Mylar (heat sealable) bags for long term storage

https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/emergency_supplies/mylar_food_storage_bags.htm

Not that they are absolutely necessary but, I happened across these while poking around. Kinda pricey.

GilaMinumBeer said:

https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/emergency_supplies/mylar_food_storage_bags.htm

Not that they are absolutely necessary but, I happened across these while poking around. Kinda pricey.

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You can't remove air form these can you? Seems like a food saver would be a better option.

My vacuum packer, a Black and Decker FreshGuard, doesn't seal mylar bags but works fine on the clear plastic bags. Just FYI.

wildwest450 said:

You can't remove air form these can you? Seems like a food saver would be a better option.

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These are supposed to work with the foodsaver.

I'm leaning toward 06MFW08TEZ on this page: http://sorbentsystems.com/promotion3.html

$0.16 per bag when you buy 100.

camiller said:

I'm leaning toward 06MFW08TEZ on this page: special promotion - sorbentsystems.com

$0.16 per bag when you buy 100.

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Good find.

I have been poking around the food storage websites and mylar, when bought in bulk as mentioned above is a great deal. The major drawback is that mylar bags cannot be evacuated with a standard vacuum sealer. However, I stumbled across these videos:

Has anyone tried this before, and was it successful?
thanks

I guess I don't understand why the mylar is so preferable that someone would go to those lengths to get it to work with a foodsaver.

For hops storage I make my own bags out of the foodsaver rolls. I don't buy actual foodsaver rolls, though. I just bought a similar product online in bulk for cheap.

I think the mylar is preferable because of light/UV protection. But if you keep yer hops in a freezer all the time it should not matter.

I just pulled out last years harvest to dry hop a beer and noticed that the hops had lost their bright green color compared to this years harvest, which I just loaded in the freezer in food saver bags. Last years hops were stored in food saver vacuum bags as well and in a freezer which is opened on a daily basis. Seems negligible, but the bags are similar in price when you shop around so it is not a big deal to switch over to mylar... so long as it works.

o2 permeability is also a factor, I'd think

weirdboy said:

I guess I don't understand why the mylar is so preferable that someone would go to those lengths to get it to work with a foodsaver.

For hops storage I make my own bags out of the foodsaver rolls. I don't buy actual foodsaver rolls, though. I just bought a similar product online in bulk for cheap.

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brrman said:

I think the mylar is preferable because of light/UV protection. But if you keep yer hops in a freezer all the time it should not matter.

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I think mylar in preferable because the foodsaver brand bags are freaking expensive. Heck, even the wallmart "Great Value" bags are expensive by comparison to mylar bags bought in bulk.

edit: weirdboy, I just read the last part of your comment, where are you getting the similar product online in bulk for cheap.

camiller said:

I think mylar in preferable because the foodsaver brand bags are freaking expensive. Heck, even the wallmart "Great Value" bags are expensive by comparison to mylar bags bought in bulk.

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If you buy the generic foodsaver rolls it's pretty cheap.

weirdboy said:

I guess I don't understand why the mylar is so preferable that someone would go to those lengths to get it to work with a foodsaver.

For hops storage I make my own bags out of the foodsaver rolls. I don't buy actual foodsaver rolls, though. I just bought a similar product online in bulk for cheap.

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Please divulge your source!

Post number 5 added this link:
http://sorbentsystems.com/promotion3.html
1 gallon bags for 36 cents ea. but you have to buy 100.

I've been trying to find my source. Before I just sorta searched on google and followed a few links, etc. and ended up on this site selling them cheap in bulk quantities.

But now I can't find it.

OK here is where I got my rolls of foodsaver plastic:

http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/vac_strip_vacuum_bags_ary_vac_pro_plastic.aspx

They also have lots of other stuff interesting to brewers, like grain, buckets & other storage stuff, grinders and mills of various designs, etc.

maybe one of these?

http://www.agribags.com/Pro_2300_Bags.html
http://www.agribags.com/Weston_bags_wholesale.html

http://www.vacmesh.com/wholesale_bags_rolls.html

Ebay has some good prices on mylar bags as well. I just picked up these to try em out... seems better than committing to 100 bags.