gentle reminder, for people swapping things, to use up what you have or giving it to someone before replacing it. The most eco friendly thing to do is often to just completely use up/wear out what you have before you replace it. (reusable bags is a good example) Even though it's really fun to have new environmentally friendly packaging everywhere. Of course if you are worried about microplastics or whatever kind of personal risks you have with plastics then you should go for it. Driving up demand for these is good for everyone.
Hi. We encourage folks to use what they already have at home, before runing out to buy anything at all. There does come a time, when one might need to replace a broken, depleted or old item pump (floss, coffee filter, a lid for their collection of mason jars, etc) or they find themselves in a new living situation where they will require items they did not own before. The Green Jar only sells BPA-free plastic lids that are durable (HDPE) and can be reused for many years. We do offer stainless steel and platinum silicone lids as well.
Not only are all of these things the eco-friendly choice, they are all the aesthetic choice as well! They just look so much classier than plastic junk.
5:20 "Bite" is great company for toothpaste bits (bites). Their containers are metal/glass, their refills are sent in about the smallest package (and packaging) I've ever seen. Floss biodegrades too (silk?). V pleased thus far!
I like using toothpaste from the Ben & Anna brand. It comes in a glas container and has a metallic lid. You can bring it back to the shop and get 30 cents back so they recycle it. I like the tabs to travel but it depends on how long I am going for and they might end up taking more space than the B&A toothpaste in the same container.
@@mush3199 Parmesan cheese shaker lids fit narrow mouth mason jars. I buy spices and things like sunflower seeds and hemp hearts in bulk and use pint jars for them.
Cindy says "What you are doing is Awesome!!! We Need this store here in the United States, at least two in Every state! I have been making my own laundry soap, toothpaste, and deodorant for the past several years. I also use bar soap, shampoo bars, and bamboo toothbrushes. Thank you for helping the planet, and for the video!"
I've used the toothpaste tablets before. I really love them more than using the tubes. The active charcoal actually helped whiten my teeth too. More of these stores should be open everywhere. This is literally the future the planet needs. I wonder if they offer franchise opportunities 🤔
while this idea is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC idea and I have always been very interested in the zero waste movement, these types of stores are few and far between. i’ve heard of some in Canada such as this one, some in California, but it’s not easily accessible to most people. Would I love to be able to walk to a zero waste store and stock up on items, absolutely! But unfortunately our world is still plastic driven 😩 Keep doing what you’re doing guys and spread awareness to the plastic-free movement!
Love this. I have been trying to eliminate plastic even entering our house. It is hard, but exciting as well. I am definitely looking into the Dish Block. So many good ideas and products here. Thanks for sharing this.
@@annaflowers91 That's different. That's for utensils for food you ingest. I mean I don't really mean to offend. It's just that the liquid dishwashing soap from where I came from would always boast of antibacterial and how regular soap/sponges can have germs growing on them so they made this antibacterial thingy to kill germs. But I do get the gist of it.
Hi Honey, one ingredient in this particular dish block is preservative called Sodium benzoate. It is naturally bacteriostatic and fungistatic. A tip we like to recommend, is to avoid any pooling water on or around the dish block, so as to ensure long lasting use.
I rank this as the #1 video I've watched in 2022. Every single item wasn't just green-forward but they were all things people use every day. If you like buying in volume to save money then think about how much you can save by not paying for disposable packaging? Well done ladies for trying to make the world a little bit better. #TheGreenJar #CommonSense
This is great, and we must do much more of this to the food industry. A shampoo bottle lasts for a month or two, but a water bottle for a few hours. So carrying a glass or stainless steel liquid container, and so on..
So in reality this is how people lived before the advent of plastics in the 20th century. It's a regression in a way. The woman has the most soothing, mellow voice with the cute Canadian accent (on her the accent is cute, like when she says 'out').
Really cool and amazing alternatives! But I'm mostly impressed by Tannis, how eloquent and knowledgeable she is, the proof that you don't need to say a lot in order to speak well. Also she has a really calming energy which I even picked up through the video 🙂
I’m working on not using anymore plastic. Your products are amazing. I have not used any yet but I can see you have good stuff. I wish I could promote your products, educate others on more about what plastic is doing to us.
