Charcoal Bags--Why So Hard To Open?

[Willy]

We frequently buy bird seed in 20 to 50 pound bags. They are invariably easy to open--just rip the top strip open--regardless of brand. I've yet to find a single brand of charcoal or lump that I can routinely and easily open without using my pocket knife, and then the opened bag is often ripped toward the bottom, making it hard to pour. WHAT GIVES?

[ofelles]

Good to know I'm not the only challenged person here.

[Willy]

Inexplicable, IMHO.

[HawkerXP]

[Willy]

HawkerXP. It,s not roadrunners (that are generally carnivores). it’s quail, cardinals, doves...

[HawkerXP]

I only feed the birds during the winter here. I pay tuppence a bag.

[Mr. Bones]

tuppence a bag

Nee-Ice reference...

[Polarbear777]

Yep. Without a knife it instantly becomes a complete mess.

maybe I’m just to impatient to slowly pull and pick apart the threads.

[Willy]

Nah. No, not "our" fault. Bird seed opens easily. Why not charcoal?

[Michael_in_TX]

There's Malcom Reed and then there is a rest of us: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FjCSiJZ26/?hl=en

[bbqLuv]

EZ-PZ, And I thought the bag was for kindling.
Glad I switched to a pellet grill.

[RonB]

I have trouble gettin' ahold of the thread on the KBB I buy...

[ecowper]

Chicken feed bags are worse

[Mr. Bones]

Mayhaps, it might make me a "Candy-Arse", but, fer th most part, I jus usually take a box cutter to em.
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[Willy]

Me too...well my Swiss Army knife (NO ONE should be without one—lol), but WHY should we need a tool when bird seed bags don’t?

[ecowper]

My leatherman blade cuts almost as good as a box cutter. It’s always on my belt. I’m good to go :-)

[Mr. Bones]

Willy , I agree with yer initial premise:why should it be so difficult, counter-intuitive, etc.?
Should be, in my Ideal World, Easy As Pie, with Instructions... TEAR HERE ---->>>> comes to mind, lol

[Panhead John]

I have no problems at all.






ACTUAL UNTOUCHED PHOTO OF PANHEAD’S ARM

[smokin fool]

....betchya can't tie yer shoelaces without snappin em though....

[POPPAJ]

I guess he's left handed.

[Clark]

Panhead John Been window peeping at your neighbors again?

[latenight71]

no problem at all. you just, "Pull from end of front of bag". and when the corner piece tears off in your hand, take your EDC from your pocket and stab bag repeatedly until bag is open. pour charcoal in bbq from open hole(s) in bag.

[RichieB]

KBB Blue no issue. A can of tuna fish using a dang mechanical opener, whole other story.

[Mr. Bones]

At work, I use a P-38 opener, which confounds my Co-workers greatly... lol!

[Bkhuna]

Mr. Bones - We called those "John Wayne" for some unexplained reason. Always had one on the chain with my dog tags.

[Mr. Bones]

Yup., Brother...

John Wayne. Indeed....

[Oak Smoke]

It's all things or one thing, but it's always something. I can buy a dozen eggs and the box will pop open if you just look at it wrong. I bought some new drill bits the other day that were in a bubble pac so tough I used my tin snips to open them. All bags challenge me, bird feed, corn for the deer, salt for the water softener, charcoal, and lawn fertilizer, I've been cutting them open with my old Case pocket knife for years.

[Mr. Bones]

It is, in my own personal opinion, rather a good thing, for us, this whole Evolving thang!
Alternate paths are contraindicated

[Jerod Broussard]

We had some items in the local outdoor store that were sealed in that really hard plastic that scissors could barely cut open. One day we find one of those packages empty, stored in an empty boot slot and COVERED IN BLOOD. Seems the person was able to rip it open, along with some rather sharp edges.

[POPPAJ]

It's a test.

[HawkerXP]

Welcome to the ....... well, talking side of the Pit!

[DavidNorcross]

I typically tear the bag to shreds and then dump the charcoal into a container. I have zero patience...