Oops, I see they’re plastic. Something to think about anyway.

@KDemo you can’t get their canisters in glass, but you can use canning jars with the attachment.

@mick I saw those reviews but since the majority of reviews were 5 star and people are more inclined to review when they have a bad experience I figured it was a worthy gamble. Worst case I end up with sturdy storage containers that don’t vacuum seal.
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@jbartus I got one from Bed Bath and Beyond, and I also found that it didn’t stay sealed. I returned it after about a week. I really wanted to like it though. I wanted to use it for storing coffee. The BB&B peeps recommended an OXO container, which I got and which I never have had problems with.

@jbartus i got mine today… did you get yours yet??? i think they are really nice. i sealed the biggest container, totally empty, hours ago… still sealed… now i wish i would have got 2 or 3 sets!!! sold out, last i checked… thanks again jbartus!!

@mick mine are out for delivery at the moment. Now you know why I bought four sets. At 75% off it was a no-brainer for me. Worst case I end up with some sturdy tupperware!

@mick I’m impressed, they’re very sturdy and so far the seals look to be working quite well. I sealed up 8 quarts of dried cranberries for the inaugural test and they look to be performing well so far. Will report back.

@zehnn Thank you for this. I had no clue this was a possibility. Goodness knows I’ve collected my share of canning jars. I was just about to take @jbartus 's heads up and go shopping when I scrolled down (and I still just might pick those up as well).

Frankly, my goose is cooked if I roll home with more plastic storage containers so knowing there’s a canning jar attachment is fantastic .

Even though I’ve pared down to a large set of plastic snap-lock style and a smaller set of ceramic snap-locks, I still keep a few cheaper grocery/dollar store storage containers on hand.
Drives my husband wild that I won’t toss them all. We/I just do too many road trips with a cooler and I’m always packing road snacks or leftovers. Cheap containers come in handy because of the smaller sizes, and I don’t feel bad when I’ve left them behind (which is usually at my Dad’s and then HE pitches a fit because his cabinets get filled with containers which won’t nest, lids don’t fit, etc).

@zehnn does it seal one jar (as in it’s a lid) or does it somehow enable you to seal mason jars with the lids they’re sold with?

@jbartus I was wondering the same thing since this sounds great. Pictures look like it stays on, but the most helpful critical review says you can just use regular lids. Might have to get one myself.

http://www.foodsaver.com/affiliate-exclusives/foodsaver-wide-mouth-jar-sealer/T03-0023-01P.html

Do you see ANYWHERE in this write-up that says that you actually take the jar AND ITS LID to seal the jar? I mean they send 3 - I said, well good I can seal 3 jars - thinking that this little device STAYS ON TOP OF THE JAR to maintain the seal. NOPE, you take your jar, put the contents in it THEN take the regular lid, put it on top, then take this device and suck all the air out… Okay, got it now AFTER a call to Customer Service… Had I known that this is just an attachment that is removed I would have bought 1, maybe 2 with one as a spare… The pics they show do not show a mason jar AFTER it is sealed with the metal lid on it… If they even put a pic like that, it would become clearer… OH, and as I was advised by Customer Service - if you having difficulty getting the lid to seal, USE 2 lids… WOULD that not be something nice to put in say a troubleshooting section of the little instruction sheet???

edit: yikes. main contraptions are expensive. Can I just run some plastic tubing to a cheap vacuum pump with it?

@Pantheist Thanks for getting that up, since I was just gonna pull the same review. By main contraption do you mean the foodsaver itself, or have I missed something about the setup?

@Pantheist If you’re looking for foodsavers, wait for a refurb. My husband found them offered for FIVE DOLLARS several years ago at some obscure online dealer. Five. Dollars. Wish he had purchased a few of them to give as gifts. Absolutely one of the best bargains he’s ever scored. Now that I think of it, there were some odd tubes that came with it. I need to find them to see if I’ve been cheating myself out of different ways to seal stuff.
I usually buy the bags in bulk when Walmart has them on sale. I got into sous vide cooking last year and really need to find a cheaper source for the bags.

@LaVikinga @Pantheist meh has had the foodsaver twice in the last couple of months refurbished for $22. I bought mine here.

@RiotDemon I saw that. It looks like my same model. That was a darned good deal, too.

