Vaccum Sealer

[big 8s in Weakley county]

Anybody got one and are they very usefull I am thinking of getting one for when meat is on sale at the grocery. Whats yalls thought

 

[spoon]

We are on our 3rd one...love them.

 

[Wildcat]

I use mine all the time.

 

[DntBrnDPig]

http://www.foodsaver.com/Product.aspx?i ... 7&pid=8316

Enter the code J0FV60A and you get this for $80!!

 

[Wildcat]

That would be a heck of a deal if you can get it for that price.

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

I have used one for over 10 yrs now, there is no other way to process venison as quickly and freezer protected.

I use mine constantly for everything around the house, I buy bulk and split it up into smaller portions. I use it to seal items for kayaking trips that I need to stay dry until I get to my camp locations, etc.

I should have bought one 25 yrs ago............

FDXX75

 

[Rowdy]

Hmmmm....no advice, but glad you pointed that out.

Been want'n to get one, and now I know a little better what to look for.

 

[Wildcat]

mine is starting to piss me off

maybe it's the generic bags I used.

The tube of bags on the rolls were not sealed at the end. Just a length of tube and you cut your own bag to size.

well.....my Foodsaver machine, won't apply a heat seam until it has established a vacuum. Impossible with a roll of bags and the end isn't preseamed.

WTH am I supposed to do? Some advice,

The machine is suppose to have a seal button and a vaccum button. I've always been able to seal one end before putting in the food.

How old is you vaccum? Maybe something is wrong with it.

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

Stovepipe,

Are you cutting to length first?

If so, don't...................seal the end on the roll first, the sealer will pull a vacuum on the entire roll then go to the heat seal mode.

I use nothing but uncut roll material in mine with no problems, one other thing to check on the older units is the foam gasket........make sure it is completely in place and sealing with the lid. I take mine out every so often, wash it and flip it over to make sure it seals good.

My unit is at least 10-12 yrs old, Food Saver w/o frills.

FDXX75

 

[JimFromTN]

I have had them and don't care for them. The reason I don't care for them is because sometimes they will lose the vaccum seal and then whatever is in it gets freezer burned. I have seen this happen with meat that was professionally processed so I know it isn't just me. My brother lived in AK and used to send us wild game and salmon that had been processed professionally and it wasn't uncommon for several of the bags to lose their seal.

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

I have had them and don't care for them. The reason I don't care for them is because sometimes they will lose the vaccum seal and then whatever is in it gets freezer burned. I have seen this happen with meat that was professionally processed so I know it isn't just me. My brother lived in AK and used to send us wild game and salmon that had been processed professionally and it wasn't uncommon for several of the bags to lose their seal.

I will agree, nothing is 100% all the time, but it sure beats the pants off plasic wrap and butcher paper 10 fold. In all the yrs I have been using mine I can count the number of times I lost vacuum on a package on one hand. I stick with them odds all day long.

I have found the reason some bags loose vacuum is during the process, liquid or food compromised the area the seal was made, a lot of times liquid will get drawn up the bag and then sealed, once frozen the liquid forces the seal apart causing the failure.

I will place a folded paper towel in the end of the bag below the seal line if I have an item with excessive liquid to stop it from reaching the top, works well.

FDXX75

 

[JimFromTN]

Freezer paper does not bother me. I have been using it for 25 years and I am allot faster with it than I am with a vacume sealer. I have never had meat go bad using freezer paper. I ate some meat that was labeled 2004 that I found buried in my freezer not that long ago and it was fine.

 

[DntBrnDPig]

The one I linked I got this morning in the mail. Its awesome.

It comes with the following too.
* 1 � 11�x 10' Roll
* 5 � Gal Bags
* 2.25 Qt Marinating Canister
* 1 - Quart Round Canister
* 24oz. Lunch and Leftover Container

All for $80

 

[big 8s in Weakley county]

Just ordered me one also Stovepipe cost 87.80 shipped to my door.

DntBrnDPig thanks for the heads up hope they work as good as everyone says for the price you cant beat it

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

Holy (@%*#&) !!!!!!!!!

If anyone was think about purchasing one, this is the deal of the decade for sure. The extra's that come with the sealer cost more to purchase seperately than the entired package.

I just ordered one myself, my current sealer is over 10-12 yrs old and will probably crap out the day after an offer like this one expires, knowing my luck.

 

[BigAl]

Thanks for the tip. Been wanting one of these for years. I just ordered one.

 

[Woodchuck]

http://www.foodsaver.com/Product.aspx?id=c&cid=87&pid=8316

Enter the code J0FV60A and you get this for $80!!

Thanks for the heads up on this deal. I just ordered one.

 

[medic]

mine is starting to piss me off

maybe it's the generic bags I used.

The tube of bags on the rolls were not sealed at the end. Just a length of tube and you cut your own bag to size.

well.....my Foodsaver machine, won't apply a heat seam until it has established a vacuum. Impossible with a roll of bags and the end isn't preseamed.

WTH am I supposed to do? Some advice,

On my first one it did not have the seal only button. I just placed the bag end on the heat strip and not in the area that pulls vacum. close the lid and let the machine pull enough vacum on it's self to stop and seal the bag.

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

mine is starting to piss me off

maybe it's the generic bags I used.

The tube of bags on the rolls were not sealed at the end. Just a length of tube and you cut your own bag to size.

well.....my Foodsaver machine, won't apply a heat seam until it has established a vacuum. Impossible with a roll of bags and the end isn't preseamed.

WTH am I supposed to do? Some advice,

On my first one it did not have the seal only button. I just placed the bag end on the heat strip and not in the area that pulls vacum. close the lid and let the machine pull enough vacum on it's self to stop and seal the bag.

Another thing you can do is fold the roll over itself once or twice and push down on the folds the cause a blockage.

FDXX75

 

[TX300mag]

I use mine for whole backstraps/pork loins every once in a while, but mine pretty much stays in the pantry.

I use the Ziplock quart and gallon vacuum bags with the hand pump. MUCH cheaper for the bags, they're resealable, and I can get just as good a seal with the $3 hand pump.