Love the idea and more people should use products like this. People always seem to disagree but you get a good amount of people to switch to zero waste products, it will make a difference in the climate change fight. Buy Local.
@@mechengr1731 Maybe not your thing to start your own store but you should start telling people. If there is an interest someone will do it. With the majority of people worried about climate change... seems like a no brainer.
Thank you for promoting zero waste living! These simple swaps empower us to make a positive impact on the environment. Let's inspire others to join the movement! ♻💚
Excellent ideas! I have slowly been reducing plastic use but it's not easy to find great products, especially that I live in a rural area. It would be great to get more ideas and names of reliable stores I can order from online.
It felt good to see some of the products you talked about that I could say „oh I use that“, like toothpaste tablets, bamboo toothbrushes, shampoo bars, and tops for mason jars! Bravo!
I've been using the shampoo bars for years now. I didn't know about the others than the white one - highly recommend if you're sensitive to perfume. That one just faintly smells like basic soap (there's nothing added I think) and washes away. My father has smell/perfume sensitivity as well + skin sensitivity (gets itchy easily) and uses the shampoo bar for his body lol
In the town where I live we have a store called The Refill Store. I love using and reusing items. I have bamboo tooth brushes and after they are not great for the teeth I use them for scrubbing small spaces. I reuse glass jars instead of using Tupperware or gladware .. etc. you look like you have many products that my shop here in So Cal has. Thanks for your post
I have one of those razors from my dad - nice that they made a come back! The older designs are better for sure. I luckily don't shave though unless it's some yuppie event. haha.
My mom had the same razor. Dad used a straight edge folding model and resharpened it. I however have decided that shaving is overrated. While I have a razor, the blade lasts me for years because I only shave when I feel like it - usually when the static electricity on my legs becomes unbearable 😝
Really impressive - thanks for showing. Here in Aotearoa/New Zealand we have some stores dotted about, but the products are always available to everyone via a range of online stores and I see this is also the case in Canada, with this beautiful store for example. The advantage of the physical stores is that they can draw in the curious passerby who may not otherwise have known what is available.
i recently purchased a dish block from amazon and i love it, i also purched mason jars love love, and i also purchased shampoo bars❤❤❤. still have a little more swaps to go.
"Refillery" - this is a store that no one realized that we needed. Keep the prices reasonable (appeal to average consumers when possible over niche groups like zero waste and vegan) and this sort of store could absolutely take off in any high-density area. Stock a few basic food items, some general household products, reusable containers, and the odd paper/cardboard packaged product and I think it would be a great success.
Brilliant! Hope you use non plastic and biodegradable packaging for shipping, too! (I'm sure you do) I'll be sure to order a bunch of products to be sent to Vancouver. Though, I hope you get a retail shop opened there, too.
Hi Matt, we are lucky to work with awesome suppliers that pack all of our products in paper and/or corn cellulose peanuts. We reuse all of that, for our own orders. Any surplus paper, we share with our community or shred for our worm bin.
That's fabulous. And I love some of the alternatives..I'm in the UK... I do try and use other substainable products..I have a bamboo dish pad they are great.. really strong on dishes I am going to look through your website. Thank you for sharing 😊
Agreed. We do carry metal pump and lid options, however the plastic options are not 'single-use' and will last many years before one will need to responsibly recycle them. The Green Jar has made an effort to mitigate our community's plastic waste, by placing collection bins in our shop and partnering with companies that collect and shred our customers' broken or 'hard to recycle plastics' - repurposing them into decking ,and park benches, etc.
A cork? Or a wooden jar (or would that be a pot?) with a wooden screw-top lid. A useful way that I use to answer any such questions is to research how people did that thing before plastic was invented.
With the sponges (or any sponges) I cut them in halves or thirds before use and get double or triple the amount of sponges out of it. does the exact same work just smaller.
I would love the toothbrushes, if they could make them softer. The ones I have tried are not gentle enough. The softest ones that doesn’t bother me are plastic, so I’ll keep using those for now. But I think there are many good ideas here. And I especially liked the dryer balls. I also think the refill on glass bottles are a great idea. It looks a lot prettier too 😊 I’ve actually swithced to soap bars and shampoo bars. Mostly to avoid all those chemicals, and use as few ingredients as possible. It takes your scalp some weeks to adjust, and your hair might feel heavier for a time. But thats ok. It’s not going to be like that always, and you do get clean. Envoirment is not my focus here. But I care about my health. So if I went to a hairdresser now, they would not be allowed to wash my hair, or use any of their products. Just the cutting please😇 The day I start to see the first grey hairs, I’ll embrace that too. I refuse to dye it with chemicals. But I have many years left before that happens 😁
There are online retailers for these products, if you don't have a store close to you. Not only do these products help the environment and save money long-term, for me, they also prevent migraines!
