Sealing foil hop bags - clothes iron?

My local HBS sells pellet hops for $2/oz and know I can do MUCH better online, especially since I can buy 1lb hops for $8.

I dont have a vacuum sealer at home though, so keeping the bag sealed and the hops fresh could be a problem. HOWEVER, I have read that folks can seal the foil bag with a normal clothes iron set on medium-high.

Has anyone tried this/have any experience from it.

That LAST thing I want to do now is spend more money on more equipment!

If you are going to be sealing a foil bag and leaving air in it, I doubt theres noticeable difference between using that vs a squeezed out freezer bag.

I use one of these small vacuum sealers with the foodsaver mason jar attachment. It works great and is a nice cheap alternative.

http://www.lightinthebox.com/Compact-Vacuum-Sealer--7030---Start-From-5-Units-_p45896.html