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Although we ended up not needing to use these for a two week trip, we tried them and found they truly reduced the volumn of items placed in them. As someone else commented, it did take a lot of effort to force the excess air out of the bag. I also found it harder if the bag was very full since it was harder for the air to find a clear way out.

Honestly was sceptical at first with it not needing a vacuum. However...these little things definitely hold up under pressure hahahahaha! Worthy purchase. Thanks.

This is now my second set of these bags. I love that you don't need a vacuum to use these. They work great! I used them for our trip to NY and having to pack a lot of fluffy cold-weather gear. I was able to put the kids snow suits in a bag and compact them to 1/4 of their size. They never lost there vacuum seal. same for the pillow and bathrobe I packed. This purchased the 4 med/4 large package. I was able to pat a childs size fluffy snow jacket, overall snow pants, hat and gloves in one medium bag. I used the large for adults jackets and another large for 3 pairs of jeans, 4 tshirts, socks and underwear. To get the air out I gently leaned on the bags until most of the air released and then finished up with rolling the bags up to get out the rest of the air. Very easy and convenient! I now used these for long term storage of clothing

I'll be honest, I was a skeptic when I bought these. The moment they arrived, I was hell bent on proving they werent all they said they were. Boy was I wrong. I took 5 XL T-shirts and a collared shirt and put them in a carry on bag. Originally, stacked up, they were about 9 to 10 inches tall. I was able to compress them down to less than 3 inches. I was floored. So I tried another test. I put two pairs of jeans in (I assure you, I am a fairly large man and these pants were mine), three pairs of boxers, and 6 pairs of socks. I thought I was going to break the bag. Nope, compressed down to less than 3 inches. I was dumbfounded. I was able to get all of the clothes I needed for a several day trip into about 6 inches of vertical space (using only 2 of the carry on size bags). These bags are tough, more tough than I thought they would be. I went into this as a skeptic and came out a believer. These work great and I intend to use them every time I travel.

Once they send a 'how to' product use via youtube, I realized I had sucked the air out of them out all wrong. Now that I know how to use them, they will do the trick for what I need. At first, I tried to suck the air out (the wrong way) and then roll these babies up (again, wrong), but that was NOT saving me space. Once I figured out the proper way of pressing out the air, and then laid them flat at the bottom of my backpack, it was much roomier. At that point, you just play a little 'tetris' and stack your flat bags either horizontally or vertically, to get the right maximization of your space (my case, a 35L backpack). I honestly didn't need the XL sizes for a backpack. Even the Large size was big, but once the air is out, they shrivel up just fine to fit.Here is what I had to fit in my bags: 2 full regency era dresses and 2 sets of silk gloves (really!) in the Large size-1 pair jeggings, a regular bra, and 2 long sleeve shirts in a Large size-1 workout top, 1 yoga pats, 4 sets undies and sports bra in a Large size-and that is all I needed for a 5 day trip to the UK :) And yes, I had room for 3 pairs shoes (tennis, flats, sandals), socks, toiletry kit, hair ties, ear plugs, neck pillow, sleep mask, water bottle, sunglasses, lumbar pillow, headphones (both muff and the plug variety), my kindle, umbrella, my masquerade mask, but those weren't put into the bags.

These are great - I use these for traveling, to consolidate and sort my seasonal clothes and linens. But when I found I had bedbugs, they were PERFECT to isolate my clothing for the exterminators. Very easy to use, no vacuum required the size are perfect, and with strategic placement, can hold far more then you would suspect. Highly reccommend!

I have used both Ziploc Space bags and another name space bags. The Ziploc bags out lasted the other name bags. The Ziploc bags held up better. The bags sealed and stayed sealed. I have some of the Ziploc bags that have stayed sealed for over a year. I have purchased this product at Amazon.com 14 Bag Space Saver Bags Set featuring NEW Turbo Valve, NEW Double Zipper and durable multi-layer constructionSaves up to 3 times the storage space and easy to useDurable design4 Medium, 4 Large, 3 X Large, and 3 Suitcase3 new from $65.00,

Probably one of the best purchases I ever did. PLENTY of bags that fit PLENTY of things. I moved and have limited storage. I always kept my winter/summer things in bins in the garage during the off seasons. So this year when I had to store my bulky winter stuff I figured I'd give this a go. The XL ones fit my duvet that I switch out in the summer. The L and M fit my sweaters and long sleeves. Another XL fit my skii'ing clothes and the suitcase ones fit my hats/gloves/scarves. Everything is organized, and I labeled them so easy to find when the time comes to unpack so I can do it in an order that works best for me. AND I still have SO much left over!!!!

