Impulse Heat Sealer Manual Bags Sealer Heat Sealing Machine 12 Inch Impulse Sealer Machine for Plastic Bags PE PP Bags with Extra Replace Element Grip

I store a lot of food in my freezer, whether meats I've sous-vided, veggies I've frozen, or even things like croissants and such. I vaccum-seal them all in standard sous vide bags, so that I don't ever have to worry about freezer burn -- it doesn't matter whether I reheat that croissant in the toaster oven 5 days later or 10 months later.But I generally want to reheat just a single portion -- a single steak, a pair of chicken thighs, a single croissant. But using my vacuum sealer to vacuum and seal both sides of each individual steak, each individual croissant, takes forever. So I do them in a long row -- a single long bag with 5 steaks spaced out, or 8 croissants spaced out. I seal them at once, then I use this to create seals *in the middle* of the bag, in between each individual item. This way I can cut open the end or cut off a single pouch and reheat a single portion without breaking the seal on all of them, and I don't have to use my vacuum sealer again to re-seal the rest.This works great for that. It does exactly what I want.I was worried because I saw a lot of negative reviews about it not making a good seal, not making a consistent seal (better towards the hinge), or the bottom of the unit melting or something.In terms of making a good seal: you have to figure out the right number to use and hold it down long enough. E.g. my sous vide bags don't get a consistent seal on #2, but on #4 it's perfect. The light stays on for only about a second and that doesn't produce a good seal, but holding it down for 6 seconds produces a perfect seal. If you're not getting a good seal, increase the number and/or hold it down longer.In terms of consistency: there is no difference in the seal closer to the hinge or further away. But it does make contact close to the hinge first, so I have to guess this is people closing it and opening it slowly, and not holding it down for long enough in between.In terms of melting: I'm only use this to make 15 or 20 seals at a time. Nothing is getting hot or melting on the bottom, it's fine. I can't speak to whether you could use this to seal 1,000 packages in a row over the course of an hour though. Obviously at some point it might overheat, and I don't see any indication of a safety mechanism to automatically shut off once it gets above a certain temperature.So it works perfectly for me. My two main complaints are:1) The packaging is impossible to open, because they glue-gun the cardboard box shut, and the cardboard is extremely thick and heavy-duty. You basically have to destroy the box to open it which means a return would be an ugly thing.2) This thing is super ugly. It definitely looks like it belongs in a factory, and not an office or kitchen. I don't know why nobody manufactures an attractive version of this? DOTPRO sells an 8 inch one that's vastly more attractive, but sadly not a 12 inch one like this.But this does the job and it's inexpensive, so it works. Even though it's ugly, I'll still give it 5 stars since it's obvious from the photos that it's ugly. I knew what I was getting.

The media could not be loaded. I must say this saved me a lot of money and is doing a great job for my small business when it comes to presentation for my products.This is so easy to clean and it takes up little to no space when it comes to storage.This sealer works so well and is so easy to use.My friend and cousin bought for their businesses when i showed it to them.This was worth every penny

Works great, sturdy and well made. Great price. Seals great once you figure out what temperature you want it on or if you want to seal and cut through.

This one lost a star because it does not have an on/off switch. It is inconvenient to share the least- I use it to seal my bags of ufos (quilter talk for unfinished objects ) - I have recently added a raft of kittens to my life - and they get in unsealed bags.. It works great - I am able to set how much I want sealed (depends on the thickness of the bag-) if it wasn't for a switch, I would be extremely happy with this product.

Works perfectly! Extremely easy to use.

I love this unit as I can seal any plastic bag. I have even resealed some cereal bags. Note it does take some trial and error on the setting and time but I have had a lot of fun sealing things. It even comes with spare parts.

The heat sealer arrived in a well-sealed box in perfect condition. The instructions that came with the unit were clear; Runrui supplemented those instructions with a message through Amazon to me that reinforced their written instructions. My initial use of this product was to apportion vacuum seal bags into more usable sizes. Following the instructions, I started at lower temperatures and worked my way up to higher temperatures.My suggestion to users of this product is to experiment with a sample piece of the bag that you are trying to seal before using the bag. While the bags were closed at the lower temperatures, the seal at those temperatures were not quite airtight. After some experimentation, I was able to select an appropriate temperature and the machine works very well. I wipe the heating strip with a small dry cloth after many uses to keep it clean.My suggestion to Runrui is that if they have experimented with various name brand bags of their own to provide their findings to purchasers. Users' results may vary from Runrui's findings, but it could provide a better starting point for their own bags.

Bought this two months ago and just got around to using it last night. I let it sit plugged in for several minutes to warm up before using. It would not seal my bags even after several attempts. It got to the point that the sealer itself was so hot it was smoking and it still would not seal my bags. Luckily I had an old vacuum sealer on hand and was able to use that to get all my bags sealed last night.