Zip Top Reusable Food Storage Bags | Short Cup [Lavender] | Silicone Meal Prep Container | Kitchen Storage | Microwave, Dishwasher and Freezer Safe | Made in the USA

My first experience with silicone storage bags was with the Stashers brand. I see them in a lot more stores, they seem to dominate the market. Stashers work pretty well, but after trying Zip Top storage containers, I won't buy any more Stashers.First, and most importantly, Zip Tops are easier to clean. I simply run them through the dishwasher, held open by a few adjacent prongs in the rack, and they come out immaculate. The seal of Stashers fits together tightly all the way to the edges, which means that getting into the inside crease is very difficult, if not impossible, and makes them prone to mold. Stashers are good for foods or dry goods that aren't too liquid, moist, or sugary. Because Zip Tops have a seam that is less tight near the ends, they can be thoroughly and completely cleaned very easily by hand or by the dishwasher. For long-term storage of items that need to be VERY airtight (meat in a freezer, crispy crackers that need to avoid humidity), I admit that Zip Tops wouldn't work as well as Stashers, but I'd rather use a sealed jar or Tupperware-type container for chips. I don't freeze animal proteins. I use the Zip Tops to store frozen vegetables and they work great, but they aren't completely airtight, but I don't keep anything frozen for more than a month or two, so they aren't frozen long enough to freezer burn.Zip Tops are easier to seal than Stashers. The zip seams are thicker and more substantial and I find the Zip Tops easier to get to close. I have good manual dexterity and fine motor skills, not clumsy, stubby fingers like Fred Flintstone.Zip Tops are much thicker, stronger silicone. I have a Zip Top that I use for freeze dried cat food–raw "marshmallow" puffs of raw chicken and salmon–and I put a handful into a Zip Top and smash the meat puffs with a flat metal pounder disc to powder them before reconstituting them with water. I've been using the same Zip Top for this purpose once or twice a day for over 6 months and the container shows no sign or wear, not even scuffing. I tried this with a Stasher bag once and the silicone immediately tore and was perforated. That Stasher bag got upcycled into a silicone bookmark.The design of Zip Tops that allows them to stand up is very useful to me. I prep and freeze kale, squash, artichokes, rhubarb, and cooked grains and they easily sit neatly in my freezer door's shelf, like a row of books that I can visually scan through. When I'm chopping vegetables to fill them, the sit conveniently open like jars on the counter until I close them. It is important to leave enough room from the top so the edges have room to close without being too tight around the contents or the seal will pop open when freezing.I think that you might be able to find Stashers cheaper if you shop around for sales or go to remnant stores like Home Goods, TJ Maxx, or just the sale rack at grocery stores, but they ARE flimsy relative to the Zip Tops and harder to clean. If you need to economize, are storing food much longer term and need a more airtight seal, are planning on always being gentle with them, and don't mind digging into cracks with a toothbrush and feeling like you're trying to clean belly button lint out of a mouse's navel, Stashers are okay. I still use a little one to hold my bar soap at the gym, or to keep a chocolate bar fresh.If you want to be able to pound contents, stand the container upright to fill it, easily clean it, store containers on a shelf or rack, open and close it easily, and don't plan on storing items for more than a couple months, or don't have to contend with high humidity, Zip Tops are clearly the superior choice. The oldest ones that I have, which I originally purchased in a grocery store over a year ago, are indistinguishable from the newer ones.Silicone storage containers may save 5000+ disposable bags, but since one costs as much about 100 disposable bags, I have been investing in them slowly. It's worth it to me. I was washing (and drying) and re-using the disposable Ziplock bags and the silicone bags are easier to maintain and make for better freezer organization.

Es ligero, su sellado es bueno y el tamaño ideal para llevar botanas

缶のトマト、生クリーム、ココナッツミルクなど、開封後一気に使わず料理に少しずつ使いたい食材の冷凍保存に最適だと思い今回始めて購入してみました。シリコンバッグはこれが初めてで食品の保存容器としては値段が高く感じられるので少し躊躇しましたが、作りがしっかりしていて使い勝手が良く買ってよかったと思います。一般的なフタ付きの食品容器とジップ付きポリ袋の良いとこ取りといった感じです。今回私の用途であるドロドロした液体に近い食材を冷凍保存して少しずつ使う場合、一般的なプラスチック性容器では中身が減っても容器の形は当然そのままですが、シリコンバッグはやわらかいので減った分少し形状を変えることもできるので冷凍庫内のスペースを節約することもでき限られた冷凍庫内のスペースが整理がしやすくなります。また、一般的なジップタイプのポリ袋は形状を変えることはできるものの繰り返し出し入れすると凍った食材で破れてしまいますが、ジップトップは食材で破れることはまずないと思います。何よりジップトップは自立するので液体でも冷凍庫からそのままレンジに入れて少し温めて、シャーベット状になった生クリームなどの食材を必要な分だけスプーンで取り出すことが容易になります。私はひとり暮らしということもあり冷蔵庫ではあまり日持ちしない食材を冷凍庫で保存し分けて料理することが多いのですが、その点シリコンバッグは本当に使い勝手が良いと実感しました。口の部分もしっかり閉まり、冷凍庫の中で勝手に開いてしまうこともありません。右の写真では少し開いているようにも見えますが奥のジップの部分はしっかり閉まっています。飲み物を入れて凍らせれば出先で冷たいものを飲むこともできるし（手で押し出すこともできるのでシャーベット状態でも楽しめます）、スープやお味噌汁を入れて職場などでそのままレンジに入れ温めて熱々を飲むこともできてしまいます。ジップトップのシリコンバッグはライフスタイルに合わせていろんな使い方ができると思いました。本当に買って良かったです！

While the item was in tact and usable, it looked like it had been kicking around the warehouse for a few years when it arrived.

以前にスタッシャー シリコーンバッグを購入しましたが蓋をする部分が厚みあり過ぎて洗いにくく中が乾きにくく、食材の出し入りもやりずらい感じあまり使うことがなくなってしまったのですが、こちらのジップトップは上が広く作られているので扱いやすいと思いました。それと洗った後も口が開いたままになるので乾燥も早く衛生的だと思います。今回３点セットを購入してサイズが違いそれぞれ色々な用途に使えて気に入りました。食品の保存にレンジ料理にと活躍してくれています。今、一番ハマっているのがりんごを小さくカットしてレンチンして砂糖を後から入れて甘さを調節し、パンにバターりんご煮を一緒にのせてトーストするとかなり美味しいので何度もリピートして作っています。このジップトップは作るのも保存もそのまま出来るのでとても便利ですよ。今度は楕円タイプのも購入を検討しています。