Yeah, I know it’s called a FoodSaver, but FoodSucker is so much more fun to say, and it’s not crass – it’s appropriate!
Occasionally I have been known to convince myself to buy something that we really don’t need. (Occasionally – ha!) About a year ago I really wanted a FoodSucker, so I waited the normal one-month period before I buy a major thing, all the while creating all these scenarios where I would be vacuum-sealing food left and right! So I bought one, sealed up everything in sight in one evening….then put it in a closet, never to be seen again until last week.
Overall, I highly recommend them. You can wrap and store a lot of things for a long time, but never, ever BUY one. Find somebody who has one that will loan it, provide your own bags, and bake them a cake as payment.  (My favorite is yellow cake with chocolate frosting.)