I’ve tried a few different version of toothpaste tablets and hated them all. The aftertaste is horrible to me. However I am interested in getting a bamboo toothbrush and that block of dish soap.
Try a power toothbrush. Been using the same brush for 6 years now, only replace brush heads every 6 months and batteries have been rechargeable so same ones for 6 years. And they get your teeth cleaner.
I find it funny how practices that were common up until around 1990 are now considered to be alternative.There is nothing new about taking your own jars to be re-filled.
Very true! We grew on on reusing and refilling almost everyting. The Green Jar was inspired by their parent's and grandparent's generation to keep it simple and let nothing go to waste. May cultures practice this on a daily basis. Newer innovations allow for the younger generation to see how the circular economy is possible in a new light.
I would consider switching to tooth tabs if they weren't so expensive. I can use a single tube of paste for 6+ months. I may try the metal tubes once I use up my current stock.
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gentle reminder, for people swapping things, to use up what you have or giving it to someone before replacing it. The most eco friendly thing to do is often to just completely use up/wear out what you have before you replace it. (reusable bags is a good example) Even though it's really fun to have new environmentally friendly packaging everywhere. Of course if you are worried about microplastics or whatever kind of personal risks you have with plastics then you should go for it. Driving up demand for these is good for everyone.
Hi. We encourage folks to use what they already have at home, before runing out to buy anything at all. There does come a time, when one might need to replace a broken, depleted or old item pump (floss, coffee filter, a lid for their collection of mason jars, etc) or they find themselves in a new living situation where they will require items they did not own before. The Green Jar only sells BPA-free plastic lids that are durable (HDPE) and can be reused for many years. We do offer stainless steel and platinum silicone lids as well.
Not only are all of these things the eco-friendly choice, they are all the aesthetic choice as well! They just look so much classier than plastic junk.
Exactly😍
Wish we had a store like this in every city
The toothpaste tablets are such a smart idea. Them being made to portion will greatly reduce wastage.
5:20 "Bite" is great company for toothpaste bits (bites). Their containers are metal/glass, their refills are sent in about the smallest package (and packaging) I've ever seen. Floss biodegrades too (silk?). V pleased thus far!
I like using toothpaste from the Ben & Anna brand. It comes in a glas container and has a metallic lid. You can bring it back to the shop and get 30 cents back so they recycle it.
I like the tabs to travel but it depends on how long I am going for and they might end up taking more space than the B&A toothpaste in the same container.
That was pretty cool, I'd really enjoy a series talking about alternatives like this!
Love this store, the owner, and all their ideas. We re-use the lids of Vegenaise jars for our mason jars.
Just found out that peanut butter lids fit regular mason jars👍🏼
@@mush3199 oh yes, we use those too!
@@mush3199 Parmesan cheese shaker lids fit narrow mouth mason jars. I buy spices and things like sunflower seeds and hemp hearts in bulk and use pint jars for them.
hot tip !!!
Wow!! Excellent to know!
Cindy says "What you are doing is Awesome!!! We Need this store here in the United States, at least two in Every state! I have been making my own laundry soap, toothpaste, and deodorant for the past several years. I also use bar soap, shampoo bars, and bamboo toothbrushes. Thank you for helping the planet, and for the video!"
At least two in every city!
I've used the toothpaste tablets before. I really love them more than using the tubes. The active charcoal actually helped whiten my teeth too.
More of these stores should be open everywhere. This is literally the future the planet needs. I wonder if they offer franchise opportunities 🤔
I look forward to having this type of shop opening here in Scotland. I do use some of the ideas here. Every little helps.
while this idea is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC idea and I have always been very interested in the zero waste movement, these types of stores are few and far between. i’ve heard of some in Canada such as this one, some in California, but it’s not easily accessible to most people. Would I love to be able to walk to a zero waste store and stock up on items, absolutely! But unfortunately our world is still plastic driven 😩 Keep doing what you’re doing guys and spread awareness to the plastic-free movement!
