You know those vacuum sealers for food?

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Are they any good and are they easy to use? And do you need special plastic bags?

Have started looking at a rather expensive one on Lakeland

www.lakeland.co.uk/31854/FoodSaver-Stream-Appliance-Vacuum-Sealer-FFS017

but Amazon have cheaper ones That have good reviews - eg

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0836ZFDM9/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?pf_rd_p=dc37174d-0a14-4209-a295-71b2053f4171&th=1&pd_rd_wg=i5HeK&pf_rd_r=3395S2AYRV8Z130JQ1YR&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyOFAzUzVOTU9QTjkyJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMjQ5ODAzMVVENUVKMjJITUtMQyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwOTc5Njg1Mk84VlE0VEJQN00yJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsX3RoZW1hdGljJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ&pd_rd_i=B0836ZFDM9&pd_rd_w=wjKCX&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&pd_rd_r=9d611a77-12c5-49f2-8dce-c41dc3a8edd7

Difficult to know which to use!