Side by Side Comparison of: Universal Vacuum Bags vs Commercial Bargains vs Vac-Fresh Roll vs FoodVacBags

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!

I purchased a Food Saver vacuum sealer last year to vacuum pack and freeze coffee beans so they'd last upwards of the month. I've since been using it for other applications as well, such as freezing leftovers, raw meat and fish. The Food Saver bags were simply too expensive, so I tried these. Over several months, they've worked just as well as the originals. I expected a few holes/punctures, but so far I've had none. No trouble vacuum sealing either, so long as it cut straight edges. I'm still working my way through the first of two rolls, so these have been really cost effective. Highly recommended.

So I have a basic foodsaver vacuum sealer, I got it to try and save money by buying food in bulk when it's on sale or from Sam's Club/Costco. It worked beautifully, actually cutting my food budget in half (I was not being a smart shopper before). However, I was quite dismayed when I saw the pricey foodsaver bags after I finished using the bags which came with the foodsaver. After researching the viability of an alternative bag, I found these. Price alone, it is not even comparable how much better of a deal these are; 100 ft for these vs 30 ft or whatever the largest easily available foodsaver rolls. I'm not going to measure these and be bitter if they turn out to actually be 95 ft - that is a LOT of product for a low price. Again, returning to the anchor of the pricey foodsaver bags, this is an absolute steal!In terms of the quality of the bags, i've sealed up around 30 bags from this roll already (prepping two+ weeks of meals in a weekend), and funnily enough I prefer these to the namebrand bags. I sometimes had a difficult time getting the seal to hold - small gaps in the seal would repeatedly form - and I would end up wasting bags as a result. With these, I haven't had any issues whatsoever; nor have I wasted any bags (yet)! My increasing familiarity with operating the vacuum sealer may be the culprit behind this, but regardless these "off-brand" bags are performing swimmingly.Highly recommend these to anyone with a vacuum sealer (that is compatible with this product of course).

Before buying a Food Saver I read a ton of reviews regarding the different models that were available. In numerous reviews from seasoned food saving veterans I saw recommendations for generic brand, commercial vacuum sealer bag material. It was claimed to be more durable than the Food Saver brand bags, and much cheaper. Once I ran out of the bags that were included with my sealer (which did not take long at all), I bought these.I don't know that they are any better quality than the Food Saver brand bags, but they are at the very least equal...and they are definitely much cheaper. These jumbo rolls are not likely to fit in your food sealer, as they are quite thick. I just put the roll on a paper towel holder and manually roll it into smaller diameter portions that will fit in the included storage area on the machine.Most people buy a food sealer looking to save money by buying their food in bulk and freezing it. I see these bags as an extension of that. You get about a 2:1 ratio of cost to product vs. buying the branded bags, and they work just as well. I will definitely purchase again when necessary, which probably won't be for a while.

Love these! They worked great in my food saver. They were cheaper and had more on the rolls than the name brand. Definitely will buy these again!

This is the first time I've ordered these rolls of bag material and will definitely be ordering more. They work just as well as the Food Saver brand. I've been vacuuming tons of food the past few days and only lost vacuum in one of my bags of sugar but only because I dropped it. Everything is holding up perfectly. Here is a picture of some of the items I've been vacuum packing.

Excellent product, great price and fast shipping !!!!!!!!!!!!! 12 stars Seals food really well, was very happy to buy 2 rolls at such a great price

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.

Lot of bags cheap, used half a roll has done what I wanted. 4 stars as they don't seem as heavy as name brand but I think they are heavyweight enough for most jobs. For the price I should give 5+ stars but if quality is the grade 4 stars.

I have a food saver and decided to purchase these bags for a lot less money than the original food saver brand.Pros - They seal well as long as you make sure the softer, shiner side is facing upward when sealing.They stay sealed after being in the freezer as long as you seal the bag as stated above.Cons - the rolls are way to big to fit in the food saver but for the cost difference, it's not a deal breaker as you can roll to the right size, cut and store the rest of the roll until needed.Bags do not seal well if sealed with the shiny, softer side down.

