Y’all heard the news story about those Dyson public bathroom hand dryers? Not just Dyson, also Xcelletator and and of the super charged blasters.
Turns out we suck at washing our hands, so those high tech high speed blasters vaporize the germs on our hands and spread the mist everywhere. Next guy in breathes it all in.
@MehnofLaMehncha Look closer at that study - they didn’t actually wash their hands prior to using the Dyson, they dipped them in a virus solution. Then they acted surprised that the blow dryer spread virus around more. Pseudoscience…
@rufflecup Imagine this: The person to use the dryer before you didn’t wash his hands with soap, just gave them a quick rinse. Those germs infest the Dyson dryer, and then they’re on your hands too.
@spacezorro I bought theseand have been very happy with them. A little more expensive than yours, but a little wider so useful for slightly bigger contents.
@mcemanuel I find cutting and sealing bags from a roll too much of a pain in the ass, so I buy cheap third-party bags from Amazon.com. I haven’t had one fail yet.
@mcemanuel sams club does 6 rolls (4 of the 11 and 2 of the 8 inch and 6 premade bags) for $40, costco does 5 rolls (4 of the 11, 1 of the 8 and 36 prtemade bags) and bjs does 4 for $30 (3 of the 11 and 1 8 inch roll).
On the Foodsaver site these ones are on sale for $10(price shows in cart) and are bogo. So four 11" x 20’ rolls for $10. Shipping is $8.50 but free over $20, best deal would be to get 6 packs for $30 (or more if you think 240 feet isn’t enough).
Spending more on the bags than the vacuum sealer, but I should be set for life now.
@jbartus@thismyusername@sammydog01 Hopefully the rolls are good, reviews are kinda mixed. Some people done like the expandable pleating and have trouble getting the bags to seal, but other people seem to have no problem at all and like that the bags can fit larger stuff. I hope that the problems are user error and we all can get them to work without issue.
@metaphore hah didn’t even notice they were the expanders… but to be fair I have run into many situations where the standard 11" were not big enough (giant flour bags, other bulk items) so I look forward to experiments… heck at $23 even if they suck it was worth the experiment!
@metaphore Holy crap, you can fit a turkey in there. I didn’t even read the write-up. Hope I can cut them up for ground beef. But with 240 feet coming I guess I can use extra.
@sammydog01 Glad to hear they work, I haven’t had a chance to try them out yet. It’s also good to know you can cut it in half for skinnier things, I wanted to know if that would work, but didn’t want to waste a bunch trying if I couldn’t get it to work.
@metaphore all my test items stayed vacuum sealed (for at least a week, no discernible leakage), AND I can finally fit a bag of flour in a bag without spending 10 minutes fidgeting with it to fit in the normal 11" bags!
@JT954 Au contraire. It will be an electronic “food” scale. With easy unit conversions between nickel bags, dime bags, and lids. The deluxe version adds grams and 8-balls.
I’ll talk to my mom about this tomorrow. May get it if we can split the cost.
In the mean time, FUCK YOUR LIBERAL BULLSHIT, (manticores)!! I DON’T WANT POLITICS IN MY FUCKING MEH PITCHES!! YOU (chimeras)!!
Now, before I get dogpiled as fuck as is always the case if I say something conservative, I’m completely neutral on the fucking weed issue, so don’t jump me this time!! I’m just saying I don’t want to see biased-ass propaganda in the fucking pitches. And that also leads me more towards not buying it, you (sphinxes)!
(edits by TC, who thinks you need to be grounded from CAPSLOCK.)
Do you actually know what liberal or conservative means? Seriously, wondering. Their pitch didn’t advocate increased or decreased federal spending. Didn’t push for the creation or elimination of any programs. I’m honestly, non-snarkily confused. Is there an inside joke I’m missing?
I’m convinced all liberals and all conservatives are their own worst enemy. Battle of wits between unarmed opponents. Both sides spend more time whining about the other side than fixing their own shit. It’s a ludicrous system we have. Worst in the world, except for all others.
@Dizavid why are we constantly returning to this with you? First of all, I’m confident that you’re aware that the copy for the meh products is always written with tongue in cheek humorous intent, not real political grandstanding. Secondly, even if this was a liberal vs. conservative issue, which it really isn’t anymore, your reaction is completely absurd. You literally flew off the handle with expletives galore with almost no prompting whatsoever. I really don’t know what your issue is that you can’t help but react violently when anything even remotely political comes up but I really don’t think it’s healthy for you. Mellow out dude. Maybe you need to move to Colorado or one of the states mentioned and toke up.
Go ask your mom to give you a hug and chill out.
Note: I do not use or advocate the use of controlled substances, I am just making an observation based on my experiences with pot smokers that they tend to be pretty mellow and since you seem to be high strung it seems like something that would, if nothing else, lower your blood pressure.
@Dizavid Damn bro, calm down. Use this to vac pac the stuff in your BOB so that when the government falls and these liberal sheeple are dying in droves you’ll have dry socks and matches!
@jbartus Wrong. It’s still the liberal position to say “smoke weed everyday” and the conservative stance to say, “No, we don’t need more dumb high people running around all the time.” AND BOTH SIDES HAVE GOOD POINTS, SO FUCK THAT LIBERAL BULLSHIT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF MEH TODAY!!
@Dizavid Since you seem to get upset fairly regularly here, it’s possible that meh.com might not be a good fit for you. Perhaps you’d be happier shopping at a different website?
@Dizavid It seems that a conservative like yourself should support legalization of weed. Get the government out of your personal business and all that.
I say this without malice, but this reaction seems like a direct result of listening to Hate Media. (i.e. Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Fox News, etc).
Seriously, instead is listening to what those hosts say, try listening to how they say it, and what they are trying to to do. Their whole business plan is to get their listeners outraged, and then KEEP them outraged.… one thing after another.
Turn of the radio and tv opinion programs. You’ll be a lot happier.
// Wrong. It’s still the liberal position to say “smoke weed everyday” and the conservative stance to say, “No, we don’t need more dumb high people running around all the time.”//
You realize you’re 100% wrong there, yeah?
Unless you’re using the 21st century definitions: liberal means “stuff self-described liberals like” and conservative means “stuff self-described conservatives like.”
It’s not 100% your fault that you’re wrong. For starters, there are at least eight different ways of looking at the liberal vs conservative spectrum. Then there’s the self-interest of both parties to obfuscate. Finally, lots of issues just don’t have a liberal or conservative component. Describing some policies as liberal or conservative is like telling me how tall an elephant is with a barometer.
Maybe the best example of our national confusion is so-called social conservatism. It’s okay to believe A, B, or C, but as soon as you expect the government to be the solution, you’ve advocated liberalism. As such, easily 90% of the social conservative movement is in fact liberalism. (Nixon’s folks were totally aware of that when they created the silent majority movement. Social conservatives felt helpless, so they became liberals but changed the labels.)
What cracks me up is that both sides now use a double reverse psychology on themselves, defining themselves not by what they do but by what their political adversaries do that they don’t like. In other words, you can feel totally justified calling yourself a conservative even though you’re advocating a liberal policy implementation because the goal is to oppose someone you consider to be a liberal.
That really only applies if his anger creates anger in response. Or, if his intent is to rile folks up, and we let ourselves get riled up.
Personally, I’m fascinated by political self-delusion and political identity cognitive dissonance. So my apologies for contributing.
Here’s where I’m coming from: The Army sent me overseas for about 12 years. And when i returned, it was an election year, and there was this Fox-MSNBC monster that I had never seen before. And the thing that really stood out was, everyone on TV was calling himself either a liberal or a conservative, but it wasn’t based on anything they actually did. It was based on some perfect world idealized version of themselves, not their actual voting and policy records.
In America, you can call yourself X, but if you have to do Y to get it done, you’re still an X.
I don’t want to appear to be taking sides, but the best example is probably Sarah Palin. ( I actually worked in Wasilla, and have relatives who taught her kids, know her through the PTA.) Palin can’t go five seconds w/o calling herself a conservative. But as mayor, she doubled the size of the city government and raised taxes*. Then as governor, she focused nearly all her attention on finding a nickel here and a dime there that she could get from the Feds. Sorry, but there is nothing conservative about her economic record. But in America, it doesn’t matter what you do, it only matters what you say.
