Side by Side Comparison of: Universal Vacuum Bags vs FoodSaver

I really like these bags. I have ordered these (both the 8" and 11" double roll packs and in combo packs) several times over the past two years. Although they are usually only described as Commercial Vacuum Seal bags or Commercial Bargain Bags, the ones I have received have always been produced by a company called Out Of Air which is a member of Darwin LLC. But I have always had good service with these bags. If you look up the info on these, they are 4 Mil thick. They also come with the textured back side which is slightly thicker. This is the same thickness as the more expensive name brands Heavy Duty and Heavy Duty Boil "N" Microwave bags. A lot of your other saver type vacuum seal bags standard size is 2 mil thick. So these are more than adequate for most of your uses. Plus, I have even stored boney items like Pork Ribs and Beef Country Style bone-in ribs and so far have not had one puncture the sides. The Vacuum seal machine I am using is a two year old Food Saver V3220 and I've never had an issue with it sealing these bags. So if you seal a lot of items and want a better price alternative to the name pricier brand bags, give these a try.

Great bags for sous vide. They seal well in my Food Saver device. You need to be careful that the bag stays flat at the sealing strip to eliminate folds in the seal that will leak. It helps to give yourself an additional inch or so in length to facilitate that so the bulge of the food in the bag is not hear the heating strip. Since these bags are cheaper than OEM I do not mind the additional waste as much. The only leak I have had is a bag tearing in the freezer with clumsy storage and handling. Now I inspect the bag closely before I put it in the bath.I used to use more 11 inch bag material than 8, but I now use a lot of this size. It fits better in the bath and the size is better for individual bagging of single pieces. The seal is more secure since it is shorter. The price per square inch is about the same.

My sealing success with national name brand bags and rolls was very lackluster. I was not pleased that my food aka "time and money" was being wasted by inferior seals not keeping everything air tight.I decided to take a chance on these"off brand" rolls. I timed their arrival with my weekly huge cooking marathon of meals and putting up my CSA produce. W-O-W !!!!These rolls are much thicker material than any other I have tried. I followed the advice of another reviewer and used them writing side up - exactly as they come off the roll.Still 100% success which makes my wallet sing every time I look in my freezer. I have a Nesco American Harvest food sealer - but I have no doubt these will work with any dealer.Wonderful product!!

Wow! This is a great value. We have enough bag material to seal our food and leftovers for a long time. We have an old Kenmore sealing machine and we're always conservative using it due to the cost of bags. When we buy the bagging material in the store, it costs $10.00 for a little boxwhen it's on sale (not very often). Now I have 100 feet for a couple of dollars more. They are as good or better quality as the store product. Will definitely buy again from this vendor. Love my Amazon Prime!!!

These sealer rolls are great! I have been buying them off the shelf at the local store for years and each time it is a mental budget struggle because they are so expensive! Sure they save money on food cost in the long run, but that initial $20-$30 for two little rolls always seemed like too much. Till now.These bags are great quality. At least as thick as the "name brand" and the side seams are well constructed. They seal well and keep food airtight and protected. The only inconvenience you might find is that the rolls are so big they might not fit in your machine. But that's not a problem if you have a pair of scissors around. Just unroll about half of the roll, roll it up and put it in the machine, store the rest until you need it.All in all a great product at an awesome price.

I am very pleased with these. I have reused them, depending on what was vacuumed before. Perfect width to make bags. For meats, I make the bag and put it in the freezer for a while and then use the vacuum sealer. If meat or anything has liquids, the sealer doesn't work correctly. Lightly freeze the food and then seal. These came quickly and were so economical that I do not feel it costs me much to keep my food fresh longer. VERY pleased with the quality of the material. I know it is a lesser quality than came with my sealer but it is high enough to do the job I need. I'll reorder but it will be awhile since I have a LOT remaining! I recommend these!

Amazing way to use FoodSaver. Great alternative to the expensive containers and bags. Just fill a mason jar, place the lid (not the ring), apply the sealer, place the aux tube from the food saver and hit go. A half cut avocado will last for days and be just like the day you cut it.

