my first try, how does this look so far?

[Ron Pratt]

Tom, Welcome aboard. Sorry I didn’t see your post sooner. Sorry to have to agree, but yes IMO you have too much air in there and I even wonder if you got a decent seal besides. If it were me, I’d check the seal real closely and if need be do a reinforcement or back up seal and then find a corner where I could make a small slit in the bag, insert a drinking straw and then massage the air pockets out while sucking the air out. Just don’t breathe in! :laugh: Then take a bread twisty and close off the slit and you should be fine. Ron