By: Blake

Space bags are a good idea, but my experience with them makes me think that they are a work in progress. I bought a large space bag to store some things in the attic. I loaded it up with old stuff that needed to be stored and sucked the air out of it. My problem came when I moved it in to my attic. I carefully lugged it up up the attic stairs and found a place for it. When I was about to leave it there indefinitely I heard a low hissing sound. I examined the bag and noticed that it was filling back up with air. It seems that I bought a defective bag.

Five reasons to get space bags.

  1. They are very useful when storing things. They keep clothes clean and doesn’t allow them to get that musty smell after being in storage for a while.
  2. Compressing clothing saves space and makes organizing easy. Packing a suit case has never been so easy.
  3. Space bags preserve delicate items. The items in the bag are out of the elements. Moisture in the air can’t get to your bagged items.
  4. They are cheap and worth the money if they work properly.
  5. Easy to use.

Five reasons not to get space bags.

  1. They are too fragile. The plastic bag it too easy to tear or puncture and can become brittle over time.
  2. Space bags are gauranteed to wrinkle your clothes. Hope you like ironing.
  3. It is a pain to close the giant zip lock bag.
  4. Many are just defective and have a slow leak.
  5. Space bags can be expensive if you keep buying faulty ones.

Overall, if you can find some that work properly then you will be satisfied. Unfortunately finding a one that does work is the hard part. Many online reviews have similar problems as I have had, mainly a slow leak. From what I have experienced it seems that space bags are still in the developing stages and are still working out the kinks.  When they have come up with a reliable product I will be willing to give space bags another try.