(* which is crazy in Alaska. Wasilla was the only city in the whole state that even had local taxes. The whole state runs off oil money. The fact that she raised taxes and wasn’t blown out of the water was a function of the bizarre form of conservatism that grows in Alaska and how far away they are from the rest of the country.)
The other thing that befuddles me about 21st century American politics is that no one wants to analyze a policy action in terms of inputs, outputs, cause and effect, efficiency, desired vs unintended outcomes, or the like. Instead, everything is phrased as, “this policy sucks because the idiots like it.” And i don’t think I’m being hyperbolic. Grab a paper, pick an issue, and read the analysis. No one ever says, I like X because I’m pretty sure it will work because of this great analysis I did. Instead, we get, I hate Y, and I hate it because those losers like it.
It’s crazy. Being smart is a liability, and being loud is a sign of strength.
@MehnofLaMehncha This being America you are allowed to feed any trolls you like without an apology. It just feels like your thoughtful replies are lost on you know who. I consider myself to be a moderate- I agree with some “conservatives” on some things and with the “liberals” on others. Since split views are no longer allowed in this country I have no idea who to vote for.
Bags are pretty cheap. They one of the few things I still buy thru eBay and K-mart. Eh, scratch that… the K-mart finally closed.
Vacuum sealers are dope! (see what I did there?). They’re especially great for foods that take a lot of time to make - pierogis, lasagna, etc. Vac seal it, toss it in the freezer, and it keeps forever without freezer burn.
I have this model, bought cheaply (not this cheaply) a few years ago at some other site somewhere. It gets the job done with the necessary bells and whistles.
@coleafiory … wow, so just out of pure curiosity; what prompted you to continuously gaze at the image depicting the misuse of this item to illegally store cannabis for a long enough period of time for you to discover this hidden phenomena? Lol
@Comedian Yeah, I felt like this write-up was like the instructional booklets wineries included during prohibition with precautions to take to ensure your grape juice doesn’t turn into wine.
@sammydog01 no, but if you don’t prefreeze and arent careful, the juices/blood will get sucked into the vacuum. just watch it, you can see the capillary-like action and hit ‘seal’ before it gets sucked in.
@sammydog01 I do it, at least for a while, so I don’t have been be so careful with any liquids that come out or clean them up.
Just put the items in the bags (usually because I bought Costco-sized packages of steaks or chicken breasts) and line the bags up, unsealed, in the freezer. After a half hour whenever I remember, I take them out and seal them.
And I use bags, not rolls, because I can’t cut the rolls straight enough. If I had a sealer that cut rolls, I’d buy rolls, but mine is just like this one.
@sammydog01 I’ve pre frozen some softer foods to prevent crushing, but generally you don’t need to. Also, you can stop the vacuum process by hitting the seal button.
@RedOx and all thanks for the responses. I’ll probably freeze at least some because chicken juice in the intake doesn’t sound good. curly-receptive whip
In! We have an oontzy one (2830) that we’ve had for…6 years?, it has some extra option (dry/wet, fast, etc)
It does a great job sealing the bags, good for keeping dry goods dry ahem- preppers and fresh goods tasting fresherest when frozen.
We use the jar attachments most, with Mason jars for keeping cereals, grains, beans, pasta, etc. dry and preserved in our stanky basement. Nothing get in or out. Freeze soups, chili, stewed tomatoes, etc. in the jars as well. Some kind of black magic sciencey stuff happens with the expansion that keeps the jars from shattering when frozen/ice expansion. Get the jar attachments.
After the past (6?) years of frequent use, the vacuum is getting s little flaky fast…sloooooow…fast again so for 22$ it’s worth getting a back-up.
CN: jar attachment, no ragrets
@spacezorro but not bag > pnut butter > second bag > activated carbon > third bag > anchovies > fourth bag > Limburger > final bag. Customs may question your penchant for large quantities of stinky but no worries about dogs.
@spacezorro I’m not about to put this to the test or anything, but since they’re sealed airtight bags and air is the medium for transmitting scent, i kind of doubt that. More likely people don’t wash the bags after sealing and there are still scents on the unsealed parts of the bag (outside or in the lip of the bag that the dogs can pick up on.
Also, protip: turn the lip of the bag inside out before filling with any juicy foods and then fold it back before sealing to keep the sealing area dry and clean.
@RedOx Have fun with that… He explained that a dogs nose can pick out smells like you can visually pick out ingredients in chili. You can make it inedible with flaming hot peppers, add shit ton of garlic&onions, etc… but you can still see the kidney beans.
We have another model, so for me it’s a pretty good deal for a back up with bags and the tubing attachment for my marinating thing.
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All right. There was a deal posted to SlickDeals for a slightly better version in blue and yellow for $40 and I was on the fence. I think for $22 I’ll just have to go with it.
I’ve had several since 1994 or so. They are great to use. Bags at Sam’s are about $39. Those bags last a long time. Good price to get into vacuum sealers.
As a single mother of two teenage sons just trying to keep our lives together after my husband’s recent untimely death I wholeheartedly endorse the FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System. It’s been a real struggle to keep things together after my husband’s heart attack, that witch next door from the PTA is constantly sniffing around the house and without the FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System we’d have been kicked out of the community long ago.
I credit the FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System with my ability to keep my family in the home my kids grew up in. Who knows, if my son really shot that mountain lion we might butcher it up and actually use this things to preserve food for a change. I’ve got to get back to my bakery now but before I go I’d like to once again endorse the FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System, if you’re looking to set up your own production line you can’t beat this deal, buy as many as you can afford without missing a mortgage payment.
While you’re at it, don’t forget to buy VMP, it’s the best value in supplying a money laundering cover business!
I never got a chance to use the last vacuum sealer I got here (gave it away as a gift, along with two rolls of bags I got on Amazon). Let’s see if I use this one…
@jbartus Crap. You’re telling me that I based my entire buying decision on a fake review? Now it feels like I just bought something from Amazon. You have managed to both educate me and lower my self esteem at the same time. BTW what is Weeds?
Yes. While years is probably an exaggeration, it keeps fresh and dried herbs for a long time. I’m just finishing up last year’s basil.
@Frcal I dunno, was their review your reason for buying it?
Weeds was a TV series about a (recently) single mom’s struggles to keep her family afloat with no income source due to her husband’s recent demise. She ends up becoming a pot dealer.
@jbartus Oh. Television. People keep telling me that’s something I should check out. But I still enjoy the radio. That Fibber McGee just cracks me up.
I seal herbs both fresh and dried. Long term storage I dry and seal. Sealing will crush them a bit but that’s okay for my uses. Fresh I seal in mason jars. Open, grab what I need, reseal. I get about two weeks from “fresh” leaves that way. Been using an old Pump-n-Seal hand pump that’s getting pretty tired. Can still buy replacements but for the $22 I thought I’d try a new fangled replacement.
I have the $15 rival unit they sold last time, and have used it extensively. I make my own bags, so something with a seal button is a no brainier.
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As a modern man about town, I like it when form and function combine with a sleek, compact design and easy-to-use manual operation to preserve a variety of foods. The FoodSaver V2222 Vacuum Sealing System with it’s Compact size with manual operation and the Patented, removable, dishwasher-safe, drip tray and Accessory port and hose vacuum seals canisters and marinates food in minutes.
I also love how the FoodSaver CrushFree Instant Seal helps protect delicate foods during sealing process!!!
I get all my FoodSaver Heat-Seal Bags and FoodSaver Heat-Seal rolls from $WholesaleClubHighBidder, they have the best prices on variety packs around… while they have a better price than $WholesaleClubLowBidder, the Genuine FoodSaver Heat-Seal products perform equally well wherever you purchase.
In for 4 and of course I got VMP… it’s the best deal in $ProductDesc shipping around!!!
So how much wattage does this use? I mean if for instance someone was traveling from state to state on a road trip and wanted to run it off an inverter.
Is it sensitive would you need a true sign wave power inverter or would a cheap inverter be fine for any such road trip across state lines?
