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I purchased these bags because I wanted to condense my clothes and use only a single computer backpack for short (1 - 2 day) air travel. I had tried a generic brand that failed (tore) while trying to squeeze the air out of it. These bags worked perfectly. When I got to my destination, the vacuum was still on the bag - no leaks at all after more than 2,000 miles of flying. Same on the return flight. The TSA Pre-check agent at the x-ray machine commented that it looked like I was using a Space Bag. I told him I was and he said he wished everyone would do that because it reduced the amount of carry on luggage and speeds up the security process. After several coast to coast trips, the bags work perfectly, hold the vacuum and are sturdy. No worries mate - will buy again when I finally wear this purchase out.

We use these to pack our ThermaRest pillows for travel. Shove the pillow in a bag, roll it, squish it, sit on it to remove the air. Then it fits into carryon luggage quite well. Bags have been reused at least 4 times so far and are still sealing and functioning will. Love 'em.

Love to be able to purchase the exact size that I needed and to include smaller sizes that I would never use. This is much more economical. Not available in the area where I live so it was great to find these on Amazon!

We never leave home without these awesome bags! They are perfect space savers for travelling light. We usually travel around the country on my husband's motorcycle and we don't have much space. But these bags come in so handy! You just stuff your clothes in there and then just roll all the air out. They save a lot of space and I like that they keep our clothes separate from all the junk we can carry in our bag- likes shoes, etc... Highly recommend!

I bought this for bulky sweaters and winter jackets. I was able to fit about 8 sweaters in here and some NorthFace type fleece. Works great. I think I will buy more and do my whole winter wardrobe.

I used to bring random plastic bags to hold my dirty laundry. I won't be doing that again. These things work awesome! They keep dampness (and any weird smells) in, and more importantly, they make a little extra room for all of those souvenir purchases. The construction seems solid to me, and I think they'll last quite a while. I will buy these again.

just great for when we had carpet bettle problems. price was a little off so it lost a star but i would buy 10 of these and hang all hubby's shirts and put them in them if they were priced better. great price and quality

Although I didn't use the "vacuum" feature, I needed this giant size bag to cover and store sheet cakes for a wedding. They worked well, even in the freezer.They're reusable if you wish to wash them and let them air dry.

I used these while moving in a studio and they are a great space saver (both in the apartment and in the car while I was transporting items. My only complaint is that out of about a dozen bags (varying sizes), I had 2 that ended losing their vacuum seal and could not be resealed. I think you have to be pretty gentle with them when moving around.

They do what they were supposed to do, but they were too big for my immediate need. I thought they would be carry-on size, and they're not. Gave them to my daughter.

My vacuum cleaner has a tendency to suck up the flapper valves on these kinds of bags. It would help if extra valves were available for purchase, but they don't appear to be. Fortunately, I had some 1" wide silicone bands made by Grifiti, so I cut one to size to create the necessary seal. This hanging version works as advertised, but be aware the more you hang on the interior hook, the heavier the overall weight you'll have hanging from one point, instead of several, on your closet rod.

This worked pretty well for us on our most recent vacation. We had 4 of them holding pillows and other fluffy, space-consuming items packed in our suitcases. Out of the 4, one of them would compress pretty well, but would slowly reinflate. As long as we squeezed all the air out of it and then put it right into our suitcase (and then closed the suitcase up), this wasn't much of a problem. If you were needing something to stay compressed, well, only 3 out of the 4 bags we had were capable of that.Other than the one defective bag, these worked pretty well, and we'll certainly use them again for future vacations.One warning - since these can allow you to cram more into a suitcase than you might otherwise be able to, make sure it's not pushing you over any weight limits. Most airlines have a 50 lb weight limit, and with a large suitcase, that's not hard to hit.

After owning a space bag and using it for 5 months one or a few bags started to inflate. No idea why but I like the idea.

The ones that stay shrunk are awesome. The others are just a bag for storage.

these are good but seem to lose area so you cant put too much in them

Good buy. A couple had smalls holes in them so the seal didn't keep. I would have returned them but by the time I used them and figured out they were defective it was too late to return them. Would buy again if I knew the ones I received were going to serve their purpose, because they are great space savers.

The 5 actual vacuum bags work great. The 1 suitcase bag that you have to roll the air out of was quite useless as it ripped open as soon as rolling began. Try to find another package for sale where you only get the vacuum bags and none of the roll up bags.

I purchased these because they were a less expensive set than the 4 pack I purchased at Target. I purchased based off of the written description, which said it included a space cube. This set is what is pictured. You receive a suitcase travel bag, which is rolled not vacuum sealed. I thought this was a better deal, but turns out, it is not. It is not worth the $2 or so to ship back and order something else, but I wish I would have known.

Bag didn't work ever. Can't seem to find the problem. Must have a hole somewhere. Very disappointed. Have had them in the past and were satisfied with them. Not happy with this purchase. Total waste of money.

The bags do not stay sealed, even with limited items inside the extra large bags.

I was very happy with the purchaseit actually vacuum sealed 4 suits but then the top part where the hanger/ hook that in the picture started to lose air

They split easy. Not durable enough.

Broke before got to put it in suitcase. As push air out it just split in half in middle of bag.Travel a lot and have lots of these. Never seen that happen before.Cheap.

I bought a 2 pack of the medium space bags. I opened the package and noticed that the bags were pretty tiny. I'd say the smallest useful size bag would probably be a large, because honestly, I think 1 small womens size fleece hoodie would have maxed out my medium bag. Anyway, upon stuffing the bags (and I use the word stuffing very loosely), one of my 2 bags ripped. So that's 1 down and 1 to go. I had to suck the air out of the remaining bag twice before it stayed out, and I promptly shoved the "thin" -- but extremely lumpy -- bag into my closet, closed the door, and haven't spoke of it since. I think space bag needs to do a makeover and use some thinner plastic -- at least the thickness of a freezer bag rather than a sandwich baggie.

I don't like it no wrking

inside is one JUMBO bag. terrible

I did not like this product at all. After I rolled the air out, it just came back in. Was no help in packing at all! I wouldn't buy again.

Mine showed up with a hole.in the top. As soon as I was done vacuuming it, I heard a hiss coming from around the hanger. I had bought this for a move and didn't have time to exchange it. It was a complete waste of money.

These do not stay vacuum sealed. either they immediately reinflate quickly, or some of them reinflate slowly over a few weeks.

Only one of the bags would stay compacted. The other bag must have a hole somewhere. Disappointing. They should test each bag before leaving the manufacturing plant. Will not buy again.