Sous Vide Bags 20pack Reusable Vacuum Food Storage Bags with 3 Sizes Vacuum Food Bags,1 Hand Pump,4 Sealing Clips for Food Storage and Sous Vide Cooking (Gray Kit)

Brilliant. I love this thing! It was one of these: this is either going to be brilliant or completely useless, and I'm happy to say, it turned out great! It works a treat, super easy to use. I love it that I do not need to pfaff around with huge machines, plugging them in, putting in bags, heating or not.... It's just this little plastic pump that's it. It sucks out air fast, even out of the bigger bags. I have a small dehydrator and only have 1-2 bags per load. I also use it when we have chips or chinese noodles that would go stale, extra spices from bigger bags to stop them from going moldy. I've had it a week and have used it a bunch. The bags seem to seal well and stay sealed. It come with so many bags that I doubt I'll have to buy any new ones soon. The pump is only plastic, but there's no reason it should not last if it's treated well. This is exactly what I wanted.

At first, I nearly tossed the product because I thought it was so poor. Despite appearances, I decided to test it out. To my surprise the bags did hold a perfect seal for quite a while. But I also discovered that the hand pump is (ridiculously poorly made) junk. The bags deserve a five-star but the hand pump that they include in the set, deserves less than one star. I already owned a mechanical (rechargeable) handheld pump which works perfectly with this product. I sometimes use Ziploc sandwich bags for portion control. I seal portions inside ziplock food bags and then put it inside these sous vide bags and my mechanical pump removes the air from both the inner portion bags, the ziplocs (that speaks to how airtight those sandwich bags are) and the actual vacuum bag. They are reusable. I have not found out how many times you can vacuum seal a bag, I've not reached a limit yet. I'm constantly pulling things out of the freezer, opening it and removing what I need. So far they've worked perfectly after resealing it. I absolutely adore them and have already purchased more bags. I use them in the refrigerator for produce protection, in the freezer to prevent freezer burn, and for dry storage (but not powders). The seal on the bag is super strong, way better than anything I've ever experienced. They have a large size that I believe will work with documents so I'm planning on protecting some important documents that way. I also recommend using the little closing tool that they provide and I just leave it in a handy spot on the counter when I'm not using it. Please note: The seal on these bags are not designed for liquids or powders, if you vacuum too strongly or too long, it will pull the liquid/powder through the vacuum seal as well. This potentially could go through the machine and wreck your pump.

These work great but I just wish I wud have gotten small we sizes the storage I needed wasn't enough to fill the bags they r easy to use and very durable . The seal helps the storage bag stay sealed and the storage capacity was a little much but very durable

Decent for vacuum packing but they are a bit difficult to clean to reuse

I bought these for my mom after she saw some other ones that I had. I was going to buy her the same ones that I had buy these were cheaper in price, gave more than what I got, and had a nicer pump. I am going to buy some of these for myself now but my mom loves these things. I think we might have officially got rid of some of the Tupperware usage. We will see. Buy it if you need it!

Honestly not worth it and I regret not returning when I had the chance. The hand pump takes forever and the top piece constantly falls off.

So far, very good. At first I thought it was not working because I could not see the bag deflate. After about ten pumps it started and didn't take too long to complete the vacuum. Use force to hold the pump down. I could detect no air in the bag. Before this I was inserting a straw into the corner of the ziplock bag, sealing it up to the straw, sucking out all the air I could, then quickly sealing the bag. This tool is much better and easier. I am storing my meat in the freezer in these vacuum bags in small portions. I will amend this review when I learn how many times I can reuse the bag and what happens when you overfill the bag. From Reddit I learned to clean the bag with soap and vinegar.

The only issue I have with this product is that on occasion, the seal can become a little loose and allow fluid to buildup in the bag. However this might be an operator issue I.e. I probably didn’t seal it as tight as I could. It does become a bit of a hassle to individually pump each one and I have to be careful to prevent leaks. However, if you don’t sousvide very often and don’t want to shell out for a proper vacuum sealer this is the perfect product. Wouldn’t recommend for people that want to use vacuum seal for storage on a regular basis because the pump can get a little tedious, but at that point you should just get a proper vacuum machine. The plastic handle can get a little loose, but at the cost of the entire set, by the time you’re through with all the bags, you can just buy another set and another pump. Would definitely recommend to amateur hobby chefs like me