Bosmere Bin Bag Loader, G185, Green

This bag bracer does what it says but it's hard to use. The plastic is curled so tightly that it will not push out against the bag UNLESS you reverse it before inserting it in the bag. Then it still attempts to uncurl which will tear the bag because the corners are too sharp. The bag slips down the outside so you need to have strong clips to hold the bag up and over the top of the brace. I wonder if the designers of this brace ever used it?

Have bought this twice now. The first one, used weekly in a large garden all autumn/spring, had a crack through the top of the handle after a year. It was stored in a garage and used by a meticulous man who looks after his things. When the handle cracked the loader was no longer easy to use and was ripping the bags.We bought another one though as it is a great design and makes putting leaves and especially brambles/rose branches into bags easy. Both times it arrived incredibly promptly and was packaged simply but well. At this price I’m happy to buy one annually. Stores flat.

Have bought this product in the past as well, & it lasted for years, despite a lot of tough use & being used when taking garden waste to the various recycling points! Fabulously practical item----helps your garden waste bags stand right up ----so, so, useful. Means you can hang bags up as well, as you're filling them up around the garden. Moveable, re-usable many times over, easy to clean-----FANTASTIC!!!Would recommend their use to absolutely everybody. Easy to roll up & store, when not being used too...…..Lyn. B. (Cornwall)

They're very helpful for loading bin bags, but I had a patch weeds to kill and figured that to avoid using chemicals I could just lay the bag loader on top of them to deprive them of sunlight to kill them off. Unfortunately, the loader is made of a type of plastic which appears not to be photostable and after a few weeks the plastic became so brittle that it is falling apart.

Simple and effective to use. Roll it up, pop it in a bag, let it open up and fill away. I've attached a bulldog clip to the top edge of mine, on a zip tie, to clip on when it's rolled up in the garage to keep it tidy. Also, the clip is useful to hold the bag fully open when you first start filling it

I have used a bin loader for upwards of 5 years. It is currently mislaid, so I bought a new one. The first time I used the replacement it buckled and cracked along a horizontal axis and I had to cut a foot off to stop the break from running the whole length of the product. This is a grossly inferior product to its predecessor of which I have experience and I am totally unable to endorse such a second rate product showing critical weakness on its very first use. Now I have to search for my ancient and -I thought - worn one.

This needs some material to be put in the bag, after first inserting the loader, in order to hold it in place. After filling the third bag, when I pulled it out, one of the handles tore. I repaired it with Gorilla tape on both sides, photo attached, and I would recommend doing this before using.

Great idea. I read the instructions and cut the bottom corners rounded so they wouldn’t tear the bottom of the bag. A little difficult to keep upright until you get something in it, but has made clearing up the garden MUCH easier as you do not now need another person to hold the bag while you dump arm loads of rubbish!