If I were taking an interstate road trip could i use it to suck the air out of my resealable beef jerky bag, or any other type of edible product that comes in a zip-lock style bag?
Lastly, and Possibly most importantly would having a vacuum sealer plugged into an inverter be probable cause of a police officer to search your car during an otherwise routine traffic stop?
@jro2020 probably not on the ziplock bags. You have no way to seal it other than melting it shut, and vacuum bags have a special texture to channel the air out. But you could portion out your beef jerky into individual servings so you don’t have to reseal the bag. Note that this will be taken as intent to distribute if it’s not really beef jerky.
I have a GameSaver model that can plug into a 12v lighter outlet for portable use. I would imagine an inverter wouldn’t harm this device, it’s mostly mechanical and no sensitive electronics.
At least 24 hours at 130°F denatures the collagen without drying the meat or breaking apart the muscle fibers.
What I get has the color and texture of a medium rare sirloin, maybe a tad softer, with a slightly beefier flavor. Instead of falling apart like a pot roast, it still needs a knife to city. It’s not chewy but still has bite.
I still love Costco ribeyes, but sous vide chuck isn’t too far behind.
@compunaut In a water bath held at temperature. I put plastic wrap over the pot to cut down on evaporation.
I use the Paragon Induction cooktop, which has a Bluetooth-connected temperature probe. I put the probe in the water, set the temperature, and let it go.
24 hours is nothing to serious sous vide hobbyists.
I just upgraded from a similar model to one with built in roll storage/cutter for 7x this awesome price. Totally recommended to hook your favorite friend or relative on vacuum storage, or as a backup when the bells and whistles on my fancy-shmancy version fail me. And as for bulk buying, when you’re single, a pound of ground beef or 3-pack of pork chops is bulk buying!
@totally A pound of ground beef is two really awesome burgers and 3 pack of pork chops is an appetizer! Oh wait, maybe that’s because I’m not single and it doesn’t matter as much. Sigh…
Perfect timing, the last one I bought from here just died last week (the heating element got exposed in one spot and melts the bags) Maybe I should buy two of these…
Garbage model - if it’s still working after 6 months consider yourself lucky.
At least @ $22 it’s priced accordingly.
I have a V2244 and it’s not much better.
The bags it comes with don’t re-use well (they seem to go “smooth” after one use. The replacement rolls and bags are much better. In general (at least with the stock I bought) the rolls seem to have sturdier “vacuum surface” which should make it re-use a few more times.
The Ziploc vacuum bags (gallon size) are awesome too - my bacon has never lasted so long since I started using them after cooking up a few slices.
I have 2 sizes of containers - “the big clear one” and the smaller, flat ones. Both great for marinades and storage. I have cantaloupe in the big one as we speak and it keeps it “like new” for far longer.
Can provide links for all above - but it’s all from Amazon and easy to find…
/giphy sorrynotsorry
Thanks meh. You just gave me a good reason to renew my VMP. I was just complaining yesterday that I dropped it and the /giphy wasn’t working for me. We are back on for another 30 days.
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@TheStranjer I bought two 11" X 50’ rolls on Amazon for $23.99. That’s a lot of bag makin’ material. I think it’s totally worth it. Anybody else find a better deal?
I bought a similar model previously from Woot! Now I just bought another one from Meh! I use it mainly for vacuum sealing and freezing grilled chicken breast portions. I grill up about 8 lbs of chicken breast on the weekend and then portion it out to daily lunch and dinner size servings for me and the Mrs. I then vacuum seal and freeze those nuggets of chicken to eat throughout the week. The vacuum seal keeps the chicken very fresh, juicy, and flavorful.
The daily lunch of 4 oz. grilled chicken with 2 cups of shredded cabbage and homemade balsamic and mustard dressing has resulted in a 40 lb weight loss over the last 6 months.
Next up is Sous Vide. Just bought a cooker from Amazon on Lightning deal for $90
@accelerator So you freeze the chicken? Can you just refrigerate it if it’s less than a week cooked? Because except for the cabbage this sounds really good. Maybe lettuce instead.
@Felyne I can assure you that it will cease the aging process of the individual known as @Felyne almost immediately once the air has been voided from the bag.
There may be some elemental and molecular residue left over that will still age but that’s really no concern of yours.
@dergreg we have a tradition here of running order numbers through google image search to see what comes up, let’s see of it matches your mental picture:
Had no idea I could seal potato chip bags. I’m hoping this will make the bags last longer since I live by myself and feel awful eating a bag in a few days to keep them from going stale. Also tried some other random bags that contained crafts and dog treats. Worked pretty good.
I have to try to resist buying a bunch of meat to freeze without going through some of the stuff in my deep freezer.
@JazzyJosh I thought mine might be the same, but found that I was not fully locking the lever. Even though I rotated the lever enough so that the bag seemed to be retained in the slot, the lever was not locked, and without that, there is no response to the buttons.
So, in the event that this might apply to your case or someone else’s: It takes a pretty hard twist motion on the lever to get it into the locked position, so much so that the first time I tried, I was concerned I might break it. You know it is locked when the surface with “Rotate until locked” on it slopes strongly toward the rear, and you will see the lid physically snug down at that point. Once the lever was fully locked, my unit functioned fine.
Mine was doa, not happy. The problem is the switch that is tripped when the lid is “locked” down. It was NOT a matter of how far the locking dial was twisted as others have reported. I had to disassemble and use a shim to resolve the issue. I suspect this to be a common plastic molding problem and this is the reason these units were “dumped” at this low cost. Buyer beware. Ok if you are willing/able to fix it yourself.
i got mine, its great! it plugs into the wall with no wall-wart or adapter to answer my earlier question. The cord wraps around inside of the base of the unit for storage
Thought mine didn’t work either but the lever wasn’t down all the way like southpaw suggested. Works very good and I now have a freezer full of vacuum packed chicken breast. My only complaint is that all the smaller bags it came with were cut down the middle.
This showed up while I was still on the road but as soon as I got home I unpacked it and resealed all of our cereal bags. Worth every penny right there in keeping cereals fresh! 10/10 Would Buy Again!
Mine sort of works. Using the textured bags (rolls) that worked with a Rival sealer, I vacuum sealed a few items.
All looked right until the next time I saw them, they all lost their vacuum.
Any suggestions, is it perhaps the bag texture? That would be frustrating as I just purchased a big bunch of them.
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@KDemo one suggestion is to not slice the bags when opening the box. unknowingly i had done this and spent quite a bit of time trouble shooting why no vacuum could be made. the sucker just kept sucking
are your bags and sealer meant for each other, or a combination of brands? about how long does the red light stay on before it turns off (and then you release the latch)? are you sealing anything with liquid in it?
@Yoda_Daenerys - Mine creates a vacuum just fine, it was losing the seal after the fact.
Bags are fine, they worked well with my last sealer. Can’t say how long the light stays on, I have begun to wait a few extra seconds before releasing the lid. I know to freeze any liquid first.
As I said, it works now, just have to double seal both ends, at least with this generic roll of bags.
@liz the systems say not to reuse the bags, so i stocked up the last time they were on sale at costco before i had much experience with them. since then, i have been re-using the bags (b’cuz i’m cheap) and they work fine, if you don’t mind washing them out, especially clean where they are going to seal.
My vacuum sealer sucks. Because it doesn’t suck. It seals like a champ, though.
All kidding aside, it’s missing one of the two foam pieces that create the seal, so it can’t suck out the air. I discovered this today. I purchased this to prepare and freeze meals for a camping trip that I leave for this week. There’s no time for a warranty call before departure.
I bought this to replace the Rival vacuum sealer I bought from meh last year, that also sucks because it doesn’t suck. Rival customer service was not interested in helping me.
@creativecstasy rule #1 of meh purchases… break them out of the shipping box and test them when you get them… especially the 90 day warranty stuff… this one you have have 12 months to forget to send it in
@thismyusername I acknowledge that I should have tested this sooner. That’s on me and I don’t blame anyone else. I just wanted to complain into the void of the Internet. Thanks!
