I'm on my second foodsaver brand vacuum sealer. My current unit is a model V3835. My first one was one of the really early foodsaver models. This one is a far better machine than the old one but there are still things I'd like to see changed. That Vacmaster Pro 350 looks more like what I would want if I were to have my choice of units. I love the idea of that clear lid that you can manually control the closing and see what's going on while you vacuum the bag down. But I guess there are good points about an automatic that leaves your hands free while it's being vacuumed n sealed. I'm just more of a control freak I guess as I prefer to have more control over the process. Both of my foodsavers were given to me by my brother. Now that he's retired, he's a garage sale fanatic and he's got so many of these things and the hard vac containers, he's borderline hoarding them. LoL He's been buying the foodsavers (all models) for $5 - $25. It's crazy how cheap these things are at garage sales, and some of the stuff has never been removed from it's original box. :mrgreen:
I'm not 100% sure I understand what they are saying about the difference in the premium bags vs their regular bags but if I do understand it correctly, the only time it would be advantageous to have the premium bags is if you're sealing a lot of things with liquids. I'll have to check their bags out though as that's the one complaint I've had about foodsaver, it's the high price of their bags. Sort of like the PC printer folks selling you a printer for next to nothing, then robbing you blind with the price of their ink.
BTW For those of you that use a safety razor, take your extra blades (once you've opened the vac sealed package) and put them in one of the small canisters and vacuum seal it. Your blades will keep longer. I can only assume that moisture causes rust on the edges which in turn dulls the blades. This is very useful for me since I alternate between using my electric razor a lot.