Agree bags are a rip off!
The texture as you know is for air to escape.
There are rolls that you can make bags with, pricy.
I have had some success using zip lock bags with a thread to give a path for escaping air, but hit and miss. Plus the bags are thin. (not so good). Have made my own bags from sheet plastic using the sealer and threads or strips of plastic to give air a way to escape. Sorta hit and miss.
As said earlier, I love the jar sealer cap that works good and what I use the most now.
Reusing bags work as long as recycling from dry goods, never been brave to clean a bag used for meat. Had my unit at 15 years, only problems are crap blocking the pump valves that are reed type (clean) on my unit and the gasket around the sealing chamber., that I made my own.
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