Vacuvita Reviews 

I received the Vacuvita system a month ago and am elated at the quality of the construction. It is solid and is very well designed with the electronics tucked away. We have ben using the products on a variety of food items and it is doing what it is supposed to do. Cereals, nuts and are fresh and crisp. Cooked foods last extra longer in the vacuum boxes (stored in the refrigerator) Have not used the bags yet. Thank you for delivering a good product. We believe this will be well received in the Home/Kitchen market place.

I've only had the product for a few weeks, but I'm loving it so far! I saw it online a few months ago, and wanted it right away. I was looking on and off at different vacuum storage systems, and loved the idea of the home base the Vacuvita offered. I can't wait to play around and try a marinade or pickle recipe.

To be honest, I had forgotten about it with everything going on during the holidays- that is until the FedEx guy brought me a big box with huge letters spelling "Vacuvita" along the side. The problem with this was that I didn't know it was coming. It was supposed to be a surprise for Christmas...I just happened to be home when it was delivered. Not exactly ideal when your family is trying to surprise you.

I get that its probably great for advertising, but you might want to consider sending the product in an unmarked box- Or maybe even specify this on the order page, so people can have it shipped to an alternate address if they choose. Not really the companies fault, just a small suggestion.

I ordered this unit through IndieGoGo. I ordered several of the bags and at least one each of the containers, in black. After having it for over a month now I can say I use it less and less. Issues

1. Sometimes the main unit will not seal. Not often, but enough to be concerning. I have to fiddle with it to eventually get it to seal.

2. More often the containers won't seal, and the pump just keeps pumping. I eventually get them to seal but I have yet to really figure out why they do not seal completely at first. This is very frustrating.

2. The transparent containers mean that I constantly want to open them to remind me what is inside, but that defeats the purpose, ya know? Yes they have the bar code and a mobile phone app but I don't want to go to all that trouble. They need clear containers.

3. The ziplock bags are very hard to open. They do not have very much plastic above the zip so it can be very difficult to open them, especially with greasy hands.

5. The ziplock bags are all one stiffness, which for delicate food like strawberries squashes them and makes them completely not something I'd want to eat.

6. And the ziplock bags are WAY TOO expensive. $1 each? So...

7. I contacted support and asked for them to provide a solution to work with regular ZipLock bags and they said it was not possible! After several email exchanges where I showed them competitive products that did exactly what I asked for they admitted that it was possible but they had no plans to address this concern.

I am still using the main container for bread, but I am far less enthused by Vacuvita than I wanted to be.

My husband purchased the Vacuvita for me as a Christmas present. It has lived up to my expectations. I originally saw the Vacuvita on line was and was curious so I checked it out on your website and liked what I saw. Now that I own one I am very pleased with it’s performance and can see how it will help me in saving money due to cutting down on food spoilage. I can now purchase in bulk and repackage since there are just two of us and now worry about freeze burn. Thank you for such an amazing system.

I wanted to use the Vacuvita for a month before I wrote this review. If I get free bags, great. I'm 90% happy with purchase. Overall it's very beautiful piece. I waited over 2 years for this product, maybe 3, I can't remember. I was an early adopter on indiegogo. The wait was worth it. I watched this product evolve and they did a good job. It could have been great, which I will explain. Let's start with the main unit. It's big, I mean big. Have some room on the counter. It holds a lot, but for the space it occupies you would think it hold more. Still I fit 6 large baked potatoes and 5lb bag of red potatoes with ease. My only minor issues are with the containers. My main gripe is with the vacuum set up. I'ld prefer that I didn't have to remove the nozzle to use it after a few minutes. I guess the manufacturer felt people would remove it between uses. This is the feature I've been using the most. I'm worried taking the plug in and out will wear out the adapter. I prefer to leave it in and it be available anytime by touching the top button. The vacuum button is built into the top of the unit. It is LCD touch button that lights up when you place the tube into the rear socket. Would be nice to be able to start the vacuum with a button and I didn't have remove and attach the plug in the device. Instead you will have to reattach the vacuum tube to get the feature to work. The unit is very high tech and modern. It looks great in the kitchen. I'm using the app to track what I store. It's fun now, but I can't see myself getting my phone out all the time to note what's inside. A feature to add in the future is an area that uses dry eraser to note what's inside. The little window does help, but some items are hard to recognize. I own 10 extra containers and they all look alike. But using the barcodes is a good step. I could see fridges in the future that will read the bar codes, like in the Samsung commercial. The future is so wonderful. This product brings us one step closer to the Jetsons. I look forward to continue using this product. It's a great addition to my kitchen. By the way the potatoes are holding up great in the main unit. The food I place in containers seems to taste better after days. This storage system is doing what it promised. Great job, Vacuvita. You made a quality product.

