Dry-Packs Mylar Bags and 300cc Oxygen Absorbers for Long Term Food Storage 5010X14OABUND, 10"x14", 1 Gallon, Set of 50 1 Gallon Mylar Bags

I used the bags to store flour and rice. Had no problem sealing them with an iron. Reviewed videos to find best method to add ingredients to bags, since they don't stand on their own, and seal. Bags held up and stored in bucket without tearing. They appear to be durable and easy to use, once you get the hang of pouring ingredients in bag. The oxygen absorbers started working really fast, so know your game plan before opening the package. After adding the absorbers and sealing the bags, the next day it was obvious they had worked. All 15 bags showed signs that oxygen had been removed, just like I had vacuum sealed them. Would buy again and do recommend.

These have come in handy when we got a whole lot of 50 lb bags of rice in at one time. We were able to get the rice stored in these 1 gallon bags, with oxygen absorbers and stored in an airtight container, for future use. This way, we do not have to worry about bugs, mice or anything else trying to get into our food and eating it before we do. Mylar bagging has opened our eyes to a whole new world of storing food. We feel 1) it isn't anymore time consuming, 2) it really doesn't take up anymore space, 3) your food stores for a longer period of time and 4) if you have to move it is a lot easier to pack and store. We found this out when we first was introduced to mylar bagging from our friends. They were just retiring from the military and they showed us how they had mylar bagged this food from years ago, how it had been stored in a container and how many times it had been moved, obviously with him being in the military. It was very interesting to see how much food was put in the bags, sealed up and then stored in that air tight container. I looked at that container full of food and thought there is no way that a person could possibly can all of that food in jars and have to move all of the time. I can understand why he and his wife mylar bagged so much of their food and did not can. Just packing and unpacking the jars every time they moved would be enough to make someone want to mylar bag, but me worrying about those jars breaking would have made me ill, thinking about all of the time and money I had put into the canning process. Mylar bagging is a wonderful way of food processing.

I purchased these when I saw they had gone down in price - less than $25.00 - for 50 of each. I couldn't pass it up. Am so glad that I didn't!OakTea was who I received mine from and I have to say, super fast shipping and everything was in order, and the shipping price of 1 cent, couldn't be beat!I love this sized bag, it is perfect for making up smaller portions. I can easily fit 12 1/2 cups of hard white wheat inside, oxygen absorbers and have room to seal edge with iron. I don't have a vacuum saver, so I use the side of an aluminum box level with my iron (turn OFF steam) set on med-high. It gives the perfect sized seal. (Just an F.Y.I. - 12 1/2 cups of wheat equals a little over 5.5 lbs - which means, you can just grab a bag and refill your #10 can that you use on daily basis, which is what I do.) I was able to fit 13 cups of rolled oats, with plenty of room for the sealing. No problems.I even did up a couple bags into smaller bags for my flax seed by making a seal down the horizontal middle of bag, sealing the open edge, cutting smack in middle of horizontal seal that I made (my box level is 1" wide), snipping off ends of vertical side, then filling as I would a full gallon bag, just smaller portions. Works fantastic! :o)I have to say, I'm very pleased, the bags work like they are supposed to and the oxygen absorbers **have done their job as well. (**See update below) Can't beat that. I added some pictures to main image to show how they work in tandem.) :o)Edited: August 23, 2010: (Update - you 'may' need to use more than 1 of the oxygen absorbers that comes in this set for the bags. The instructions that come on the absorbers state: Use 1 per 10"x14" Mylar Bag. I had to use anywhere from 3 to 5 per gallon and 2 to 3 for my smaller 1/2 bags that I made.)

Products arrived very quickly. All the absorbers appeared to still be viable upon opening package and appear to work great in the mylar bag. Am ordering more from same seller. Hint - you must use all absorbers within a very short period of time. I put my absorbers into a glass air tight container, and remove one at a time when sealing my mylar bags. This extra step takes a little more time, but it keeps the absorbers activated and good up to the last absorber. Also, I cut some of the mylar bags in half and resealed one side, and then also cut some bags into four pieces and resealed 3 sides. Works great for smaller packaging and much cheaper and cost effective than buying smaller bags. I give this a 4 because the mylar is on the the thinner side and if you hold it to the light you can see through it. So far nothing has poked through it yet, so it seems sufficient for what I am doing. Very happy with product!

We used this product to package bulk quinoa and chia. We put 3 to 4 pounds in a bag (but could have put closer to 5 lbs if we wished), added the oxygen absorber and ironed the end shut after getting most of the air out. The next day almost all the bags were sucked tight (two were our fault, not a bag failure) because of the oxygen absorders and we used normal mail labels to mark them. We have opened three of the quinoa bags so far and they were all still fresh. I plan to buy more when we run out of them. We did reseal two bags due to mishandling on our part. The first one we did not attempt to get any air out (it was more like a pillow when we sealed it) and the oxygen absorber could not handle the volume of air we left in the bag. The second one got punctured while trying to fill it (it is a good idea to remove all points objects before setting a sealed bag against them).

The media could not be loaded. I love working with these bags! Ordered twice & have been able to put up a lot of food! Ingenious product why more folks are not taking advantage is beyond me!