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Posted on: 5/24/09 1:32 AM ET
I've watched the commercials for years and have yet to see them load the bags. I've just seen them unload tons of stuff. Anyone else ever notice that? For those of you who own them, have you had a problem with getting as much in as the commercials show coming out?

  
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Posted on: 5/24/09 9:38 AM ET
I have them and I love them. Great for beddings.Down duvet flatten very well. The bags can get a little heavy. Great for small space.
  
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Posted on: 5/24/09 9:40 AM ET
I have some and really like them. I'm not sure about the amount put in them but do know they scrunch down pretty thin when I put my seasonal clothes in them. IMHO they are worth the money.

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Posted on: 5/24/09 9:43 AM ET
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My dd tried them. In her experience you can't put as much in them as you think you might be able too. She had some dense clothing and not a lot of air could be sucked out. I think it depends on density of our stuff and amount. The now has big Zip Loc bags that you could almost do the same with with and they are a lot cheaper.
  
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Posted on: 5/24/09 1:29 PM ET
I used these for comforters sent to storage. When they returned, the bags has "reinflated". The movers said that happens a lot with the space bags. I don't know how long they stayed flat before losing their seal.
  
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Posted on: 5/24/09 2:05 PM ET
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I purchased two of them a few years ago. Within a short period of time, the seals failed. I now use the XXL ziplock bags. I really do wish they would have worked well. We have very little storage space.
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Posted on: 5/24/09 2:19 PM ET
They can really be great. You have to watch how you pick them up though because you can break the seal if you pick them up by it. You need to move them by grabbing them on the sides. I imagine the movers probably pick them up by the top.

I have had some last years and years. I had a couple get a cut because my kids walked all over them and I actually used packing tape to mend them. You have to find the cut though. I use them for bedding and for clothes out of season. If you take care of them and follow direcions, they do well. You can't throw them around or walk on them.
  
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Posted on: 5/24/09 3:44 PM ET
I had some that worked very well (and it does depend what you are putting in them as to how much you can put in and how much they shrink down...fleece shrinks done real well) until my dh and ds moved them from one room to another. Somehow most of them were torn at the seams. They were in a hurry, our sump pump had backed up and they were grabbing a bag by what ever they could get hold of and hauling them up the stairs. I think under normal circumstances they would have lasted for years. I still have a couple and they're about 5 years old and having survived the great sump pump fiasco they're working fine.
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Posted on: 5/24/09 4:40 PM ET
I guess my question is with how much (bedding, especially) you can get into one extra large bag. I do suspect, as Sewwolf said, you can't get in as much as the commercials would have you believe. I've seen them remove a ton of stuff, so it obviously fits in, but they don't show you how they did it. It probably takes alot of effort to stuff those bags that full. Maybe it's why we never see it done in the commercials. Regardless, I'll probably buy a few. Will check out the large ziplocs, too. I've also seen two kinds of bags, the ones that use a vacuum, and the ones that you manually start rolling down from one end to remove the air and then zipping closed.
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Posted on: 5/24/09 7:19 PM ET
They also have new bags that are shaped more like square retangular boxes. I am trying to remember the name. I am interested in some of those. I don't like the extra large bags to store, I like the med and large. These new ones look more like storage box shapes.
  
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