OT - Wanting to buy a vacuum sealer - looking for advice

anton

Foodsaver, I portion out cryovac packs of tri-tip, and cut my own ribeyes from full roasts, seal them all separate or by twos and freeze, never thawed a bad one yet. Mine is a v3440

Jaime

Look at that beautiful no freezer burn footage!    swordsmn stealing wifeys ipad.   

nolaegghead

blurrgghhh!   Is that a brand?

bigirish

If you're still looking, the Amazon deal of the day is a FoodSaver V3240.

amazon.com/gp/product/B003U738ZE?ref_=gbps_tit_s-3_7402_84a99c3a&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

bigirish

If you're still looking the Amazon deal of the day is a FoodSaver V3240 amazon.com/gp/product/B003U738ZE?ref_=gbps_tit_s-3_7402_84a99c3a&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

SmokeyPitt

SciAggie said:

I need to go to bed - I completely missed the joke. 

I have just been looking for an excuse to use this.


I have a pretty basic food saver that is a couple of years old and no real problems.  It came with the marinating canisters and I never use that.  I just use a bag and it the "stop/seal" button when the liquid is approaching the top.  
The only complaint I have with mine is it comes on automatically when you insert the bag, and sometimes this can be a little frustrating. I wish there was a manual start button.  

RRP

SmokeyPitt said:

I have a pretty basic food saver that is a couple of years old and no real problems.  It came with the marinating canisters and I never use that.  I just use a bag and it the "stop/seal" button when the liquid is approaching the top.  
The only complaint I have with mine is it comes on automatically when you insert the bag, and sometimes this can be a little frustrating. I wish there was a manual start button.  

I also have those canisters and I use them for storing various rices, but I never vacuum them down as that would be a PITA. What I have noticed over the years that Food Saver would change model numbers about as often as people change their shorts! Only thing between one model and another would actually be what accessories that came with the same vacuum unit! That's exactly why I selected mine over the plain jane one sitting next to it for the same price as mine as it was on sale!

bettysnephew

When I purchased my Gamesaver Silver, it was 1 cent cheaper if I bought the package with vacuum bags, case and marinater than without. Kind of a "duh" deal.

shadowrider

I also have a Foodsaver 3xxx series with the accessory hose.  Love the thing.  I use the vacuum canister for my whole bean coffee and the marinating tray all the time.

You can partially freeze your wetter meats beforehand to cut down on the liquid.  You can also roll up a paper towel and put it in the end you seal last.

Edit to add:  I buy the bulk rolls at Sam's, they are the best deal I've found.  But I do agree with Toxarch, the narrow rolls will really pizz you off sometimes, however they are handy for veggies like green beans and the like.

Zmokin

Vegas Eggus said:

Have your exact situation.   Foodsaver from Wally World has been flawless for our needs for going on 2 years. Anybody on the fence it's well worth it. I use it most for taking advantage of bulk meat prices then repacking into portions we use. 
I'm sure one can spend more but ours meets our needs. 

I have found using ziplocs and sucking the air out with my mouth works pretty darn good.  And with liquids, I can just squeeze until the air is out and seal.  Can you explain how cheap from Wally world is an improvement over my technique?  I've seen people use foodsavers to vacuum pack clothes to make them take up less space, but I can sit on clothes in ziploc and achieve the same effect, and I can re-pack in the wilderness with this method.  I've always wondered if I should buy a vacuum sealer, and I'm always wondering if it might be worth it for a inexpensive model.

BIll-W221

I have the FoodSaver V3240, got it on Amazon for $85, it is a little slow but it paid for itself in the first few weeks.

tonyled

Zmokin said:

I have found using ziplocs and sucking the air out with my mouth works pretty darn good.

if you have enough to make it worth it fill your sink with water.  take the ziploc with the goodies in it and lower it into the water evenly to the zip line then zip it.  the water pushes the air out of the bag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lh6lGj20Jw

swordsmn

But But with ziplocks & water physics   there's no buttons,  led's , no gauge,  no geeky fun ritual.  And.... I won't sell my Rambler for a Solo cup  even though both hold liquid.  :-)