Works really well. This was our first vacuum sealer. The setup instructions are basically all pictures but it still only takes a few minutes to setup. The one hand usage is legitimate. Definitely easy to use, we bought on sale and would do so at that price again. Note that it cannot be used for soups, but you don't need to freeze food that's a little wet first to seal. We haven't used any of the advanced features like the tube that can be used for canning or something, so I can't speak on that. Other reviews said it was loud it seems pretty quiet to me. Hardest thing is making sure you get the bag size correct, you'll have trouble sealing if it's just a little too small.

I want to start by saying I’m thorough and like to go into detail when I post reviews. So for the people that don’t want to read a whole review, I like this product & I recommend it. For the other people keep reading… This is my first time using a vacuum sealer. I dont personally know anybody that has one or ever has had one. I got tired of buying countless ziploc bags and dealing with water getting into the bag and soaking my meat while I thawed it. So I researched vacuum sealers for about 2 weeks and decided on this one mainly due to the reviews and a price that I felt was worth it. I purchased on black friday but today 1.4.25 was my first day pulling it out the box and seeing what I bought. I read the instructions and got to work and about a hour 1/2 later I had 20 vacuum sealer bags with chicken breast, chicken wings, salmon & ground beef. This product was flawless! I had 2 bags of chicken wings and 1 didnt seal. So really quick I want to say that this is why I like to write reviews. I found an issue and instead of immediately running to post a bad review I stopped and processed what went wrong and figured out how to fix it. So now when the next person comes along they have a honest review that can help them make their decision. I realized that with wet foods the liquid of course is being pulled in while vacuuming and some meats will release more liquid than others. So in regards to my wings they pulled WAYYY more liquid than anything else. So what I did was cut off where the seal originally was. Used a paper towel dried off the excess liquid that had been pulled up near the top of the bag and sealed it again. It still didnt seal all the way because more liquid had gotten in between the seals. So like I said I stopped and processed what happened and decided to seal it a second time in the same spot but this time I pressed the seal button and not the vacuum and seal button and it worked perfectly. Next go round I will dry off my chicken and see if that makes any difference. Also I seen on other product reviews that people said that you have to wait X amount of time after you seal one bag to seal another. I didnt have to do that once. Unfortunately I cannot post videos on this review but I had 20 sealed bags in total. In my video I showed myself sealing 5 bags and after every bag I rubbed my fingers across the part that is creating the seal on to show that it wasnt hot like I expected. I WOUNLDNT RECOMMEND THIS but if my 2 yr old somehow touched it before I could stop him I would be confident that it wouldnt even blister. ONCE AGAIN DONT RECOMMEND THAT, I’m just trying to give some context. Also I read a lot of reviews saying vacuum sealer machines don’t last long unless you buy an expensive industrial one. I unfortunately I cannot speak on that since I haven’t had one before but if I can, I will update my review in a year. As of today I like this product a lot and hopefully it keeps working as expected.

Very easy to set up and use. We had a little trouble figuring out how to put the roll of bags to sit in the roller so that you can use the cutter. The cutting arm lifts up. You need to measure what you are going to seal so that it reaches the vacuum well. Multiple automatic and manual settings.

Easy, efficient, very easy to use, the double seal is perfect, I have several products from this brand, it is the best, I recommend it

The Anova Pro kit comes with everything you need and the unit works very well as intended. I did back to back trays of steaks, pork chops, and hamburger.