In preparation for college, I bought a 12 pack of space bags for I think $30-ish at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I'm going to college in Indiana, but I am from Missouri so I need to be able to fit everything in my car! In the picture above there is a four inch foam mattress topper and three towels (other side of the bag) in the extra large space bag.
This is what the bag looked like after I used the vacuum to take the air out. This is not the first one I used out of the pack I bought which is why I can say this is really the most even and flat a bag has looked after the air came out. I kind of do regret buying the pack of space bags because I can say they do save a little bit of space but I don't think they save quite as much as I would like. When you see commercials or infomercials for spaces bags the bags always, always, always look flat. I can tell you that is NOT the case in real life.
The picture at the right shows that the bags do not go completely flat when the air is taken out of them. As you can see from how wide it is, it doesn't actually save you that much space. The reason I will use them though, is because I think it will keep me organized by putting things together like all my bedding is in a bag- my comforter and sheets. The mattress topper was too big for that bag so it's in the one I'm showing and I added some towels because there was room in that bag that I wanted to fill.
I want to say I have also noticed in other bags that I filled that air kind of seeps back into the bag, it is a pretty slow process but there are two bags that I noticed take on air. I don't know if I somehow bought a package of bad space bags or what but the package I bought is definitely not what I expected. If you do want to try space bags I would recommend getting a smaller package or maybe even buying one bag so you kind of know what to expect before you spend $30 on 12 bags like me.
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