Bonsenkitchen Vacuum Sealer Machine with Mason Jar Sealer Kit | Compact Food Sealer for Kitchen Storage & Meal Prep | Multiple Modes​​ | External Vacuum System & 40 Vacuum Bags, Silver

So pleased with this purchase! Rufus helped me pick this out from quite a few options. This is my first time interacting with this kind of appliance. We like to cook and recently purchased a chest freezer. This allows us to break down whole salmon fillets, pork, loins, and family packs of meat and freeze in portions. Vacuum sealing assures there’s no freezer burn. It is easy to see what is in the package one can write on the bags with a sharpie and things lay neatly in the freezer. I can seal a bag of chicken in marinade, wash the exterior of the bag with soap and water and then put that in the refrigerator without worrying about leaks, cross-contamination or having to re-organize to make space for a bowl or something. Because the seal is air tight it’s possible to put things to marinade a couple days in advance without problem. Great for meal prep and preplanning. We use both the bags that it comes with as well as a roll . We have yet to use the attachment to seal mason jars, but plan to in the future. As an entry level vacuum sealer, this seems to check every functional box. It is easy to clean and takes up very little space. It does take a little practice to get the hang of it, especially when you’re dealing with marinades and juicy things. There is a reservoir to catch liquid but it takes a bit of Finesse to determine how big of a bag you need and how much extra space is needed at the top. The roll comes in handy in those cases because the user determines the size . Fortunately, I drip in finesse. We double seal everything but that’s just an abundance of caution. The roll bags for instance, have a different thickness of plastic then the bags that come with the unit.

My husband wanted to make a video because he’s really liking it!😂 So, here is the video after having a couple of videotaping issues. You know how life is. The reason why he’s so happy with it is that it is Easy to operate. Having Less buttons means it is simpler to operate. You don’t need an app to operate it.🤣 Things not mentioned in the review: 1. There is a Pulse Vac button. That is for when you don’t want to vacuum seal something too tightly. You could use that when you are concerned that a tight seal might break something. 2. We did this video several times because my partner/husband used meat that was not frozen. The vacuum sucked in too much liquid from the meat. There is a special place inside the machine where liquid like this gathers (shown in photo 1 in the review) so he’s cleaning it out in the photo. However, if too much wetness goes in the machine, the seal is not complete. The best way to simply not have this issue in the first place is to partially or fully freeze the meat before vacuum sealing it. Or you can put the meat in a thin, plastic bag and tie it before putting the bagged meat in the vacuum sealer. Because really it’s not fun cleaning meat droppings out the vacuum sealer. Overall, we are really happy we got this machine. It was less expensive than many options out there and it is working very well. If it stops working, I will update this review because durability is So important.

So far works great, have to re vacuum and re seal once in awhile but over all good buy

Works just as good as any other name brand. Strong vacuum and easy to operate!

I have used this a total of 3 separate occasions, the first time I thinly sliced ham for sandwiches didnt overload left plenty of space and it did a decent job, second time wife baked sourdough bread, after I tossed the bread in the freezer for a flash freeze then used thr vacuum sealer so it wouldn't crumble the bread and it sealed really good, then this last time whoch is the reason for the review I used the big bag, literally just 3 chicken drumsticks, teriyaki sauce and minced garlic and it refused to seal!!!!!! The liquid wasnt barely enough to get sucked out so the vacuum pressure and sealing is non-existent for marinating meat, I used 4 different bags just to solidify the bag wasn't defective.... now I can see why it was $20....

Love this product although if you don’t stop the suction exactly as it seals it can sometimes push air back in.

I like to find a good sale and stock up. This vacuum sealer makes food prep days easy.

No complaints great, easy to use