Great! I do have a foodsaver vacuum sealer, tons of bags, and a mini freezer controlled by an inkbird that won't cycle like that. I think I'll order a few pounds since the price is so good!
Is your mini freezer a chest freezer? Chest freezers and older model standup freezers with shelves made out of coils are the only ones that don't have an auto defrost cycle. All other freezers do.
The pricing at HopsDirect is fairly good, but calculate in your shipping cost.
Unless things have changed, their shipping tends to be quite high, which can easily break the deal for 1 or 2 pounds. Shipping whole leaf can be especially high, for some strange reason. They only use Fedex, which may be part of the problem. USPS flat rate boxes can hold several pounds at a much better price point for us consumers, with much faster (air) delivery.
That said, I've found ordering 4-5 pounds (pellets) from them a sweet spot, and 8-10 pounds another one, but YMMV, especially with leaf orders. Otherwise, their hops are great quality, you may even get an ounce or so extra (at least they did in the past).
Also check YakimaValleyHops.
If you can, either vacuum seal or purge the bags after opening (only snip a corner). This is probably most important for leaf. I only have access to CO2, so I use that once in awhile on my pellets. Then roll up the flap tightly to squeeze as much of the air/gas mixture out, and seal the flap tight against the body of the bag with some shipping tape. Then back into the freezer.
