Vacuum food sealers

Who has one and what do the recommend? looking to spend around $150-200. Want something good for freezing meat as well as sealing cuts that are being marinated.

 

Buy the Foodsaver 4980 at Costco, it is currently on sale for $119.99

My happy homemaking friends have tried them all and regardless of price or brand they all seem to break within a year. They love them, but, they malfunction in one way or another.

When it malfunctions, Costco will accept the return and you can buy another.

Michelle

 

Those all suck.

 

I see what you did there

OP - We've got the equivalent of the Foodsaver FM2100. It's running on 3-4 years of use and the only problem we had was the seal needed to be flipped over. I fully expect to have to replace it in another year or so. It does get used weekly when we split food into smaller portions since it's only two of us in the house.

 

Foodsaver brand...... say no more!

 

The Foodsaver does not work well for marinating unless you use the jars. I haven't found any of the end seal type machines that work well with liquids. I guess people who are really into it use ones that seal from the top. I have never used one of those though.

 

Do they make any that aren't fully automatic, or at least don't don't seal until I tell it to?

 

On ours we can hit the button and it stops the vacuuming process early and then seals. It also has just a seal function (we use it for making our own bags for stuff like ribs, etc). I don't think that it has a function where it vacuums then holds it without sealing, if that's what your looking for.

 

The tether function can work ok or you can simply put the bag vertical and seal it that way.

If you want a machine that lasts a long time, you are looking at a commercial cryovac, and those go for about $400 and up.

 

If you get one don't clamp it on your sack.

 

Foodsaver V2470.

 

Food Saver, Costco, I sealed all sorts of stuff.

I always have it on me. Wet, dry, Im sealing shit. I've brought it on dates to 'seal the deal'. I also use the seal button mid vacuum often too - I've sealed hundreds of pounds of chronic.....food this way. I even sealed a baby seal.

When it breaks I clean it real, real well and return it. They last a few years. the Vacu-seal is a steal of a deal!

 

And you say this why?

 

They don't make one that big.

 

If it is not something you will use a lot, ziplock sells bags with a one way vent and a hand pump.

http://www.amazon.com/Ziploc-Vacuum...-1&keywords=Ziplock+vacuum+seal+and+hand+pump