags) and Glad ForceFlex (*est. $6 for a box of 20 13-gallon bags). In one head-to-head test, which involved stuffing bags with wire hangers (as well as other torture tests), America's Choice bags proved superior in durability to Glad and Hefty. America's Choice trash bags are also a more economical choice.
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In this brief article, Consumer Reports tests Wal-Mart's house brand, America's Choice, against Glad ForceFlex and Hefty Ultra Flex by stuffing each with eight hardbound copies of Consumer Reports and six wire hangers, tying the bag and lifting it off the ground.
Review: Glad Bag's Claim is Sometimes a Stretch, but Hefty Lives up to Its Name, Editors of Consumer Reports magazine, Feb. 2005
Carole Bengle Gilbert pits Wal-Mart's America's Choice trash bags against Hefty's Cinch Sak. Bengle claims America's Choice fits better in the trash bin, but can't match Cinch Sak for durability. She still opts for America's Choice trash bags overall based on price. She recommends, however, that users should be careful to not overload the bag.
Review: Hefty Cinch Sak Tall Trash Bags vs. America's Choice Tall Kitchen Elastic Drawstring Bags, Carole Bengle Gilbert, May 16, 2007
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