Charcoal Stoage… BAG?!?? Whatchya think?

MaskedMarvel

Greetings friends,

This is  kinda up my alley. I need waterproof outdoor storage that’s intuitive. Checks a lot of boxes…

https://biggreenegg.com/products/charcoal-storage-bag/?utm_id=Charcoal&utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--yY-7PLGvPahJBxjEWmlMCNN1z3URIFNydMm9PsgYysYPs_6PUTx9QDN3iMyOOlSEyn6h2HkPzfFBn-836Eo33Bz5vNfA-LHV7bysrdgukGVNHhLg&_hsmi=304527397&utm_content=304527397&utm_source=hs_email

lets see if that link works for you.

Corv

I have a couple of largish plastic storage containers that I put the charcoal into. With the top off, I can see what I'm getting.

stlcharcoal

It might keep the rain out, but it's also sealing all the ambient moisture in.  A trash can that can breathe is a much better alternative for 1/3 of the price.

lousubcap

You have to perfect the string removal technique before you can buy the rig...

dbCooper

lousubcap said:

You have to perfect the string removal technique before you can buy the rig...

The baffling part here is my technique is consistent with a positive result rate of perhaps 33%.

Stormbringer

stlcharcoal said:

It might keep the rain out, but it's also sealing all the ambient moisture in.  A trash can that can breathe is a much better alternative for 1/3 of the price.

Yep. In the UK that is $90, I can get a trash can for a quarter of that price. 

GrateEggspectations

lousubcap said:

You have to perfect the string removal technique before you can buy the rig...

We’re still talking charcoal bags, right?

lousubcap

dbCooper said:

lousubcap said:

You have to perfect the string removal technique before you can buy the rig...

The baffling part here is my technique is consistent with a positive result rate of perhaps 33%.

The trick (Rockwood based) starting with the front of the bag facing way from you is to realize that the stitching process can start or finish on opposite ends of the bag at least as I have seen it.  But always start with the back orientation and find the extended knot-then cut that piece and go.  Always brings a smile-the simple pleasures of life!

dbCooper

I think that is my method, loop section of stitching facing me, cut knot off edge big end of loops point to, then pull string off the back (sometimes). 

DoubleEgger

lousubcap said:

dbCooper said:

lousubcap said:

You have to perfect the string removal technique before you can buy the rig...

The baffling part here is my technique is consistent with a positive result rate of perhaps 33%.

The trick (Rockwood based) starting with the front of the bag facing way from you is to realize that the stitching process can start or finish on opposite ends of the bag at least as I have seen it.  But always start with the back orientation and find the extended knot-then cut that piece and go.  Always brings a smile-the simple pleasures of life!

The trick is to not use a knife. 

shtgunal3

DoubleEgger said:

lousubcap said:

dbCooper said:

lousubcap said:

You have to perfect the string removal technique before you can buy the rig...

The baffling part here is my technique is consistent with a positive result rate of perhaps 33%.

The trick (Rockwood based) starting with the front of the bag facing way from you is to realize that the stitching process can start or finish on opposite ends of the bag at least as I have seen it.  But always start with the back orientation and find the extended knot-then cut that piece and go.  Always brings a smile-the simple pleasures of life!

The trick is to not use a knife. 

Wait. What? I use a knife 90% of the time.

Canugghead

GrateEggspectations said:

lousubcap said:

You have to perfect the string removal technique before you can buy the rig...

We’re still talking charcoal bags, right?

No, potato bags and rice bags.

lousubcap

Friday night...

ColtsFan

DoubleEgger

shtgunal3 said:

DoubleEgger said:

lousubcap said:

dbCooper said:

lousubcap said:

You have to perfect the string removal technique before you can buy the rig...

The baffling part here is my technique is consistent with a positive result rate of perhaps 33%.

The trick (Rockwood based) starting with the front of the bag facing way from you is to realize that the stitching process can start or finish on opposite ends of the bag at least as I have seen it.  But always start with the back orientation and find the extended knot-then cut that piece and go.  Always brings a smile-the simple pleasures of life!

The trick is to not use a knife. 

Wait. What? I use a knife 90% of the time.

I haven’t used a knife in years. 

HeavyG

shtgunal3 said:

DoubleEgger said:

lousubcap said:

dbCooper said:

lousubcap said:

You have to perfect the string removal technique before you can buy the rig...

The baffling part here is my technique is consistent with a positive result rate of perhaps 33%.

The trick (Rockwood based) starting with the front of the bag facing way from you is to realize that the stitching process can start or finish on opposite ends of the bag at least as I have seen it.  But always start with the back orientation and find the extended knot-then cut that piece and go.  Always brings a smile-the simple pleasures of life!

The trick is to not use a knife. 

Wait. What? I use a knife 90% of the time.

Knife use 100% here - click, slice, click. Done in two seconds. Who's got time to futz around with a string?