OK, so my vaccum sucks, but it doesn’t complete the cycle and seal process anymore. Contacted FS consumer service dept today. Sent in my copy of the order info (BTW thanks meh for making it easy to find past orders).
Supposed to call tomorrow to follow up and get return process started. We will see.
The amazing thing is today is 2 days before the 1 yr warranty period is up!
Keeping my hopes up and fingers crossed.
@diniba69
did you just randomly decide to pull up your orders from 6 yrs ago and comment on them all?
(and yes, I am still using mine as well. These were great!)
Specs
Condition: Refurbished
Warranty: 1 Year FoodSaver
Estimated Delivery: 6/11 - 6/13
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
1x FoodSaver vacuum sealer
1x 11" x 10’ Heat-Seal roll
3x Quart size Heat-Seal bags
2x Gallon size Heat-Seal bags
1x Accessory hose
Pictures
Chicken
Sealer
About to seal
Bags and shit
Accessory tube
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Price Comparison
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Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, February 11th - Friday, February 15th
Can they seal the deal?
@mehhead I’m fresh out of puns
@lichme That sucks.
@mehhead It’s great for sous weed.
Does it work as good as a Dyson?
@yakkoTDI Dyson is way better at sucking money out of your wallet
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Y’all heard the news story about those Dyson public bathroom hand dryers? Not just Dyson, also Xcelletator and and of the super charged blasters.
Turns out we suck at washing our hands, so those high tech high speed blasters vaporize the germs on our hands and spread the mist everywhere. Next guy in breathes it all in.
@MehnofLaMehncha Look closer at that study - they didn’t actually wash their hands prior to using the Dyson, they dipped them in a virus solution. Then they acted surprised that the blow dryer spread virus around more. Pseudoscience…
@rufflecup Imagine this: The person to use the dryer before you didn’t wash his hands with soap, just gave them a quick rinse. Those germs infest the Dyson dryer, and then they’re on your hands too.
aren’t the bags expensive?
@mcemanuel it’s like printer ink. the printer is cheap and the ink kills you.
@mcemanuel Costco usually has the bags. They’re cheaper there than pretty much anywhere else.
@mcemanuel Nah man, not if you buy the dime bags.
@mcemanuel
These are cheap. Two 8inch x 50feet (aka 100 feet of bags) for $14 (prime)
http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01B3G4FO6
I use them for sous vide cooking.
@spacezorro I bought theseand have been very happy with them. A little more expensive than yours, but a little wider so useful for slightly bigger contents.
@mcemanuel I find cutting and sealing bags from a roll too much of a pain in the ass, so I buy cheap third-party bags from Amazon.com. I haven’t had one fail yet.
@mcemanuel sams club does 6 rolls (4 of the 11 and 2 of the 8 inch and 6 premade bags) for $40, costco does 5 rolls (4 of the 11, 1 of the 8 and 36 prtemade bags) and bjs does 4 for $30 (3 of the 11 and 1 8 inch roll).
sams pack:
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/foodsaver-roll-combo-pack/prod2860002.ip
costco pack:
-Combo-Pack-Bags.product.11681323.html
https://www.costco.com/FoodSaver
b.j.s pack:
http://www.bjs.com/foodsaver-vacuum-packaging-rolls-4-pk.product.172508
On the Foodsaver site these ones are on sale for $10(price shows in cart) and are bogo. So four 11" x 20’ rolls for $10. Shipping is $8.50 but free over $20, best deal would be to get 6 packs for $30 (or more if you think 240 feet isn’t enough).
Spending more on the bags than the vacuum sealer, but I should be set for life now.
@metaphore Bought a set. I hope the sealer works.
@metaphore awesome deal! You can add a $3 accessory to push it over the $20 and save at least $5 on shipping to boot!
I now have enough bags to sous vide steak everyday for the rest of the year
@metaphore Thanks for sharing this, I just snagged six rolls for $27. (newsletter 10% coupon)
@jbartus @thismyusername @sammydog01 Hopefully the rolls are good, reviews are kinda mixed. Some people done like the expandable pleating and have trouble getting the bags to seal, but other people seem to have no problem at all and like that the bags can fit larger stuff. I hope that the problems are user error and we all can get them to work without issue.
@metaphore hah didn’t even notice they were the expanders… but to be fair I have run into many situations where the standard 11" were not big enough (giant flour bags, other bulk items) so I look forward to experiments… heck at $23 even if they suck it was worth the experiment!
@metaphore I am an engineer of sorts, I’m sure I can figure it out.
@metaphore Holy crap, you can fit a turkey in there. I didn’t even read the write-up. Hope I can cut them up for ground beef. But with 240 feet coming I guess I can use extra.
@metaphore holy crap I didn’t realize until just now these were two packs… great deal, thanks for sharing it with us!
@metaphore These bags work really well- I cut them in half and the pleat expands so twice the mileage. Thanks again!
@sammydog01 Glad to hear they work, I haven’t had a chance to try them out yet. It’s also good to know you can cut it in half for skinnier things, I wanted to know if that would work, but didn’t want to waste a bunch trying if I couldn’t get it to work.
@metaphore all my test items stayed vacuum sealed (for at least a week, no discernible leakage), AND I can finally fit a bag of flour in a bag without spending 10 minutes fidgeting with it to fit in the normal 11" bags!
Nature and my credit cards abhor a vacuum.
@MehnofLaMehncha God damn that dude is annoying, won’t ever shut up.
Nice reference though!
Well this sucks.
@gyozilla Harder than a lazy-eyed hare-lip teenager trying to get backstage at a 5 seconds of summer concert.
Is that sealed marijuana? lol
I predict tomorrow’s product blows.
@JT954 Au contraire. It will be an electronic “food” scale. With easy unit conversions between nickel bags, dime bags, and lids. The deluxe version adds grams and 8-balls.
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Now, how about a sous vide circulator?
@eVil The Anova is on sale regularly for about $120, and is well worth the money. I just bought my second!
@armchair Have an Anova, bought two more and gave them to friends and family. Hoping to finding a cheaper source to keep spreading the love.
@eVil @armchair Got christmased a Anova Wifi. I freakin love it… I can set up an ice bath and start it from work.
@spacezorro appears to be IOS compatible only…
@chienfou I have a nexus5, and it works for me.
Just eat your extra food.
@awk fatty
@jihiggs That’s gravitationally endowed, you insensitive clod!
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these things are good.
And “V” is the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, so it’s super redundant, too!
I’ll talk to my mom about this tomorrow. May get it if we can split the cost.
In the mean time, FUCK YOUR LIBERAL BULLSHIT, (manticores)!! I DON’T WANT POLITICS IN MY FUCKING MEH PITCHES!! YOU (chimeras)!!
Now, before I get dogpiled as fuck as is always the case if I say something conservative, I’m completely neutral on the fucking weed issue, so don’t jump me this time!! I’m just saying I don’t want to see biased-ass propaganda in the fucking pitches. And that also leads me more towards not buying it, you (sphinxes)!
(edits by TC, who thinks you need to be grounded from CAPSLOCK.)
@Dizavid Well… that’s like… just your opinion, man…
@Dizavid Someone needs a toke.
@Dizavid you need to calm down dude. Take a joke and pull the bags of coke out of your ass.
@Dizavid Eh well, corporations are people now, and people gonna have political opinions.
@Dizavid
Seriously? I mean really, 100% seriously? Because if so, that explains a lot.
@trimpe you’re my hero
@Dizavid I’m imagining you in Snoopy pajamas furiously clacking away on an old Packard Bell desktop while mom pleads with you to come down for dinner.
@Dizavid
Do you actually know what liberal or conservative means? Seriously, wondering. Their pitch didn’t advocate increased or decreased federal spending. Didn’t push for the creation or elimination of any programs. I’m honestly, non-snarkily confused. Is there an inside joke I’m missing?
I’m convinced all liberals and all conservatives are their own worst enemy. Battle of wits between unarmed opponents. Both sides spend more time whining about the other side than fixing their own shit. It’s a ludicrous system we have. Worst in the world, except for all others.
@cinoclav (high five)
@MehnofLaMehncha Liberal and conservative don’t just apply to economics, at least not in American politics.
