not necessarily an outdoors product but it would primarily be used for the results of some of my outdoors activities. i'm going to pick up a vacuum sealer as soon as they get the one I'm looking for back in stock. apparently the food saver 2200 series gets some good reviews so i'm going with that one. the ziploc bags havent been holding up like i want and i don't want to waste any more food so it's time to upgrade. i also figure a vacuum sealer would come in handy when i start putting together more comprehensive survival and outdoors type packs.