LinsnField Pro 12-Inch Heat Bag Sealer - 5mm Sealing System with Anti-Burn Patent, Antioxidant Aluminum Body & Copper Transformer - Built-in Fuse Safety - Ideal for Food Packaging, Retail & Shipping

I own a food saver and have bought and tried several other sealers I’ve seen on the market. None of seal as well as my LinsinField… the foodsaver doesn’t even begin to seal thick mylar. This sealer has multiple settings from low for chips and cereal (which NEVER go stale in my house now) to higher for the thicker items. I use it on 5 and it seals 9 mil mylar perfectly and I’ve tried to pull it apart and can’t!!! (Let it cool before you try to be safe but even as soon as I took it off the machine I couldn’t pull it apart.) Play with the temp but start low on thick things and work up till you find what works bc on thinner plastics it will melt all the way through. But you can do that on purpose if you want to “seal and cut” the end.We keep our on the counter and it’s super fast and easy to get some cereal or chips and then pop the bag on the sealer and seal it up. For thin stuff like that it takes ab 2-3 seconds and is sealed as good as when you bought it. (I used to do this with the food saver but my 12” sealer is more compact… I also own the 16” for bigger bags.)If using for long term storage I highly recommend the Pro model that does 5mm wide. It’s an amazing seal you won’t be disappointed in!!!The key is to follow the instructions. You don’t just flip it over til the light goes off…. I press it down and then put moderate pressure in the middle of the bar, especially on the 16” model (the top is cool and will not burn you), and then HOLD IT 6-8 SECONDS AFTER THE LIGHT GOES OFF!!! I’ll repeat that part, hold it 6-8 seconds AFTER it goes off. This hold time is the KEY for thick items. For your day-to-day items like chips and cereal this hasn’t been needed, just when sealing thick bags.I’ll be honest, 99% of the time only thing I used my food saver for was sealing day-to-day items and I have saved FAR more money in food that didn’t go bad than I spent on it. This is less expensive and seals far, far better! It also takes less space in the counter so you can leave it out to actually use it. Even without kids this sealer will save enough money to pay for itself in a year, probably less with the cost of food these days.In the near future I will post a couple videos so you can see why I like it so much. I rarely write positive reviews, mostly only when something sucks… but occasionally I am truly impressed with something and will make the effort bc I read reviews and know how useful they can be.Great product, easy to use! Limited space in semi truck - works well OTR. I have a 1500W inverter. No problems. Genuine space saver!By pressing on it for a few seconds, it seals so well!This is our second sealer from the same manufacture. First one was good until smoke and sparks started to come out from the machine (used about 2 months). We explained it to the manufacture and they took care of the issue right away and replaced it to the new one very quickly. The manufacture is in China and the email response was in Chinese first, but we got English email right after the first one. They were very nice. I hope the second machine will run smoothly.So here’s my story...The short version... the sealers work and the people stand behind their product.The long one...I first bought the 8” sealer, mostly because it claimed a 10mm seal depth. I was making faces masks with N95 filter material and my 30+ year old vacuum sealer gave up the ghost.. so how did I get from vacuum sealers to impulse sealers... another story. So with the 8” sealer, I was so impressed when I was able to fuse the outer seams made up of three layers of fusible material including the N95 filter (3 fused layers on its own!) and a cotton outside facing... I can’t think of any bags I have ever seen that would be a more demanding job.Anyway, I was so impress with the 8” sealer I bought the 12” model just for the 5mm seal width, still making masks. To be honest, the 12” sealer had to work harder to fuse the four layers including the cotton outer facing material, but without going into the detail, I set up a suction system and vacuum sealed 4 one pound bags of ground sirloin, air tight at setting 3 with the 8” sealer and setting 4 with the 12” sealer. Worked like a charm. So a setting of 3-4 will give an air tight seal on a standard vacuum seal storage bag. Just testing...So, I can’t imagine any job these sealers would usually be used for that either one could not handle.But that is not the best of it folks. Obviously I was running these sealers often at their highest setting, when testing different patterns to get a good mask. Cutting out a lot of the detail, as I was replacing the heating element/wire and PTFE, on the 12” sealer, I ran into a snag. So when I got the sealer there were instructions that said if you have any problem contact us and we will get right back to you! BELIEVE IT! They not only got back to me, by the following day, they offered me replacements for both sealers. I had to explain there was nothing wrong with the 8” sealer just a small snag installing the heating wire on the 12” sealer. I asked for some extra parts to fix it myself and they sent me discount codes for coupons not just for the parts I figured I needed but a new 12” sealer. I sent an email explaining what I had done to fix my problem and the replay began with, we’re happy you fixed the problem temporarily and we’ll let you know when the 12” sealers are back in stock at Amazon. They estimate 5 days.When they say they stand behind their stuff, they mean it.You won’t be disappointed in this product or company. I purchased this a couple months ago for my business just starting out. And everything was great, I ran into a small issue and contacted the company and they rectified and corrected the problem without delay!!! Absolutely thrilled this company stands 100% behind their product and customers.The sealer does get warm after a time. It was used to seal bread in bags. There were about 90 loaves of bread one day. Halfway through we stopped to let the sealer cool for a few min. and then kept on going. It sealed really great! No bread fell out of the bags. When it seals it also cuts off the excess plastic bag. A platform was built so the bread was at a height that was easier to use for the packaging.The LINSNFIELD is far superior to the aluminum body imitation. It's heavy as it is made of steal therefore much more stable. Remember some of your Mylar bags are HEAVY. Heavy is BETTER!...NEXT ...look at the photos and you will notice that the LINSNFIELD has a screw adjustment at the forecrum and not a rivet which will loosen. You will regret buying an imitation. This will last and last and , .... no problems . You will appreciate the ease of this Sealer.I Have to press it down several times to seal and it sticks to the bags. Perhaps I Should of bought one with the cutter