These bags are amazing. I wish I'd known about them years ago. We have always kept our clothes, shoes, Christmas decorations, blankets, everything n clear bins in our basement. After two floods in which everything was soaked and much was destroyed, we built shelves for the bins. We have not been able to keep moths, mold, and the basement smell completely out of the bins though. These bags do just that! They hold everything. They are roomy, shrink down to half their size when vacuumed, and fit neatly in the bins. I've been using these as gifts as well for new parents who will be storing clothes for their children, people going on vacation who might want to make room in their suitcases on their return, and friends who are planning on moving. They are very sturdy and can hold up to being stuffed to the max and dropped, as I have learned. I absolutely love these bags.

After using these I doubled my storage space! They're easy to use, and all of mine have held their seals for the few weeks it's been since I packed them. Everyone who talked about having bad seals said it was a matter of a day or two from sealing them and having them full of air, so I figure I'm in the clear. I highly recommend packing the larger ones standing up, rather than on their side- it's much easier to control. Some of the bags were going into storage bins, so I placed the bag in the bin before vacuuming out the air, and that worked nicely. It's nice to have our closets back and know that our clothes and cloth valuables are protected. We ended up getting 2 of these boxes, plus 2 boxes of the jumbo sized ones. We still have half a box of the variety left, and figure as we go through seasons changing (clothing, bedding) we'll have back ups for any bags that get damaged. I do recommend sorting out EVERYTHING to be bagged first. I made piles in the living room (bedding, summer clothes, slightly small clothes, slightly large clothes, etc.) and then decided what would go in what- then I made labels (used regular address labels, Word, and a printer) for each bag so my husband won't have to ask "which one" he needs. So glad I got these!

Amazing! My husband and I have a ton of sweatshirts and t-shirts that I want to eventually make into quilts. We are also overrun with bedding- in our house we have at least two bed sets for each of the following: a king size 16 inch foam mattress, a crib, two twin guest beds, and a potty training boy's twin bed and trundle. I was able to fit all the sweatshirts (about 30) in the large sized bag. In another large bag there are 72 t-shirts! In the extra large size, I was able to fit all (!) the extra bedding for the twin beds- 4 sets complete with comforters. Another extra large fit the extra crib bedding and the extra King bedding, since I change those beds out at the same time. I actually have extra bags. Insane. Buy these, you won't regret it. Plus, it's a heck of a lot cheaper for these than in the store.

You really can't beat the price for this item. Consider that a 10pc at Bed Bath and Beyond costs $39.99, even with their 20% off coupon this 14pc is cheaper, and it comes right to your door :)I love these bags! I use them for travel (try fitting a pillow in your baggage without one haha), storage (to keep my clothes from picking up dust and smells in my storage unit), space optimization in my small apartment (sheets, comforters) etc.I noticed that some of the travel bags do let some air back in, sometimes. I agree with other reviewers that the medium bags are kind of a waste, and I also noticed that these are not as large or tough as the original space bags from about 10 years ago, but again you can't beat the price on these. The medium bags do fit better in most storage tubs because they are more narrow. They really don't shrink the size of clothes but they make packing clothes away easier.

I used 3 medium bags in a 50L backpack while traveling Europe. These definitely were a life saver! I was able to pack more clothes for all different types of weather. I fit 3 long sleeve shirts, 10 short sleeve shirts, 2 pairs of jeans, 3 bulky sweaters and 1 Northface jacket along with all of my delicates. I still had room to spare and packed 2 pairs of shoes and all of my toiletries.The only downside is you do have to really work at removing all of the air. I often had to use body weight as I rolled them up. They can also be loud. If you are packing in a hostel be mindful of your neighbors when packing. Overall, I would absolutely recommend these and buy them again for my next backpacking trip!

