Ziploc Space Bag Vacuum Seal Bags 14 Bag Variety Pack

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 these bags to pack up winter clothes and store them in a storage locker. Throughout the process (which took a few days), the bags stayed vacuum sealed with no leaks, and were simple and easy to use. The variety pack was awesome - I was able to tailor the bag size to the type of clothing I wanted to store, and that seemed to really help with organization. Once they were packed, the application of the vacuum reduced the bag to around a third of its original size, if not smaller. Really saved me a lot of space and headaches!

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.

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 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,

This product is better than many of the other bags. I bought a few different kinds for a friend who is moving and needs to protect her clothing from mildew and bugs that might be in a storage unit. The extra large bags are much bigger than extra large bags from other makers. All of the sizes are bigger than the other kinds. The vacuum seal is effective for shrinking the size and they are airtight. The zippers on these bags are easy to use and it's easier to make sure they are truly sealed. I bought some of the ziploc big bags thinking they might be similar and they were terrible compared to this product. They were hard to seal and the plastic was thin and cheap. These are the exact opposite. The plastic is thick and sturdy. I was so pleased with this product I bought some for myself.

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.

Literally a lifesaver on our cross country move. Saved a ton of room in the car. One bag ended up getting an air leak, but that could have been my fault. If you follow the instructions and don't fill it past the line, I think they work great. I can't say much about long term use, but I'm looking forward to using them again in six months when we move back across the country again.