Can you use a vacuum to seal the Toiletry bags or are they roll up?
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A vacuum should work, but ideally you want to not over stuff it with anything that might cause a hole.
829291
You can use a vaccuum. Not all the seals hold, though. I'd say generally about 70% of these bags stay sealed. Still, they stay sealed long enough to pack them into a box for moving or storage.
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Use a vacuum. The air leaks out making them pretty worthless, though they do keep dust off.
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I used a vacuum and only had to be careful about the inner liner when I closed the lid. Worked well for me!!
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These are not the vacuum type bags. They don't collapse by vacuuming the air out. They are just regular storage and yes they stay sealed until you open them.
128111
I would not recommend using anything but the foodsaver bags. The biggest reason is the foodsaver bages have air channels in them, so they can be vaccumed down. Regular plastic bags do not have these air passages, and won't vaccum down. It may also dammage the heat seal strip on the foodsaver. Hope this helps.
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Yes. If you only want to seal a bag, for example if you cut from a roll and need to seal the end, just put the cut end on the heating plates and don't put any excess into the vacuum chamber. When you put only the end on the plates and close the lid it will seal only.
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Yes you can. Just put the adapter that came with this unit on the bottom and connect the plastic hose. I don't know if you will achieve as good a vacuum as you would with one of the regular bag sealing units but it can be done. I can get pretty good results with other plastic container food saver units using this small sealer. The best answer is to go ahead and give it a try and if it works for you, do it.
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If you want to seal these with a vacuum sealer, be concerned about it not actually sealing and vacuuming. Very disappointed with these bags because they don't vacuum seal very well at all! Took multiple tries to seal and forget about vacuuming. Best bet would be to use clear vac sealing bags first and then insert them into to these and try to just seal them.
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You use a vacuum that has a hose attachment. I like the item but whatever you store will come out wrinkled and may smell like plastic when it first comes out. I still give it 5 stars.
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Probably not. They are smooth bags that do not have the channels that most other vacuum sealer bags need to be able to suck the air out of the bags.
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If a zipper is air tight, then yes. Maybe you want the bags that you use the vacuum cleaner to take the air out and then the package stores flat. Those appear to be air tight.
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Not very well. I now use mine to store wood shop stuff. They are a heavy duty zip lock bag. But you never vacuum seal any thing in them for a long amount of time. I will not buy them again
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This machine is a suction-type vac sealer so requires a bag / roll with a pattern (like VacMaster) or embossment (like Foodsaver). Smooth bags will collapse not letting the air to be sucked out. Altho some ppl will tell you to put a wrinkle or a banding strip down the middle, I find this not worth the time. Stick with the suction bags / rolls and all will be good! (speaking of experience)
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I bought a Eureka EasyClean Corded Hand-Held Vacuum, 71B which I keep in my closet. It makes all of my Space Bags much more usable. (Previously, I ended up not sealing them back up.)
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No. The suction isn't very strong at all. I ended up tossing this item. I've recently bought clothes space bags and a vacuum or a shop vac seems to do the trick very well. I would NOT recommend buying the handi-vac sealing starter kit. Save up for a food sealer or something else.
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Well, I had an extra small one so I put a throw pillow in it and tried to roll out the air, and I think you can do it that way. The valve is kind of in the middle of the bag, so you'd have to roll it from both ends. It may not be quite as efficient as using a vacuum, but it can be done.
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Yes, you can. But just push the seal button and open the unit after about 5 to 7 seconds. No vacuum.
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Absolutely! I've changed the contents many times. They're made of much thicker material than a food storage type baggie. You open the bag, put in your items, seal it, in the middle of the bag there is a plastic cap you open, you attach a vacuum hose and suck out all of the air. Some have said their bags leak, there is a slider to close it, but I always manually press my hand along, pressing the edges together to make sure it's sealed tight. I haven't had one let go yet.
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The key to getting a good seal is if the bag is not filled completely. I just squeeze the air out and roll the top over a couple of times and I get a perfectly dry seal every time.