OHN 5 qt Silicone Bag - Review

I recently decided to spring for the 5qt silicone bag from OHN and got it the other day. 5qts seemed a bit of an odd size, and it turns out it's the same as this 4 liter bag available at Medtech3000.de.

https://www.medtech3000.de/Klistier/Einlauf/Heilfasten/Irrigatoren-Klistierbeutel/Silikon-Klistierbeutel-4-Liter::827.html

Since in dollars the price is about $45 + plus shipping from Germany, and it comes with hose and a couple of nozzles, it may be a better deal to order from Medtech, it just depends on shipping.

Next to my old Klystra 4qt, it looks gigantic, has a slightly bluish tinge, and has double ears for hanging from a hook.

5 qts = 4.7 liters and it will fit if you fill it to about 1" from the top which is pushing it a bit. Connected to a 5/16" hose, it empties a quart in under 30 seconds or about 2 mins per gallon.

I love my OHN five (4) quart bag. I've had mine three years and it's going strong!

I have a Seeking Health one gallon silicon bag. I have been using it for a couple of years now and love it. My only concern is that when I fill it to 3 quarts or so it puts a lot of tension on the eyelet where you put the S hook. It stretches quite a bit and I am afraid it will tear some day. The silicon has not broken down at all and is good as new, but I think they could have designed a better more reinforced support hole.

I noticed the Medtech bag Radio provided the link to has a single support eye as well, which has the capacity to hold 5 quarts and that's a lot of weight to put on such a slim piece of silicon.

Anyway I love having my 1 gallon bag because I can fill it easily to 3 quarts with room to spare and you don't have to stop and refill as often as you would using a smaller volume bag.

@ProV1 I agree ProV1 , 4 and 5 qt silicone bags should be molded with a reinforced silicone ring around eyelet or sold with a brass or steal grommet on eyelet. A gallon of water weighs 8.34 lbs so 5qts weighs almost 42lbs. Too much to expect a bag to hold up over time. Go to Home Depot, Lowe's, or hardware store and buy a grommet before the bag tears a big hole in it and you can't use a grommet. You'll get many more years of use outta your expensive bags. And you'll save a lot of time by not having to clean up 5qts of solution. 😄

"A pint is a pound the world round." Five quarts is 10 pounds.

Examining a Klystra bag, the entire neck and part of the neck are reinforced with extra silicone and there is a marked thickening for a silicon eyelet. The same construction was used for the Klystra neoprene bag as well.

Current manufacturers of these bags just don't use the quality construction of Klystra. Klystra was expensive. I always mourn the passing of any company that made high-quality, non mass-market goods.

@ProV1 here is another suggestion:

Http://www.zity.biz/index.php?mx=profile;ox=memalbumshow;u=3357;ax=7172

check out the above, parts are stainless steel

Thanks for the link. I like this setup I just now need to get to the hardware store and see about putting this together.

@ProV1

If you look at the 6th close-up photo in the link, you can see there are 2 support ears, one on each side of the bag. The 6th photo seems to make a point of illustrating this.

Great tips for reinforcement. I have new home project to tackle. Off to the hardware store.

Funstrict's idea is a good one that's crossed my mind as well... use washers to distribute the weight and distortion around a larger area to minimize strain on the silicone.

Tip: Washers are stamped and nearly always have one side with a slightly sharp edge... make sure to install them so the edges are outward away from the bag. You want flat pressure plates, not little circle cutters.

I just completed Funstrict's upgrade to my Seeking Health 1 gallon bag. It was a complete success.

I thought that it might not work due to the spring hook slipping off the head of the bolt when the bag was full. But it held up just fine. The key is to get a spring hook that wraps closely around the bolt head so when the bag is full it is secure. I ended up going to Walmart and finding just the right spring hook for 97 cents. I got the bolt and two nuts at Home Depot for $1.32. I had a couple of rubber washers already so this was an easy upgrade.

I have had drug store enema bags tear in the past which is no big deal. But I have long since moved on to better more sophisticated equipment that costs more. With this upgrade I feel like my silicone bag will last for many years to come.

Mike45 said

@ProV1 I agree ProV1 , 4 and 5 qt silicone bags should be molded with a reinforced silicone ring around eyelet or sold with a brass or steal grommet on eyelet. A gallon of water weighs 8.34 lbs so 5qts weighs almost 42lbs. Too much to expect a bag to hold up over time. Go to Home Depot, Lowe's, or hardware store and buy a grommet before the bag tears a big hole in it and you can't use a grommet. You'll get many more years of use outta your expensive bags. And you'll save a lot of time by not having to clean up 5qts of solution. 😄

I don't know why you keep saying five quarts weighs 42 pounds. Five GALLONS weighs about 42 pounds. Five QUARTS is about 10.4 pounds.

The key to durability of the eyelet and not tearing through the bag is twofold. First the eyelet should obviously be well reinforced by a thick band of silicome and the other is to hang the bag using an S hook of a wide gauge to it doesn't cut into the eyelet.