Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Let me begin by saying I DID NOT receive these discounted or for free. I paid for them and took a chance despite a bunch of useless reviews from paid reviewers. That being said...it turns out in this case that the paid folks were all right. This is an excellent deal on some great vacuum bags. I have a used a number of them and so far I have had zero issues and no leaks a month in. I am very pleased. The bags don't feel cheap, but I was expecting/hoping that they would feel a little more hefty like our old ones. Considering how poorly those functioned in comparison...maybe this is the better way? I have used 5 of the bags so far, and all of them have worked perfectly. With a regular vacuum, I am able to compress these down in seconds. I haven't yet tried the pump...maybe later. If you aren't traveling with these, then a vacuum is definitely the way to go. I especially love it for our memory foam mattress that we bring out to put on the blow up mattress when we need an extra bed. The memory foam is huge and unwieldy, but when you throw it in a vacuum bag it shrinks up to the size of a flattened pillow. Fantastic! I also use it to store winter/summer socks and other clothing items I don't wear very often. The only cons I can come up with for these are that the plastic clasps that make it easier to seal the zip-lock style tops can just pop off. You get 15 of them, so it's not a huge deal, but I KNOW I am going to be losing those guys. My older bags didn't have these though, so I'm still appreciative. I also noticed that the largest size bag has the vacuum valve right near the zip-lock end. This makes this bag a little harder to use because you have to make sure that whatever you are putting inside the bag stays underneath the valve. If you don't, then it just sucks up the plastic on the other side of the bag and then nothing happens. The other bags that I checked all had the valve centered, so everything you put inside the bag naturally stays underneath the valve where you would want them to. FINAL RECOMMENDATION: Definitely a great buy. I bought these when they were less than $20, but I wouldn't hesitate to buy them for twice that. They are great. UPDATE (4 months later): Happy to say that ALL the vacuum bags I've used so far are still holding their seals. There are no leaks whatsoever. Very happy with my purchase :)