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MIL has arthritic hands as well as carpal tunnel syndrome in one hand. She is having a harder time with zip top bags, especially her packaged frozen fruit bags.
Those click closed containers are impossible for her to snap shut.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I have exhausted Google search.
Thank you

I have trouble resealing some of those bags that frozen food comes in . I roll the top
over a couple of times and put an old fashioned wooden clothesline clip with the metal spring to keep it closed . These are easier than chip clips . I use them on chip bags, the bags inside the cereal box, my Pepperidge Farm cookie bags etc . I love my wooden clothesline clips . I keep a pretty bowl of my wooden clips on the counter .
You can buy 100 of them on Amazon for a few dollars . They sometimes break , but 100 pack lasts me years .
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Anxietynacy Apr 22, 2024
Lol that's what I do, can't believe I didn't think of that.
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A bowl with aluminum foil over it. Or, they make these shower cap type things to use as covers over bowls.

https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Reusable-Elastic-Adjustable-Bowl/dp/B0C1JC76NS/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2L4XV6MD1UBNK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qT82FSQOJOPqHPyLwF1w2foZpydUH61Fsv320NL-ovSfLROWY8_LKACDr0q0_S6XJlVN9JkDGDXoca9GJQfaJJxTnTdQAY79lx8G6Gi-ll-KGR5movlTh3wqmK3LBMD5yinaJd3EbXIb5lQ2fGG277yjn1Y40ar5nw8c7rbWnZ6HJHV-SjPxn30f5SV4XH03z7NNH1DDgvaPZ_RNq8VtiupONJDLTMz9teubl_BnbMYd_Uplm3EAXWbBWfrk-68-CrywRQEHRvXFAogolYH_1wJtJ3CEQx3W_Eg2KhD4OzE.1RNY4BwKpt5NJEllW2rlqVFykMwr9t_HGBbOWJMRQYg&dib_tag=se&keywords=shower%2Bcap%2Bcovers%2Bfor%2Bfood%2Bstorage&qid=1713737297&sprefix=Shower%2Bcap%2Bcovers%2Caps%2C208&sr=8-8&th=1

It'll be difficult to freeze foods using these methods, however, so maybe mom can buy fresh foods in smaller amounts.
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Annie65 Apr 26, 2024
Does one need to type in this mass of figures and letters to get to website?? Would take me a long time and one error along the way....do not understand this link...for what, some lids??
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Is she able to use the zipper type bags , with the little plastic piece that slides , as opposed to the ziplock where you have to line up the grooves ?
Maybe she could use this for food she makes , leftovers for the freezer .
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Get the ones with the sliders. Very easy to open and close. Or use a plastic tub. You can buy a case at Walmart
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My mom just uses a bowl and puts a plate on top, a plate that fits snuggly, but mostly for refrigerator left overs
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waytomisery Apr 21, 2024
I have used the lids to my smaller pots for leftovers , they fit in some mixing bowls or even on top of plates and the handle on top makes it easy to pull the lid out .
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Check out the Ableware 753600000 One Handed Canister Set (Pack of 3) available on Amazon. Ziploc twist n loc containers might work for her too.
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If you put the items in containers, here are great silicone lid products I found:

https://charlesviancin.com/collections/shop-all-lids

I first saw these at our local Mast General Store and bought several for Christmas gifts.

I have trouble closing zip tops and then have trouble getting them open because my hands are weak. As others have said, I too use clips to close store bought products that have zip top closures. I love WayToMisery suggestion of wooden clothes pins... very affordable.
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LilyLavalle Apr 26, 2024
Yes, these are excellent.
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I cut off the zip top part of prepackaged foods then roll the top down and secure with a rubber bad.
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Plastic bag secured with a clothes pin or two.
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Roll down the bag of frozen food and put a rubber band around it.
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