Definitely made more room in my suit case! I heard from other people to use the "name brand" space saver type of bag but I believe this one was cheaper & I'm glad I took the risk! They worked great. It saved so much room on my carry on. You should lay things flat & then roll out the air slowly to get the most space saving!

Really does conserve space in suitcase. But after 10 uses, bag tore. EZ to compress the clothes and release the air.

These bags making your suitcase so much more organized and allow you to fit a lot more in your bag. They seal things just about as well as the vacuum bags, with the advantage of being able to use them anywhere. The only reason I didn't give them 5 stars is that the white tabs used to seal the bags kept popping off. Yes, the bags stayed closed anyway, but I managed to lose 2 of 4 over the course of my trip, and you need the tabs to seal the bags properly. I was able to use one of the remaining tabs to seal all of the bags, so they still worked, but it made me think they will not survived many trips. If you are just using them at home for storage, this might not be as much of an issue for you.

Used this to pack our winter coats and take with us on vacation, so we'd have them in case it got cold while we were away, and especially so we'd have ready access to the coats when we returned to our snowy home! These were very easy to use, once I read the directions and realized the vent was in the bottom of the bag, so you have to roll from the top to the bottom.Adult man's and woman's winter coats each fit into a separate size L bag. Two small kids' coats fit together in a size M bag.The only thing to note is that the bags did start to gain a bit of air after sitting in the suitcase for 10 days. Didn't affect us at all, since I just re-rolled them a bit while re-packing, but I would not use these for long term storage.

I used these in my backpack on my month long trip to Thailand. They were great for compressing and saving space as well as keeping dirty clothes from smelling up my clean clothes. I used them for waterproofing gear as well and they worked great. I've learned on similar products to ditch the plastic slider that helps seal the bags as the bottom of them can slice the bag itself and prevent the bag from sealing out air and compressing. This makes closing the bag a little time consuming and tedious when sealing, but the concept works great.

one in the pack was a dud. Overall a pretty amazing product. We recently downsized and the bags make storing off season items a cinch!spacey

These work, but are incredibly fragile. the zipper on one of my jeans, that was folded in half, pierced a bag too easily. I wasn't impressed, but I know now to never do it again. This is more for soft fabrics, sheets and comforters. I haven't noticed a loss in air with these bags, and I've had a few from this set in the basement for the last two months.They work well, you just gotta be careful with them, don't throw them around or even stack them unless you're cautious.

I was a little scared of the vacuum bags at first, but we needed to do something about the acres of baby clothes in our garage, so we purchased these to try. They really do reduce how much space items take up, and were very easy to use.Unfortunately, one of the bags ended up with a tear (not sure if it came to us that way, or if something happened while I was storing it), but it is now unusable.I will update if we have any issues with the bags holding their vacuum seals over time.

I'm torn with these. Overall I think they work great, hence the 4-star review.I recently moved from MA to NC and purchased these to help with packing up our clothes, blankets, pillows, etc. They are pretty amazing... it was actually fun to fill the bags and then see how squished the contents became as the air was sucked out. But from there they were just super awkward (and heavy!) to deal with for the actual move. The bundles end up in these awkward/inconsistent shaped... which is totally understandable since you have different things in each bag, but that then makes it a little difficult to transport. We ended up with seriously 30 of these oddly shaped bundles that we ended up tossing in the moving van, in the back of the car... kinda anywhere we could stick them. We had maybe 2 bags that lost the seal... other than that they worked fine.I will say we have quite a few bags with blankets and pillows that we still haven't unpacked... and they really are a huge space saver. I have 2 down comforters, several blankets and some pillows stored on the top shelf of a closet, in the same amount of space that one of the down comforters alone would take up. So for me, I give these 5-starts for use to store items and save space and 3-stars when using them for moving purposes, again just because for me they get heavy and awkward.