(~TC)
@Dizavid why are we constantly returning to this with you? First of all, I’m confident that you’re aware that the copy for the meh products is always written with tongue in cheek humorous intent, not real political grandstanding. Secondly, even if this was a liberal vs. conservative issue, which it really isn’t anymore, your reaction is completely absurd. You literally flew off the handle with expletives galore with almost no prompting whatsoever. I really don’t know what your issue is that you can’t help but react violently when anything even remotely political comes up but I really don’t think it’s healthy for you. Mellow out dude. Maybe you need to move to Colorado or one of the states mentioned and toke up.
Go ask your mom to give you a hug and chill out.
Note: I do not use or advocate the use of controlled substances, I am just making an observation based on my experiences with pot smokers that they tend to be pretty mellow and since you seem to be high strung it seems like something that would, if nothing else, lower your blood pressure.
@Dizavid Damn bro, calm down. Use this to vac pac the stuff in your BOB so that when the government falls and these liberal sheeple are dying in droves you’ll have dry socks and matches!
@jbartus Wrong. It’s still the liberal position to say “smoke weed everyday” and the conservative stance to say, “No, we don’t need more dumb high people running around all the time.” AND BOTH SIDES HAVE GOOD POINTS, SO FUCK THAT LIBERAL BULLSHIT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF MEH TODAY!!
@Dizavid Since you seem to get upset fairly regularly here, it’s possible that meh.com might not be a good fit for you. Perhaps you’d be happier shopping at a different website?
@Dizavid It seems that a conservative like yourself should support legalization of weed. Get the government out of your personal business and all that.
@Dizavid
I say this without malice, but this reaction seems like a direct result of listening to Hate Media. (i.e. Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Fox News, etc).
Seriously, instead is listening to what those hosts say, try listening to how they say it, and what they are trying to to do. Their whole business plan is to get their listeners outraged, and then KEEP them outraged.… one thing after another.
Turn of the radio and tv opinion programs. You’ll be a lot happier.
@haydesigner …turn OF the radio… was that a Freudian slip…?
@awk you’re giving him a lot of credit for living upstairs. I’m picturing him more as the basement type.
@Dizavid
Don’t just, or just don’t? Not sure what your point is. Second time tonight!
Nice job feeding the troll everyone.
/giphy don’t feed the troll
@Dizavid
// Wrong. It’s still the liberal position to say “smoke weed everyday” and the conservative stance to say, “No, we don’t need more dumb high people running around all the time.”//
You realize you’re 100% wrong there, yeah?
Unless you’re using the 21st century definitions: liberal means “stuff self-described liberals like” and conservative means “stuff self-described conservatives like.”
It’s not 100% your fault that you’re wrong. For starters, there are at least eight different ways of looking at the liberal vs conservative spectrum. Then there’s the self-interest of both parties to obfuscate. Finally, lots of issues just don’t have a liberal or conservative component. Describing some policies as liberal or conservative is like telling me how tall an elephant is with a barometer.
Maybe the best example of our national confusion is so-called social conservatism. It’s okay to believe A, B, or C, but as soon as you expect the government to be the solution, you’ve advocated liberalism. As such, easily 90% of the social conservative movement is in fact liberalism. (Nixon’s folks were totally aware of that when they created the silent majority movement. Social conservatives felt helpless, so they became liberals but changed the labels.)
What cracks me up is that both sides now use a double reverse psychology on themselves, defining themselves not by what they do but by what their political adversaries do that they don’t like. In other words, you can feel totally justified calling yourself a conservative even though you’re advocating a liberal policy implementation because the goal is to oppose someone you consider to be a liberal.
@sammydog01
Re: feeding the troll
That really only applies if his anger creates anger in response. Or, if his intent is to rile folks up, and we let ourselves get riled up.
Personally, I’m fascinated by political self-delusion and political identity cognitive dissonance. So my apologies for contributing.
Here’s where I’m coming from: The Army sent me overseas for about 12 years. And when i returned, it was an election year, and there was this Fox-MSNBC monster that I had never seen before. And the thing that really stood out was, everyone on TV was calling himself either a liberal or a conservative, but it wasn’t based on anything they actually did. It was based on some perfect world idealized version of themselves, not their actual voting and policy records.
In America, you can call yourself X, but if you have to do Y to get it done, you’re still an X.
I don’t want to appear to be taking sides, but the best example is probably Sarah Palin. ( I actually worked in Wasilla, and have relatives who taught her kids, know her through the PTA.) Palin can’t go five seconds w/o calling herself a conservative. But as mayor, she doubled the size of the city government and raised taxes*. Then as governor, she focused nearly all her attention on finding a nickel here and a dime there that she could get from the Feds. Sorry, but there is nothing conservative about her economic record. But in America, it doesn’t matter what you do, it only matters what you say.
(* which is crazy in Alaska. Wasilla was the only city in the whole state that even had local taxes. The whole state runs off oil money. The fact that she raised taxes and wasn’t blown out of the water was a function of the bizarre form of conservatism that grows in Alaska and how far away they are from the rest of the country.)
I realize this isn’t the time or the place …
Just gotta say one more thing.
The other thing that befuddles me about 21st century American politics is that no one wants to analyze a policy action in terms of inputs, outputs, cause and effect, efficiency, desired vs unintended outcomes, or the like. Instead, everything is phrased as, “this policy sucks because the idiots like it.” And i don’t think I’m being hyperbolic. Grab a paper, pick an issue, and read the analysis. No one ever says, I like X because I’m pretty sure it will work because of this great analysis I did. Instead, we get, I hate Y, and I hate it because those losers like it.
It’s crazy. Being smart is a liability, and being loud is a sign of strength.
So the smart guys are staying away.
@MehnofLaMehncha This being America you are allowed to feed any trolls you like without an apology. It just feels like your thoughtful replies are lost on you know who. I consider myself to be a moderate- I agree with some “conservatives” on some things and with the “liberals” on others. Since split views are no longer allowed in this country I have no idea who to vote for.
Took a few dozen tries and an accidentally placed duplicate order, but yay.
I’ve been meaning to get one for a while now.
Amazon has 3rd party rolls of bags for pretty cheap.
GOD FUCKIN’ DAMN, PRACTICALLY NONE AT ALL!! MASSIVE CATCH!! HOW MUCH DO MORE OF THOSE COST? THIS MAY BE A DEALBREAKER!!
@Dizavid From all of us to you: Please stop your fucking screaming.
@Dizavid I don’t know what’s worse, your post politicizing this sale or this one…
@jbartus Maybe he needs his mom to go in on it with him because he’s too young to have his own credit card.
@Dizavid @meh Can Meh users be voted off the island? Dude’s like totally harshin my buzz.
@Dizavid Well at least we know he’s not a religious conservative, taking the Lord’s name in vain and all.
(Signed, A Lapsed Catholic)
Is the plastic and bags and shit that come with this also refurbished?
@eeterrific The bags are new. The shit in the bags is, well, it’s shit so it’s obviously refurbished.
Sucker!
Bags are pretty cheap. They one of the few things I still buy thru eBay and K-mart. Eh, scratch that… the K-mart finally closed.
Vacuum sealers are dope! (see what I did there?). They’re especially great for foods that take a lot of time to make - pierogis, lasagna, etc. Vac seal it, toss it in the freezer, and it keeps forever without freezer burn.
@veggiebear Wouldn’t a lasagna kind of… squish?
@brhfl - Not if you freeze it a bit before sealing. Learned the hard way with cooked pasta.
@KDemo That makes much more sense than what I was thinking! haha
lethargic-stale-carrot. Sounds about right.
I have this model, bought cheaply (not this cheaply) a few years ago at some other site somewhere. It gets the job done with the necessary bells and whistles.
if you watch the last picture of the weed long enough it flashes to what looks like the end result of the Possum Head Chronicles for a split second
@coleafiory Check out the last photo linked above.
@coleafiory … wow, so just out of pure curiosity; what prompted you to continuously gaze at the image depicting the misuse of this item to illegally store cannabis for a long enough period of time for you to discover this hidden phenomena? Lol
@1nonlygoldfish Watch and learn, grasshopper.
