Food Saver

Keep an eye out on them. Somebody will always post on this forum a deal somewhere.  Possibly slickdeals or Amazon.  I bought mine on Amazon a year or so ago as a result of a post here.

No need to spend that much. I have the FM2100 and I think I paid $100. Buy lots of bags. I prefer the rolls so that I can make my own size. Happy packing, you'll love it 

This one has become a work horse for me.   http://www.basspro.com/Foodsaver-GameSaver-Big-Game-Plus-Vacuum-Sealer-System/product/1507221425/

I have this one from Costco and like it a lot. Incredibly easy to use and also has some nice options that I admittedly have yet to take advantage of (maybe that's a sign that all I needed was the base model). Costco was regularly offering $30 rebates for these, taking it down to about $120. Works great for me.

I bought the $150 one form Costco. FS bags are way too expensive. I buy from "The Sweet Attack". I cut my bag costs in half.

HondaHawk said:

I saw a big game model last winter that was half priced but still at 200. Would be awesome to cut/slice/shred a butt and save it all in one bag. Maybe that's a horrible way of doing it. But it would be nice to have different cooks frozen then reheat sous vide while on vacation (chicken, pork, brisket),

When I do buts like you mention, I always do 3-4 at a time. I think if your going to use the lump and wood for a long cook for 1 but, it doesn't use any more for 3-4 butts, then I just pull, season and vac pack, and reheat in a simmering pot on the stove.

I like Foodsaver, I have the auto V3840, must be at least 4 years old. Has an accessory for marination, very useful, or sucking air out of not finished wine bottles - that never happens at my house. 
Five pound blocks of cheese can be cut up into more manageable size vac packed and last in the fridge for months. 
Preseason tri-tips or other meats, even pre-sear, then into the vac bag and into sous vide. You can even freeze the seasoned, seared, sealed roast. Bring it out of freezer and right into the Trés Booblay. Similarly, pulled pork into serving sized bags and freeze, drop into the SV to reheat for quick easy meals. 
Lesson learned with old GameSaver is to put four or five frozen chicken breasts or chops into a single bag. Cut the bag open, take out what you need and then resell the bag - saves on bags. 
For liquids, either into the bag direct, freeze (carefully stand up in freezer) then seal or freeze in Solo cups, pop out the frozen plug into a bag and seal.   
@hondabbq has good point about keeping your eyes open for bag sales. Must admit, if Costco has a sale on FoodSaver bags it is hard to beat, often <$30 gets you 40' of 8" rolls and 80' of 11" rolls. There are lots of other sources.
These are not commercial machines. If you seal one end from a roll, fill it, then vac seal you can do lots of bags. If you try to seal bag after bag the machine sealer unit will overheat and simply will not work. Give it a little time between seals (time it takes to fill the bag) and it will run without issue.  

just saw this for you:

http://www.foodsaver.com/vacuum-sealers/foodsaver-professional-vacuum-sealer/FSFSSL0321-000.html?utm_source=cj.com&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=4485850&refID=CJ

$59 when you add it to your cart

great prices on bags and rolls

https://foodvacbags.com/collections/bags

This is the one I have as well. Looks like I forgot to include the link above. Works great for me.

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/foodsaver-v4800-machine/prod11060612.ip

@tonyled, have you purchased from https://foodvacbags.com/collections/bags ? And did you buy Weston, Vacstrip or their house brand? Their FoodVacBag brand is the cheapest I've seen anywhere. And they're 4 mil bags, not 3 like all the rest (though I don't really think that matters). Just wondering if you were pleased with the company and their bags. Thanks!

tonyled said:

yep i swear by them.  i bought the sampler pack of the house brand bags.  this one to be exact:

https://foodvacbags.com/collections/bags/products/150-bags-50-pint-50-quart-50-gallon

a year ago i would have told you no pints are needed but now that i have my anova sous vide i think i go through the pints much faster  

Thanks, I'll give 'em a try next time. Last time I bought qt and pt size plus an 15" x 50' roll. The roll doesn't get used often here and lasts forever, but it's mighty handy on occasion.