In Reply to: Travel space bags posted by rtheyminolos on Saturday, 24. September 2005 at 16:06 Bali Time:
Dont know if you are referring to the ones which Holladaze mentioned which require a vacumn cleaner to draw the air out of them or the smaller travel size ones which you roll and squeeze the air out of.
If it is the smaller ones then I saw in a shop today in Adelaide a cheaper version of the originals. They were $6.99 in Cunninghams which is like a $2 / reject type store in Adelaide. Came in 3 types one for hanging clothes, and 2 for normal packing in large and extra large sizes. think there were 2 bags per pack.
The other alternative is to purchase the largest size zip-lock bags for the freezer a cheaper alternative but the same type of thing.
I always take a few of these away for last minute packing and is great for anthing slightly damp like bathers etc.
I also take a small roll of masking tape or similar and when you have rolled them and got all the air out you can secure with some tape to ensure they dont get air back in them.
hope this is of some help. cheers