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Terfex.com - ITW Space Bag BRS-6239 Storage Bag Combo Pack: 3 Pack - 1 Medium Size, 1 Large Size and 1 Extra Large Size Bag
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List Price: $14.99
Our Price: $14.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: New West Products
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Binding: Kitchen
Brand: New West Products
Color: Clear
EAN: 0731810662392
Feature: Air and water tight
Label: New West Products
Manufacturer: New West Products
Model: BRS-6239
Publisher: New West Products
Release Date: 2005-06-21
Studio: New West Products
Variation Description: Clear
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Features
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Air and water tight
It is reusable
Triple your storage space
Protects your cloths and valuables from moisture, dirt and bugs
Organize closets with the see through bags
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Editorial Reviews:
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3 Piece, Original Space Bag, Vacuum Seal Storage Bag Combination Pack, Contains 1 Each Medium Vacuum Bag, Large Vacuum Bag & Extra Large Vacuum Bag, Use With Vacuum To Remove Air & Compress.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: If you want a giant, one-zip bag,
Comment: then the Space Bag is for you.
I highly do not recommend this item for its intended purpose of staying vacuum sealed since it does not. I filled the bag to its "do not exceed" line and vacuumed the air. The bag compressed, but after a few hours the bag started to fill with air, again.
Pretty much, the bag is like a jumbo, one-zip bag. It's good for putting stuff in it, sitting on top of it to deflate it, and zipping it up for environmental protection.
Oh, and the "zipper" slider, which has to be slided twice for "sealing" the bag, can cut the bag if placed too low along the grooves. Just a bit of info in case you still want to buy the Space Bag.
I won't say that I won't ever buy this product again, but I highly doubt that I would. I think I would buy garbage bags and knot their ends, instead.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Save your money
Comment: I purchased the Space Bags, and as others have stated, you need to be careful when using them or they will tear. If you manage to fill all the bags while keeping them intact, you'll be lucky if you get more than one season out of them. Otherwise, they become just like any other storage bag, only less durable. My advice: save your money.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Heavy Duty Contractor Trash Bags "Just as Good"
Comment: Space bags are cheaply made, if your not careful you'll rip the seams out of them, but even if you are careful the bag will not keep air out for very long. Air like water is nearly impossible to keep out of anything that it surrounds so if your looking for "space saving" get a box of Contractor's Heavy Duty Trash Bags and fold your items placing them into the bag, gather the bag around the vacuum cleaner hose, when the air is removed tie a knot in the bag. Like the Space Bag the air will leak back into the Contractor's bag but the knot and the seams will hold, you've gained space and it cost you about a quarter.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Okay for travel, awful for storage
Comment: Space bags are adequate for travel. If you have to pack a lot of items in limited space, these will work. The travel ones in particular are better for this purpose - these are the ones you roll up to remove the air. The vacuum ones are fine if you have access to a vacuum when it's time to pack for home. They'll generally hold their seal while you're traveling and for the duration of your average business trip or vacation.
These are LOUSY for storage, however, especially seasonal or long-term storage. They hold a seal for a few weeks to maybe a month or two, no matter how carefully you follow the instructions, no matter how much air you vacuum out, no matter how 'understuffed' you pack them, and even if you don't touch them again once they're sealed. The air WILL eventually find its way back in and what you'll have - as another reviewer put it - is just another giant Zip-Loc bag.
You can get the same effect for much less cost using large or jumbo-sized Zip-Loc bags. And given that I've had the same success with Zip-Loc bags for traveling that I have with SpaceBags, I can't even justify the price for travel-sized SpaceBags.
Customer Rating:
Summary: try this instead
Comment: Space bags rip sometimes, try this...
Get a trash compactor bag or thick trash bag and a thick, heavy duty rubber band. Put your item in the bag and close the bag with the rubber band circled fairly tight (double or quadruple if necessary) around your bag opening scrunched up around your vacuum hose. It will work the same way as the space bags. The only difference is that there is no one way valve.
When your item is compressed, you have to twist the bag closed tightly below the vacuum nozzle and slide the rubber band over it and tighten the rubber band more in order to make the bag air tight. It takes a little maneuvering to make sure the bag gets sealed off as you pull the vacuum nozzle out, but it only took me a second try to get the hang of it and I'm not especially strong. It works great.
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