There's a new trash bag in town that claims to be pretty special, the Glad force flex bag says it stretches to prevent rips and tears, so what goes in won't come out. Tonight, Consumer reporter Liz Crenshaw is putting that claim in her Claim Checker.

Trash bags are a multi-billion dollar business. So what's new? Glad Force Flex, which claims it's going to keep all your discarded food and gunky stuff inside the bag because it prevents punctures and tears. Will it? We put it in the Claim Checker to find out.

Glad Commercial
New Glad Force Flex trash bags, you can fill them, stuff them, and stretch them.

Crenshaw
GLAD FORCE FLEX IS TALKING TRASH THESE DAYS, IN A SERIES OF COMMERCIALS MEANT TO SHOW ITS TRASH BAGS WILL STRETCH AND STRETCH, BUT WON'T TEAR.

THE SECRET IS GLAD'S FORCE FLEX TECHNOLOGY, THE SAME KIND OF PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY USED IN DISPOSABLE DIAPERS WHICH WOULDN'T SELL VERY WELL IF THEY LEAK. IN OTHER WORDS,

Glad Commercial
So what goes in doesn't come out.

Crenshaw
SO WE ASKED NINE CLAIM CHECKERS, INCLUDING PEARL SANDIFER , TO CHECK OUT THE BAGS FOR US. DEPENDING ON THE BOX SIZE YOU BUY, GLAD FORCE FLEX BAGS COST BETWEEN 15-AND-20 CENTS PER BAG, ABOUT 15 PERCENT MORE THAN OTHER BRAND-NAME TRASH BAGS THAT DON'T STRETCH. BUT HOW CAN WE FIND OUT IF FORCE FLEX BAGS REALLY PREVENT RIPS AND TEARS SO WHAT GOES IN DOESN'T COME OUT? :

Pearl Sandifer, Claim Checker
Liz, let's put it in the Claim Checker.

Crenshaw
Pearl, are you ready to give these Glad Force Flex a shot?

Sandifer
I certainly am.

Crenshaw
Okay.

GLAD SAYS THE SECRET TO ITS BAGS IS THIS DIAMOND-SHAPED WEAVE. EACH OF THE DIAMONDS IS RIBBED WITH TINY INDENTATIONS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO PUFF OUT AS PRESSURE IS APPLIED FROM WITHIN.

Crenshaw
Why don't we throw a couple of boxes in here and see what happens.

Sandifer
All right, let's try this cereal box.

Crenshaw
Okay, put that in.

Sandifer
Another one.

Crenshaw
We'll push.

Sandifer
We'll push. What about this pizza box? And let's keep going. I want to see, does it tear? Oh no. Oh my. Look at it (laugh).

Crenshaw
You're pretty impressed.

Sandifer
My goodness.

Crenshaw
Let's throw a big one in there.

Sandifer
All right, let's go. This is a big test. Uh, uh,

Crenshaw
You're getting there.

Sandifer
All right.

Crenshaw
Would you have been through another trash bag by now?

Sandifer
Oh yes, especially with the boxes.

Crenshaw
All right. Are you pushing?

Sandifer
I'm pushing. Push, push.

Crenshaw
Push, push. We going through it at all?

Sandifer
Not yet.

Crenshaw
NOW IN THE TV COMMERCIALS, CLOTHES HANGERS DID NOT TEAR THE BAGS. BUT IN OUR EXPERIMENT, WE COULD PUNCTURE THE BAGS, . HOWEVER,

Sandifer
You got to really,

Crenshaw
Really push it,

Sandifer
Push it to make it come through.

Crenshaw
AND IN ANOTHER STUFFING ATTEMPT,

Sandifer
Uh-oh, we got a corner coming through,

Crenshaw
We have a little corner coming through here.

AND WHAT DID OUR OTHER CLAIM CHECKERS SAY? OF EIGHT OTHERS, SIX SAID THE BAGS WERE BETTER, TWO SAID THEY WERE NOT.

SARA IN COLLEGE PARK MARYLAND SAYS IT'S NICE TO SEE A SIMPLE, DAILY PRODUCT IMPROVED BY VIRTUE OF RETHINKING THE DESIGN, AND MIKE IN SILVER SPRING SAYS THE BAGS ARE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE BUT WORTH THE EXTRA COST.

SO WOULD OUR NINE CLAIM CHECKERS BUY FORCE FLEX? ONLY TWO SAY THEY WOULD NOT, SEVEN SAY THEY WOULD INCLUDING PEARL SANDIFER.

The claim is what goes in doesn't come out because it's stretchable. Does it live up to that claim?

Sandifer
To me it lives up to that claim.

Crenshaw
For 15-20 cents a bag would you buy the Glad Force Flex?

Sandifer
Yes I would.