I had modest expectations for this attachment, but ordered one in hopes of being able to seal up wide mouthed mason jars so I can carry soup a little more securely to work in my knapsack, as well as keeping foods better in the fridge or freezer. I was amazed to see how well it works in creating a seal! I can use half an avocado and seal up the other half in a jar to keep for days, perfectly green. Soup stays nice and secure in the jar with no leaks. I can blend up a big batch of smoothies with bananas and fruit and it stays good in the jars for a couple days (no discoloration). I actually find that I'm using it just about every day, far more often than I seal up bags with the FoodSaver!The only mild inconvenience is that after you seal up a jar, if you just leave the FoodSaver on and the hose attached, eventually the red light starts blinking (some kind of error?) and you have to unplug it. It would be even better if you could just leave it plugged in, and seal up a jar with the press of a button! But needing to unplug it and plug it back in is a very minor annoyance.

Works like a charm. I bought a ziploc manual pump like the one that is sold for use with the ziploc bags and can vacuum seal mason jars with no electricity or without dragging out a big vacuum sealer machine. Quick and easy to get into dry foods regularly and keep them sealed tight with little fuss.

Jar Sealers are a great investment!I love the FoodSaver mason jar sealers, and I give them an unreserved 5 stars.I have switched to using mason jars to vacuum seal all kinds of dry goods; coffee, flours, spices, grains, nuts etc. I have both the wide and regular mouth jar sealers, and both of them work great!Using a mason jar instead of the plastic bags for dry goods and refrigerated wet ingredient storage is easier on your wallet and better for the environment. Of course for frozen foods, cheeses, and moist refrigerated items, I still prefer the bags; but for anything else, vacuum sealed mason jars are the way to go.I would highly recommend this product to anyone who has a FoodSaver vacuum sealer.PROs:Allows users to vacuum seal and store items in wide range of reusable mason jar sizes and shapes.Removes air and leaves an air tight vacuum seal.CONS:Small mouth jar sealer rubber gasket comes loose after every use and must be reinserted into plastic sealing cup.NOTES:Mason jar lid gaskets and jar rims must be kept clean and dry to ensure a proper seal. Any liquid, oil, or other debris either on the lid gasket or jar rim can mean you will not be able to achieve and air tight seal.The gasket on the inside of the plastic sealer cup needs to be inserted into the plastic cup with the open or trench side facing downwards, that would be facing the floor when the sealing cup is placed on the jar.For a proper seal ensure the bottle has at least one inch of space between the lid and the item you are trying to seal. Ensure the lid gasket and jar lip are clean, dry, and free of debris. Next place the lid on the jar. Seat the sealing cup firmly on top of the jar and lid. Attach the FoodSaver accessory hose, and depress the Accessory button on your FoodSaver. If you fail to get a good seal, ensure the jar rim and seal or clean, or try a new lid as the rubber gasket can become dry and cracked with age.

My household is just me and my fussy little boy, so I have big problems with cooking and portion sizes. I don't like to prepare small amounts from scratch for each meal, or eat the same thing over and over again for 3 days. I also had a lot of difficulty in buying cheaper, bulk foods. I bought the Foodsaver handheld vacuum to be able to buy and store coffee in bulk, but soon realized that it could help with my wider food storage issues.I wasn't very impressed with the bags - they worked well once I got the hang of them (jiggling the nozzle around to get the seal), but they are very limited in terms of what you can store. Ditto the included plastic box, which is very shallow and holds little. But (many, many) thanks to a fellow reviewer of the handheld vacuum, I discovered the joys of the compatible this jar sealer.I started with a set of wide-mouth half-gallon mason jars and found that I could store just anything in them, including salad, fresh veggies and meats, stews, you name it. So I went out and bought tons more smaller mason jars. It's a particular boon for salad as I almost NEVER got through a box without it going slimy. Of course, after a few days it's not at a perfect level of freshness, but it's still absolutely great. I also love the fact that we are talking glass rather than plastic, which apart from the BPA issue is so much healthier for the environment. Plus the jars are stackable and occupy little space in your fridge, making everything much tidier. The only downside is that it can be a little painstaking getting some items (eg salad) through the neck of the jar, but it is completely worth it. Others have also mentioned that you don't know when the vacuuming process is complete, but I don't really agree - the sound of the motor gets lower and lower (if it doesn't you know you didn't position the nozzle correctly), and when you take it off you have to pull a little to release the seal.The vacuum and jar sealer have completely revolutionized my kitchen and allowed me to buy bulk foods at better prices. I'm eternally grateful to the other reviewer for pointing it out!ps. Anyone want a bunch of mason jar rings? I don't know what to do with them because you just don't need them with the powerful seal you get using this!

