I just threw out about half a box of these because seemingly every other bag would not close, no matter how hard I tried. I am now using some old store brand bags with a Halloween print that bought on clearance. Please change the design! It's not just this size either. All bags of this design are worthless now.
The product bags ripped when opening then and the frozen product inside did not stay as fresh as in the past. I love Ziploc bags but not this particular product. I would not recommend it
We use a lot of Ziplock bags, but the new design on the 1 gallon Ziplock bags with the "tab" just doesn't seem to work very well. The tab invariably tears, and then the bag is nearly impossible to open.
Don't know what you did to these bags but are not of the original quality they used to be. I'll try to find something else to use but will not be purchasing anymore.
My wife was breading chicken as she has done for years with the gallon freezer bags (because they were tough) when the bottom split and dumped everything out. You can see the weak spot in every bag in the box. Rolling a bit of air in a new bag will cause a failure along the weak spot as if the bag was cut. If JJ cares to see this problem I have photos or will send the bags to you. I hope this is a bad batch and not common.