Space Saver Vacuum Storage Bags 8 Pack (4 x Small, 4 x Medium) Space Saver Compression Bags No Vacuum or Pump Needed, Vacuum Storage Bags for Clothes Travel, Durable and Reusable By WETONG

This is a great travel tool at an extremely reasonable price. The bags are good quality and the number and size of them are excellent and very useful. We ended up using all of the bags.Our family of 4 recently went on a 7 day Alaska cruise with 2 days in Vancouver beforehand. I wanted to travel light and organized because we would need to get at 2 days worth of clothes in Vancouver, pack up 2 days worth of dirty clothes, and then spend 7 days on a ship with no drawers. I used packing cubes and compression bags, both for the first time.Going out, I packed bulky sweaters and my husband's underwear & socks into compression bags. I chose to only flatten the sweaters as I didn't want them wrinkled but I squished the underwear & socks as hard as I could. I was extremely happy with the space savings.For our return, I packed all of our dirty clothes into compression bags. It was quite hard to get all the air out as 1) there wasn't a big table in our cabin, 2) the full bags didn't want to roll, and 3) it was hard to apply pressure to get the vents to open. We sat on the bags on the floor and got a lot of air out. I was amazed that I was able to fit all of our clothes into our one large suitcase.The only con was that the flattened bags were stiff as a board! The only choice was to lay them flat in the large suitcase. Trying to fold them to put them into a smaller case was impossible. It's quite possible that I could have folded & squished simultaneously or maybe I shouldn't have put so many clothes in each bag. It was fine but took up most of the suitcase. The suitcase came to 49.5 lbs so we squeaked under the weight limit!I will definitely be packing this for future trips. We not only got all of our dirty clothes into the suitcase, we were also able to compress & pack the jackets we had been wearing on the way out plus fit additional souvenir shirts, etc.

I travel quite a bit for work, and often on small planes so try to use the smallest possible suitcase to avoid gate checking. I got these in hopes they would help me cram more clothing into a smaller suitcase, but found they aren't useful for that purpose. They're easy to open which is a plus, but it's darn near impossible to get any air out. I literally have to roll up the clothing inside and use my knees to put my ENTIRE weight (120 lbs) onto the bag to get any amount of air out. I can get a decent amount out but getting all of it out appears to be impossible unless I can gain another 100 lbs. While I can use some extra exercise as much as the next person, trying to do this on the floor of my hotel room when I'm already late trying to get packed isn't my idea of a fun time.Also, once I do get the air pushed out, they strangely don't save any space - at all. The plastic bag itself wrinkles up with the air gone inside and takes up as much room as the air I pushed out of the bag. Worst of all, it makes everything super stiff so I can't cram my clothing into whatever size/shape space happens to be available in my suitcase. These are inferior to just using packing cubes and cramming them really full. Packing cubes stay relatively flexible and don't take any more space than the vacuum bags do.Now if I was in the habit of packing my bedroom pillows or lofty quilts in my suitcase, they'd probably help a lot...but I just don't find myself ever wishing I'd packed a quilt on my business trips.

I needed help organizing for a recent ski trip and got these bags for floofy items. The picture shows the small bag folded in half in my boot bag and it's contents. The larger size worked well for my bib.The dimensions are a little odd - on the smallish side overall - so they were great for packing where just a handful of items needed compression.I wouldn't recommend them for storing your winter wardrobe. Because they're on the small side, it took a bit more effort to put multiple items in them. Do-able, but maybe not what you want when storing multiple large/bulky items. Small or lightweight hrows might fit, but definitely not a Twin+ comforter.Also, getting the air out has a learning curve. A hard surface helps and you may need to make sure that the exit valve isn't getting squashed as your roll.The zip closures held up well and the material is reasonably thick. The little plastic do-dahs they include do help with getting a good seal, but I'll probably loose them as they aren't attached.