Twin/Twin XL Foam Mattress Vacuum Bag for Moving, Mattress Vacuum Seal Storage Bag with Straps

This bag works quite well, as long as you have the right vacuum for it! I have purchased and used this exact product twice so far, because I end up puncturing it every time I use it (more on this later). The first time I used it, I tried using my regular household vacuum cleaner (Miele canister vac). It worked a little bit, but the vacuum quickly overheated and shut off. Most household vacuums aren't meant to operate at maximum suction without a lot of air flowing through them (because they rely on the incoming air to cool the motor). The second time I used this bag, I used a large shop-vac (Rigid brand vacuum). This worked a LOT better and didn't suffer any overheating issues. If you want an even better vacuum, I have some more info later on. For most people, using a standard shop-vac will do the job nicely.Once you have pulled the vacuum, fold the mattress over and strap it up. Having a second person to help here is very useful -- one person sitting on the mattress to keep it folded while another person straps it worked very well. I used the included straps to hold it in half, then used some ratcheting straps to tighten it up even further. Note that if you use ratchet straps, put a piece of cardboard or something like that between the metal ratchet body and the plastic bag to keep from puncturing the plastic.The attached image is of a Purple 3 mattress under full compression. I think the compression is just as good as the factory does, but I didn't have enough leverage to actually "roll" up the mattress and could only fold it in half. Its still plenty small enough to fit in the back of a normal station wagon/hatch/SUV.Once your mattress is vacuumed and folded, you really should add some extra protection. You can wrap the mattress in mover's plastic wrap, or find some other heavy duty plastic/tarp to wrap this in. The vacuum bag punctures VERY easily. This happened BOTH times I tried moving with this. It's not the end of the world, as long as your straps are tight -- the straps will keep the mattress MOSTLY contained even if the vacuum is lost, but it will be a LOT more difficult to move around without the vacuum intact. Note that I punctured this even though I was trying to be very careful. I was moving my mattress with a helper down a short walkway between my door and the car. The mattress was very heavy, so we stopped once to put the mattress down and take a quick break. The bag touched a grain of sand on my walkway (yes, just a grain of sand), and this caused a minute puncture. It was enough that I could hear it leaking, but I couldn't stop the leak with duct tape or anything like that because of all the creases in the plastic. Within 2 hrs, the mattress bag vacuum was completely lost.So if you want the ultimate vacuum, I had good results using a four-stage diaphragm pump with a shop-vac as a roughing vacuum. Most people won't have access to this equipment, and probably won't need this level of vacuum to be honest. My shop-vac took the vacuum down to about 650 torr. I was able to attach a diaphragm pump using an NW25 fitting. If you remove and use just the O ring from an NW25 centering ring, it will fit over the inlet port nicely and creates a good seal once a vacuum is established (see photo for more info). I took it down to 40 torr and said "good enough" there. The majority of the compression had already happened with the shop-vac -- the difference between 650 and 40 torr was noticeable, but not enormous.

Worked like a charm. Be advised though, shrinking takes a long, loooooong time! The instructions say 10 to 15 minutes. Although I didn’t time it I’m certain it took every bit of 10 minutes and probably pretty close to 15. I started off using my Shark cordless vac and realize pretty quickly that I was going to need more power so I switched to my Hoover carpet vac. Be patient. It is VERY slow. It didn’t appear to be doing anything in the beginning but if you look closely you will see small areas where the bag is shifting. When you finish you will hear air leaking out until you get the top screwed on. Make sure the top is screwed on tight or you WILL lose suction. It was pretty easy to roll once it finished shrink wrapping and the straps made it compact so that it is easy to transport and store. I’m am very pleased with the results and would recommend if you need to move/store a foam mattress cover.

Hello. I have a Purple Hybrid Premier 4 mattress. If you have any of the Purple beds and have had to move it for any reason then you know how terrible it is to move. The bed is like trying to move a water bed. No structure to it at all. So I was super excited for this to come and great news.. it works WELL. Super well actually! We have a shop vacuum at home that we used to suck the air out. I don’t know how well it will work without a shop vacuum. But it made transporting this bed soooo much easier. The bed is still just ans heavy this way but it has structure. And became half the size. It was anmazing! Until we got it outside. Once the cover touched the ground outside it popped in so many places. This thing is NOT DURABLE. It came with straps to try to roll the bed up with but they are super cheap and not worth the time atleast not for a purple bed. I suggest ratchet straps instead however be careful with the Metal on those because again this thing is not durable and holes happen super easily. But if you take that into consideration and just make absolutely sure that this thing never touches a rough surface then it will work amazingly! It seriously made my purple bed half the size it was crazy. I would definitely recommend this and it’s a pretty fair price. Just take it into consideration the lack of durability

I had a mattress topper that I bought but it did not work out for a lot of reasons. They told me that the only way I could return it was if I pack it up in a box and the mattress topper box was very small. I saw this on YouTube when a couple was returning their mattress. I tried everything else and nothing worked to shrink it. Yeah sadly I did have to buy this but at the same time I would rather spend money on this and have my mattress topper returned then to be stuck with a $100 mattress topper. There was no way I was gonna throw it Trash Because that would be a hundred dollars down the drain! So I bought this as a last ditch effort to return it. When I got it it was the real deal and also it came with straps so I could tighten it after it shrunk. I bought a UPS box and when I used this to shrink my mattress topper I used my vacuum hose and it shrunk wasn't perfect but it shrunk to where I can fit it inside the Box. But I would say that you might need help as far as rolling it up together if you don't have a lot of strength but nonetheless it worked. It felt like a ziplock bag and it was very easy and of course the straps worked great! I have since now wrapped it inside the UPS box and it has been returned. I couldn't have done this without this thing and I still have to handle strings left because my mattress topper only needed to. I'm not sure how this would work for a mattress over eight inches but if you have something less than 8 inches or even a mattress topper like me, I recommend you give this a try! I will be buying again if I need to! Also if you can I would recommend you have another person help you at least but if you don't then I would really be careful and take my time to make sure everything is correct.