I have both sizes of these jar sealers (regular and wide-mouth) and really love them.Everything gets sealed into mason jars at my house. From dry goods like nuts and coffee beans which last forever fresh until needed, to liquids like bulk cooking oils. If it fits into the jar it can be sealed up to stay fresh for ages.Sealing in a mason jar is so handy I do not even use the plastic bags any more. They are expensive and failure-prone. Once you get the trick of how to use the lid-sealer it is nearly foolproof.Just make sure that the lip of the jar is not contaminated with whatever you are sealing up and it will do a good job.The trick is to remove the hose from the top of the jar sealer the INSTANT the pump stops running. If you wait even a couple of seconds you lose a lot of vacuum and the seal will not be as good. It's the air pressure of the atmosphere that pushes the lid down onto the lip of the jar and if you don't get the air pressure back into the lid sealer it can't push down on that lid. Just grab the hose at the top when you hear the motor of the pump start to sound like it almost done with the vacuum cycle and wait. When it stop just YANK that hose out fast to let air into the top cavity and allow the lid to slam down on the jar. That's all there is to it.I've bought extras of these to give away and everyone loves them (once they learn how to use them correctly.)Keep an eye on the blue seal inside. Sometimes it can pop out and you have to put it back in. If you put it in upside down it won't work well.I use these nearly every day in the kitchen and the tops last years of such use. I highly recommend these for just about any use you can think up for them.

Review for 8" X 50' Vacuum Sealer RollsI bought these because I was tired of paying such a high price for the original rolls/bags my vacuum sealer manufacturer suggested I use (their own). Most of the things I use my sealer for are premade meals or repackaging of bulk items. Most of the time the thickness of the bags is not a huge concern but when it is I will use the thicker, more expensive material. This product will cover 90 percent of what I do.I find this product to work well with my machine so far. I've made about 30 bags with it of various sizes. I only had 1 problem with one bag that got a crease in it during the sealing process and did not seal completely. All I did was trim and reseal making sure the material was completely flat. Not as much of a issue with thicker material.Pros 1) cost, 2) Size/Volume, 3) Works with my machine.Cons 1) **No area to write date and contents, 2) material is thinner (already mentioned)** As far as #1 Con goes, you can write on the bag with a marker but sometimes it's still hard to read. What I do now is seal the bag leaving about 1 inch of space at the top, then cut small strip of paper, write or type info on it, and seal it in the bag above original seal (see picture). Sometimes this means that I have to cut the bag a little longer but with the cost savings I don't see this as a big deal.I will buy this product again as long as the quality and price remain consistent.

Super economical, but the roles are too wide to fit into the FoodSaver devices!!! i.e. too many bags on the role. I didn't think of it before I bought it but now I'm like dangit! 4 roles of 25' would be more likely to fit, but 50' is a no go. It is waaay waaay less expensive than the "real thing" though and I would likely buy from these people again, I will just look for a 25' option.FYI - I found with wet filling, I have to seal twice (seal, pause, seal again); once doesn't do it. This might be an issue with other bags as well though (I'm still a vacuum sealer nubie). But twice provides a good, solid seal, so no complaints here.

I really like these bags. I'd love to leave a 4 1/2 star review. I couldn't tell much of a difference between the thickness of these bags and the name-brand bags I was buying before. I even got my roommate's opinion and she couldn't tell much difference either.The only thing I would recommend for any type of bag like this is to double seal it on both ends and beware of something that could poke a hole in it and cause it to leak. I sealed up chicken breasts with bone-in in the name-brand bags and I had to throw away three because a sharp bone poked through the bag, so those reviews who blame it on a cheap bag may want to just be more careful.I do a double seal on both ends and if I'm sealing something that I think might poke a hole, I just place it in an unsealed baggie first to give it a it more cushion, so to speak.Overall, I'm very happy with these bags and for the price I paid, I can't beat them.

