Lakeland Banana Bag

The trouble with bananas is that they don't keep very well. No matter how quickly I eat them, I always seem to end up throwing a couple away that have gone too mushy and over-ripe. This is where the Lakeland Banana Bag comes in - it claims that putting them in here will keep your bananas fresh for longer. Mrs SWSt - a firm believer in all things Lakeland - recently bought one for the princely sum of £4.88. I have to confess I thought it would be a bit of a gimmick and prove to be a waste of money. I really should have more faith in both my wife's judgement and Lakeland's products! The bag itself is nothing much to look at. It's a simple bright ...  Read the complete review

My mum got this Banana Bag in a secret santa last year and we've used it ever since because even though we don't eat many bananas in our house we always buy them for my 2 year old sister who loves them. The problem was that to buy 2 bananas loose for her cost nearly as much as a bag of 5 or 6 in the supermarket so mum would always buy the bag and end up throwing at least 2 from each bag away if my sister didn't want a banana for a few days. The Banana Bag says that if you put your bananas in the bag, tie it up and put them in the fridge it will keep the fruit fresh for over a week. It works too, I can't believe it but it does work! I'll use this ...  Read the complete review

t is fascinating, when wartime rationing bit hard a banana became as precious as a diamond, yet now we take the fruits for granted and they are plentiful and affordable. There are just the two of us but it still works out cheaper to buy a larger bag of bananas, often I buy the family bags of Fair trade bananas from Lidl and the Tesco Value Bananas offer brilliant value for money. It is all very well having plenty of bananas but it is storing them successfully that is the problem. If you leave them in the plastic wrapping then they sweat and ripen far too quickly, if you store them in the fridge they go black and if you put them into the fruit bowl along ...  Read the complete review

I have recently started trying to eat lots more fruit & veg and I am a huge fan of Lakeland so when I saw this Lakeland Banana Bag online I thought it would be the perfect addition to the Banana Guard I already own. The Banana bag is a 29x35cm bag which can be pulled shut by draw string to keep just enough air and insulation going to the bananas to prevent them from getting blackened on the outside. The bag can be stored in the fridge and it's advised on the website that this will keep bananas ripe, but not over-ripe, for around a fortnight. I have found that the Banana Bag is quite effective, if a little small. I can usually get the smaller ...  Read the complete review

Now I could never be described as a practising housewife by any stretch of the imagination. Neither would I categorise myself as being one of those women who love to swap recipes and household tips but ever since I bought my Lakeland Banana Bag, I have raved about it to anybody who will listen. Lakeland claims that by keeping your bananas in the fridge, inside the banana bag, it is possible to extend the life of the fruit. The bag provides insulation and helps to keep the fruit from becoming over-ripe. I don't know how it does it, but it's true - you really can keep bananas for a week or, indeed, longer without them developing those horrible leopard-like ...  Read the complete review