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the 50 foot rolls of Wesson bags don't fit inside the space in the food saver machine for the bags the roll is too fat until you have sever bags off. not a big deal in my machine set the roll behind bring it up over in into the cutter cut several bags off then seal the end then fill with food and vac/seal
I will take a 70% savings and deal with a fat roll
The Weston bags are what I use. The 11" and the 8". Big savings over the Food saver brand and they work just as well.
Brian, take a long hard look at a chamber unit vs a pump unit, they are worth the extra cost and the bags are a dime apiece.
Originally Posted by GREENCOUNTYPETE
when your finding that package of lost ground venison on a freezer clean out in 2020 that you packed in 2016 an it is good almost like the day you packed it.
worth it for quality of meat
the food saver is the one I have I am on my second , I buy the off brand bags on amazon or ebay
fish, lasts longer but not more than a year , you can seal the fish in water , you just start the sealer and quickly turn off the vacuum and seal only like when you make the seals on the end of each bag
a chamber vac would be pure awesome , but at over 1K I will keep carrying on with the food saver one I have
food savers brand are not the top of the line by any means most are 40-70 dollars
I will probably go with a commercial 300-400 dollar unit on my next go round
it isn't too hard to overheat the food savers if you are packing 50+ pounds of meat
Pete there are several sub 1000 dollar chamber units and even sub 500 now. I can't attest to quality
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
We'll, right or wrong, I pulled the trigger on this one.
The latest, greatest, $140 special at Sam's. Bought a variety pack of 8-1/2" and 11" wide rolls of bags. This unit is supposed to be able to conquer both wet and dry stuff. We will see.
Got a Foodsaver Gamesaver Bronze been using over 5 years no problems.
The Bronze model has a life time warranty, it has a thicker heating wire I was told when I bought mine 7 years ago. I usually put up 4-6 deer a year with mine + the wife uses it for bulk cheese and per package dinners to put in the freezer.
We'll, right or wrong, I pulled the trigger on this one.
The latest, greatest, $140 special at Sam's. Bought a variety pack of 8-1/2" and 11" wide rolls of bags. This unit is supposed to be able to conquer both wet and dry stuff. We will see.
I got that exact same model........ummmm.......It would not vac down and then seal like it was supposed to do. After 6 weeks of going round and round with customer service, then sent me a new one. I think part of the issue is the sloping angle of the lid. Make sure you leave plenty of bag length. I seal my made bags twice on each end. If I did it again, I would just get a cheap vac sealer and throw it away.