I used these to seal all the meat, cheese and vegetables in my freezer. I used seal a meal vac and it worked great 98% of the time. A few times I had to reseal the ends which was probably my fault for not giving it enough room to lay flat. You have to make sure the top is nice and flat any rippling will not seal right. So far none of them have popped a seal or had a hole poked in it and they do a great job. I froze up half the stuff in my deep freezer and used about half a roll doing so. I left extra on the ends for cutting open so I could reuse the bag also :P. I will be re-buying these when they go on sale.I have found that freezing items in the bags then sealing them makes it a lot easier to get them to seal because if you do not the liquid will keep using out and the sealer will try to seal then there is a tiny line of liquid that doesn't seal and air goes back in. They work great when I freeze the food in the bag every time and have my deep freezer full and still have not used up a full roll but its almost gone. I have also reused these bags and they do hold up.

Great Vacuum sealer bags to use with your Food Saver for most foods. These are slightly less heavy than name brand bags but work great for soft foods with no sharp edges such as ground beef, fish, and chicken breasts. I had no trouble with sealing any of those. It worked every bit as good as Foodsaver bags. If sealing ribs or any other items that have hard or sharp edges, these bags do not hold up as well and may puncture more easily which will then not vacuum seal.If you have a machine that you put the rolls in and cut right from the machine, you will not be able to use that. These rolls are much fatter than that the area to put the roll. That means you are getting quite a lot on one roll, but you do have to cut them by hand.I would definitely recommend these as an alternative to name brand, but you'll still want to keep some thicker bags on hand for some foods.

These bags are a good bargain. However, that is what they are, bargain bag rolls. Although they will seal most items well, they are not as high quality as FoodSaver bags. They are described as "commercial quality."For items that do not have sharp edges, they do pretty good. However, when trying to seal dehydrated potatoes, many of the potato edges punctured the bag. I also had issues with pecans and macaroni.Compared to FoodSaver, the textured side of FoodSaver is thicker and sturdier. In the video, you can clearly see a difference.Due to the bags being thinner, they tend to curl on the ends. This makes placing them into the sealer a bit trickier and I must cut the bags a tad bit longer. They also take much longer to vacuum with some items taking well over one minute. It may be just my FoodSaver. I have not had any not seal nor vacuum.However, for the price difference, if the items you are sealing do not require the higher quality FoodSaver bags, these do ok. I have used a fair amount of this brand, both the large and small rolls, and they work. I just have to adjust for the curling and make sure I don't use them for sharp edged foods.I deducted 1 star for the seller giving the impression that these are a higher/commercial quality bag. They are not, in my opinion.Hope the video gives you a better idea of how they compare to FoodSaver.See comments for updates.

Great, but the small sealer requires putting another lid in it - upside down - for it to work properly without removing the lid when you remove the sealer.

No, this will not replace the canning process. But it does help keep dry foods fresh longer. For instance, I dried red raspberry leaves for making tea. I don't drink this tea very often, so my stash of dried leaves will last me a while. It is as simple as putting the lid on the jar, snapping this attachment on, then allowing your Food Saver to suck all the air out. I even found out that my machine did not need an additional hose (oops, after I had already purchaed it). It was dissapointing to find that I do have a set of 8 oz jelly jars that this lid will not form a tight seal with. I believe those are quilted Better Homes and Gardens short and stocky jelly jars. Guess it means I'll have to reserve those for just canning, and use one of the others in my stash :)

I've had my foodsaver for over a year, and use it regularly. I didn't realize when I got the machine, this was an option and ordered the Wide mouth version. This required me to purchase wide mouth caning jars. I have several sizes to store beans, rice, etc. I recently learned you can freeze liquids in glass jars (probably everyone else knows this). We buy a marinara sauce from Costco that comes in Atlas/mason jars which are regular mouth size, which is why I bought this. Why buy more jars when you've already bought them? I like to make my own stocks for cooking, and now I store them in 1.5 pint wide mouthed jars as they taper upwards so it's easy to get the stock out without it having to be completely thawed. I used to make stock, cool it in the refer, skim it then put it in rubbermade type containers to mold it, freeze it and then put it in food saver bags. One batch of stock would take 28" of bag material, so it used it up pretty quick. Plus I like storing things in glass more than plastics. The only reason I gave it only 4 stars, is that the rubber seal inside the unit comes off when you pull the item off the jar. It's not a big thing, but if you are doing a lot of jars at a time it could be an issue. I don't know if there's an adhesive to fix this. I've not had a problem with it not sealing unless you use two lids like other reviewers have had. I did find, that if you do not take the adapter unit out of the top of the sealer, it will pull the lid off, if you can get it off. Still not a big issue. I hope you find this helpful. Now to go look at Good Will for more jars.