These are great for storing our clothes, but I'm a little disappointed with the size of the bags(mediums and large). They state such small amounts that can be held, and the medium and suitcase size are really both mediums. I didn't really listen to the guidelines (2 sweaters in a bag seemed a bit wasteful), and put in what I thought the bag could hold and it worked just fine for me. It was still able to make the seal and compress the clothes, and I was able to store more clothing without having to spend massive amounts of money on more and more bags. They seem like they will hold up to what I'm asking them to do and be able to be reused in the future. Worth the price, since I read reviews of cheaper brands that seemed like they couldn't hold up. These seem solid. I will update in the future if anything changes.

The space saver bags do create a lot more storage room in your home with no attic or basement, Slides easily under the bed or a closet shelf and can be stacked. I put unused dryer sheets in the bags when closing them up. It doesn't leave that plastic or musty smell when you open the bags again. The price paid for these bags is reasonable because they are made of thicker plastic. I bought imitation brands that were cheaper and thinner and they ripped after a few uses. So it was no bargain... you get what you pay for!! Ziploc is a good investment, especially if you want a good product to save those items that you aren't using now, but don't want to give or throw away. I was impressed with the extra large bag... it fit my huge king size over stuffed comforter, bed skirt and 2 king size shams into an easy stored bag. The large bag fits 2 queen size wedding ring quilts.

Well, they work and do compress the items (somewhat) but couldn't figure out the slide mechanism to get maximum compression. A little disappointing but did offer some convenience.

really wasn't as efficient as I had hoped

I never did figure out the "one way valve" thing with these bags, but they did allow me to take quite a few clothes in a single backpack for my trip to Italy. I think Zip-lock bags would have worked as well though.

Whatever you do don't loose that little plastic thing that closes these bags. Useful product but could have saved my money. When traveling easy to loose track of closing plastic piece.

Not great. I travel quite a bit and typically use mesh "containers" with zippers or regular zip lock bags (food storage bags). I prefer the a latter two. I found the closures on these to be difficult. I won't purchase again.

Just tried these with some beach towels. They seem to work well. They are not re-inflating and were easy to use. Would have given 5 stars, but one of the bags did not come with the clip to close it. You can use a clip from one of the other bags, but it's a little plastic clip and it can't cost too much to supply a clip with each bag.I'm not even sure if it's a missing part or if it's intentional. Seems odd to supply 8 bags and 7 clips.

These work really well as far as saving space goes, but they don't take much roughing up in a move and don't always seal as well as they should. Still, the Ziploc brand works better and lasts longer than cheaper brands of vacuum bags. Just don't overstuff them, double check your seals, and be careful what you pack next to them.

You get a good number of bags in this pack. Some will hold up, others will lose their vacuum quality pretty quickly. Nothing in the pack holds up to long term storage.

These were a god send when it came to traveling across the country however it was very annoying that they are so flimsy and basically a one use only. 2 bags broke open because we hadn't taken the tags off my son's new clothes he received for his second birthday. When we tried to reuse the bags 1 of them blew open and it wasn't even filled all the way full. If we travel across country again we will still order some of these however we'll order less and now we know what to expect. Does a good job just not a sturdy material.

The concept is great. And the bags that work do as promised. The item did come on time. But the little plastic tabs come off of some of them and air leaks in, making it impossible to get a tight seal and rendering the bag useless. It is possible this was a result of stuffing a too large duvet into the Extra Large bags instead of using the Jumbo. It should be possible to buy the bags individually or in individual combinations to avoid this problem. I had about 6 or so left over mediums (I didn't find any smalls in my lot), and two larges left over, but needed more jumbos. So, I had to buy two more bags of two-each jumbos. I should have been able to buy the configuration I needed without having to overbuy.

I purchased these bags because I needed to fit as much of my things as possible in my car for a cross-country move. The pack comes with a huge variety of bags and I was able to fit every piece of clothing I own (a full closet and 6 huge drawers) in the bags no problem. A vacuum helps, but I found that I was able to get each bag pretty compact by rolling/laying on it. Major downside: the plastic is cheeeeeeaaaaap. Seriously, if the bag comes into contact with anything remotely rugged or sharp (rocks, zippers etc) they rip and tear. By the end of my trip most bags had holes.

