Made a lot of noise but very little vaccume. I used the cannister hose to help troubleshoot where the problem might be, that's when I determined there was little vaccume. There was no vaccume at all when a bag was in it, not even at the fast setting. It made quite a racket, I don't think it's supposed to do that. It seems like a relativly simple machine, but since it's a discontinued model maybe it got banged around a lot or something. Who knows. I'm bummed.I still am encouraged by foodsaver owners of differant models, and I sit here with lots of food to freeze, so I am going to go by sams or walmart to find a differant model that might work.edit to add:I got the upright fully model at walmart and it works fine. It sounds nothing like the V2440, it makes a sound but it's not as loud and does not vibrate. It's pretty easy to use, although I would really rather not had a fully automatic one. I'll review it in a couple of weeks.