This is the second unit I've had. I use it with the FoodSaver V2244 to seal mason/ball jars I put fresh slow-pressed juice I make, to keep them fresh for a few hours. The combination of this jar sealer and the system work well together, and though sometimes the rubber seal in the jar sealer comes out when you remove it after vacuum sealing the jar, it's easy to replace.

I got this for sealing my dehydrated goods into mason jars. I don't have a FoodSaver, however, I use a brake line vacuum pump instead, which doesn't require electricity :). I like that it's so easy to use, however, when you remove this sealer cap, the blue rubber seal comes out and must constantly be put back in. That's not a big issue, as the gasket seal does remove and replace easily. It just worries me that it might start breaking down. I searched for replacement gaskets and couldn't find any, so that probably means you have to purchase a whole new sealer kit if the gasket wears out.

This is a very useful product. I cannot get it to seal jars consistently without a couple tricks, however.If two lids are placed on top of a jar instead of one before applying the jar sealer, it will seal consistently. The only issue with this method is, once in a while both lids will be stuck on the jar. Most of the time the second lid comes off when the jar sealer is removed, but once in a while the second lid stays put.A better method I found is to pull my Foodsaver's extension tube out of the jar sealer, just prior to my Foodsaver finishing it's cycle and releasing its vacuum. If I do this, which is easy enough, the jars are sealed consistently. Despite its minor quirks, this is a great product and definitely worth owning if you have Foodsaver machine and some regular-mouth mason jars.I knocked one star off of this product because I also own the wide-mouth version, and that version works consistently without any little tricks to facilitate jar sealing.

Hard to work with because they don't fit into the top of my V3240 system making it difficult to cut using the Foodsaver cutting wand. I was able to use it but had to leave the roll on my counter, insert the product in reverse under the cutter wand and slice it across. This was the only problem I had, the vacuum sealer worked good and the heat sealer worked good. I recommend them if you want to save on bags but I am not sure if this issue with the cutter outweighs the savings you get versus using bags that fit properly into the unit.

I ordered these in conjunction with the vacuum sealer. They work great. They're sturdy. You cut off the length you need, seal one end, fill the bag, then seal the other end. My only problem really is that the roll, when new, won't fit into the sealer. So, until you use about half the roll, it's cumbersome to cut the bags using the sealer's cutting mechanism. I just keep a pair of scissors handy which works, but I like the nice straight edges I get from the sealer better.

have purchased other "not brand name" vacuum sealer bags and they worked very well - these bags seem to have 2 main issues that were not present with previous orders: 1) there are significant wrinkles within the roll that has been used 2) although on the outside portion of 50' roll even the first made bags curled over to the point of causing the machine to not want to accept the bag for sealing.Thickness is less than previously ordered product - this product isn't bad but, is thinner than previous multiple ordered products. Basic sealing projects I think it would be an acceptable product but, if sealing things with hard edges might not be strong enough.

These commercial quality food saver bags work well with my FoodSaver V4865 machine. They also hold their vacuum seal as well as the brand sold with my machine. I've been pleased with the quality and the price!UPDATE: I spoke too soon; I used these with fish -- they marginally vacuumed the product and one of the packages would not vac. Dropped the rating. Will update again when I have another group of items.

This works REALLY well in our FoodSaver vacuum sealer, and for the price, it's a great value. But I didn't realize until I had opened it and compared it with my FoodSaver brand rolls that there is PROBABLY BPA in this plastic, which is slightly concerning to me. The FoodSaver brand rolls advertise that they are BPA-free, and since the stuff I vacuum seal goes into the freezer, this is an issue. I'm sure these rolls are NOT BPA-free, considering they don't say so and the price is so low. I still used them, but will be sure NOT to heat my thawed food in the microwave in this packaging, as that would further release the BPA into my food.