Good quality space bags, but the sizes are much smaller than the "Original Space Bags" that ZipLoc purchased. The Large has shrunk enough that it is more of a medium, for example. I have also found that the ZipLoc bags tend to blow out the sides much quicker than the original bags did.

I decided to give this a try after losing my regular suitcase at the airport, I wanted to fit everything in a small carry on. Waste of money. Didn't make a difference for me I tried to use the M bag in my carry on bag. It filled the whole suitcase. I was only able to fit 3 pajamas, 2 workout outfits, swimsuit, and like 6 pairs of undergarments, and my suitcase was full. I ended up taking it out of the bag and packed everything I needed by rolling it. This might be good if your trying to pack a giant winter coat, pillow or overly bulky sweaters.

a one time thing. i did not expect this quality to be this cheap. several broke upon packing and the rest i just didn't bother anymore. went to canada and it did not even last. it is a one time thing. terrible advertisement.

I bought these for a recent trip I went on. First of all, the zipper falls off, so make sure not to lose those. After putting clothes in the bags (and they didn't fit as much as I would hope), you have to get the air out. Now comes the tricky part. Even with using the zipper tab (which I am sure already fell off and you had to put back on), it won't seal all the way. So you have to figure out where it is not sealed in order to properly use them. On the way home I gave up and didn't bother sealing them (of course that is when something leaked in my bag). Wish it was easier to use.

Ordered three boxes of these space savers. Although the plastic itself is of strong quality, the overall is very poor quality. The while zip lock does not stay on the bag. And, the seal itself will not stay sealed when letting air out. I double checked to ensure they were all locked and secure, only to have them pop open. Really to order more, however, will be trying Zip Lock space savers.

I can see how they are supposed to work and half the time they do what they are supposed to do, but the rest of the time the ziplock pops open when trying to get the air out of the bag. Essentially it is an expensive garbage bag that ziplocks (sometimes). I am going to use them to keep my luggage dry, but it saved me very little space in my bag.

I orderd these bags thinking they were like the zip lock ones I purchased in the past. I couldn't find a mix of the zip lock in stores so after reading reviews I ordered this one. It doesn't zip out the air like it says. When you roll it the air doesn't escape the passageway it's suppose to. So I rolled it and just hand sealed it with my fingers. It wasn't even filled to where it could have been and didn't trap out as much air as I need but I didn't have time to reorder. I'd just stick to zip lock in the future. I travel about 6 times and year and need and purchase reliable items. In this case for travelers. They're not great.

These are way too expensive, and they tear easily.

Pros:- works well for comforters, sweaters and such- the stored items are protected from moisture, but not light damage - darker plastic would have been better- easy to useCons:- would not store my clothes in these, except for maybe a day or too - wrinkles are super deep and hard to get out- the bags are quite easy to open by accident- i would also be concerned about cats/dogs accidentally piecing through the plastic with their nails- quite expensive

I have been considering buying some of these for literally years. The prices in stores always seemed ludicrous for what is in reality just a bunch of plastic bags so I always managed to walk away. However, our recent move into a house almost half the size of our previous one prompted me to finally give them a try. I'd put a number of items in clear plastic garbage bags and pressed the air out of them before storing them (Important: the more flexible kind as opposed to the ones that make a loud crinkling sound when handled!). In truth, the garbage bags were much more reliable. For me, these bags had around a 50% failure rate. Some reinflated almost immediately, others took longer. Two had small tears which I do not think I put in them as I handled them very carefully filling and suctioning the air out of them on a bed surface. And, yes, I tried several times to reseal the defective ones to no avail. I could have rated these 2 or 3 stars given the 50% failure rate, but the travel bags are of no use to me so I chose 2 stars.

