Thermal Grocery Bags

[Grinnan Barrett]

I was talking to a friend of mine in the grocery business and he mentioned the fact that the thermal grocery bags (Hot/Cold bags for things like Ice cream) would shield the anti theft tags on merchandise being taken from the store. I was wondering if they would be useful in protecting electronic equipment like the EMP bags used to store computer components? GB

[610Alpha]

Interesting idea...i was recently reading in a book from Joel Skousen about testing if something is "EMP Proof" by putting a radio in the container and turning it on and if it picks up a signal it wouldn't be protected.

I'll will double check the book to make sure that is what he said. Not sure if a radio signal is equivalent to an EMP, since we are talking about waves vs particles.

[Grinnan Barrett]

i have a line on some of the Military EMP bags and will be getting some of them as i can.

[WiseOwl]

Is there any way to test this theory without getting in trouble? I have a few of these bags and would be interested to know if this worked.

[610Alpha]

from the book "The Secure Home" on page 333-334 Skousen says the way to test is to get a battery powered radio turn it on and crank the volume stick it in metal ammo can...if it loses all signal and puts out static it is G2G...try that as a starting point...if you can video the test for all of us to see.

[Grand58742]

I read somewhere (maybe on here) a microwave oven works as a redneck engineered faraday cage. So an old microwave oven might be the trick for some valuables.

[Klayton]

Aluminum foil lined on the inside of any bag will defeat the anti-theft devices at stores.... not certain if that = EMP proof though...

[claymore]

So, would that mean that an old washing machine or dishwasher could be used? (would certainly hold more) Probably not dishwasher since it's not totally surrounded by metal? How about a metal shed (outdoor metal barn) ?

[Matt In Oklahoma]

So, would that mean that an old washing machine or dishwasher could be used? (would certainly hold more) Probably not dishwasher since it's not totally surrounded by metal? How about a metal shed (outdoor metal barn) ?

stick your cell phone in there and try it