I’ve had two rip this month and one last month. I’m OK with no Meh-rathons but can you guys please sell the bags o their own or Meh bags in the same size. They are perfectly awesomely square, large, and awesome.
@raccoon81
Probably not worthwhile. I haven’t found their exact bag at wholesale yet, but the most similar unprinted one was a bit over two bucks i still have several suppliers to search. So far, the closest is 20x15x5 instead of 20x16x6, and lacks the end pocket.
@Sneakertree Honestly with last years amount of IRKs I had a huge supply and at christmas time gave over a dozen away. Otherwise I would be offering some up here for ya.
@raccoon81 how about a trading thread on the forum. I’m sure some people are missing colors where others have an abundance of them. I’m looking at all you Ink for IRKs people!
@raccoon81@Sneakertree
Don’t know if you saw but I have some extra meh bags along with other bags up for grabs. I’m just asking for shipping bc I’m broke right now. Just thought I’d offer. All my meh bags (and majority of the other ones are brand new).
Hm. I think Meh should try tossing bags into random purchases. Might get bag-lovers to make more purchases outside of Mehrathons. Plus mehmber interaction.
I’m actually good on random crap (I MUST sort my random crap!), but I will never not love a Meh bag. Because they are quite nice for so mehny purposes, and yet, when used, do break down.
If the Mehrathons get too few and far between, I guess I’ll break open my stash of bright primary color jeans-weight denim and make a few super-duty bags of the same dimensions as the IRK ones.
Would rather see the fuko/fuku bags available as separate items (I know they were at least once). IRK bags are, to be honest, quite unattractive in comparison.
@duodec@Ignorant@Lynnerizer And the bag above is stronger by virtue of having the straps that go all the way down to the bottom. It looks like it’s still the same kind of heat-bonded nonwoven-plastic-fiber material, though. A heavyweight cotton denim bag with full straps and just the Meh logo would be what I’d prefer as an item to purchase, though a ballistic nylon bag would last longer. Cotton is WAY easier to print because cotton can be taken to a higher temp to cure the ink; there’s only a relatively tiny difference between the curing temp of plastisol ink and the melting temp of nylon. I’ve done it, but the damage rate was disturbing.
With all this talk about the bags, I started grouping mine together to see what I have. This led to a discovery and question. Some of my oldest bags have been in my garage and even attic for years now. They look normal until you touch them at which point they disintegrate to a fibrous powder. Anyone have an idea what’s going on? Is it heat or is it possible I have some sort of chemical reaction happening I’m unaware of? It’s just weird to me.
@jaybird
I have observed this problem with the non-woven heat bonded poly bags many, many times. At first, I thought it was because they had been exposed to sunlight for a prolonged period, but then I started finding that the ones stashed in the back of the closet were doing the same thing. It’s just crappy-ass plastic, is all. It’s not even close to the Fisher Price level plastic.
@f00l@jaybird
Shortest time to disintegration for me has been about 30 days, but that one actually was exposed to sunlight. I have some that are several years old and have not yet started to fall apart. If they’re going to autoshred, it seems like they last about 6 to 10 months before they just disintegrate. If they get past that point, unless you leave them where UV can get to them, they seem to go on pretty well for a long time.
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Is there a resale market for these? I might should start listing mine on eBay!
@raccoon81
Probably not worthwhile. I haven’t found their exact bag at wholesale yet, but the most similar unprinted one was a bit over two bucks i still have several suppliers to search. So far, the closest is 20x15x5 instead of 20x16x6, and lacks the end pocket.
@raccoon81 not sure how much you’d get. Maybe if you list them in bulk? For $5 I’m happy with em and they tend to last me a month or so.
@Sneakertree Honestly with last years amount of IRKs I had a huge supply and at christmas time gave over a dozen away. Otherwise I would be offering some up here for ya.
@raccoon81 how about a trading thread on the forum. I’m sure some people are missing colors where others have an abundance of them. I’m looking at all you Ink for IRKs people!
@ironcheftoni
@raccoon81 @Sneakertree
Don’t know if you saw but I have some extra meh bags along with other bags up for grabs. I’m just asking for shipping bc I’m broke right now. Just thought I’d offer. All my meh bags (and majority of the other ones are brand new).
Any kind of bags
Mediocritee side line??
But my real question is when will we see a mehrathon again??? It’s been forever.
@nzelinsky
“Eventually”.
Hopfully this will be less delayed than a certaln two-millenium “soon”.
Hm. I think Meh should try tossing bags into random purchases. Might get bag-lovers to make more purchases outside of Mehrathons. Plus mehmber interaction.
I’m actually good on random crap (I MUST sort my random crap!), but I will never not love a Meh bag. Because they are quite nice for so mehny purposes, and yet, when used, do break down.
@brainmist I’ve reinforced the seams and along the inner top edge on my bags with matching Gorilla or Duck Duct Tapes. Works great so far.
If the Mehrathons get too few and far between, I guess I’ll break open my stash of bright primary color jeans-weight denim and make a few super-duty bags of the same dimensions as the IRK ones.
I’ve actually been considering pairing down my stash for the price of shipping…
Would rather see the fuko/fuku bags available as separate items (I know they were at least once). IRK bags are, to be honest, quite unattractive in comparison.
@duodec
Thanks!
IRK bags are all I know! Please post a pic of said nicer/fuku bags, I’m curious to see for myself!
@duodec @Lynnerizer
The Fuku/o bags were the smaller more square bag design while the IRK bag is longer.
@duodec @Ignorant @Lynnerizer And the bag above is stronger by virtue of having the straps that go all the way down to the bottom. It looks like it’s still the same kind of heat-bonded nonwoven-plastic-fiber material, though. A heavyweight cotton denim bag with full straps and just the Meh logo would be what I’d prefer as an item to purchase, though a ballistic nylon bag would last longer. Cotton is WAY easier to print because cotton can be taken to a higher temp to cure the ink; there’s only a relatively tiny difference between the curing temp of plastisol ink and the melting temp of nylon. I’ve done it, but the damage rate was disturbing.
If someone wanted some meh bags I have some if you wanted to pay for shipping. I’m broke right now.
@Star2236
I actually have quite a few extra meh bags along with others too. I have bags sitting in bags bc I have so many.
With all this talk about the bags, I started grouping mine together to see what I have. This led to a discovery and question. Some of my oldest bags have been in my garage and even attic for years now. They look normal until you touch them at which point they disintegrate to a fibrous powder. Anyone have an idea what’s going on? Is it heat or is it possible I have some sort of chemical reaction happening I’m unaware of? It’s just weird to me.
@jaybird
I have observed this problem with the non-woven heat bonded poly bags many, many times. At first, I thought it was because they had been exposed to sunlight for a prolonged period, but then I started finding that the ones stashed in the back of the closet were doing the same thing. It’s just crappy-ass plastic, is all. It’s not even close to the Fisher Price level plastic.
@jaybird @werehatrack
How old are they when they disintegrate?
@f00l @jaybird
Shortest time to disintegration for me has been about 30 days, but that one actually was exposed to sunlight. I have some that are several years old and have not yet started to fall apart. If they’re going to autoshred, it seems like they last about 6 to 10 months before they just disintegrate. If they get past that point, unless you leave them where UV can get to them, they seem to go on pretty well for a long time.