Nuh uh, YOUR vacuum sealer sucks!

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I bought a Rival Seal-A-Meal at Target, which was sitting right next to the Foodsaver and cost less than half of what they wanted for the brand name. Takes all the same attachments (I have several Foodsaver attachments that I use regularly), and mine has been working like a champ for months.

Yeah, but yours has AIDS.

 

[mosquitocontrol]

Does anyone know if this freshsaver foodsaver can be used with the mason jar accessory? If possible I'd like to get this cheaper smaller version and only use canisters and mason jars.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NGNBR8/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[Yambor44]

All I want to know is if I can use THESE bags with my Foodsaver?

http://sorbentsystems.com/mylar.html

 

[adx]

You must use the Food Saver bags. The Food Saver doesn't use the snorkel system, instead it uses the channels in the bags to suck out the air.

 

[enid]

Does anyone know if this freshsaver foodsaver can be used with the mason jar accessory? If possible I'd like to get this cheaper smaller version and only use canisters and mason jars.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NGNBR8/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

If you want to use mason jars or any type of glass jar with rubber lids I would recommend this

Its cheap, very fast, and works great for jars. It is not the easiest if you want to use bags, it will work, but made more for jars. The only nice thing is you dont need special bags.

 

[storunner13]

Check Craigslist if you haven't already. I was just looking around yesterday and saw 2 listings for $15, another for $35, and others for $50 and $60. A great deal for something probably just as good as new.

 

[jmferris]

All I want to know is if I can use THESE bags with my Foodsaver?

http://sorbentsystems.com/mylar.html

My first two posts on here are both bring up old threads again. Apologies in advance, just wanted to put this out there in case anyone else is looking.

Sorbent Systems do now make channel bags, and the prices look pretty good. Link with their channel bag line is:
http://www.sorbentsystems.com/foodsaverbags.html

 

[weirdboy]

My rival seal-a-meal is still going strong...

I think I posted this in another thread but I bought a bunch of rolls of foodsaver bag material from some place in bulk and have been using those.

I also use it to seal mason jars as well as reused pickle jars and the like. I just put the pickle jar inside one of the big foodsaver containers and vacuum it out that way. Works great!

 

[AnOldUR]

I have one of these and find it good for the price. Depending on what you're sealing, you have to be careful particles don't get caught in the "zipper" part or the bags won't seal properly. I modified mine by adding a power connector for a 9 volt power supply... 6 AAs is ridiculous.

Did the same power supply mod to my Reynolds. Plus I always double bag just in cast there's a bad seal. Might not be the best, but it works and it's cheap.

HSN is now selling the bags.

 

[uechikid]

I have a foodsaver machine. I've had it for several years and it works very well. We use it all the time.
Costco sells them for around $150 and has a large box of refill bags as well (don't remember the price). Well worth the money in my opinion.

 

[7Enigma]

After my first two years of sealing hops I got bored (4 month old also factored into this), so I said screw it, we're going to make one huge double (triple?) IPA with all the hops from this years harvest. Due to a near unending summer drought I had lost the top 10ft of my cascade hops so my overall yield from that plant was only 3.5oz. My nugget plant which is partially shaded during the day did much better and I was able to get 6.5oz off of it (and it's purposefully kept small due to it being at the front of the house on the lightpost). Probably spent 4-5 hours of time removing the binds and picking the hops but in the end I was left with a huge amount. Dried them for 2 days on home-made window screens and then went about my brew.

I had a buddy help me because 10oz of whole-flower hops is LARGER than the actual turkey frier pot I'm using to boil (I do extract with crystal grain steeping). Here was my recipe in case anyone out there is crazy enough to attempt a clone:

-7.5lbs extra pale malt extract

-1lb crystal 20 grains (steeped for 15min @ ~170F)

-6.5oz nugget boiled for 70min

-nugget then removed by strainer to allow for cascade hops

-3.5oz cascade added and boiled for 10-15min

-at end of boil I quickly removed the cascade hops using the strainer to prevent clogging when putting into fermenter. This method worked great to reduce losses from hop absorption (squished the hops between a metal bowl and the strainer to get back as much wort as possible).

-Pitched one packet of Nottingham dry yeast (hydrated 30min prior to pitching using a weak wort solution from the boil)

When I was done it smelled HEAVENLY, and is sure to be a rockin' super IPA. No clue on what IBU estimate the brew is (anyone have a handy calculator for a guess?), but there is no way it's not going to pucker the palate.

Sorry for taking this a bit off-topic, but for those of you that want to avoid the storage of the hops, just do as they did in old times, and make your beer when the hops are ready!

 

[ratfarmer]

I bought Foodsaver Professional II probably about 10 years ago and I love it and its still going strong!

I haven't used it for hops yet but it has been great with anything from meat to vegetables to shoes....hehehe

My favorite part about the one I bought is that it has bag storage and a cutter built into it. It also have the vacuum port for doing canning jars and their special containers.

BUY ONE!

 

[ratfarmer]

Yeah i'm bringing back an older thread to post a deal I saw online.

A couple Food Saver deals online.

 

[HoppedIPA]

Just ordered one from Costco My mom knew we had been wanting one for both hops and other things my wife and i do for the kids an such.. sorry to say it late but they had a $20 off discount on one regular $159 for $139 online only.. I know their regular "store" price is $149..