Sorry for reviving this, but our faithful vac sealer that was bought a looong time ago has died horribly, so I'm looking for a replacement. Would like to order a basic one which could handle a frequent usage (for sous-vide, wild-game processing, marinating, sauces and such) but won't cost us an arm and leg (under $200 preferably). I believe LEM MaxVac might be an overkill in our current situation since that's a commercial unit. But I wanted to know, gents, what do you use? Anything changed since the last post? Or Foodsaver's are still great?