Avid Armor Chamber Machine Vacuum Pouches Size 10" x 13" Pack of 250 Pre-Cut Heavy Duty 3Mil - NOT Compatible with FOODSAVER Type Vacuum SEALERS - Commercial Grade BPA Free Sous Vide Safe

Works well with anova vacuum chamber. Not the same side loading style bag but will fit inside the chamber.

They work perfect for the catch of the day!!! :)

Good bag for chamber vacuum systems. You just have to get the vacuum time, heating time, and the cooling time dialed in.

I didn't realize Avid Armor sold different gauge pouches. I just assumed whatever sample pouches they include with the vacuum sealer machines is what they sell. If I knew they sold different gauge pouches, I'd have just bought off-brand pouches and saved some money. Live and learn, I guess. Both measured slightly under, but I'm going to accept that as manufacturing variance. You'd think 3.5 mil to 3.0 mil isn't a big difference, but I could easily feel the difference in my hand. For my use, 3 mil pouches are fine, as I don't need to seal anything with sharp bones or anything like that.

My first order of these 8x10 bags was dropped in the driveway by the delivery driver, spilled every where and was rejected owing to poor packaging by Amazon. Had to reorder, which took several days. To be candid, this size, 8x10" is not ideal for us or our Avid Armor USV32 chamber vacuum sealer . But it is all that is currently offered as the ideal and our preferred 11x13" bags are out of stock with no estimate of availability, if ever. A 11x16" textured bag is available but that is about 3" too long for our USV32. Though smaller, these composite nylon/PE bags are as sturdy and rugged as ever. It is just that they are not as roomy. So they are not as suitable when repacking items bought on sale, or in bulk for the freezer. Depending on the use, we often get multiple uses out of a bag by washing them. A bag will grow successively shorter over time, and in some cases will develop leaks due to excessive folding. When too short or when a leak develops only then are the bags discarded. Unfortunately owing to their composite construction, these bags are not recyclable in a standard PE bag recycle stream. We mitigate that by using and reusing them as much as possible before ultimately discarding them in the normal trash. This is no different from the fate of a FoodSaver bag, which has a similar composition, but is textured to allow for evacuation in that type of machine. We use the chamber vac system several times a day, every day. But we don't go through a lot of bags as I related above. Moreover, this type of sealer and the bags is very economical compared to the FoodSaver type system, once one is past the price premium difference in the basic machine. The chamber vacuum system works hands down better. Prior to obtaining an Avid Armor chamber vacuum, we were FoodSaver users for 20+ years. We will never go back to that system.