GrateEggspectations

ColtsFan said:

Dead sexy. 

Elijah

Knife here too. I guess the few times I attempted the pull and didn't get 100% I didn't feel like the satisfaction would be worth the added time. 

stlcharcoal

We use a two string lock stitch, so it opens different than everybody else that use a single string chain stitch.

Ozzie_Isaac

My bags of feed open up perfect 100% of the time.  They even have a little tab to pull so you can’t screw it up. @Stlcharcoal says feed companies hang their bags and stitch

Canugghead

Elijah said:

Knife here too. I guess the few times I attempted the pull and didn't get 100% I didn't feel like the satisfaction would be worth the added time. 

Bragging rights > satisfaction

Ozzie_Isaac

I have torn an entire bag open in frustration.  That didn’t make the situation any better.

stlcharcoal

Ozzie_Isaac said:

My bags of feed open up perfect 100% of the time.  They even have a little tab to pull so you can’t screw it up. @Stlcharcoal says feed companies hang their bags and stitch

Yes those pinch bottom bags are manufactured with that pull strip on top.....they fill the upside down and stitch shut.  We have square bottom bags so they stand up, have to stitch the top and can't use the easy pull strip.  

RRP

Ozzie_Isaac said:

My bags of feed open up perfect 100% of the time.  They even have a little tab to pull so you can’t screw it up. @Stlcharcoal says feed companies hang their bags and stitch

What kind of 4 legged friend do you have that you are buying bags of feed?

Canugghead

ooops wrong thread

Ozzie_Isaac

RRP said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

My bags of feed open up perfect 100% of the time.  They even have a little tab to pull so you can’t screw it up. @Stlcharcoal says feed companies hang their bags and stitch

What kind of 4 legged friend do you have that you are buying bags of feed?

5 horses and 4 dogs.  I go through a lot of feed.

RRP

Ozzie_Isaac said

5 horses and 4 dogs.  I go through a lot of feed.

Hells bells, man, no wonder why you wanted to leave Illinois! Our jelly belly governor JB Pritzer wouldn’t  want “your type” smelling up Chicago  in a few months

zaphod

MaskedMarvel said:

Greetings friends,

This is  kinda up my alley. I need waterproof outdoor storage that’s intuitive. Checks a lot of boxes…

https://biggreenegg.com/products/charcoal-storage-bag/?utm_id=Charcoal&utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--yY-7PLGvPahJBxjEWmlMCNN1z3URIFNydMm9PsgYysYPs_6PUTx9QDN3iMyOOlSEyn6h2HkPzfFBn-836Eo33Bz5vNfA-LHV7bysrdgukGVNHhLg&_hsmi=304527397&utm_content=304527397&utm_source=hs_email

lets see if that link works for you.

I have 2 of them. I find them handy and relatively good looking - better than a tub or bin which my wife would like even less than me. I have two because I am always running two types of lump and don't like running out, so two lumps on the go mean two charcoal bags. I keep meaning to buy some luggage tags and prefit them with a pictures of the lump varieties I buy so I can identify which bag is containing which lump.

I keep the lump in the paper bag inside the storage bag. Some people just put the lump in sans bag, but that gets dirty pretty fast. Pouring into the egg is easy, the handle on the bottom helps a lot. one gloved hand grabs the paper bag, the other ungloved hand grabs the built in handle and away we go.

I did look at the weber 20lb bag, but it's for 20lbs of briquettes and there is no way 20lb of lump would fit in it.

now the bad. 

The bag is not waterproof.  I had one out on the deck in the rain and water got into it. bit of a mess. I *may* have had the rolled top toward the direction of the rain, but a dry bag's rolled top should not leak.  Worse was that the zipper of the side pocket leaked causing my backup box of starter bricks to get soaked. They dried out, but the box dissolved. sigh. 

after that, i ensure that the  top is two or three rolls and facing away from the direction of rain. (all my wind comes from the south, so does the rain). However I still had a box of starters get wet. sigh.

For the rest of winter I stored under the deck on the walk out patio. Works out well as I have a routine that when I take a pan of cold ashes to the compost, I grab a bag on the way back and fill the egg. So my egg is ready for the next lighting if the mood strike me. With drier summer weather coming I may bring a bag up on the deck with the egg, but the clean and fill works well for now.

MaskedMarvel

Well… not waterproof doesn’t do me any good at all. 

Ozzie_Isaac

MaskedMarvel said:

Well… not waterproof doesn’t do me any good at all. 

That seems like a major design flaw.  Might as well just keep the charcoal bag outside.

RRP

MaskedMarvel said:

Well… not waterproof doesn’t do me any good at all. 

I agree, but I wonder why BGE says it is:
The Big Green Egg all-weather charcoal storage bag is the perfect solution for keeping charcoal dry and ready to use, even in the toughest of conditions.