I love love love this product. I didn't rush to review because I wanted to really use and test it. I originally helped fund this item because I liked the idea of the base unit storage for bread and crackers (I loathe frozen bread - and never got thru an entire fresh loaf without it spoiling or the crackers getting stale). It has exceeded my expectations! I love the app as well... it helps me keep track of what's in my freezer so that nothing will go lost in the freezer. Truth be told I totally forgot about funding this product and was pleasantly surprised when the shipping notification arrived in my email! Thanks for a great product !

One of the best vaccum storage devices. Easy to use. stores food for a lon period. My bread was fresh for about 7-10 days. very colorful boxes. neat and clean european design. Love it.

I was as happy as most of the other people reviewing the system when it first arrived. As a way of preserving food items inside the main container, it has worked very well. Only one attempt in using the bags and it wouldn't vacuum out the air. I'll try again; may be my issue.

I had an issue with opening the storage containers but the Help Desk got back to me within 24 hours with the solution. I didn't see that the rubber seal at the top could be removed to release the vacuum (I worried it was permanently attached and didn't want to rip it off). Might be worth a note in the instruction manual.

If my next attempt using the bags is a success then my review goes to five stars. Definitely delivering as advertised.

Works great! Love having containers and bags to use. Bags are even better than most vacuum seal systems

Product is sleek and stylish. It has been user friendly. I look forward to using this product again and again.

The system is amazing not only in how it works but in how it looks. Like the app letting me know the food that I've stored and when it expires. Highly recommend - well worth the price and the counter real estate.

really happy with unit so far! :)

After waiting for three years, we received the Vacuvita and excitedly opened up the large boxes. The base station is huge! It takes up a lot of counter space. With my order we also received four Vacuvita containers. After using it for a while, I'm here to share what we've experienced.

The base station seems to hold a vacuum. We have coffee and bread in it and there's room for more. Opening and closing it regularly is not a problem, and it's pretty neat how it automatically keeps a vacuum.

Using the containers, however, is another story. It take a long time for the system to vacuum the air out of the containers (perhaps because the containers are large?), and the containers can't hold a vacuum. After 24 hours, we have stale chips and stale crackers.

I plan on contacting customer service but so far this is lovely but disappointing.

This company is terrible! I ordered my VacuVita over 3 years ago with an estimation that I'd have my product in 3 months...Ridiculous! Finally in August I got an innocuous looking email asking me to confirm my address. Because it was not from Vacuvita it sat in my inbox for a month. I guess they figured if I forgot they'ed just pocket my money--nice. On September 15th I responded to my email and they said it would take a little over 7 weeks. Great. It will be hear by Thanksgiving. But these are people accustomed to working in a vacuum--so I guess they figured their 7ish week commitment was like their 3 month commitment...empty. So here it is Christmas and like their 3 month initial commitment came and went now there 7ish week commitment has come and gone and the estimate of 7ish weeks is still 7ish weeks. They suck, not just air, they suck time too.

The product is easy to setup and use, and I have not run into any issues with it. All of the containers have sealed well, hold their seal for multiple days, and come in a useful variety of sizes.

So far I like my Vacuvita. I immediately noticed that my food stays fresher longer, so in that respect I'm happy with it and glad that I participated in the crowdfunding to get it off the ground and into my kitchen.
It's a little larger and louder than I expected and the light on the base unit is so bright I wish I could adjust it but those are just small things that I'll get used to. I also had a problem with a few of my bags not holding their seal but I'm confident that Vacuvita's customer service will rectify that soon. From a practical stand point I think the Vacuvita looks great and is a lot easier to use than the hand pump vacuum sealer I used to have. It's a major upgrade from what I had before and I would recommend it.

I have been using the base station since the day it arrived to store apples with great success. I also had no trouble preserving fresh dates in one of the medium size bags. A set of containers has just arrived, which I plan to put to use right away.

I love this product!

Great Product

Main unit motor keeps coming on and pumping every so often like it is losing its seal.

This was my first start-up as I was intrigued by the product some time ago. As time went on, I recieved a few update emails. It took some time but the product was more like a work of art. Pleasing to the eye and works as promised. A true revue would not be true without customer opinion. The base does run on electric. It would be nice with a chargeable battery that lasted a few days in case of a power outage.