I cant see the need for the vacuum seal myself, buy cranks and minners with that money. I pack em in water and but dont take up much room, enuff for 2 folks in a pint freezer bag and enuff for 3 in quart bags. squeeze em down fairly flat and seal em off with no air in em. Lay em out flat in a meat tub and freeze then stack em how I want em in the freezer.