# Space Bags **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518 "2006-04-27T21:41:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/21 "2006-04-28T13:14:01Z")
My space bags work great. My coworker has even had luck using garbage bags as space bags. I think you got a bad batch. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/22 "2006-04-28T13:19:34Z")
I purchased my space bags at wally world and so far they’re doing fine. I use them for the bedding for the futon in the guest room. I’ve emptied and reused them half a dozen times with no problems. Maybe I just got lucky. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/23 "2006-04-28T13:21:13Z")
[QUOTE=Rhiannon8404] No, no! What she needs is FLOAM. [/QUOTE] Oh.My.God., that stuff is EVIL! Kids saw it on TV; we dumbassedly ordered it. What the commercials don’t show is that the stuff is a sticky bastard and gets all over everything it touches. Space bags…They’ve worked for us…the key is that some bags are duds. We find them on sale at Dept. stores, etc. so that isn’t a big problem. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/24 "2006-04-28T13:25:11Z")
Mr. Ham has insisted cryptically that “the space bags will work when I’m through with them”. I’m not sure what this is going to involve, but I’m going away for the weekend just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/25 "2006-04-28T14:15:01Z")
[QUOTE=tiny ham] Mr. Ham has insisted cryptically that “the space bags will work when I’m through with them”. I’m not sure what this is going to involve, but I’m going away for the weekend just in case. [/QUOTE] Nah, they’ll work when you abandon three-dimensional thinking, like Klein bottles. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/26 "2006-04-28T14:16:38Z")
[QUOTE=Rhiannon8404] No, no! What she needs is FLOAM. [/QUOTE] Better yet: Put the Floam in the Space Bag and see what happens. > [@](#): > > (with apologies to Ghost Busters) > Dr. Egon Spengler: There’s something very important I forgot to tell you. > Dr. Peter Venkman: What? > Dr. Egon Spengler: Don’t [del]cross the streams[/del] put the Floam in the Space Bag. > Dr. Peter Venkman: Why? > Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad. > Dr. Peter Venkman: I’m fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, “bad?” > Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light. > Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal. > Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That’s bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon. Actually, we’ve got a couple of space bags and so far they’ve worked OK, though they don’t do such a great job on a Hudson Bay wool blanket - too much structural integrity on the part of the blanket. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/27 "2006-04-28T14:56:35Z")
I used some Space Bags to pack a bunch of stuff in a plastic storage bin. Said bin then went up on a shelf in the garage. Bin full of framed photos then went up on top of first bin. One of the Space bags failed and reexpanded. Bin full of framed photos came crashing down onto cement garage floor. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/28 "2006-04-28T15:33:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Rhiannon8404 > No, no! What she needs is FLOAM. > [@](#): > > Oh.My.God., that stuff is EVIL! > > Kids saw it on TV; we dumbassedly ordered it. What the commercials don’t show is that the stuff is a sticky bastard and gets all over everything it touches. Not to mention that the stuff literally _stinks_. Not as bad as liquefied corses or gangrene, but bad enough. After MilliCal played with her cousins’ FLOAM we were in no danger of her ever requesting it again. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/29 "2006-04-28T19:00:21Z")
We’ve had dismal results with the space bags also. But, they do have one good point. Even if the seal leaks and the bag’s contents expand back to normal size, they’re still in a bag, staying dust-free. ---
**Author:** ![Lambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lambo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/30 "2006-04-28T21:16:13Z")
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**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/31 "2006-04-28T21:21:29Z")
Are you trying to tell me that I can’t lose 15 pounds a week eating nothing but chocolate? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/32 "2006-04-28T21:54:27Z")
Now, if they were selling a space bag _of holding_, that would be a whole different story. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/33 "2006-04-28T22:06:57Z")
My parents have them. Never had a problem. I think they’re creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/34 "2006-04-28T22:42:16Z")
Well, **tiny** , I’ve got ten bucks, an address, and a fedex number. I’ll be happy to take those extra blankets off your hands and out of the coffin. 😃 I am a whore for blankets. I don’t know why, I don’t know when it happened, but I can’t get enough blankets in my house. But this also reminds me… [hijack] If you have a good shop vac, you can remove dust and just the regular grimies that blankets, couch cushions, etc. pick up over time. Stick the offending item in an extra large garbage bag, the stronger the better. Suck the air out with the shop vac until you have cusion jerkyTM, pillow jerkyTM, or blanket jerkyTM. Unhook the vaccum, reposition the item, and re-suck. Do this three or four times. You’d be agog…AGOG I tell you at the amount of dust, mites, or just plain gross shit that comes out of your stuff.[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518/35 "2006-04-29T04:08:41Z")
[QUOTE=tiny ham] How dare you rub your miracles in our faces? [/QUOTE] If it’s any help, I used a Dyson to suck the air out. Maybe that made the difference. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-bags/354518.md?page=1)