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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 420189, member: 8012&quot;]I don&#039;t know if this product is brand new, but I had never seen it before, so thought I would post.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ziplock has both quart (a little more than 7&quot; x 7&quot;) and gallon (a little more than 10&quot; x 10&quot;) sized &quot;vacuum&quot; bags.&nbsp; They&#039;re designed to be used in the freezer to prevent freezer burn.&nbsp; But I immediately thought of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a starter pack that contains the pump and three quart bags.&nbsp; I noticed these because they were on sale - 3 for $5, so I bought one and also a gallon box of 8 sacs for $2.89.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a link:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ziploc.com/?p=b10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ziploc.com/?p=b10" rel="nofollow">http://www.ziploc.com/?p=b10</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The quart size is great for an assortment of 2x2&#039;s, mint/proof sets, pretty much anything &quot;smallish&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>The gallon size is the obvious choice for albums.&nbsp; I think any Dansco or Whitman classic would fit.&nbsp; For my trial, I got both a Dansco SBA album and the Dansco Sacagawea album in one bag.&nbsp; The bags are more heavy duty than your regular ziploc and are kind of &quot;plasticy&quot; in nature.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, put the items in, zip it shut and then put the pump on the circle and pull the air out.</p><p><br /></p><p>It IS powerful.&nbsp; In fact, I had a bunch of silver &quot;blue&quot; ikes and I didn&#039;t get anywhere near maximum removal of air because it was really compressing the packaging.&nbsp; The two albums in one gallon sac are like a brick.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Often we hear about how air is the enemy and I&#039;ve never bothered with the bags that require a vacuum cleaner, etc.&nbsp; But here&#039;s a real simple and seemingly quite powerful remover of excess air in these bags.</p><p><br /></p><p>The real test will be to see if they don&#039;t gradually let air back in.&nbsp; So we&#039;ll see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something to check out the next time the missus is spending too much time in the cereal lane and you&#039;ve already bought the pizza and beer.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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