MOMODA Sous Vide Cooking Bags - Set of 40 | BPA-Free Reusable Vacuum Seal Bags with Air Valve for Joule and Anova Cookers | Freezer Safe Vacuum Food Storage Bags with Upgraded Hand Pump Included

Very nice resealable vacuum bags. I have the hand pump vacuum pump and it works extremely well, I have a couple of vacuum sealer type machines and this vacuum pump pulls as good or better then the machines does. The clear tip of the pump is removable for cleaning which is nice since it can draw liquid into it.It comes with a small slider clip for sealing the zipper of the bags (then pump for the vacuum), the zipper really works well. Faster and easier then I could do when trying to zip them with my fingers.These can NOT be used in a microwave (they could melt to the food) but works for sous vide or for boil in the bag stuff. I tried them compared to regular vacuum bags and sealer with chicken leg quarters in the freezer. Works just as well and holds a vacuum just as good as the machine sealed bags. Although I do prefer using the regular vacuum bags that can be used in the microwave for reheating frozen already cooked meals... the bags become the plate with the side cut open and laid flat. I wouldn't want to cut these bags.OK what these are best for in my opinion is for refrigerated foods that can be resealed and re-vacuumed. Cheese and deli meat kind of stuff. I buy unsliced boneless ham or turkey breast, slice them on my slicer to the thickness I want and put it in one of these bags and vacuum seal it. Same with blocks of cheese. Later open a bag and take out however many slices I want and re-vacuum it and put back into fridge. Stuff stays fresh for a lot longer then using a zip lock bag that doesn't have a vacuum option.I turn them inside out and toss them into the dish washer to clean. Just have to watch how the bags sit, I've had a couple of times had water not drain out of the bag but that is the outside of the bag (turned inside out) and just dump the water out, turn the bag right side out and rinse the outside of the bag (better then hand washing)The only thing that would make these bags better is if they were self cleaning...

Worked great at first but then after a few additional uses it felt like the air valve wasn't working properly. I thought it was just the bags getting stuck with food (not being properly washed) but was happening with brand new bags too. The air valve wasn't letting air out of the bag.**Update** December 31, 2024Seller contacted me and provided a replacement. The replacement came with a manual pump. I tested with the electric pump from my initial order and was met with the same issue. I used the manual pump on the new bags and immediately saw the bag deflate. I tested a few more of the replacement bags and some of my original bags, to my delite they all worked with the manual pump. After using the manual pump, I tested again with the electric pump and the bags would deflate slowly. I believe the electric pump just isn't strong enough or perhaps the one I got was defective.While I was initially disappointed in this product, I'm glad that the Momoda reached out to me to give them a second chance. I will update if there are any further updates needed.

I have been trying to reduce the amount of items that I throw away.I like the varying sizes to choose from. The are a little more narrow than traditional baggies. The pump works well and is easy to charge.Only drawback is it can be hard for someone with disabilities to use. Hard to open and close.

I used this system for the first time today. I put away almost five pounds of ground beef quickly and easily. The electric vacuum pump was easy to charge and then use. It's a good buy.

Vacuum works great..but the bags lose their seal

The business contacted me after the vacuum died and offered to send me a replacement vacuum. It was such a wonderful gesture since I love these sealer bags! I couldn’t ask for me! Wonderful customer service!

I got tired of wasting $ on chips, crackers, etc that go stale a couple of days after opening the package. I was going to buy a vacuum sealer machine but then saw this. I tried it out on freeze dried apple chips. The rechargeable handheld vacuum was easy to use and did the job just fine, and the bags hold their seal well enough for my purposes. For the price, even if the pump gives out it's easy enough to buy a manual pump.

They do a good job and look nice in my clear plastic water tank for my humidifier.