I went to Sport Co in fife yesterday expecting to purchase one of the mid range Vacuum sealers they had a Weston Pro 2300 for somewhere around 365.00, and one called the Vac Master or something like that, around the same price, they appeared similar in just about every way including being made in Taiwan, I put both back on the shelf, I am not spending that kind of money on a sealer that's not made in the USA.