My bag holder arrived in good time and was packaged well. It seems to be well built and heavy duty. The problem is, it is hard to mount.
I first used the supplied sticky tape and it stayed up for about 2 weeks before it came crashing down about three am on a Sunday morning. Good thing it landed in the dog's water dish ... it probably broke its fall!
Screwing it down was my next option but as I wanted to mount it to the back of my kitchen door, two holes in the door did not seem to be appealing to me. Besides, the supplied screws are so small that the heads pass through the slots easily. If you decide to use this method, may I suggest you back up each screw with a small washer.
I elected to try tape again ... but not the tape that came with the item. Instead, I decided to go with 3M's EXTREME indoor/outdoor Rough Surface All-Weather Tape. This stuff is amazing and yes, Amazon sells it! http://www.amazon.com/3M-414P-Extreme-Mounting-Tape/dp/B005SRECEU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1356836926&sr=8-4&keywords=3m+extreme+tape
This tape is simply AMAZING! First, prepare the surface by cleaning it with denatured alcohol (rubbing alcohol will work as well) in order to remove all grease and smoke residue from cooking and frying ... after all, we ARE talking about the kitchen! Next, I used a 1"X2" strip placed in all four corners. Once applied to the surface, be sure to PUSH down firmly and HOLD for at least 30 seconds. Do not use your holder for 24 hours to give the tape sufficient time to adhere. I mounted mine on bricks (a very rough surface) of my built-in BBQ smoker next to my range ... and it is still holding well!
One last suggestion: I started by simply pushing the bags in the top and pulling them out the bottom as needed. This worked well ... for about a week! Eventually I would pull out ONE bag and two or three others would come out with it. Seems my bags had started to tangle with each other inside the holder. At times, they would jam so bad I would end up tearing holes in the bag I was attempting to remove. My 10 year old daughter came up with the solution!
Simply take a new bag by the bottom and twist it around two fingers into a ball. While you are doing this, you are also removing any AIR from inside the bag,. Then when you remove your fingers, push the handle strips inside the hole your fingers left and push the ball into the top of the holder. It is simple and easy to remove a bag from the holder any time you need one and they no longer tangle and raise my blood-pressure. Using this method, I can easily stuff 38 bags into the holder ... more than I will ever need before my next trip to the store for more bags.
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Customer Review: Excellent! About to order a second one
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Excellent! About to order a second one
I ordered this bag holder for my bathroom to hold grocery bags which I use as liners for my bathroom trash can. I am so pleased with it that I am about to order the second holder to hold the extra produce bags (those clear bags for veggies and fruits that I re-use for various purposes in the kitchen).The bag holder is compact, unobtrusive, and not bad looking. I am attaching two photos.The first photo show the holder with a ruler taped it to size reference.The holder is 6.6" wide x 15.75" height x 3/6" depth (measured from the wall, so this is how much it extends from the wall, not its depth which is a bit smaller). The front opening is 1.75" wide and 8.75" long.The second photo is a series of three photos which show inserting the bag in and removing the bag. The way I insert the bag is that I twist it then stuff it in the top hole, and then drag it down through the front opening. The bag will not go down on its own. Removing the bag is easy by just pulling on it from the front opening.As I mentioned earlier I plan to use my second bag holder to store and dispense produce bags, which currently create clutter in my kitchen. I am very pleased with this clutter-reducing holder.Updated 7/7/2011I now own three of these bag holders. One in the bathroom so I can store and use grocery bags as liners for the trash bin in the bathroom. One in the pantry near the kitchen for general re-use of grocery bags. One in the kitchen to hold and dispense produce bags.I mounted the kitchen holder on the side of the cabinet using the sticky mounting tape on the back, the other two are mounted using the screws that came with the holder.As you can tell from multiple purchases I really like this holder!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2011
I ordered this bag holder for my bathroom to hold grocery bags which I use as liners for my bathroom trash can. I am so pleased with it that I am about to order the second holder to hold the extra produce bags (those clear bags for veggies and fruits that I re-use for various purposes in the kitchen).
The bag holder is compact, unobtrusive, and not bad looking. I am attaching two photos.
The first photo show the holder with a ruler taped it to size reference.
The holder is 6.6" wide x 15.75" height x 3/6" depth (measured from the wall, so this is how much it extends from the wall, not its depth which is a bit smaller). The front opening is 1.75" wide and 8.75" long.
The second photo is a series of three photos which show inserting the bag in and removing the bag. The way I insert the bag is that I twist it then stuff it in the top hole, and then drag it down through the front opening. The bag will not go down on its own. Removing the bag is easy by just pulling on it from the front opening.
As I mentioned earlier I plan to use my second bag holder to store and dispense produce bags, which currently create clutter in my kitchen. I am very pleased with this clutter-reducing holder.
Updated 7/7/2011
I now own three of these bag holders. One in the bathroom so I can store and use grocery bags as liners for the trash bin in the bathroom. One in the pantry near the kitchen for general re-use of grocery bags. One in the kitchen to hold and dispense produce bags.
I mounted the kitchen holder on the side of the cabinet using the sticky mounting tape on the back, the other two are mounted using the screws that came with the holder.
As you can tell from multiple purchases I really like this holder!
The bag holder is compact, unobtrusive, and not bad looking. I am attaching two photos.
The first photo show the holder with a ruler taped it to size reference.
The holder is 6.6" wide x 15.75" height x 3/6" depth (measured from the wall, so this is how much it extends from the wall, not its depth which is a bit smaller). The front opening is 1.75" wide and 8.75" long.
The second photo is a series of three photos which show inserting the bag in and removing the bag. The way I insert the bag is that I twist it then stuff it in the top hole, and then drag it down through the front opening. The bag will not go down on its own. Removing the bag is easy by just pulling on it from the front opening.
As I mentioned earlier I plan to use my second bag holder to store and dispense produce bags, which currently create clutter in my kitchen. I am very pleased with this clutter-reducing holder.
Updated 7/7/2011
I now own three of these bag holders. One in the bathroom so I can store and use grocery bags as liners for the trash bin in the bathroom. One in the pantry near the kitchen for general re-use of grocery bags. One in the kitchen to hold and dispense produce bags.
I mounted the kitchen holder on the side of the cabinet using the sticky mounting tape on the back, the other two are mounted using the screws that came with the holder.
As you can tell from multiple purchases I really like this holder!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2011
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