I'm not sure if this has been discussed before. I have not found any when I did a search so here goes.
I was at the market and came across this:
It is a Ziplock brand (BPA-free supposedly) freezer bag that is designed to be vacuum sealed. A box comes with 12 Quart sized bags for $2.68 where I got it. They also had a larger size. The vacuum was right next to it and sold for $1.50 and came with several bags also.
You simply place the vacuum in the patched area in the bag, and extract the air. The seal was pretty good (better if the surface is damp). I won't trust it for 6 months or anything I've yet to try it out. I liked the idea of the reusable bags.
Here is a picture of a vacuum sealed pack of index cards and detachable chopsticks. I didn't have any food to try it with. Sorry for the bad picture.