The bags are pretty sturdy. They don't leak air, and they do a good job of keeping things fresh and free of freezer burn.I figured they would be boilanle/microwaveable, but they are not. It melted when I tried to boil it and exploded when I tried to microwave if, which to me makes it significantly less useful.But it does what it claims.

I really like how this works BUT even following the directions for leaving headroom in the jar, some liquid was sucked up into the tube. Because I have a model with the attached accessory hose, I know have to send the ENTIRE machine in to get it replaced. I wouldn't bother except that I've purchased a bunch of product that requires the accessory attachment. Aaaargh!

It worked the first time I used it then never again. Upon closer inspection today I see that when I inserted the tube into my sealer it cracked the grey plastic ring and can no longer form a seal. Now my entire sealer is broken, the only way I can get it to marginally work is to press my thumb against the hole to seal it.Update: I ended up buying a new machine and have successfully used this several times. I'm still apprehensive about the fittings and how they connect to the machine. I would recommend the nozzle you stick into the machine be made of softer plastic or even rubber so there's no risk of breaking the plastic ring on the sealer.

I bought this to seal little jelly jars but it pulls the lids off when you try to remove it. I've been using the wide mouth sealer for years and it's worked great. I did try this on a larger jar and it worked but I guess there isn't enough vacuum in the little jars to keep the lid holding firm.

When I can get this product to work, it's great. The problem is that I usually have to run the vacuum cycle 2-3 times in succession to get a proper seal.UPDATE:After taking a tip from the comment on the original version of this post, I have figured out how to get it working.Apparently if you take a second lid, place it on top of the first lid and THEN use the jar sealer, it will work. Just tried this on 7 jars and every single one sealed without any issue. While this is fantastic and saves me a lot of time and frustration, it's still a pain because the top lid seals to the bottom lid, and they're somewhat difficult to separate.... and should not be necessary. Original score is staying as-is, but wanted to update this review to hopefully help anyone else having this same issue.

The instructions that come with the jar sealer are insufficient. I struggled to get this device to actually seal a jar lid. After watching YouTube videos and reading reviews, here's what I have found will work: Carefully clean both the lip of the jar and the lid's sealing surface. Place the jar sealer device down over the lid, being careful not to dislodge the lid. Now, push VERY HARD down onto the jar sealing device to get the mechanism to engage (this critical step is not in the instructions I received). Attached your FoodSaver vacuum line and let it finish the work.This device really does work well IF you know how to use it. It would have gotten 4 stars if I had not become so frustrated when learning to use it.

This sealing lid's insides keeps getting pulled out after an attempt at sealing a jar with this it. I really wanted this one to work, I even had a couple of jars to be sealed by the time this arrived. I had to try this for myself and felt the loss was affordable enough just so I could know for myself. I purchased oxygen absorbers along with it just in case the rumors were true.Like another reviewer stated the rubberized piece on the inside comes right out, but the same with the white surrounding part at the base, it just "comes apart" as soon as the red light comes on.So it seems to have sealed, but its in pieces when you are done. I heard rumors that the regular mouth sealing lid doesn't work as well as the wide mouth, and I have the wide one and it works great.Welp, this experiment seals one thing, "the deal" (which) from here on out buying only the wide mouth jars verses the regular ones.I do have quite a few cases of the regular mouth though and I wanted to get use of being able to seal them without having to buy oxygen absorbers to do so.That's a "no go" it seems.All the negative buzz about the regular sealing lid out there seems true. So I will stick to wide mouth jars (and wide mouth sealer) only since I can get away with sealing them by all the methods available without the additional cost of oxygen absorbers. Keeping it simple.

Purchased to use with a food saver, I've tried several brands of bags and rolls and found the machine not particularly picky working with pretty much anything I've tried. That is, until these. As other reviewers have mentioned these are much thinner than most other brands. The textured side that allows for the air to be evacuated is either too soft or indistinct preventing a good seal.

