7 Best Chip Clips of 2026

Four clips, at a price that works out to more per clip than any other set here, is the hurdle to clear first. What the money buys is finish: a non-slip mouth that grips a bag without creasing it, a spring that stays smooth through the whole squeeze, and a hanging hole above the magnet for a hook when the fridge is full.

It’s the set we leave on the fridge door rather than in the drawer. The magnet is strong enough for that job — clip, bag, and a light list underneath — and the broad, rounded handles mean a firm squeeze doesn’t dig into your palm. Someone with weak grip may still find the spring heavy, and the three-inch mouth makes this a snack-and-cereal clip rather than a bulk-bag one.

Four is the real limit. In a kitchen where clips migrate to lunch bags and car doors, a set this small runs out fast. The guarantee is the consolation: OXO will repair or replace a clip that fails, which is more backup than any other set here comes with.

Family-size bags are where most clips give up: the folded top is too thick for a two-inch jaw and the clip slides off the corner. This set answers that with size rather than tension — four clips with a six-inch jaw, four at around three inches, and a mouth that opens noticeably wider than anything else here.

The tips are rubber-cushioned and the teeth are ribbed, so a bag stays shut without the plastic digging in, and the wide opening means one hand can do the work. There’s no magnet anywhere in the set, so these live in a drawer — that’s the trade for the size.

That wide opening is the detail we keep coming back to. Opening a stiff spring over and over is what turns clipping into a chore for anyone with arthritis or a weak grip, and of the clips we tried, this is the one that asks the least of your hands. The small clips handle snack bags and cereal liners; the large ones are the reason to buy the set.

A silicone sleeve over a stainless steel clamp is the whole idea here, and it works: the metal gives the spring its bite, and the sleeve stops the jaw creasing a bag or nicking a finger on the outside. Twelve clips, three colors, four of each, so you can assign one color to the freezer.

These are the clips we reach for when a bag is thick or frozen. A clamp with this much weight behind it holds a rolled bag of frozen peas or a stiff coffee bag that a lighter plastic clip slides off, and the rubber tips grip instead of skating. The springs feel heavier than the plastic sets here, which is exactly the point.

The one thing to check is the inside edge. The metal is stamped, and burrs turn up along the inner face on some clips — run a thumb along each one before it goes into a drawer a child can reach. Two minutes of checking is the difference between a good clip and a cut.

It’s the most expensive set here, and the money goes into metal and silicone rather than count. For a drawer that only ever sees chip bags, that’s more clip than the job needs.

Thin bags are the ones that beat a rigid clip: a produce bag, a frozen-vegetable bag, the flimsy liner inside a cereal box. These clips are curved rather than flat, so the jaw wraps bunched plastic instead of pinching one spot, and the material is made to stay flexible in the freezer rather than going brittle.

Thirty-two clips in two sizes is a lot of sealing for the money, and the split does real work. The 4.3-inch clips take bread bags and family chip bags; the 3.1-inch ones handle snack bags and the rolled corner of a bag of frozen peas. This is the box to buy for a chest freezer or a house with kids, because running out of clips is the actual problem with clips.

Two sizes also sort themselves: large in the pantry, small in the freezer door, and the colors make it obvious at a glance when one has wandered off. They’re plastic, so they won’t hold a stiff, thick bag the way a steel clamp does, but they seal thin ones better than anything else here.

Blue ombre, soft-touch handles, and a shape that looks more like a kitchen accessory than a utility clip — this is the set that stays on the counter because it’s pleasant to look at. Ten clips, each with a ribbed non-slip end at the jaw.

As bag clips they’re good. The ribbed mouth locks a rolled bag and the spring is heavy enough that a cereal liner stays shut instead of sighing open overnight. The handles are the comfortable part: soft rubber over plastic means a firm squeeze doesn’t leave a mark on your fingers.

Ten in one colorway gives you a matched set instead of a jumble of promo clips, and the ombre makes it obvious at a glance when one has gone missing. That coordination is the reason to pick this set over a cheaper box of twelve.

Six woodland creatures in plastic, each about two inches across, and the only clips here that anyone picks up for the fun of it. They close a chip bag, and they make a kitchen drawer feel less like a utility cabinet.

Small is the operative word. The mouth opens around half an inch, which is enough for a chip bag rolled once, a coffee bag, or a gathering of papers, and not enough for a family-size bag folded over twice. On anything bulky they simply don’t close.

The plastic is the other limit: these are the clips that crack when they’re dropped on tile or sat on, and the ones that last tend to be the ones kept in a drawer rather than a lunch bag.

None of that makes them a bad buy — it makes them a specific one. A set of six is a nice small gift with a bag of coffee, and the animal shapes mean the clips actually get noticed and put back where they belong.