@1nonlygoldfish lets just say i wasn’t storing mine at the time.
@coleafiory
snagged a snip for everyone to see!
The last one from meh just stopped working, (but you got me hooked @mfladd), so hopeless-goofy-parcel.
w3w: Central Michigan
This deal seals the deal tonight
Also do not add yeast to grape juice and ferment.
@Comedian Heheh I like your style. That could create an alcoholic liquid. Safety first.
@Comedian Yeah, I felt like this write-up was like the instructional booklets wineries included during prohibition with precautions to take to ensure your grape juice doesn’t turn into wine.
Anyone know what qc is like on these refurb units?
The Amazon write-up says you need to pre-freeze food before sealing. Anyone know if that’s true?
@sammydog01 no, but if you don’t prefreeze and arent careful, the juices/blood will get sucked into the vacuum. just watch it, you can see the capillary-like action and hit ‘seal’ before it gets sucked in.
@sammydog01 No, that’s false. Seal & freeze, no problem.
@sammydog01 Prefreezing will help with juicy or softer foods but isn’t necessary.
@sammydog01 I do it, at least for a while, so I don’t have been be so careful with any liquids that come out or clean them up.
Just put the items in the bags (usually because I bought Costco-sized packages of steaks or chicken breasts) and line the bags up, unsealed, in the freezer. After a half hour whenever I remember, I take them out and seal them.
And I use bags, not rolls, because I can’t cut the rolls straight enough. If I had a sealer that cut rolls, I’d buy rolls, but mine is just like this one.
@sammydog01 I’ve pre frozen some softer foods to prevent crushing, but generally you don’t need to. Also, you can stop the vacuum process by hitting the seal button.
@sammydog01 Pre-freeze (at least slightly, to firm them up a bit) sausages, particularly those with cheese in them. Trust me on this.
Also, the waffle experiment was simultaneously horrifying and hysterical.
@RedOx and all thanks for the responses. I’ll probably freeze at least some because chicken juice in the intake doesn’t sound good. curly-receptive whip
@LinnE Photos of the waffles? Or at least a description?
@sammydog01
@LinnE It does create big channels for butter and syrup.
@LinnE I think it’s glowering at me.
In! We have an oontzy one (2830) that we’ve had for…6 years?, it has some extra option (dry/wet, fast, etc)
It does a great job sealing the bags, good for keeping dry goods dry ahem- preppers and fresh goods tasting fresherest when frozen.
We use the jar attachments most, with Mason jars for keeping cereals, grains, beans, pasta, etc. dry and preserved in our stanky basement. Nothing get in or out. Freeze soups, chili, stewed tomatoes, etc. in the jars as well. Some kind of black magic sciencey stuff happens with the expansion that keeps the jars from shattering when frozen/ice expansion. Get the jar attachments.
After the past (6?) years of frequent use, the vacuum is getting s little flaky fast…sloooooow…fast again so for 22$ it’s worth getting a back-up.
CN: jar attachment, no ragrets
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Shit… Now I have to buy a sous vide circulator.
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How appropriate.
@kathyl oooooo…we need a gif for that one
FYI… Drug dogs can smell through Vacuum seal bags.
Source: My brother in law works US Customs at the border of Mexico.
@spacezorro but not bag > pnut butter > second bag > activated carbon > third bag > anchovies > fourth bag > Limburger > final bag. Customs may question your penchant for large quantities of stinky
but no worries about dogs.
@spacezorro I’m not about to put this to the test or anything, but since they’re sealed airtight bags and air is the medium for transmitting scent, i kind of doubt that. More likely people don’t wash the bags after sealing and there are still scents on the unsealed parts of the bag (outside or in the lip of the bag that the dogs can pick up on.
Also, protip: turn the lip of the bag inside out before filling with any juicy foods and then fold it back before sealing to keep the sealing area dry and clean.
@RedOx Have fun with that… He explained that a dogs nose can pick out smells like you can visually pick out ingredients in chili. You can make it inedible with flaming hot peppers, add shit ton of garlic&onions, etc… but you can still see the kidney beans.
@djslack That’s a good idea. He busts people that vacum seal+coffee+carbon+gasoline+cayenne their pot all the time.
This deal seems pretty dope, but I’m gonna weed through the comments here before blazing through a purchase.
We have another model, so for me it’s a pretty good deal for a back up with bags and the tubing attachment for my marinating thing.
In for 1: moaning-moronic-poltergeist
All right. There was a deal posted to SlickDeals for a slightly better version in blue and yellow for $40 and I was on the fence. I think for $22 I’ll just have to go with it.
No I’m not buying one of these! I’ve gotten one in each of the fuku I’ve received so far!
@jayplus707 quit trying to make us jealous.
@jayplus707 Did you use one to vacuum seal all the other ones for safekeeping?
I got sucked into this one: sly-unforgiving-pegasus
I have a strong suspicion now about why @jasontoon never returned to Texas from Washington State and is still strictly a freelancer for Meh.
That is one fucking ginormous bud
I’ve had several since 1994 or so. They are great to use. Bags at Sam’s are about $39. Those bags last a long time. Good price to get into vacuum sealers.
For this price, yeah I’m in for one.
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As a single mother of two teenage sons just trying to keep our lives together after my husband’s recent untimely death I wholeheartedly endorse the FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System. It’s been a real struggle to keep things together after my husband’s heart attack, that witch next door from the PTA is constantly sniffing around the house and without the FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System we’d have been kicked out of the community long ago.
I credit the FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System with my ability to keep my family in the home my kids grew up in. Who knows, if my son really shot that mountain lion we might butcher it up and actually use this things to preserve food for a change. I’ve got to get back to my bakery now but before I go I’d like to once again endorse the FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System, if you’re looking to set up your own production line you can’t beat this deal, buy as many as you can afford without missing a mortgage payment.
While you’re at it, don’t forget to buy VMP, it’s the best value in supplying a money laundering cover business!
@SHillman
@SHillman Damn, this one got DARK
@givemeyoursoul at least she’s not selling blue frosted cupcakes to cover the medical bills…
@SHillman @givemeyoursoul it’s the plot of Season 1 of Weeds
@SHillman Nancy Botwin? is that you?
I never got a chance to use the last vacuum sealer I got here (gave it away as a gift, along with two rolls of bags I got on Amazon). Let’s see if I use this one…
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If they are left in the morning… then perhaps.
Sub $25 can’t resist so nocturnal-national-clam and VMP newbie. Hope one sucks and the other doesn’t.
@Frcal congratulations on VMP membership! It’s really the best value in equipping illicit businesses!
@SHillman nothing illicit about the dehydrated stuff I’ll be sealing up. Basil and oregano from the garden. Honest officer - they’re really herbs.
@Frcal @SHillman is a humor account that writes fake shill reviews, for this product they were pretending to be the main character from Weeds
Now for why I really commented, does sealing the herbs preserve them as ‘fresh’ long-term?
@jbartus Crap. You’re telling me that I based my entire buying decision on a fake review? Now it feels like I just bought something from Amazon. You have managed to both educate me and lower my self esteem at the same time. BTW what is Weeds?
Yes. While years is probably an exaggeration, it keeps fresh and dried herbs for a long time. I’m just finishing up last year’s basil.
@Frcal I dunno, was their review your reason for buying it?
Weeds was a TV series about a (recently) single mom’s struggles to keep her family afloat with no income source due to her husband’s recent demise. She ends up becoming a pot dealer.
Here’s @SHillman’s parody shill review: https://meh.com/forum/topics/foodsaver-vacuum-sealing-system-refurbished#574e69d4097e404001a91e10
IMDB for Weeds: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439100/
Now, about those herbs. How does it work? You grow the herbs (duh) and just seal them up while they’re fresh? Do you refrigerate them or what?
@jbartus Oh. Television. People keep telling me that’s something I should check out. But I still enjoy the radio. That Fibber McGee just cracks me up.
