Euro Sealer Battery Operated

Does the job, but needs less cheapness.
I first got one of these as a gift about a year and a half ago. It worked very well and I used it often. Then, about three months after I got it, it just stopped working. Repeated attempts to contact the manufacturer by phone and by email went unanswered so I ultimately just threw it away. I remove one star from my rating because of the manufacturer's refusal to respond to inquiries.

How it works is simple. Install a pair of "AA" batteries (tip: use alkalines, not rechargeables). Hold it in your hand and pinch (gently but firmly) the two halves of the unit together for about 2-3 seconds. You'll see the element get red-hot. Open the unit and pinch it around the open end of a bag. Slide it across the opening and the element will rapidly melt the plastic to create a new sealed barrier. Un-pinching the unit will break the contact and cool the element, which can be touched without injury almost instantly. This means that even children can use it safely.

There's two...

Great money/food-saving tool! A *MUST* for humid areas! LOVE IT!
I've owned a couple of these over the past ten years, and I absolutely LOVE this tool. It takes a bit of skill at first to learn how to use it appropriately for different types of plastic (metallic potato chip bags, vs clear pretzel bags, vs flimsy sandwich bags). But once you know how to use it --- and it only takes a few minutes of testing to really get the feel of how it works on various items --- it'll work over and over and over again.

The Euro Sealer seals plastic reliably, cleanly, easily, heats up very quickly (in about 3 seconds!) and stores well. This product has saved me a great deal of money in preventing wasted food over the years. Those "chip clip" things don't seal air out, but this does. It's a MUST for any humid environment!

I think the first reviewer must've not taken the time to learn how to use the product and understand the appropriate pressure and speed needed for different materials. If you just jump right into it without ever...

Works, but tricky
The Euro sealer does what its supposed to do - seal. However, you have to have a little bit of patience and practice. Once you get the trick down its a good seal everytime. If you hold and press for too long it will cut through the plastic. Hold and press gently, count 1:1000 - 2:1000 then glide it steady from end to end. This works for me. It may vary for others.

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