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Bags for Foodsaver

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hondabbq
hondabbq Posts: 1,980
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I can get standard 8x12 bags from work for $.0907 each. The Foodsaver ones are $.50 ish each. Its a 3 mil not a 4 mil like the FS bags. the case has 2000 bags in it, and its only myself and my wife so a bag that size does 2 portions for us no problem. Does any standard vacuum bag work in these contraptions?
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
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    Yes, I've got some from chef's supplies that were thinner. I seem to remember I had to turn my seal time down.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,897
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    Typically they will seal most plastic bags, but the success of the Food Saver is drawing down a vacuum and flat bags won't do that. FS has a proprietary channel pattern to one side which allows the air to be extracted before sealing.
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    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,897
    edited October 2013
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    Here is a link to bags that will work with a Food Saver and at a much more reasonable cost - especially when bought in bulk quantities. Their secret is a third layer of plastic mesh sandwiched on the inside which allows the air to be extracted. Here is a close up of that mesh.
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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