Agree but there are also several online stores that sell these things.
There’s one in our tiny town of elm creek Manitoba ! Population 500
Nice suggestions - ready for a part 2 video soon!
Love this.
I have been trying to eliminate plastic even entering our house. It is hard, but exciting as well. I am definitely looking into the Dish Block. So many good ideas and products here. Thanks for sharing this.
I have a similar dish block and it has outlasted my plastic bottle by a long shot!
Just a question, i don't mean to offend, the dish block can bacterias grow on them or are they generally hygienic? Just some thoughts.
@@honey3693 that's a soap. You use soap in your everyday life, right?
@@annaflowers91 That's different. That's for utensils for food you ingest. I mean I don't really mean to offend. It's just that the liquid dishwashing soap from where I came from would always boast of antibacterial and how regular soap/sponges can have germs growing on them so they made this antibacterial thingy to kill germs. But I do get the gist of it.
Hi Honey,
one ingredient in this particular dish block is preservative called Sodium benzoate. It is naturally bacteriostatic and fungistatic.
A tip we like to recommend, is to avoid any pooling water on or around the dish block, so as to ensure long lasting use.
I rank this as the #1 video I've watched in 2022.
Every single item wasn't just green-forward but they were all things people use every day. If you like buying in volume to save money then think about how much you can save by not paying for disposable packaging?
Well done ladies for trying to make the world a little bit better. #TheGreenJar #CommonSense
This is great, and we must do much more of this to the food industry. A shampoo bottle lasts for a month or two, but a water bottle for a few hours. So carrying a glass or stainless steel liquid container, and so on..
Nice job ladies!!!! I am in love with this idea! We should have these every where!
So in reality this is how people lived before the advent of plastics in the 20th century. It's a regression in a way.
The woman has the most soothing, mellow voice with the cute Canadian accent (on her the accent is cute, like when she says 'out').
But plastic causes pollution and health issues. So not really regression.
Wow what a beautiful shop! Kudos to the 2 sisters, we wish them all the best!
Amazing! Love your contribution to this beautiful planet!
Really cool and amazing alternatives! But I'm mostly impressed by Tannis, how eloquent and knowledgeable she is, the proof that you don't need to say a lot in order to speak well. Also she has a really calming energy which I even picked up through the video 🙂
Totally agree, she’s great 👍
I’m working on not using anymore plastic. Your products are amazing. I have not used any yet but I can see you have good stuff. I wish I could promote your products, educate others on more about what plastic is doing to us.
Love the idea and more people should use products like this. People always seem to disagree but you get a good amount of people to switch to zero waste products, it will make a difference in the climate change fight. Buy Local.
Sadly, its hard to find stores like this locally in some areas. I wish my city had a store like this.
@@mechengr1731 Maybe not your thing to start your own store but you should start telling people. If there is an interest someone will do it. With the majority of people worried about climate change... seems like a no brainer.
What a great store. We need way more stores like this.
Thank you for promoting zero waste living! These simple swaps empower us to make a positive impact on the environment. Let's inspire others to join the movement! ♻💚
That was a very informative and low key presentation. Thank you. You are very lovely. Have a wonderful adventure.
Wow love this. Super fantastic. Such a great idea. Thanks Matt and Danielle for sharing ❤
Have gone online and bought similar products as a result of this video!
Very interesting video. I don't live in Canada but wish the sisters great success with their shop!!
I love that things like these are becoming available for people. More people need to see this and start to swap!!!
Some really fantastic ideas. I am going research local options.
Brilliant video and suggested eco friendly swaps :)
Awesome. These are all such great, environmentally friendly products.
Super Superb....super thanks for sharing!! Really useful and amazing!
This is great! I love all the items you show. Unfortunately in our neighborhood there's no store which sell these items.
Wishing stores like this are opened in every city & town. 🤗🤗🤗
Thank you for your eco friendly activity!
Excellent ideas! I have slowly been reducing plastic use but it's not easy to find great products, especially that I live in a rural area. It would be great to get more ideas and names of reliable stores I can order from online.
