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Mesliese 6in1 Vacuum Sealer

Mesliese 6in1 Vacuum Sealer

By Mesliese · Vacuum Sealers · Kitchen & Cooking

  • 90 kPa suction
  • 120 W motor
  • 14.9x5.7x3.5 in
  • 12 mm heating strip
  • 20 continuous seals

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Problems, parts and running costs

Summary

The Mesliese VS6601S Silver is an external-suction vacuum sealer for freezing food, dry storage and sous-vide prep, with dry and moist modes, gentle and normal pressure, and a jar hose in the box. Check what you plan to seal before you buy: it pulls liquid into the vacuum channel, so soups and marinades have to be frozen first.

Strengths

  • Gentle and moist modes take the crushing risk out of soft items and damp foods.
  • The box carries two rolls, five precut bags, a hose and two spare foam gaskets, so you can start without another order.
  • Mesliese sells VS6601S top and bottom foam gaskets separately at $9.99 each, so a weak vacuum has a documented fix.
  • Small footprint, a stainless top and an accessible vacuum channel that wipes down.
  • Registered owners get a five-year warranty extension, with email and Facebook Messenger support.
  • The one hands-on test found good vacuum and sound seals once the bag sat in the chamber properly.

Weaknesses

  • External suction, not a chamber: owners report liquid drawn into the vacuum channel, and in one case heat sealing stopped working afterwards.
  • The manual asks for a 20-second pause after every seal, so a long portioning session takes longer than the headline times suggest.
  • The 90 kPa figure, the 12 W pump and the 3–10 second vacuum time come from marketing, and nobody has measured them.
  • There is no lift-out liquid catch tray, so a wet bag means drying the vacuum channel by hand.
  • Both ends of the lid have to be pressed until they click; a half-latched lid will not pull a vacuum.
  • Bag-roll contents differ between the listing and the manual, and one reviewer needed scissors because the kit had no cutter.

Verified specifications

ModelMesliese VS6601S Silver, 6-in-1 household edge vacuum sealer, UPC 758305947840.
Vacuumthe manufacturer rates up to 90 kPa from a 12 W pump, with about 3–10 seconds of vacuum time and 9–12 seconds of sealing time. No independent test has confirmed those figures.
Power120 W, AC 100–120 V, 50/60 Hz. It runs on mains power with no built-in battery; a DC 12 V cable is optional and sold separately.
Settingsdry and moist food modes, normal and gentle pressure, vacuum-and-seal, seal-only, vacuum-only, stop, and an accessory-hose port for compatible containers.
Heatingthe listing advertises a 12 mm widened heating strip while the manual lists 3 mm heating wire width. No source ties the two together, and none confirms the width of the finished seam.
Duty cyclethe manufacturer claims up to 20 continuous seals, and the manual asks for a 20-second cooling interval after each seal.
In the boxtwo 8 × 6.6 ft vacuum rolls, five 11 × 16 in precut bags, a rear cutter, accessory hose, AC cable, manual and two spare foam gaskets.
Baggingthe bag has to reach into the vacuum channel with at least 3 inches of free space above the food, and the lid needs two audible clicks to lock.
Food safetyit does not sterilize food or make unrefrigerated perishables shelf-stable. The manual says vacuum sealing is not a substitute for heat processing in canning.
Warrantythe manufacturer lists 5 years and a 5-year extension warranty after registration, and the printed manual asks you to register within two weeks of delivery.
Full research notes and sources

Suction, seals and bag setup

Bag placement decides whether this machine works. The bag has to sit inside the vacuum channel with at least 3 inches of empty space above the food, and the lid has to click shut at both ends. When the bag was seated wrongly, one hands-on reviewer watched the unit fail to pull a vacuum; with the bag repositioned the same machine sealed fine. The manual lists the same causes of a weak vacuum: a bag not seated, a lid not fully locked, too little cooldown, displaced or torn gaskets, and food residue in the channel.

Set aside 20 seconds after each seal. That instruction in the manual cuts against the advertising claim of up to 20 continuous seals, and it is why a session of a dozen bags takes longer than the quoted 3–10 second vacuum and 9–12 second seal times suggest. Those quoted times are marketing figures.

The heating elements are an open question in the sources. The listing advertises a 12 mm widened heating strip; the manual specifies 3 mm heating wire width. Those may be different parts of the same assembly, but nothing reconciles them, so treat any seal-width claim as unverified. Store the lid unlatched while you are not using it, too. The manual warns that leaving it locked in a cabinet compresses the foam gaskets for good.