@zehnn Ditto re: buying here as a refurb. I have been tremendously pleased with mine. I bought extra bags as rolls (50 ft long in 8 inch and 11 inch widths from amazon) which I can cut to length as needed, and can even run a pair of seams down the middle of the 11 inch bags to create bags that are 5 inches wide and up to a foot long.
I bought the canning jar adapters (both regular and wide mouth) from Wal-Mart on line and have had mixed luck with the regular size adapter. It will seal fine some times, and then not at all other times. I haven’t been engaged enough to try to see if it is based on

1. Brand of jar (such as Mason, Ball, Mainstay etc.)
2. Brand of lid (same choices)
3. Size of jar (jelly jar, pint, quart etc)
4. whether the lid was new or had been previously used.
   Reviews indicate that it is hard to get a seal on the regular jars, but since I already have a ton of them I opted to try them out. I have since purchased wide mouth jars to use exclusively with the vacuum setup.
   I recently purchased a bunch of bags of shredded coconut at the Dollartree on sale for 0.25 and sealed each in a pint jar for use baking over the winter. In the past I would have felt compelled to freeze them to keep them fresh. Two days ago I tried sealing small packets of dill in tiny bags to see if it would keep longer when I bought some to make souvlaki and tsatziki. I plan to try to bag and freeze my basil so I can make fresh pesto over the winter as well. I have also found that since we live in the South, it is handy for keeping meal moths out of the grain based items I buy in bulk when they are on sale and store in a utility room.
   tl:dr version:
   Have it
   Love it
   Get it.

@LaVikinga Foodsaver’s website frequently has deals on all their rolls, bags, containers, and machines. They regularly have BOGO type deals on the bags and rolls.

@Lurker Thank you! I’m waiting for a good deal on the containers big enough for marinating larger hunks of meat.

@chienfou I cannot believe I did not think about cutting the rolls in half to make long, slender bags. Simply genius, I tell you. GENIUS! Thank you!

@LaVikinga It’s really helpful to be a cheap SOB sometimes!
Also, as I mention elsewhere, these are not much (about 12%) smaller for the largest one in the 3 pack vs the official marinator, and they cost less for all three than one marinator… BONUS!

@zehnn I made an account to thank you for this I’ve been trying to use less plastic and I had this attachment never even thought to use it!

@Pantheist I don’t believe so. I looked up the sales, the first one was 2600+, the last one was 2999 units.

@RiotDemon awesome, thank you

@jbartus checking in over a month later, these are still firmly sealed with no issues. Containers have proven themselves to be microwave friendly with no issues reheating soups and sauces permeating the plastic and causing clouding / staining / bubbling like in cheaper containers. 100% Satisfied!

@jbartus http://www.walmart.com/ip/FoodSaver-2pk-FreshSaver-Vacuum-Storage-Container/15777784 i have these, most don’t seal so threw some away.

@mick those are completely different from these (as you well know ) and I wrote them off as a possibility while in the store so I’m not surprised at all. I mentioned that I thought those were the ones people were thinking of earlier in the thread when they posted similar comments about these ones, having used these for a month now I am even more convinced. ^^

@jbartus THANKS for this info. Just ordered 2 sets. FYI to anybody reading this any time soon, looks like there are only 3 left online… so you better hurry!

@jbartus @mick if you can scrounge up another $1 per there’s more!

@jbartus but only 3 sets left online according to the website, as of a few minutes ago…

@chienfou yeah I know I was just tagging @mick because he had bought last time and wished in retrospect he’d bought more.

@jbartus just sayin’ (s)he better hurry… BTW Thanks bunches for the heads up on this deal! Looking forward to getting mine in and using them

@jbartus bought 2 more sets. they are really nice!!! thanks for letting me know!!.

@chienfou @mick de nada! You guys lucked out cause someone asked a question and I got an email asking me if I could help answer it!

@chienfou I haven’t tried them for that yet, no. It’s on my list of things to buy if they don’t, however. Just keeping my eye out for a deal

@jbartus My point is that the 8 cup is roughly the same size (one cup smaller) though it is not the same shape. It should work just as well I would imagine, and maybe even better since you can submerge more stuff with less marinade… I will have to check it out and will try to remember to post a comment here in the future. Guess I can do a side-by-side test with some in ziplocks and some in the vacuum to see which taste better…

@chienfou the reason you’d want to marinate in a shallow flat container instead of a deep one is to maximize exposure to the marinade. If the meat is stacked on other meat it doesn’t contact marinade where it’s touching the other meat.

@mick OOPS!

Sorry, whenever I see the name Mick I can’t help but think of this knife-toting fellow:

I got the Mason Jar sealing attachment mentioned earlier in this thread, both the jumbo and the normal size one as a bundle from Target, it’s awesome, you should check it out! I use it for long term storage, I’ve been buying things like dried cranberries, quinoa, and sliced almonds in bulk from ifsbulk.com and sealing them up for longevity, so awesome!