About BAGSTK

Hi, I'm Francis, the inventor of BAGSTK. The idea for BAGSTK came to me in 2019 while I was at a self-checkout in a grocery store. I had trouble opening the plastic bags in their racks and found it frustrating. I noticed that the bags would stick to each other, and sometimes, I couldn't open them at all. A store employee helped me by using a sticker to open the bag with ease. This incident inspired me to create a product that could make opening plastic bags easier and less frustrating.

 

My research led me to set four objectives for the product:

 

  1. Create a product with enough friction to open the plastic bag easily without ripping it.
  2. Make the product stick to the plastic bag but not to the user's hands.
  3. Ensure the product can withstand repeated use.
  4. Design a product that is small enough to attach to a keychain and easy to use.

 

After a long journey and developing multiple prototypes, I achieved all four objectives and named the final product BAGSTK because it uses its elasticity to stick to plastic bags without sticking to the user's hands.

 

~Francis~

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