Liquids and wet food

This is an external-suction machine, and liquid is where it breaks down. In a July 2024 r/sousvide thread, an owner with a recently bought Mesliese (variant not stated) found marinade pulled into the unit on the second use: the pump still ran, but the machine stopped completing the heat seal. In an October 2025 r/Cooking thread, another Mesliese owner saw even a small amount of liquid drawn into the vacuum channel instead of a sealed bag. Both threads recommended freezing the contents first.

Treat those as owner reports, not a failure rate. Nobody has published how often a VS6601S fails on liquid. What the sources do establish is the limit of the design: moist mode slows the pull, it does not turn an edge sealer into a chamber sealer. Pre-freeze soups, stews and marinades, and keep liquid out of the pump and the heating strip. A bag of soup still ends in the machine’s channel, so expect cleanup. There is no lift-out liquid tray, and a reviewer specifically criticized its absence. Wipe and dry the channel before the next bag.

Running costs, parts and warranty

Bag film is the real running cost. A three-pack of 8 in × 16 ft rolls costs $27.99 at Mesliese, and each 16-foot roll yields sixteen 12-inch pieces, so a pack covers 48 bags at about $0.583 each, or roughly $58.31 a year at 100 bags a year. Buy whole packs: three of them come to $83.97 up front, with the unused stock carried forward. Wider 11 in × 16 ft rolls were $35.99 for a six-pack but were sold out when checked.

Electricity is negligible. At the rated 120 W and 30 seconds a cycle, 100 cycles a year works out to 0.1 kWh, and at an assumed $0.20 per kWh that is $0.02 a year. A 60-second cycle doubles it to $0.04. Film costs far more than the power.

Replaceable parts are cheap and easy to order from the manufacturer. The VS6601S top and bottom foam gaskets are $9.99 each, so $19.98 for both when you need them at once. The family accessory hose is $6.99 on sale against a $9.99 regular price, and the wine stopper is $9.99. Two spare gaskets ship in the box, and no source documents an interval for changing them: replace a gasket when it is torn, permanently compressed or still leaks after cleaning and reseating. A sealing strip for the 6601 line is listed at $9.99, but that page does not confirm VS6601S fit, so check with support before ordering one. The optional DC power cable is $9.99 on sale and is not certified for any specific unit’s connector.

The warranty reads generously on paper and has no track record. Mesliese lists 5 years, and the registration page calls it a 5-year extension warranty for customers who fill in the form. The printed manual asks you to register within two weeks of delivery, so an unregistered second-hand unit probably does not carry it. The policy mentions refunds or replacement, a prepaid return label and a one-year money-back guarantee, but it also asks for returned products in new or near-new condition. No source has measured how claims are handled for sales outside the direct store, and no independent record of claim outcomes exists.

Is it worth it?

Price decides this one. Mesliese sells the VS6601S Silver at $129.99 (Mesliese, October 2026). An eBay listing showed one new unit at $99.99 with other sellers from about $109, though that page was cached and the offer was not checkout-verified. Around that range you pay close to what the better-tested machines cost: Anova’s Precision Vacuum Sealer Pro is $114 direct from Anova, with Target listings between $100.99 and $109.99, and the NESCO VS-12 was $133.99 at Walmart with a Target catalog promotion at $108.99. Anova’s basic Precision Sealer is $74 direct from Anova.

So under $80 the kit is worth a look, $80–95 only if you want this control layout and you register the warranty, and above $110 you get more from the Anova Pro at $114, which Serious Eats tested in multiple rounds and whose maker warrants for two years. NESCO sells a directly compatible VS-12 foam gasket for $6.99, the same kind of demonstrable part support Mesliese offers.

This suits a household that portions meat and produce now and then, wants a starter kit with spare gaskets in the box, and likes having the hose for jars. Skip it for bulk meat processing, for anyone sealing soup or marinade, and for anyone who needs a proven double seal on every bag.

Which model this is

This page covers the VS6601S Silver, the silver edge-style sealer Mesliese sells as its 6-in-1 unit, UPC 758305947840. Check the model on the seller listing and on the machine itself before you order gaskets, a hose or a sealing strip.

Check the box on arrival for the rear cutter and the roll sizes. The listing and the manual describe a cutter mounted on the back, while one reviewer described a kit with different roll lengths and no cutter at all, which suggests a regional or production revision. The full manual is worth reading before the first batch, because it holds the 20-second cooldown rule, the 3-inch headspace requirement and the gasket storage warning that none of the sales copy repeats.

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