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.

Does a great job of ceiling plastic and foil bags. When I don't need to vacuum seal something I use it instead of my vacuum sealer to make the vacuum sealer last longer.

Definitely made with quality, makes no noise easy to use (much easier than expected), will seal your bags without issue. Just setting 2 is enough for my current 2mm bags.

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.

excelente

Fantastic sealer for my shoe fanatic son. He had a blast sealing all of his shoes to be displayed in his shop.

Only just started using it, but it does what I expected it to do, so, Nice.

I've purchased two of these thinking the first one may have been faulty since it went down on me the second or third day. Nope, I sent it back and purchased another one and in less than a week it stopped sealing again. It makes a crazy noise that doesn't sound safe at all. I do not recommend for anyone running a business. This will go down on you unexpectedly while you're stuck with a bunch of unsealed bags.