I seal herbs both fresh and dried. Long term storage I dry and seal. Sealing will crush them a bit but that’s okay for my uses. Fresh I seal in mason jars. Open, grab what I need, reseal. I get about two weeks from “fresh” leaves that way. Been using an old Pump-n-Seal hand pump that’s getting pretty tired. Can still buy replacements but for the $22 I thought I’d try a new fangled replacement.
@Frcal thanks for the information.
Got the new model FM200P just the other day on the 'zon for $60. Dang. That sucks, and so does this. Like yo mama.
/giphy suck the air out
@SSteve /giphy did not disappoint!
I have the $15 rival unit they sold last time, and have used it extensively. I make my own bags, so something with a seal button is a no brainier.
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@givemeyoursoul I bought the rival and it died after 4 or 5 uses.
It does not rival a brand name product.
@givemeyoursoul
Do you make them out of slightly larger bags?
@troissandwich … No. I make them out of the far cheaper rolls.
@creativecstasy Isn’t there a warranty?
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I also love how the FoodSaver
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Instant Seal helps protect delicate foods during sealing process!!!
I get all my FoodSaver
Heat-Seal Bags and FoodSaver
Heat-Seal rolls from $WholesaleClubHighBidder, they have the best prices on variety packs around… while they have a better price than $WholesaleClubLowBidder, the Genuine FoodSaver
Heat-Seal products perform equally well wherever you purchase.
In for 4 and of course I got VMP… it’s the best deal in $ProductDesc shipping around!!!
So how much wattage does this use? I mean if for instance someone was traveling from state to state on a road trip and wanted to run it off an inverter.
Is it sensitive would you need a true sign wave power inverter or would a cheap inverter be fine for any such road trip across state lines?
If I were taking an interstate road trip could i use it to suck the air out of my resealable beef jerky bag, or any other type of edible product that comes in a zip-lock style bag?
Lastly, and Possibly most importantly would having a vacuum sealer plugged into an inverter be probable cause of a police officer to search your car during an otherwise routine traffic stop?
@jro2020 probably not on the ziplock bags. You have no way to seal it other than melting it shut, and vacuum bags have a special texture to channel the air out. But you could portion out your beef jerky into individual servings so you don’t have to reseal the bag. Note that this will be taken as intent to distribute if it’s not really beef jerky.
I have a GameSaver model that can plug into a 12v lighter outlet for portable use. I would imagine an inverter wouldn’t harm this device, it’s mostly mechanical and no sensitive electronics.
I just wanna say… Sous Vide Steak.
@thismyusername My new thing is sous vide chuck.
At least 24 hours at 130°F denatures the collagen without drying the meat or breaking apart the muscle fibers.
What I get has the color and texture of a medium rare sirloin, maybe a tad softer, with a slightly beefier flavor. Instead of falling apart like a pot roast, it still needs a knife to city. It’s not chewy but still has bite.
I still love Costco ribeyes, but sous vide chuck isn’t too far behind.
@craigthom Where do you put something while it’s cooking for 24hrs?!
@compunaut In a water bath held at temperature. I put plastic wrap over the pot to cut down on evaporation.
I use the Paragon Induction cooktop, which has a Bluetooth-connected temperature probe. I put the probe in the water, set the temperature, and let it go.
24 hours is nothing to serious sous vide hobbyists.
Getting one to put away hops. My bines are already at 10 feet or so, looks like I should have a surplus. That is not a euphemism for another plant.
@pajamma Smells like it, though.
What variety are you growing?
@craigthom mostly Nugget, Newport, Cascade. One Chinook plant just exploded this year, came up in like 10 places. I guess it’s time to divide it up.
I LITERALLY JUST BOUGHT THIS YESTERDAY FOR TWICE THE PRICE. YELLING BECAUSE I’M UPSET AT THE INTERNET.
dammit.
I love mines… so i bought it for me mum
why would anybody want a meat printer?
@NAFderwin seriously?? Who wouldn’t… Awesome idea for the next version of a 3-D printer!
@chienfou http://www.3ders.org/articles/20151020-3d-printed-lab-grown-meat-could-be-in-stores-in-the-next-five-years.html
So I was sitting here working away and debating this… I;m in for one. gabby-pink-sangria
@jbartus …those silly Romanians!
I just upgraded from a similar model to one with built in roll storage/cutter for 7x this awesome price. Totally recommended to hook your favorite friend or relative on vacuum storage, or as a backup when the bells and whistles on my fancy-shmancy version fail me. And as for bulk buying, when you’re single, a pound of ground beef or 3-pack of pork chops is bulk buying!
@totally A pound of ground beef is two really awesome burgers and 3 pack of pork chops is an appetizer! Oh wait, maybe that’s because I’m not single and it doesn’t matter as much. Sigh…
Is the box the same as the FM 2000-000? Just got that model for $60 and tossed the packaging.
@GranulomaBar I’d wager the box will be more generic since it’s a refurb. No, you can’t return your new one in this box.
Well, I, for one, got sucked into this deal…
(bowed-amicable-hydrogen)
This is the perfect vacuum sealer for use for the UMAi dry aging that I’ve been eyeing for quite some time. I’m in for one.
Dry Age Steak At Home
I’ll bite.
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Ooo, I’m in the mountains near Sochi (Russia).
I don’t normally bother posting … but with a shipping code like this, how can I resists? incredible-naked-general
Is it just me or does vacuum-marinating sound dirty?
@nishthenarwhal I like to call it the Ol’ Suckin’ Juicy.
Another appliance i wish i had a use for. Meh.
Perfect timing, the last one I bought from here just died last week (the heating element got exposed in one spot and melts the bags) Maybe I should buy two of these…
How is it powered? Also how much marijuana does it ship with?
@iamaustin 3 whole marijuanas.
OK, I’m specifically forbidden from buying this…
Yet a friend of mine has figured out how to seal a shot of vodka in a wallet sized bag, soooo… Pocket Shots!
@2many2no I like this idea.
@2many2no How many shots can you get out of a George Costanza sized wallet bag?
@2many2no Is there a way to make ‘juice pouch’ for beer or other adult beverages?
Here’s my question - what advantage does this model have over the one I bought here last summer?
@Thumperchick That one was for ice cream. This one is for herb. You’ll need both.
Garbage model - if it’s still working after 6 months consider yourself lucky.
At least @ $22 it’s priced accordingly.
I have a V2244 and it’s not much better.
The bags it comes with don’t re-use well (they seem to go “smooth” after one use. The replacement rolls and bags are much better. In general (at least with the stock I bought) the rolls seem to have sturdier “vacuum surface” which should make it re-use a few more times.
The Ziploc vacuum bags (gallon size) are awesome too - my bacon has never lasted so long since I started using them after cooking up a few slices.
I have 2 sizes of containers - “the big clear one” and the smaller, flat ones. Both great for marinades and storage. I have cantaloupe in the big one as we speak and it keeps it “like new” for far longer.
Can provide links for all above - but it’s all from Amazon and easy to find…
For this price it’s worth grabbing a back up. My luck I will have just bought $200 in food and the 2244 will break.
vivacious-grassy-airplane
Even if it’s the crappier model, I’ve been meaning to pick one up because I bargain shop for meat and these are great to marinate stuff in.
My order number is appropriate for once… soaking-dangerously-heart
Make sure you have a lot of cupboard space. This thing is the size of an aircraft carrier.
/giphy aircraft carrier
I’ve had a basic one for years that seems to be on its last legs. At this price I think I will suck it up and buy.
/giphy sorrynotsorry
Thanks meh. You just gave me a good reason to renew my VMP. I was just complaining yesterday that I dropped it and the /giphy wasn’t working for me. We are back on for another 30 days.
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Seriously tempted. What do off-brand bags go for? Can someone recommend an off-brand brand?
@TheStranjer Check out some of the earlier comments for sources.
@TheStranjer I bought two 11" X 50’ rolls on Amazon for $23.99. That’s a lot of bag makin’ material. I think it’s totally worth it. Anybody else find a better deal?
@accelerator 12 count 11"x20’ for $30 linked by @metaphore third comment from the top- brand name too
Ok, since none of you have done it…
/giphy mythical-instrumental-caper
Yep. Totally just ordered so I could bust out a
/giphy order number picture
I’m pretty sure this is what @shawn had in mind when implementing this feature.