It felt good to see some of the products you talked about that I could say „oh I use that“, like toothpaste tablets, bamboo toothbrushes, shampoo bars, and tops for mason jars! Bravo!
this is what we are looking for. It is glad to meet your vedio
I've been using the shampoo bars for years now. I didn't know about the others than the white one - highly recommend if you're sensitive to perfume. That one just faintly smells like basic soap (there's nothing added I think) and washes away. My father has smell/perfume sensitivity as well + skin sensitivity (gets itchy easily) and uses the shampoo bar for his body lol
In the town where I live we have a store called The Refill Store. I love using and reusing items. I have bamboo tooth brushes and after they are not great for the teeth I use them for scrubbing small spaces. I reuse glass jars instead of using Tupperware or gladware .. etc. you look like you have many products that my shop here in So Cal has. Thanks for your post
I have one of those razors from my dad - nice that they made a come back! The older designs are better for sure. I luckily don't shave though unless it's some yuppie event. haha.
My mom had the same razor. Dad used a straight edge folding model and resharpened it. I however have decided that shaving is overrated. While I have a razor, the blade lasts me for years because I only shave when I feel like it - usually when the static electricity on my legs becomes unbearable 😝
They stay sharp so much longer than the plastic ones. I’ve saved a lot of money making the switch too.
Really impressive - thanks for showing. Here in Aotearoa/New Zealand we have some stores dotted about, but the products are always available to everyone via a range of online stores and I see this is also the case in Canada, with this beautiful store for example. The advantage of the physical stores is that they can draw in the curious passerby who may not otherwise have known what is available.
I would rather have a walk in location to refill my empty jars vs. purchasing online then having it shipped.
Just bought the dish block and love it.
Awesome video. Time for a Toronto Road Trip. Thank you!
i recently purchased a dish block from amazon and i love it, i also purched mason jars love love, and i also purchased shampoo bars❤❤❤. still have a little more swaps to go.
This is wonderful!👏🏾💞
Ooh, I remember my grandpa had one of those rasors, too! I'm sure we've still got it somewhere :)
Looks like a pretty awesome store.
This is what we need on a world wide scale...
wow thank you for trying to make our World a lil bit better!
Amazing initiative and awesome products. Loved it. May you gain great success. Amen 🙏🍀😇
Thank you for these ideas.
Very beautiful 👍👍🌺
"Refillery" - this is a store that no one realized that we needed. Keep the prices reasonable (appeal to average consumers when possible over niche groups like zero waste and vegan) and this sort of store could absolutely take off in any high-density area.
Stock a few basic food items, some general household products, reusable containers, and the odd paper/cardboard packaged product and I think it would be a great success.
Paper-free coffee filter... or just get a French Press lol. Stainless tea pot filters also work well and are multi-use.
I believe they are giving options for mason jars you probably already own.
My dad use that razor is dad bought one of the first ones when they came out. I might still have it.
Love the store! And the owner was delightful! Wish we had some thing like that here. Maybe we do and I haven’t found it yet.
From California💜🤟🏻😎🇺🇸
I wish there were stores like this here in NYC
It’s so nice , what a great easy examples for change Thanks and keep it going ❤️🌎♻️🌱
Brilliant! Hope you use non plastic and biodegradable packaging for shipping, too! (I'm sure you do) I'll be sure to order a bunch of products to be sent to Vancouver. Though, I hope you get a retail shop opened there, too.
Hi Matt,
we are lucky to work with awesome suppliers that pack all of our products in paper and/or corn cellulose peanuts. We reuse all of that, for our own orders.
Any surplus paper, we share with our community or shred for our worm bin.
Excellent video!
We need more stores/shops like this😁🙏
Love my safety razor!
Fantastic ideas and products
Such great ideas!
Love this! Thank you!
Great alternatives
Thanks for the mindfulness 🙏❤
About dish block, I'm prever using liquid soap, it's for avoid the germ stick on the block.
That's fabulous. And I love some of the alternatives..I'm in the UK... I do try and use other substainable products..I have a bamboo dish pad they are great.. really strong on dishes I am going to look through your website. Thank you for sharing 😊
I use Doc bronners castile soap as dish soap. works great and a little cheaper than many dish soap bars
Do you find it rinses clean? I’ve read a few people saying it leaves a film on their dishes so I’ve been a bit reluctant to try it.
