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7 reasons home cooks are switching to two-layer vacuum bags

Printed specs, 50-foot rolls and two-layer nylon film. Here's what you actually get.

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01Reason one

The numbers are printed on every listing

Symbys prints the length, the thickness and the per-bag price on every listing: 50-foot rolls and 4 mil film, stated plainly.

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50 feet4 mil
02Reason two

Price the bag by what is in it

A Symbys 11.5 × 22 costs about sixty cents. What goes inside it usually costs ten times that. Price the bag by what it is protecting and it stops looking expensive.

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What the bag costsAbout $0.60What it is protecting$6.00 of chicken thighs
Sealed and labeled11.5″ × 22″
03Reason three

Two materials: nylon over polyethylene

Symbys film is nylon over polyethylene, two materials bonded into one sheet. The poly makes the seal. The nylon adds strength and puncture resistance. Cut a bag open and you can see both layers with your own eyes.

Two layers, two jobs
Symbys filmnylon over poly
Nylon (PA)Polyethylene (PE)Frozen edge or bone

What that means: a nylon layer that adds strength and puncture resistance where the film meets a hard edge.

04Reason four

Most of it runs in the sealer you already own

The 11.5-inch bags and the 50-foot roll work with FoodSaver and most suction sealers, so you can keep the machine you have. The 15-inch bags are the exception. They need a 15-inch seal bar, which many consumer machines do not have, and we would rather tell you that here than have you find out with the box already open.

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11.5″ bags + rollMost suction sealers, FoodSaver included15″ × 18″ bagsNeeds a 15-inch seal bar
Keep your machineChange the bag
05Reason five

Cut to size, stack flat, thaw faster

The fifty-foot roll cuts to the exact size of the job, a brisket, a half batch of soup, a block of cheese. Sealed portions freeze flat and stack like books, and flat packs thaw faster and more evenly.

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A chest freezer of vacuum sealed portions
Flat packsStack like books

150 bags, a 50-foot roll, and Japanese shears. One box.

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06Reason six

A real company, ten years in

Symbys has supplied commercial operations since 2016. Family-run in California, with a person who answers. And the Symbys Guarantee: if your bag has a manufacturing defect, we'll make it right.

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Symbys warehouse, a pallet of vacuum seal bag cases being loaded
Est. 2016Family-run · California
07Reason seven

One box that runs the whole kitchen

The Kitchen Starter is the working setup: 100 mid-size bags, 50 large bags, a fifty-foot roll for everything odd-shaped, and Japanese stainless shears from Chikamasa, who have made them since 1910. Bought separately it's $117.96. As the bundle, $99.99.

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1 2 3 4
150 × 15″ × 18″ clear 2100 × 11.5″ × 22″ clear 311.5″ × 50′ clear roll 4Chikamasa B-300S shears
Four productsOne box
The spec sheet

What's actually in the film

SymbysWhat that means
MaterialNylon over polyethylene. Two layers.The poly seals. The nylon adds puncture resistance.
Thickness4 mil, printed on every listingYou know the film before you buy, not after
Per bagAbout $0.60The real cost per bag, not per box
Roll length50 feetCut to the length the job actually needs
Fits your sealer11.5-inch bags and the roll run in most suction sealersKeep the machine you already own
GuaranteeManufacturing defects: we'll make it rightOne email, your order number and a photo
The bundle

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QtyWhat's in the boxFilm
100
11.5″ × 22″ ClearVacuum seal bags. The everyday size.
4 mil
50
15″ × 18″ ClearVacuum seal bags. Roasts, whole birds.
4 mil
1
11.5″ × 50′ Clear rollCut to length. 50-foot roll.
4 mil
1
Chikamasa B-300S shearsJapanese stainless. Since 1910.
Steel
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Proof

Built for people who seal for a living

2,000,000+bags sold in 2026
2016serving commercial customers
PA + PE filmTwo-layer nylon over polyethylene
Tested to 21 CFRFood-contact materials tested to applicable requirements
ISO 9001:2015Manufactured in an ISO 9001:2015-certified facility
BPA freeTwo-layer PA + PE film
50-foot rollsCut to any length
Per-bag price printedOn every size and count
The Symbys GuaranteeIf your bag has a manufacturing defect, we'll make it right.
Ships from CaliforniaFamily-run since 2016. Real people who answer.
Before you buy

The questions we actually get

Will these run in the sealer I already own?
The 11.5″ × 22″ bags and the 11.5-inch roll run in most suction sealers, FoodSaver included. The 15″ × 18″ bags need a sealer with a 15-inch seal bar, which many consumer machines do not have. The commercial sealer that handles them is one tap away in the cart.
What is the film made of?
Symbys film is nylon over polyethylene, two materials bonded together. The polyethylene seals. The nylon adds strength and puncture resistance around bones and hard edges. Cut a bag open and hold the edge to the light and you can see both layers.
What does a Symbys bag cost?
About $0.60 a bag, printed on every listing. Two-layer 4 mil film.
What if something is wrong with a bag?
If your bag has a manufacturing defect, we'll make it right. Email us with your order number and a photo and we will sort it out.
What else can I seal in them besides meat?
Cheese, coffee, flour, chips, cereal, most things you open and want to keep sealed. The same bags work in the pantry as well as the freezer.
Belizia Cruz, founder of Symbys, in the warehouse
Belizia CruzFounder

Same film. Smaller box.

Symbys started in 2016 selling to commercial operations that vacuum seal for a living. Farms, processors, fishing outfits. For ten years the only way to buy our film was by the pallet. The online store exists because people kept asking for the same bags in smaller boxes. So that's what this is. Same film. Smaller box.

Belizia Cruz, founder

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