I have been using Food saver/Tillia products for many years they are well made and have saved food and money; however, with each new model the distance between the ends of the bags you make and the sealing point get stretched out longer and longer. This machine (V2840) was the first I noticed this built in self serving, land fill generating and not to mention consumer pocket book wasting feature. On this model you (fortunately) can seal one end on the very end; the vacuum and seal end (unfortunately) is a different story; Food saver/Tillia has stretched the vacuum tray away from the sealing strip so every time you vacuum and seal you lose .8 inches as a wasted tail (the first noticeable sign of greed). The older machines are not like this; on obvious attempt at profit by forcing the consumer to waste product, create more landfill and the obvious; corporate profit by stealing from their clients!
Yesterday, I purchased the newest latest model, the Food saver (V3825) Warning! the 3840 3860 are the same at wasting material!, these models are really something, you simply push insert the end of the bag into the bag end opening, press SEAL or VACUUN AND SEAL and totally automatically does it all!; sitting down?, either setting you just lost 2 full inches of the bag that you just made; let's do the math; a standard 22 foot roll of bag material should make, let's say 30 bags; minus sixty, one inch wasted tails. So 5 feet or 25% of the 22 feet is Food saver's profit, our loss and a forced environmental misfortune, not to mention a blatant and inappropriate attempt at ripping of this planet. I don't know about you; but, I take exception to stealing. This machine is going back today! I will find an older model that gives one more control of the sealing, my pocketbook this planet :)


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I buy the rolls so I can cut them to any size I want without wasting the bag. If I want to freeze 2 chicken breast - no waste of bag, if I want to freeze 4 chicken breasts - cut to size. I love that I can stack the chicken in the freezer without it falling over. We just bought 30 lbs of chicken breasts - boneless at Albertsons because they were offering them at $1.97 lb. You can't let that get past with todays prices.



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We have been using Food Saver and its products for many years and find that it is the best protection of freezer stored food.

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I've been using the Food Saver system for several years. It does a fine job of extending the expected shelf-life of stored foods. The 1 quart bags are the size that are useful for a 2 party family. These bags are very well made, and seal to perfection. I may suggest one improvement...the seal line should be more adjustable so that the bag could be reused a couple of times. You should be able to cut off the bag at the seal point, reinsert a food, and reseal the bag. I can't do this because too much of the bag is wasted after cutting off the first seal.
I have dealt with customer service a few times and they have been very accommodating, and have fully satisfied my needs.

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This is my favorite accessory of all the accessories. Any time I make Kung Pau Chicken, we all know I have to get the FoodSaver marinator out and marinate the chicken in the sauce. This dish is heavy duty, easy to clean, easy to store, and easy to stack. I'd like a few more in this size.



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I use these bags constantly. They are ideal for freezing larger cuts of meat, fish and vegetables.These bags are must haves for wholesale shoppers. I have even sealed documents for safekeeping in them. Best of all I only discard the ones that I seal meat in or when they start to deteriorate from repeated use.

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It broke the first week I had it. But I called the company and they replaced it right away and upgraded me to a better one. All though there was inconvenience for me I was pleased that they replaced it within a week and upgraded me for my trouble. The new model I have is working fine and takes us less space as you can stand it on end. So overall I am happy. The new Food Saver works beautiful and I use it everyday and am very happy with this purchase overall. By the way they do not make this model anymore.

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I have had this for about three years, I use it extensively every day since then. It has worked flawlessly, it is a good product that I would not want to be with out.

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It worked for a while till the bottom of the canister cracked. It stopped working because the crack prevents the vacuum. It's completely useless.

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One of my canisters have NEVER held a seal! Poor quality control! What a waste of money!

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