This product is a good bargain. 4 stars because the material is thinner than the more expensive products (as expected). This does not come without a cost. While this has no impact to food storage capability or use in Sous Vide, the thinner material is much more difficult to use when inserting and sealing into my vacuum sealer. These bags are twice as likely to be crimped or inserted incorrectly, resulting in some frustration and waste when the bags do not seal correctly.I still gave 4 stars because I have been able to work around the issue now that I know how to work with the product. As a result, the 30% fail rate(3/10) I had at the beginning is back to about the same as the more expensive brands.Here's what I did:Carefully insert them when sealing,Cut the bags with slightly longer margin for sealing and prepTake care not to fold or wrinkle the material during prep and sealing (this is really important!)

This is a great bargain for home users. The only problem is that if you have a home vacuum sealer than you probably can't fit a full roll of this stuff into it. It is an annoyance to have to unwind the roll onto an empty core so you can split it into two less capacious rolls. Still it's a bargain over the FoodSaver stuff so that's a win so far as I care.

Heavier plastic than some of the other products I've tried, although I'm not positive this is quite as thick as the name brand rolls of sealing material. It does work well for sealing a variety of different products; I've used it for things like boneless turkey breast, with seasoning and vegetables, so the flavors meld. You can make a very large bag to create a way to marinate chicken cutlets or similar cuts, and either put the sealed bag in the refrigerator for some time or even freeze it so the marinade flavors the meat as it thaws. I've also used it for cuts of cheese; it's great for keeping mold from forming. The only thing I watch as I'm sealing it is that my food sealer doesn't suck all of the liquid out of meats.

Work with Food Saver vacuum sealer. However, you either have to have the bag perfectly straight or trim a hair off the edge. Either way, they seal great and keep air out of your food. These bags are WAY cheaper than the original Food Saver bags and feel thicker to me. The only issue I've had with them is not getting a good heat seal. However, when I've taken a good pair of scissors and trimmed about 1-2 mm off the outside edge of the roll, I get a perfect seal every time. I have the stainless steel Food Saver vacuum sealer with the accessory attachment. Now, I'm kind of wishing I'd have gotten the one for big game that's even wider than mine.

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've ordered these rolls 3 previous times and have been more than pleased. Today, they arrived in a different package than I expected and unfortunately these feel different than what I'm used to. They feel thinner. I haven't used them yet but am about to process 80 lbs of meat and am a little concerned about the level of freezer burn protection these will offer compared to the previous rolls I was getting. When I opened the box, the rolls were skinnier so I knew that they'd be thinner plastic. Not cool

I buy this for my vacuum saver that I have the automatic version. I purchased these because they are far cheaper than getting the original vacuum saver version. Occasionally they do not hold a seal and about 1 out of every 6 bags that I cut I have to cancel before it finishes healing and move the bag around move the food around inside of it and then begin to feel it again because it does not remove the air you can see large air pockets at times. I have even had to throw a few bags away maybe three or four bags per roll. Even with this it is far cheaper than using the original bags. About 90% of the bags were perfectly well and I have food that I can use in my deep freezer for 6 months to 3 years at a time with no worries about freezer burn or oxygen leaking in or anything like that.

I've been testing g the quality of this item. Over the last few days. First off.. If you are sealing anything with ANY bit of fluids it will not seal all the way. That being said I double bagged and sealed it up just fine. With some other items it is hit or miss with what stays sealed 100 percent. . I've done cheeses, vegetables, and cooked left over meats with 100 percent success. I've done deli meats and sauce type left overs with a 50/50 success rate. When I tried them with a me brand bags it was no issue. So for the most part this is a no Brainer when it comes to bang for your buck, but the old saying goes. You get what you pay for and for the price it is a good spare bag to have on hand or if you don't plan on doing any wet type dishes and left overs it's absolutely perfect!

