Our last food saver finally gave up the ghost and we bought this one as our counter space is limited. What a mistake!! It takes four hands to activate the vacuum and half the time it does not get the air out. Thr bag had to be placed very critically while holding it up AND keeping it taut so there are no leaks. The old method of automatically starting when the bag was inserted was so much better. It us really sad to see the design go backwards.