Like a lot of people, I was interested in putting away some food for long term storage. I researched various methods of doing so, as well as purchasing pre sealed items from various distributors. First thing I discovered was the prices are outrageous in terms of pre packaged dry goods. And the second, is that people can sure come up with creative, complicated ways to complete a simple task.This sealer looked like just the thing I needed to do things myself the easy way, and I was right. It is a very simple operation. Put bag in bucket. Pour food in bag, drop in an oxygen absorber, use this sealer to seal the bag, leave the lid off of the bucket overnight to ensure you have a good seal in the morning, then put the lid on. The savings over the cost of paying someone to do this for you and ship it to you, will cover the cost of this sealer in a very short amount of time.The sealer is very simple with only a high and low setting. It has a very generous cord length which is helpful when you are moving around and filling multiple buckets. This sealer puts a very good seal like at the bottom of most chip bags. Much better than a single line seal. It is of sturdy construction and the cord is also pretty heavy duty. Certain to last many years. It can also be used for re sealing any mylar bags such as potato chip bags etc allowing you to put a factory like seal on used products and keeping food fresh longer and saving money.A very useful product, giving a quality, factory seal you can be confident in. Easy to use. Hi setting seals heavy duty bags, and Low does a great job resealing any thin things like chip bags.