I've ordered and used both this 11" wide roll and the 8" wide roll. I use these with my Foodsaver vacuum sealer. The 50' length of these rolls make the diameter of a full roll too large to fit in the Foodsaver unit, but the lower cost makes this acceptable. Either re-roll onto an empty tube using a shorter length so that they can fit, or cut the bags by hand.When using for bagging a lot of items, I use a paper cutter to cut the bags and a separate heat sealer to seal the bottom of the bags.The 11" wide bags are made of a different material than the 8" bags that I received. The 11" bags don't have any stretch and holes can form when sealing dry food. The 11" bags also have a lot of wrinkles in them which has caused problems with getting a good vacuum. The 8" bags have stretch, no wrinkles, and seal perfectly every time.

The rolls are too big to fit in my sealer. The promotional add states that they will fit all vacuum sealing machines. These do not fit.Never the less the bags seal better and as all around better than OEM bags thats for. I frozen nearly 100 bags of produce from my garden without a single bad failure. The 3 starts instead of a five is because of the fact they do not fit in my FoodSaver vacuum pack machine. You can get around this by simply cutting the size bag you want by simply laying on the counter and then used the machine to seal and vacuum seal the bag

I tried using these with a FoodSaver V3440 to bag 30# of tuna steaks. I had maybe 30% success rate. The first end after cutting a bag from the roll went great but the next side after opening the bag and loading with meat would have the ends roll into itself and would not lay flat to insert into the slot for auto sealing. I wound up having to go buy the FoodSaver bags which did not have that issue. If you have a clamshell type sealer, you won't have the problem - only those models that the bags need to be stiff and flat as you enter the bag end into a slot for sealing.I wound up upgrading to Weston 1100 Pro and the bags are great with it as it is a clamshell sealer.

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.

This is the second order of these bags I have ordered in a year. The first set worked perfectly. This set however has not been as good. I sealed 6 or 7 things and noticed the other day that these are not holding the vacuum on them. I always put a second seal on each end for extra security. I have not tried the second roll I got with this order. I noticed it when I sealed some dry dog food the other night. It was hard as a rock then the next night I found it had got air in it. This could just be a bad batch so I don't want to say the product is bad. Want to contact the company but can't find the info.

While these are a great buy, the material is quite sturdy. I would say it is nearly as thick as the original FoodSaver bags. Unfortunately, they do not seal as consistently as the FoodSaver brand bags. Nearly every single time I used these, I had to wrinkle the opening where the air is removed before closing the lid on the FoodSaver. While it didn't look pretty, this would allow the bags to still be vacuumed. I probably won't buy these again.

We thought we were getting a deal on these, but only got 50% of the bags to seal correctly. (And those took quite a bit of working with to get them to seal.) We believed we may not have been using them correctly and just decided to keep trying...surprise, they can't be returned after 1 month. So we got to make about 5 bags, and then went out and bought the Food Saver brand bags..problem solved, but money now lost. No statement up front about return window. Bad product as far as we're concerned.

These are the not the same as the 8x50' bags I received. I've been using the former for a while now and just now got to these and they are not of the same quality. First of all, they are much thinner than the name brand and the 8" version. This is a problem because it is not rigid enough to not wrinkle in the sealer which causes a bad seal.Secondly, I believe the thinness of the bag is causing vac issues. I can go back and forth between the 8" and this 11" and I will not get a vacuum half of the time on the 11" bags. This may also be because the waves stamped into the bag are very lightly done. I think it causes a false vacuum without letting air past where the bag touches itself near the seal.I'll give it two stars because I can sometimes achieve a seal on my gamesaver. It won't get the other 3 because its very annoying to use. I won't be purchasing it again

I hesitated to review this product until I could use it regularly. Some how, a tiny slit was cut into the side of these rolls all the way into the bag. I didn't notice it at first and couldn't understand why my bags weren't sealing. Since it is so long since I purchased them, I doubt I could return them. Unfortunately I am going to have to search for that slit every time I want to use the roll and cut my bag from there - whether I needed that much, or whether it isn't long enough. So much for trying to use a cheaper product. Food Saver brand for me from now on.

