Does anyone have any tips or advice on buying a food sealer, one of those kind that vacuums and seals your food to freeze it.? I tried looking on amazon, just so many it's over whelming. Do they all use their own kind/brand of plastic bags or is there a generic plastic that works for all of them?

I wouldn't hesistate to buy one from amazon if it had good reviews I guess. They aren't a complicated machine, a small pump, seal and a heating element, so I think it would be fairly hard to get a horrible one with a little research on the specific model.

As long as it fits an 11" wide bag , the only drawbacks would be if it couldn't fit a LARGE roll in its storage area, but, not a dealbreaker I guess. The standard "foodsaver" brand machines fit the bags I list below, they are pretty big rolls.

Bags are where the cost comes in- I can't stand paying crazy prices for the bags. I finally found these and have bought the several times now - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q1F2VKC/
They seem exactly the same as the foodsaver brand bags, only nowhere near as expensive.

thank you!