/giphy Thumperchick-is-right
/giphy that-gif-is-weird
I bought a similar model previously from Woot! Now I just bought another one from Meh! I use it mainly for vacuum sealing and freezing grilled chicken breast portions. I grill up about 8 lbs of chicken breast on the weekend and then portion it out to daily lunch and dinner size servings for me and the Mrs. I then vacuum seal and freeze those nuggets of chicken to eat throughout the week. The vacuum seal keeps the chicken very fresh, juicy, and flavorful.
The daily lunch of 4 oz. grilled chicken with 2 cups of shredded cabbage and homemade balsamic and mustard dressing has resulted in a 40 lb weight loss over the last 6 months.
Next up is Sous Vide. Just bought a cooker from Amazon on Lightning deal for $90
@accelerator So you freeze the chicken? Can you just refrigerate it if it’s less than a week cooked? Because except for the cabbage this sounds really good. Maybe lettuce instead.
/giphy sly-unforgiving-pegasus
“People also use them to seal up tools, clothes, toiletries, and anything else that air hates”
Will it keep me from aging?
@Felyne I can assure you that it will cease the aging process of the individual known as @Felyne almost immediately once the air has been voided from the bag.
There may be some elemental and molecular residue left over that will still age but that’s really no concern of yours.
Thank you, @jbartus Now I can cancel that truckload of anti-aging glop.
I ordered it but I’ve never had experience with one of these things before. Hopefully it sucks.
And my order number is pretty great - tough-beaming-food
I’m just picturing Scotty covered in food with a look of relief when he sees the foodsaver finally has everything all in one neat little package.
@dergreg we have a tradition here of running order numbers through google image search to see what comes up, let’s see of it matches your mental picture:
Nope. Your description was way better.
@Thumperchick The results didn’t improve much when I tried adding Scotty. Nothing worth even linking.
@dergreg @thumperchick
/giphy tough-beaming-food
god i cant wait to get mine…im HUNGRY
@vigneshrk so you already smoked all the pot you should be vacuum sealing?
@Ignorant no, you vacuum seal the bags, not the pots.
will uhh…willl these…uhhhh drop again anytime soon?
@mmatteo my guess is that some rival will come along soon…
Had no idea I could seal potato chip bags. I’m hoping this will make the bags last longer since I live by myself and feel awful eating a bag in a few days to keep them from going stale. Also tried some other random bags that contained crafts and dog treats. Worked pretty good.
I have to try to resist buying a bunch of meat to freeze without going through some of the stuff in my deep freezer.
@RiotDemon I just went through my frozen meat and resealed it. I love this thing!
@sammydog01 Ooh, I didn’t think of that…
@RiotDemon if you put a good vacuum on it before sealing the potato chips, you can enjoy potato dust
Got mine today. No worky worky.
@JazzyJosh I thought mine might be the same, but found that I was not fully locking the lever. Even though I rotated the lever enough so that the bag seemed to be retained in the slot, the lever was not locked, and without that, there is no response to the buttons.
So, in the event that this might apply to your case or someone else’s: It takes a pretty hard twist motion on the lever to get it into the locked position, so much so that the first time I tried, I was concerned I might break it. You know it is locked when the surface with “Rotate until locked” on it slopes strongly toward the rear, and you will see the lid physically snug down at that point. Once the lever was fully locked, my unit functioned fine.
@southpaw Nope. The handle is pointed to the word operate and still no worky worky.
@JazzyJosh conveniently it came with a 1 year Food Saver warranty.
@JazzyJosh what happens? no vacuum? no heat seal?
@Yoda_Daenerys Was neither, but I think it was just a capacitor issue. Left it plugged in for awhile and it’s working fine now.
Mine was doa, not happy. The problem is the switch that is tripped when the lid is “locked” down. It was NOT a matter of how far the locking dial was twisted as others have reported. I had to disassemble and use a shim to resolve the issue. I suspect this to be a common plastic molding problem and this is the reason these units were “dumped” at this low cost. Buyer beware. Ok if you are willing/able to fix it yourself.
i got mine, its great! it plugs into the wall with no wall-wart or adapter to answer my earlier question. The cord wraps around inside of the base of the unit for storage
Thought mine didn’t work either but the lever wasn’t down all the way like southpaw suggested. Works very good and I now have a freezer full of vacuum packed chicken breast. My only complaint is that all the smaller bags it came with were cut down the middle.
@skyline987 ah - i thought i cut mine while opening, missed this before i posted below…
This showed up while I was still on the road but as soon as I got home I unpacked it and resealed all of our cereal bags. Worth every penny right there in keeping cereals fresh! 10/10 Would Buy Again!
Mine sort of works. Using the textured bags (rolls) that worked with a Rival sealer, I vacuum sealed a few items.
All looked right until the next time I saw them, they all lost their vacuum.
Any suggestions, is it perhaps the bag texture? That would be frustrating as I just purchased a big bunch of them.
/giphy sad food
@KDemo My roll of bags recommended double sealing.
Thanks, @sammydog01, I’ll try that. Wonder if it means in the same place or parallel lines?
@KDemo I assumed they meant just outside the first line in case it leaked. I haven’t done that but I may try it on the pork I bought today.
@sammydog01 - Good plan. Guess I’ll experiment as well. Maybe I’ll call the experiment “Savery”.
@sammydog01 - FYI, the double-seal method seems to be working. Thanks!
/image two seals
@KDemo That’s a great image.
@KDemo one suggestion is to not slice the bags when opening the box. unknowingly i had done this and spent quite a bit of time trouble shooting why no vacuum could be made. the sucker just kept sucking
are your bags and sealer meant for each other, or a combination of brands? about how long does the red light stay on before it turns off (and then you release the latch)? are you sealing anything with liquid in it?
@Yoda_Daenerys - Mine creates a vacuum just fine, it was losing the seal after the fact.
Bags are fine, they worked well with my last sealer. Can’t say how long the light stays on, I have begun to wait a few extra seconds before releasing the lid. I know to freeze any liquid first.
As I said, it works now, just have to double seal both ends, at least with this generic roll of bags.
FYI foodsaver bags are $8 off at costco this month. There are no shipping charges if you buy at your local warehouse (mine had a bunch in stock!). http://www.costco.com/FoodSaver
-Combo-Pack-Bags.product.11681323.html
@liz the systems say not to reuse the bags, so i stocked up the last time they were on sale at costco before i had much experience with them. since then, i have been re-using the bags (b’cuz i’m cheap) and they work fine, if you don’t mind washing them out, especially clean where they are going to seal.
My vacuum sealer sucks. Because it doesn’t suck. It seals like a champ, though.
All kidding aside, it’s missing one of the two foam pieces that create the seal, so it can’t suck out the air. I discovered this today. I purchased this to prepare and freeze meals for a camping trip that I leave for this week. There’s no time for a warranty call before departure.
I bought this to replace the Rival vacuum sealer I bought from meh last year, that also sucks because it doesn’t suck. Rival customer service was not interested in helping me.
I am disappointed.
@creativecstasy rule #1 of meh purchases… break them out of the shipping box and test them when you get them… especially the 90 day warranty stuff… this one you have have 12 months to forget to send it in
@creativecstasy sorry to hear about your bum luck, I’ve had zero problems with my sealer!
@thismyusername I acknowledge that I should have tested this sooner. That’s on me and I don’t blame anyone else. I just wanted to complain into the void of the Internet. Thanks!
OK, so my vaccum sucks, but it doesn’t complete the cycle and seal process anymore. Contacted FS consumer service dept today. Sent in my copy of the order info (BTW thanks meh for making it easy to find past orders).
Supposed to call tomorrow to follow up and get return process started. We will see.
The amazing thing is today is 2 days before the 1 yr warranty period is up!
Keeping my hopes up and fingers crossed.
Wow! I’m still using this 6 years later!
@diniba69
did you just randomly decide to pull up your orders from 6 yrs ago and comment on them all?
(and yes, I am still using mine as well. These were great!)
@chienfou @diniba69 I think that’s a GREAT idea!! We should all do that!
