New idea for storage

My wife made me buy her one of those new Reynolds handi-vac sealers. It cost $10. bags come in 2 sizes qt, and gallon. This device could be a real help with material storage. Take a look and let me know what you think. Dan

I saw those on my most recent foray to the grocery store. Are they (the bags) reusable? How many times can you vacuum the air out before they don't work anymore? Wow! Would that save space in the travel bag!!

Uhhhhh, when you vacume the air out, what's to stop the material from getting sucked up too? It's simple to get the air out of a zip-lock bag.

Deezel

Funny but I would think you could do the same thing with a zip lock bag and one of those small computer vacuums. To keep the material from going up the hose a leg from some old panty hose should do the trick. Stick the hose into the zip lock bag after you have the material within. Close the zip lock lock around the hose and turn the little vacuum on till the air is removed then putting a hand just under the zip to hold the air out while you close the zip lock bag.
As long as the material is clean and has no moth repellent you might even just suck the air out with your mouth but since many of our materials have protective dust on it, the vacuum with panty hose around the hose might be safer.

This would not be much different the the old way to store pillows, coats, sweaters or other bulky gear down to size for storage using a vacuum, rubber band and garbage bag. Stick the cloths or bedding into the garbage bag, put the hose into the bag and hold the bag tight around the hose. Turn on vacuum to suck air out and then hold the top of the bag just under the end of the hose to trap the air out then rubber band the top.

Course now days these old school house keeping tips have been replaced with fancy and more costly ways of doing the same thing. Any one ever seen those commercials for those vacuum sealers to store bulking clothing or bedding on TV for only $19.99. The old way only cost us 75 cents or so per bag and that was for heavy duty clear commercial trash bags. You could do it for even cheaper for non-clear garbage bags and a masking tape label.

By the way clear garbage bags are hard to find but they are out there. they are used by some grocery stores and other businesses to make it harder for employees to take stuff {steal} from the store out with the garbage so they can go get it out of the dumpster later.

By the way the panty hose around the vacuum hose works to pick up brass beads lost in the carpet. The hose keep any thing from being sucked into the bag or canister.

I just use a quart or gallon bag, Put my stuff in it, Squeeze out as much air as I can. Then I zip the bag closed(almost) and put a straw in the corner. I hold the materials in place and suck the air out. Same effect and cheaper. :)

Flyandtie

Ditto. That's what I do. I zip the bag completely closed..then try to open it at one end as small as I can...slip a straw in and .....well you know. Suck
Gemrod