Best vacuum sealer

[markstanco 12,577]

Mine is biting the dust. Had it for about 10 years.

 

Anyhow, I go to central market in dallas and load up on fish and chicken. Like $450 each time and come home and vacuum it. But my current sealer fails recently sucking all the air out and the bag is essentially a ziploc bag.

 

So.

 

Need a new one. Any recs?

[Sam Lin 3,559]

I bought this thing to do some holiday food, not sure if the duty cycle is what you need based on how much you do at a time (you'll want to let it cool down every couple seals), but it was cheap and works really well. Was on sale for less than $50 at the time.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B4W5PMB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Another option if you tend to work yours pretty hard, is go buy whatever Foodsaver at Costco, and if you kill it in the first year or 2, just return it to Costco.

[Jkwellborn 6,702]

I’ve got a big food saver. Works pretty well. Maybe you should look at some LEM or Cabelas stuff for the volume you are taking about.

[52-80 19,159]

America's test kitchen did a comparison on them - video on youtube

[Jerry Callo 8,703]

I have used the hell out of a FoodSaver from Costco for the last two years with no issues.

[kevwun 15,790]

If you want a good one that will last, get a Weston.  They are made to handle continuous use.  Sealing a bunch of bags in a row is what gets the smaller FoodSaver models.

Edited December 17, 2019 by kevwun

[Jkwellborn 6,702]

Weston is the name I was trying to think of.

[kevwun 15,790]

The big Cabelas branded sealers used to be made by Weston, not sure if they still are.

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3,868]

South Austin's mom has a tremendous vacuum seal.

[Your Mom 4,806]

I have the big foodsaver with the marinade hose attachment, the mason jar sealer, and 3 hdmi ports. I’ve been happy with it for a couple of years now. 
 

Whatever you get, get the big pleated bags to make life easy with a brisket. 

[tx 3 putt 76,972]

On 12/17/2019 at 9:26 AM, Jerry Callo said:

I have used the hell out of a FoodSaver from Costco for the last two years with no issues.

 

this 

[52-80 19,159]

Its been a long while now, that costco switched their foodsaver model from vertical to horizontal.  The difference being the sealing edge was at the lip of the vertical model, and moved into somewhere middle of the unit.

 

That means a lot of wasted bag space both direction of the seal, in the bag and to the cutting edge.

 

They might've switched it back

 

[ButtFumble 5,180]

if you do not mind hand pumping it is hard to beat one of these

 

[deadshank 24,653]

44 minutes ago, ButtFumble said:

if you do not mind hand pumping it is hard to beat one of these

 

Grandpa?

[luke duke 6,413]

I got this bad boy last month. It works great, as it should considering the price. It also takes up a shitload of space.

Weston Pro-2300 Commercial Grade Stainless Steel Vacuum Sealer (65-0201), Double Piston Pump
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GP81R2/

[Liteitup 138]

17 hours ago, Your Mom said:

 
 

Whatever you get, get the big pleated bags to make life easy with a brisket. 

This. Bought them by mistake, didn't know such a thing existed. No more double wrapping in foil and hoping for the best in the freezer.

[horn4life 3,760]

Yeah I am regretting not picking the food saver at COSTCO when it was on sale a couple weeks ago.

[Chewbacca 7,780]

Looking at picking up a chamber sealer and I was all set to buy the VacMaster 215 until I checked Costco's site and they have the MaxVac Pro for $300 less than the VacMaster.  Both have similar specs, so I would expect performance to be similar.  Anyone have experience with the MaxVac Pro?  I can't find much online, which is not particularly reassuring.  But Costco's great return policy would cover me if it takes a shit, or if it is shit.

 

https://www.costco.com/maxvac-pro-chamber-vacuum-sealer.product.100536866.html

Edited May 5, 2020 by Chewbacca

[Alex Karev 1,030]

On 12/19/2019 at 4:21 AM, ButtFumble said:

if you do not mind hand pumping it is hard to beat one of these

 

It's damn sure hard to beat with that attached. 

[Jkwellborn 6,702]

Anyone own a freeze dryer?

[luke duke 6,413]

Anyone own a freeze dryer?

Yes

[Mo Horn 8,843]

Has anyone used the small handheld ones? I'd like to get one for when I sous vide and don't need a big one as I don't have freezer space to store a bunch of vacuum sealed packages. 

[ROFL BOX 6,649]

It's damn sure hard easy to beat with that attached. 

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