Bags probably are too short!
"I actually expected them to have about another 3/4 inch to fit the container I bought better.
I fear the bag will slip down into the container."
Good for food scraps for the brown bin but…
"I always tear the bottom part down even if I try to tear it from the rest as carefully as I can…sometimes, I get lucky. About 2/5 times."
Fine compost bags, but just one problem
"These bags are quite OK, and fit perfectly in our Natural Home counter top 1.3 gal compost bin. I've used them for a few weeks now, and have not had any bags burst; they seem pretty sturdy.
The only problem, and the reason I gave it four stars rather than five, is that they are hard to tie. I could fix that by putting less compost in the bag, which would give me enough slack to tie it up, but I don't have that kind of foresight. I cannot use twist-ties, because they are not biodegradable. So I've started using kitchen twine. I *hope* that my spool of kitchen twine is biodegradable - I believe it is made of cotton, and that will probably biodegrade at some point.
What I was using before I got these bags were cat biodegradable cat poop bags (from beyondGreen, available here on Amazon). Those bags were great for the compost because they have handles (like plastic grocery bags) that can be tied to secure the contents. I switched to these compost bags only because they were about 50% cheaper than the cat poop bags. I think when I run out of these bags, I'll switch back to the cat poop bags."
