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welcome back to the grocery bag
series where i'm trying to create the
ultimate
grocery bag that would double up
properly as a daily bag basically this
is prototype number two it's very nice
super foldable extremely light it's
water and weatherproof which is amazing
it's also leak-proof it fits perfectly
in my pocket but it's definitely lacking
structure and insulation since
this fabric tyvek by the way is so thin
so i need to come up with prototype
number three
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this is reflective foil bubble
insulation
this is gonna bring some structure and
some insulation to the glossary bag
this looks to be quite solid also an
interesting fact with this
specific material i've got a reflective
insulation but i've also got the
contact insulation since there's a gap
between you know the
outside and the inside it's just a
better insulator
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it's quite soft
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oh man so i don't know exactly what i
did but i clearly did something wrong
since i broke the tip
of my needle you know what guys i'm a
bit worried about this situation the
teeth of my
sewing machine they are not biting into
anything they are supposed to grab the
fabric
and make it move one step at a time and
if not the
needle might not be aligned with the
hole it's important to keep the angle
right when you're punching otherwise
let's try to replace that stuff
okay that's better anybody sneeze right
now
i'm gonna kill that person
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the most unlikely thing that was gonna
happen just happened
i did that in the
so i basically just sewed the reflective
lining and the tie back together
creating a new material that i am gonna
sew
outside integrate the perfect grocery
bag version
three or four or five exactly like i did
in episode number two i've got a few
concerns at the moment
because the reflective lining is so
thick i'm not sure the machine is gonna
be able to just be
punching through four layers of fabric
it's probably too much
and my second concern is that even if i
achieve this in the first place
how am i supposed to put this back like
outside in because it's so
so so so stiff
now on the bright side of things it's
going to be a super sturdy bag
so
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so first the leap of faith
i need to cut this it always seems very
wrong
to cut the thing that i'm building but i
did that in the past and yet
i'm still scared
what was the point of all this now the
outside in situation i might just use a
stick
oh that's amazing
that's exactly what i wanted to achieve
still is very light and it's definitely
way more solid than just with tybee
not gonna lie i was a bit worried when i
did that move it's looking good but
truth be told i made a mistake
this was supposed to be on the edge the
next step now
is to build the closing mechanism on top
because basically the zipper you saw in
the episode number two make the opening
too tight it's not practical this is
supposed to be
a grocery bag okay i'm trying to come up
with a
smart you know closing or opening
mechanism on top
but i'm failing miserably however i
found something
okay let's go back to something
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effective
so this is the latest feature i've been
working on the handles
those seems to be super classic but then
they are in fact adjustable handles
meaning that you can carry this on the
shoulder
or if it's super heavy you can also
carry it like a messenger bag
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and there's loads of room in this bag
it's a bag
made for those who just do the groceries
once a year probably
and then going back to small handles
super simple
there you go you got those strings you
know flying around you'll probably be
the funniest person
like at the supermarket
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to close the bag there's an option i
want to explore and it's
using this magnetic tape
what is it supposed to stick to it's not
super
magnetic
you know what means it means
i'm really not convinced about those
magnets first off they're too weak
they don't snap together it's not
satisfying and second
i'm not even sure this is practical like
you're in a grocery store you're putting
loads of stuff in
the other customers are just pressing on
you and
you try to snap it wait a second i'm
trying i thought about
integrating the string on which you
would pull
first off wouldn't be that pretty and
second it means that you have to deal
all the time
with what i thought to be a good idea
that that long
annoying neck
that neck is a terrible idea if it's
that terrible i should probably just
oh thank you this is something that
happens
to me all the time you think you have a
good idea and you
now that it can breathe of course i need
to find another way to close it
it's a never-ending story
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so this is everyday grocery bag
prototype number three
i just made a closing mechanism that i'm
really happy with
basically a velcro strap it's basically
as solid as a
ship container insulation validity
practicality and
volume it sure looks very different than
my previous
you know attempt in terms of structure i
definitely like this one better in terms
of
of course foldability i you really want
me to show this to you okay
this is definitely wait a second it's
portable
it's not foldable
in terms of weight it's basically full
of air
wow i should also say that the bag now
is
neither fully recyclable neither
upcycled
so
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this new prototype definitely looks more
insulating than
the previous one however words will be
words let's just give this a proper test
okay my freezer is this way so sorry
i've got myself two ice packs their
surface temperature right now is
minus 17. one inside this bag
and one inside the other one now i'm
gonna leave them
sit for two hours and we'll just come
back and check on those
in inner temperatures now freeze i mean
it's it's it's it's in fact
the opposite of freezing i would lie if
i were telling you i'm not worried about
this because if it's not insulating then
right time to check on those ice pack
temperatures
zero degrees celsius
yes minus 6.5 degrees
celsius which means this one is more
insulating
than that one good that's good this
is what i've come up with i'm not saying
i wouldn't i would go to the office i
mean i am at the office basically so
this is probably the best um
what is going on in terms of
practicality this bag is a beast in
terms of structure of this bag it also
but in terms of design this bag is a
brick
so i guess i'm going back to the drawing
board because i need to come up with
something in between
this super loose bag and this super
stiff bag basically something that would
have
a bit more style that would be amazing
that wouldn't make me
look like the delivery guy
pegasus
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good bike with this ordered a pizza
did you order a pizza anyway i hope you
enjoyed this episode
i know i still got much work to do but
uh
i'm not giving up so next episode will
probably be about
finding the sweet spot and also
addressing the uh
recyclable situation since this is not
perfect
and what i have in mind basically is
even worse it's not promising but at
least this is honest anyways if you
enjoyed the adventure you know what you
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