Not impressed. I have made 15-20 bags so far and have a 40-50% vac failure ratio. Not sure why, sometimes recutting the end works but not always. Scared to use them with long term freezing. I use a high end food saver unit and never have an issue with their rolls so this product will be for short term only until I decide to toss it out. Update, after answering a buyers question about cutting the rolls with sissors I tried using the cutter on my food saver backwards and while it was dry whole coffee beans and not moist meat, the ratio was one vac failure out of eight.

So far, so good on these. I've only used them on wild game meat, and they do just fine. They aren't as thick as name-brand products, so I take care when I stack them in the freezer so as not to cause damage to the bag, potentially wearing a hole in it against other frozen items beside it.I have not, however, actually measured the product as some users have. They claim they didn't get the full 50'. Perhaps I do that next. What a pain that'll be.Edit: after a few months I've discovered that many of the sealer bags I froze meat product in have punctured in the freezer, probably due to the thin wall of the material. This means that they have not maintained their vacuum seal.

I don't know whats going on with these bags. I've bought them once before, and they were good. But these have an issue. about every third bad wont vacuum. So there must be a leak somewhere in the factory sealed edges. I'm going to fill one with water and seal it so I can look for the leak. I may be wrong. The problem may be something else, but it is a problem if you expect vacuum sealed food. I am using the bags that wont vacuum to seal things I am less concerned about a tight vacuum in such as food I will eat sooner. I have a roll I haven't started yet. If it has the same problem I will look elsewhere.

These bags don't seal very well with the FoodSaver FM2000 if there is any wetness inside the bag where the seal is being placed. You'll lose the vacuum. This happens, for example, when you're trying to vacuum pack a grilled chicken breast and the vacuum process pulls a bit of the juice toward the opening in the bag beyond where the seal will occur. If the contents are completely dry, these bags seal like a champ. Just a heads up if you are using this like me to preserve a few days worth of lunches.There may be a way to double bag something like a cooked chicken breast (maybe wrap with saran wrap before putting it in the bag) to get around this problem, but I'll be checking out a different brand in the future, because I didn't have this problem with neither the FoodSaver branded bags nor the 11" bags I purchased off Amazon.

I'm really disappointed in these rolls. I bought 4, 2 in this size and 2 in a narrower size. They are thinner than the regular food saver bags, but the real disappointment comes from the facts that, #1, they curl after being cut and it is very difficult to seal the ends. #2 After I get the food into the bag and I try to seal it, again, many times the ends curl and I have to wiggle and jiggle the bag to get it into the vacuum. #3, They leak. I'm guessing because of the way they are difficult to seal, there are probably tiny flaws in the seal and after a period of time in the freezer, I'm really angry to find bags that have lost their seal and the food inside is freezer burned. I won't buy these again.

The large jar sealer is fantastic. The small is not. It only seals about half the time. Sometimes adding a second lid gets it to seal.

I can't seem to get it to work. The lid is always stays in the cap. I'm going to try again later today. If it doesn't work then I will send it back.

This is the second regular mouth jar sealer I have purchased and it will not seal the jars. Very unfortunate.

Works great for vacuum sealing jarsEdit: after just a little use the hose adapter end that plugs in to the machine broke making it unusable unless I spend another 6.50 for a new hose

I went online to request a return and found other comments from dissatisfied buyers. I never had any problems with using the large lid sealer, so I ordered the regular-mouth sealer to try it on smaller jars. It works, but not if you follow the instructions from the manufacturer. Most of the FoodSaver machines seal, then release pressure. Because the lid is so much smaller, that suck/blow cycle seals the lid and then unseals it. Frustrating! The trick is to yank out the hose plug after it sucks and before it goes into blow mode. Now that it works I'm keeping it, but the engineering on this little item really sucks... yes, that was intended.

It does what it is supposed to, it seals jars. The one I got though... the rubber flap seal ring come out and stays on the jar almost every time. It is also harder to seat on the jar+lid combo than my wide mouth one. I compared the rubber ring flap seal things from both of them and the wide mouth one has a much different shape, the biggest difference on the wide mouth is a smooth curve on the edge that contacts the jar, whereas this regular mouth one has an angled surface with a slight ridge on it. My wide mouth one is great, I use it at least twice a day, every day, five stars. This regular mouth one is about 1 year newer production and is just annoying, but it does do the job...

