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Ron PrattSorry to hear of your frustration. I wish you would have just used your first bag to learn how your particular model of FS would going to work rather than to go through all 4 bags. Personally I must have sealed my first bag 7 or 8 times until I got the hang of it.
Some air pockets are unavoidable and as long as you have 75 to 80% of the bag adhering to the meat that is fine.
You don’t even need a sealer as a perfect vacuum is not necessary! In fact what you can do is place the moist meat into the bag and then using your hands press the bag against the meat while forcing out as much air and not leaving any air pockets. Then at the open end insert a drinking straw or a piece of tubing in and then grab the bag tightly around the straw or tubing and finish sucking out as much air as you can. When done quickly remove the straw or tubing and tightly close the end using a bread twisty.
Ron