@@tracy6144 it rinses perfectly clean. I find it to be fantastic :)
I LOVE YOUR CHANEL AND ALL OF THESE SO MUCH❤️
Thanks Kimberly :)
this got my attention!!💞
Please open a store in Vancouver too 🙏 💚
100% Plastic-Free would be the ultimate goal... Which means figuring out your plastic lids, push-pumps, containers, etc.
Agreed. We do carry metal pump and lid options, however the plastic options are not 'single-use' and will last many years before one will need to responsibly recycle them. The Green Jar has made an effort to mitigate our community's plastic waste, by placing collection bins in our shop and partnering with companies that collect and shred our customers' broken or 'hard to recycle plastics' - repurposing them into decking ,and park benches, etc.
I remember a time that we were close to being plastic free, it was the "now generation" that drove us to using instant solutions.
I agree but my conundrum is spices that rust metal lids. Any suggestions? I store them in small glass jelly jars.
@@birdlady2725 It really comes down to the supplier's choice of material. The only way to by-pass using others would be to create the molds yourself.
A cork? Or a wooden jar (or would that be a pot?) with a wooden screw-top lid.
A useful way that I use to answer any such questions is to research how people did that thing before plastic was invented.
What a beautiful store. Why are all those stores in Kanada. Ich wish we had stores like this in Germany.
I love this ❤️
Beautiful 🦋
With the sponges (or any sponges) I cut them in halves or thirds before use and get double or triple the amount of sponges out of it. does the exact same work just smaller.
I shop at a zero waste shop (Scotland, UK) and have many of these items :) The razor is great! Love my shampoo/soap bars and so many other things!! :)
Lovely video
Nice presentation❤
Congrats Ladies!!! Awesome ;-)
Love this
Amazing!!!!
Nice Concept ….. Good Job! 💯❤️
Nice way to reduce waste
Quick reminder that French press or a cezve (for fine grain Turkish coffee) are also great options for coffee that doesn’t require filters
Great presentation with some cool ideas. Shows me that we could really eliminate plastic crap if we (our government) actually cared about this.
Fantastic!
🤍 Love this!
Great video Sis❤
Thanks for watching :)
I would love the toothbrushes, if they could make them softer. The ones I have tried are not gentle enough. The softest ones that doesn’t bother me are plastic, so I’ll keep using those for now.
But I think there are many good ideas here. And I especially liked the dryer balls. I also think the refill on glass bottles are a great idea. It looks a lot prettier too 😊
I’ve actually swithced to soap bars and shampoo bars. Mostly to avoid all those chemicals, and use as few ingredients as possible.
It takes your scalp some weeks to adjust, and your hair might feel heavier for a time. But thats ok. It’s not going to be like that always, and you do get clean.
Envoirment is not my focus here. But I care about my health. So if I went to a hairdresser now, they would not be allowed to wash my hair, or use any of their products. Just the cutting please😇
The day I start to see the first grey hairs, I’ll embrace that too. I refuse to dye it with chemicals. But I have many years left before that happens 😁
There are online retailers for these products, if you don't have a store close to you. Not only do these products help the environment and save money long-term, for me, they also prevent migraines!
Wow Awesome Shop ever gread job sister
Thank you so much 😊
I’ve tried a few different version of toothpaste tablets and hated them all. The aftertaste is horrible to me. However I am interested in getting a bamboo toothbrush and that block of dish soap.
Try a power toothbrush. Been using the same brush for 6 years now, only replace brush heads every 6 months and batteries have been rechargeable so same ones for 6 years. And they get your teeth cleaner.
Maybe tooth powder?
@@mush3199 didn’t know such thing existed! I’ve only ever tried the tablets. I’ll look into that.
Really like your products. Do you ship to the US?
I find it funny how practices that were common up until around 1990 are now considered to be alternative.There is nothing new about taking your own jars to be re-filled.
Very true! We grew on on reusing and refilling almost everyting. The Green Jar was inspired by their parent's and grandparent's generation to keep it simple and let nothing go to waste. May cultures practice this on a daily basis. Newer innovations allow for the younger generation to see how the circular economy is possible in a new light.
"Dont forget the way you camed" is so true cuz we evolved from "wood to plastic "
I would consider switching to tooth tabs if they weren't so expensive. I can use a single tube of paste for 6+ months. I may try the metal tubes once I use up my current stock.