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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:23:14 AM EDT
Anyone have one of these? The wife wants one and I don't know sh^t about em. Sooooooooooooooo I turn to the GREAT MINDS OF ARFCOM
 to help me with this issue Yea and NO sucker jokes mmmmmmkay
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:26:27 AM EDT
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I have one. It works pretty good. We stock up on meat when it's on sale and package it up. It will keep a long time without getting freezer burned.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:32:55 AM EDT
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I have a Tilia Foodsaver 540. It's great. I freeze a lot of fish because it's particularly sensitive to freezer burn/oxidation.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:37:35 AM EDT
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I have a Black & Decker that I bought at Wall-Mart, for $60. It is adequate but not great. I won't seal the bag if there is liquid inside the bag because the heating element is not powerful enough, but for dry seals works good so far. I buy these plastic dish ware type from Wall-Mart and you can marinate meats like in minutes rather than hours because a vacuum lets the meat absort the marinate faster.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:37:36 AM EDT
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I have had a couple of them. The last one I got at Sam's. I did have a problem with the
first one, the seal bar had a blister on it and it would not seal right. I use it all the time. We buy the meat for two weeks and I season it up, vac it, leave it in the fridg over night and then freeze it. So, when the evening comes, we pick what we wqnt to fix. Throw it in a pan of water, fix a drink and when it is thawed, throw it in the skillet. Ready to go, don't have to mess with seasoning, tenderizing or any of that. I also package my wild game this way too. Some seasoned and some unseasoned. It is a time saver and it keeps things fresh for a lot longer. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:39:49 AM EDT
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Best little gadget I've bought===I use the hell out of it.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:41:13 AM EDT
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+1 |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:44:40 AM EDT
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+2 Foodsaver Professional II. I bought it on e-bay. Great tool. Much easier to use than the other foodsaver models. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:47:47 AM EDT
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Go with the Foodsaver Professional II. It's the best of the bunch.
I used it to seal some Albacore, Yellowtail and Dorado I caught last summer. It still tastes great on the grill!!! I just got done sealing about 40lbs of Salmon I caught last weekend. I hope I get lucky and will be using it to seal Deer in October. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 10:10:38 AM EDT
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+3 A Tillia (sp?) though I'm not sure which model. Works great. We buy large quantities of meat at a time, then can break them down into meal-sized portions, then seal them up. No freezer burn yet. Also good for sealing up items that you want to keep dry also. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 10:16:02 AM EDT
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My wife got one...Works great on food AND it makes great Ammo "Battle Packs" of loose boxes of ammo. GET ONE and try it.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 10:25:37 AM EDT
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We've got one. I'm not sure of the brand. They rock. Food doesn't get freezer burn. The surprise for us was what it does for cheese.
We buy cheese at Costco 'cause it is cheap, but it comes in huge amounts. We divide it into reasonable sized pieces and suck them down in the vac. sealer. The cheese in the evacuated packages seems to last indefinitely in the refrigerator (not the freezer), whereas the unevacuated cheese only lasts about two weeks before it gets fuzzy. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 10:37:29 AM EDT
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The Tilia Foodsaver line is good stuff. They're about the only infomercial stuff I have ever bought, and they are very nice.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 10:52:15 AM EDT
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I think I probably got the same model - was about $65 out the door. Unfortunately the B&D model sucks ass in my opinion. The heating element/sealer burned out within a very short time. I'd like to get another, but I'll wait until I can afford a more durable and stronger commercial model. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 7:13:38 PM EDT
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We have a Foodsaver bought from Costco. We use ours a lot. Beef, deer, chicken, elk, fish, etc. We also put a slice or two of left over pizza in a bag and it stays good enough ( a bit solft when reheated, but OK). Hunting and other stuff can be waterproofed. We wouldn't be without one.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 7:42:24 PM EDT
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Like mine. In addition to the above, I watch for the premium ice cream I like to go on a two-fer sale. I'll get 4-6 half gallons and put them in the vac bags. It keeps for months and no freezer burn.
Think I read on this site that somebody vac packed ammo and other stuff for a canoe trip, and weapons for long term storage. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 7:48:42 PM EDT
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Got one from costco and love it.
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Posted: 9/1/2004 2:10:46 AM EDT
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WOW Thanks kids I did go get one its not the Pro model but it works great ! [thinks to self] MUST SEAL SOMETHING
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Posted: 9/1/2004 2:14:31 AM EDT
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The one I bought was about 135 I believe and came with the containers , roll dispencer and a few more gadgets. |
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Posted: 9/1/2004 2:25:21 AM EDT
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Been desiring one since I first saw the infomercial.
Maybe one of these days. Would be great for deer & squirrel. That said, I've still got a bit of deer from last year in the freezer and there isn't any freezer burn on it. Double wrapped with freezer paper seems to help. |
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Posted: 9/1/2004 2:26:11 AM EDT
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My dad uses his to vac seal bags of ammo for long term storage. I think though that he was tired of having it and not using and invented this use for it.
S.O. |
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Posted: 9/1/2004 8:51:25 AM EDT
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Something else I use the foodsaver for:
I bought the 5 gallon buckets of wheat for LTS and flour grinding. When I open one of the buckets, I store the extra grain in 1 gallon mylar bags w/ O2 absorbers. The foodsaver will not suck the air out, but they make a great seal in the mylar. The O2 absorbers take care of the rest. If you want to store drygoods for LTS, a foodsaver with mylar bags is the best! Foodsavers, they suck... air and that is a good thing. |
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Posted: 9/21/2004 9:03:15 AM EDT
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Just a little update on these vacuum machines. On my B&D, the little plastic snaps that hold the vacuum channel in place to catch the liquids when vacuum sealing anything with liquids, the left one snap broke off that contains the vacuum port, and it doesn't seal at all without them with that snap. The vacuum channel is suppose to be removeable so that you can pour out any excess liquids. I called the company up for a replacement, they said that they will send me a replacement under warranty, but I think that peice could've been engineered to be more durable. But for $60, what more can you ask. |
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