Short term, these are great!!! They greatly reduce the space needed to store bulky fabric items such as pillows, sweaters, winter coats, spare bedding, extra blankets, children's clothing, etc. I was thoroughly impressed!!!Long-term, the quality is not excellent and air leaks are highly likely to occur. Be VERY gentle with them after vacuum sealing or you will puncture them on accident. Would be great if every kit/box came with a puncture sealing kit like air mattresses do.One other con is that they don't fold all flat and perfect like in the picture. Even if you stuff them evenly, they're all bumpy/lumpy when sealed and, therefore, are not easily stackable and don't easily fit inside a bin or box for safer storage. I'm still trying to figure that dilemma out! If you have a good area of space to use, they do stack vertically pretty nicely though.I would buy these again, but I wish they weren't so expensive because they are easily damaged with holes and then are practically useless.

Rips easily and leaks air

I have had Space Bag brand bags in the past and the air always came back into the bag within a few days or weeks. I was hoping they might be better now. They are not. Some of the bags are still holding air but others have puffed right back up. I am primarily using them to store baby clothes and I made sure not to overfill the bags and to check that the ziploc was sealed completely. This is a great idea but it just doesn't work.

Spend an extra $10 and buy actual travel bags. The gimmick slide zippers fell off when unboxing, they are worthless anyway but that was a bad sign right off. These are thin plastic and don't compress the clothes nearly enough, even after kneeling on the bag air still enters. Again I've used other travel bags before and they far outperformed these. Don't buy unless you want another headache while traveling!

Great review, but these bags are absolutely horrible. tried to use for some camp gear I needed to crush down and all it does was open easier than a zip lock. But again, many loved them, i'm just not one of them.

I have bought these compression bags from other manufacturers with no problems. These ones have two problems: 1. The plastic closing sealer can break loose from the bag very easily and get lost and 2. Most of the bags will not let the air out when rolled (i.e., defective). This is a cheap imitation of much better products out there

It's so difficult to remove the air from these bags without having the bag pop open. The bags are flimsy and tear easily. The zipper thing they give you to close the bag doesn't work well. You have to run it over the bag a lot to make sure it's closed. When you finally deal with all of these issues, you don't actually save much space if at all. Rolling it by hand doesn't get rid of all the air and in reality you'd be better off if you'd just packed it in the suitcase as it. I'm returning this product in favor of a vacuum and traditional space bags.I don't know how this product has good reviews.

These bags don't really seal. They are just big zip lock bags.

After a short while the air tight deal does not work. These are not working the way they are advertised.

I bought these Zipoloc space bag vacuum seal bags for when my wife and I moved to save space. It worked when we packed everything in it and vacuumed out the air. The following day the air was back in 2 bags, then we noticed one had a little hole in which was allowing air back in. We didn't care much for these bags since they did not meet the purpose.

Save your money. These bags are not holding the vacuum. After filling several of the bags with bedding and such I vacuumed them out and placed them in storage cabinets in the hall. Not long after I noticed that the cabinet doors were pushed open. Upon inspection I found that all of the bags no longer held vacuum. What a waste of money.

I purchased this bags because i used another brand before and didn't pay much attention; they should all work the same. But after using it I realized that the large bags don't hold the stuff that you put inside as good as the other brand. They leak the air inside and don't work. I never write reviews but this was that bad, dont buy the large ones; the medium are ok.

I've moved around quite a bit... mostly from one coast to the other and every move I've always bought several different brands and for a good reason.This has to be the worst of them all.Not a single bag stayed vacuum sealed.Some already had leaks I couldn't fix with a tape because it was in the seam where no matter how I taped over it, it just wouldn't do.Poor construction!!!One even had that plastic round part that you put the vacuum hose onto detached to begin with.

These are terrible, most of them would not stay compressed for more than a few hours. Have used this brand in the past with great results, so I know its possible for space bags to be great but they clearly downgraded their materials recently. Do not buy these if you need them to actually work.

Received yesterday, attempted to use this morning. Bags thin and flimsy; first large bag I used plastic completely ripped at the top underneath the seam. Valves have prongs on the inside; took six times on another bag to get clothing positioned right underneath so it wouldn't leak. Furthermore, medium vacuum bags will not hold number of items advertised, way too small. All in all, I should have passed based on other reviews but thought since it was Ziploc..... not. Their freezer bags are heavier then this stuff.