I will hand it to the seller, they did a great job of getting the bags to my house very fast!I have tried to use these bags to package about 10 different cuts of meats and let's just say every time it has been met with frustration. These bags are actually 11.5" wide, the 11" is the inside width. This means that it DOES NOT fit in a foodsaver 4980 (The model you find at Costco). They are too wide to fit in the built in cutter by about an 1/8th of an inch. Now this is not a big deal...the big deal comes when you try and seal something. If you try and shove the full 11.5" wide bag into a foodsaver 4980 it will not fit. You will have to cram it in there in order to even come close to getting it in the slot. By cramming it in that means you are putting wrinkles into the bag and good luck making a good seal now. I finnaly got them to fit by trimming about an 1/8" off of each side of the bag. That means that each time I want to seal a bag I have to trim 1/8" off of each side of each bag I want to make.But that is not where it ends! These bags just suck! Even when I make a perfectly straight cut on the bag the bags tend to cup inwards which also means that getting the bag into the sealer is damn near impossible. There are also permanent creases in these bags that also make it damn near impossible to create a good vacuum. If I unroll a roll of these you can see all sort of creases in the plastic that just interfere with the sealing process.I guess I should post some pictures of the crappy bags I got but that is way to much effort, i'm just returning this crap.And to justify my 2 star rating here it is.Pros:When they work they work great.They are heavy enough duty for what they areShipping was quick and a head of scheduleCons:They are a pain in the butt to useThey caused me want to use way to many bad words in this review!Don't buy these damn thingsDo not fit in my foodsaver since they are 11.5" wide

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.

I use a Food Saver brand machine. Those branded bags work great! They make and hold a good tight seal like they're supposed to.These bags seem to get a good vacuum initially and seal but THEY DO NOT HOLD THE VACUUM!!! Every single thing I've packed from dry goods to wet goods has lost the vacuum which of course, renders them useless. No more for me!!

Had to return. This is the second order and they were not made as well. You must have one side, textured and one side smooth in order to get all the air out. This package, there was little to no texture so they didn't work at all. I had to go back to the expensive name brand. I'll try again in a few months. I must say that the product was bad but the customer service was VERY good, They took back the product and gave me a full refund.

My first order worked well but this, my second order was total garbage. I could not get them to completely vacuum the air from the bags in most cases and when they did they would loose the seal in a short period of time. I tossed one complete roll and a half of another and purchased the "Out Of Air" brand. Out of Air is a new brand and they are awesome. They work as good or better that the FoodSaver brands. Don't buy these!

This the 2nd time I've bought these bags, the first ones worked fine These will not vacuam. At first I was worried that it was my food saver, then I found some of the first bags I bought and they worked fine. It'll cost me more in shipping than its worth to send these back. I just hate to order more not knowing if I'm getting the same thing.

Finally just about out of my last batch of food saver bags and tried these for the first time today. They are no good, My food saver won't suck the air out of them. I tried several times to no avail, tried an actual food saver bag with no problem then back to these, still no good. Not a bargain if they don't work.

We initially purchased this product about 2 years ago. It was great. They worked really well the first time. This time we ordered 2 packages, that's 4 rolls. Not one of the 4 bags worked with my Professional Cabelas unit. So I thought to my self, my unit must be broken, right. I just purchased a brand new unit, Vac Master Pro 380, and no, none of the bags work in my new sealer either. I now have 4 rolls of bags I can not use. Sucks to be me. It's my guess that it was a bad batch of bags, since the first package I got 2 years ago worked so well.