Vacuum sealers

[glassgiant]

I'm going to guess there is a lot of crossover between homebrewers and people who use vacuum sealers. I'm looking for the latter. Anyone have any recommendations? I want one to freeze meat, fruit and veg. And possibly individual portions of lasagna and the like.

[dexter]

We have one that we use weekly, its a foodsaver brand i think, works well, the bags are expensive though. And wife bought the wrong brand from costco recently so if anyones in the market for an open bag that has 8 inches used lemme know.

[mr x]

foodsavers are the best selling I think. You can use the cheaper Rival bags in them. Somebody here has a snorkel type as well, which I believe allows you to use cheaper bags, and some specialized applications.

[LeafMan66_67]

I've got the foodsaver brand, works fine for food and hops.

[mr x]

My main complaint with my old Foodsaver was that during a grain buy, we sealed so many bags that it burned through the strip, and they don't sell replacement parts. Wasn't happy about that. Got a better replacement on a hot deal at SS last year.

[glassgiant]

Thanks, everyone. Ended up with a foodsaver. I'll try the hint about the rival bags

[Jayme]

I've got a snorkelvac and quite like it. Guess that doesn't help now though!


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[Henry1]

I pledged on a kickstarter for "Thrifty Vac." http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/106 ... yvac/posts It's supposed to be shipped in October so I can't vouch for how well it works but the idea is that it works with regular zipper bags by enclosing them in another bag fitted with a check valve.