Concerned my seal isn’t proper

[Ron Pratt]

You can, but based on what you have experienced so far it sounds to me you are better off using the VM. Sorry if I sound like I’m preaching, but my advice is to not cut anything off the bag and instead seal it with your machine and if it doesn’t seal, or burns through the seal then cut it off and seal again. You can get 4 to 6 attempts using just the one bag and not wasting them all. I am not familiar with your model, but does it have any optional settings?
Ron