I cannot recommend this product enough. I use mine ALL THE TIME. We seal up leftover BBQ a lot. We'll buy foods in bulk and then portion them out, vacuseal them and then freeze for later use.
For instance.....this past week, Restaurant Depot had 40 lb boxes of jumbo chicken wings for $0.60/lb. I bought a box for our annual Memorial day cookout, my brother and I cooked up about 100 wings and I took the other 40-50 wings home, split them into 4 packages, sealed and froze them for later. Sam's club has chicken wings for $2.34/lb, so for $.60/lb I just cannot beat that price.
We'll buy large family packages of pork and portion them out and freeze, etc.
I'll cook 2 pork butts at a time and after dinner, just portion the extras up, vacuseal them and freeze. Just drop the still frozen pulled pork into a pot of boiling water until heated and it's just as good as the day I put it in the freezer. No moisture loss like reheating in the oven or micro.
I'll also cook up several chicken breasts on the grill on the weekends, cool, then slice up and vacuseal them and stick 'em in the fridge for salads throughout the week.
I'll cook whole chickens on the smoker, we'll eat one for dinner (big family) and I'll vacuseal the extras for enchiladas later in the week.
See, not only does this product and the bags keep food fresh in the freezer, but also in the fridge. Because it removes all the air, the food will stay longer in the fridge than if just in a thin plastic bag or a "freezer bag". Just take out what you want and re-vacuseal the bag. Easy peasy.
I agree that the bags are not cheap, but I've also found that the rolls are MUCH cheaper. I'll just buy a 11" roll, cut the roll into bag sizes that I want for that meat, seal one end with the vacusealer and viola....cheaper bags. A roll lasts me a long time.
Needless to say.......I love mine. Best Christmas present I ever got from my BIL.