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Ron PrattToo late now but I’m sure your first attempt would have been fine left alone. You do not need a “perfect” vacuum with a UMAi Dry bag. Air pockets can occur and are nothing to worry about. In time as the meat releases it’s moisture that causes the bag and meat to bond and especially if you don’t handle the meat. I am a firm advocate of bagging my meat, vacuuming, placing it on the rack and not touching it again until the end of the drying period. Since your RIVAL doesn’t seem to work well with a UMAi Dry bag you might just want to use the tubing method in the future and squeeze and suck the air out with the end of the bag gathered tightly around the tubing and then close off with a bread twisty. Ron