I have a FoodSaver V3860. These bags did not work. The machine was not able to pull air from the bags. I tried both rolls with the same result. I tried a different brand of bag, and it worked just fine. Tried these again, didn't work. There's something about these bags that just did not work. I guess I'll have to use up what I have as storage bags without having air sucked out of them, as I'm fairly certain I'm well beyond the return period. Will not buy again.

I had hopes that these bags would work. Certainly a good price but not a value.In the middle of vacuum sealing some fish fillets my supply of the branded bags ended and I switched to the new Commercial bags. Because this was in process I did not note which bags were which but a some point the bags just stopped vacuuming. I erroneously assumed it was the Food Saver unit so washed the seals and let them dry. Still no vacuum although it was pumpingFinally dawned on me to check the bags. Did not have the Food Saver 8" bags but had some 11" so tried that and sealed fine.Look at the picture to see test. Had a few shallots to work with and the 11" on the left is the Food Saver bag and the right is the 8" Commercial bag. Obvious which got vacuumed and which did not.Unit is fine, bags are bad.

Not impressed, not happy didn't like them. I had been buying Weston bags but thought I would try this brand. I don't like them. They don't vacum very well and they didn't seal as well as the other brand. This size also did not thaw well in the microwave either and as I wrote in a different review for the other size, it whistled then blew up and scared my other cat half to death (she wouldn;t come back in the kitchen for an hour). Ok scaring the cat can be funny and good comic relief on a bad day but the truth of it is the quality of this brand isn't good and I love my pets (my dog growled the next two times I used the microwave, yes they are spoiled but that is beside the point) My food saver is still pretty new (sept of 2014) and I do know what I'm doing. That leaves me with believing this is an inferior product that I can not recomend.

This product will not vacuum no matter what I try to seal. I have a FoodSaver and was hoping I could save $$ but there is no way I can depend on this brand of rolls. I will be going back to FoodSaver products ONLY! I would not recommend these to anyone.

Just received these today and the rolls looked suspiciously small. I unrolled one and measured it -- 16 feet. Thus despite paying for 100' (and the package is clearly marked "2 Large 8" x 50' Vac") I only got 32' in total. Very disappointed.

The rolls I received were not 50' each, they are 16' each. The product label matched the description for the items ordered, but the actual items were not as described.

This is my second Regular mouth jar sealer. Because my wide mouth sealer works so well I thought my first one was just a lemon. I bought another (a year later) and it's still a dud. It doesn't seal well and then when I remove the sealer the blue silicone ring inside comes off of the sealer - every time!I'm using it in the same way I use the large mouth sealer, but it just doesn't seal.

This worked awesomely the first few times, but then it stopped creating a seal. It will not create a seal and suction any longer. I have cleaned and dried it, but to no avail. Frustrated!

I should have payed attention to the reviews....the regular mouth jar sealer just doesn't seal like the wide mouth jar sealer. Don't waste your money. Buy wide mouth jars only for use with your Food Saver.

I guess I thought that I would be one of the lucky ones who this product actually worked well for. I managed to get about 10 jars done before the cheap connections broke and the product was rendered useless.Foodsaver needs to stick with vacuum sealing bags and get away from containers and jars. I have tried them all and the bag sealing works great. Anthing that works with the accessory port has been a big miss.

This is the second time I have purchased this item. I just assumed the first one I received was just defective. WRONG! Every single time I seal the jar the seal is broken by the blue ring inside the sealer. The product seals 1 out of 25 jars. Very disappointing.

Never worked. Used as described on numerous mason jar tops & different jars to see if I could get it to vacuum seal. I LOVE my foodsaver and have been a huge advocate of vacuum sealing to all my friends & family. I have the bottle stoppers and other attachments that are great. However, I knew I was taking a risk on this attachment by reading other reviews - seemed to be hit or miss but I've always had good luck on mixed review items. Until now... Returned item for refund. However, if they can figure out the issue with the product I would definitely purchase in the future. Given how great the other foodsaver products are I'm sure they'll sort out this manufacturing issue. I just hope it's sooner rather than later.