Which vacuum sealer is best? My SEAL-A-MEAL is expired after 2 years?

My SEAL-A-MEAL is expired after 2 years. Asked by Bunny2 43 months ago Similar questions: vacuum sealer SEAL A MEAL expired years Home > Home Appliances.

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Here's what Consumer Reports has to say about them: Freezing for the long haul IT’S A WRAP The Food Saver Professional ll is very easy to use, but the plastic wrapping supplies you need to use with it are expensive. The device’s most practical use is for long-term freezing of costly foods such as steak. Vacuum sealers can prolong the life of many foods.

But the price of the eight machines we tested ranges from $80 to $290 (not counting the refills of brand-specific plastic). That’s a lot to spend on a pound of bologna or a package of saltines. The calculus changes, however, when the items you bought in bulk, and want to preserve for months, are expensive cuts of chicken, fish, or meat.

Convenience and cost. These don’t go hand in hand. Both the $290 Food Saver Professional and the $85 Rival Seal a Meal are top-rated for convenience.

They practically run themselves: Feed in the plastic; the sealer swaddles the food and sucks out the air. You slide a cutter across the sealed package. With the other machines, you have to use scissors to cut off the package.

Sounds good--until you figure the ongoing cost of storage materials: 45 to 74 cents each for plastic bags in gallon and quart sizes; 45 to 70 cents per square foot for rolls of plastic. That’s 10 times the cost of regular, zippered freezer bags. The freshness test.

Vacuum sealing almost always worked well. Although beef and salmon steaks frozen in zipper bags and containers suffered from freezer burn, those that were vacuum sealed showed little or none. Sealed and refrigerated cream cheese stayed fresh for nearly a month, while cheese stored in other containers had mold.

However, containers and zipper bags did better at keeping lettuce and celery crisp. And vacuum suction crushed bread and pound cake. Potato chips, cookies, and crackers picked up off-flavors from the Rival plastic.

The bottom line. If you regularly buy food in bulk, a vacuum sealer may be a good investment. The Food Saver V840 offers the best performance for the price.

Quick Ratings Vacuum food sealers In performance order. Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor Brand & model Price Test results Cost Features Similar model, in small type, comparable to tested model. Food Saver Professional II $290 70¢ • • • Deni Magic Vac Champion 1750 250 68 • • • Food Saver V840 140 70 • • Kenmore Ultra Seal-N-Save 69043 100 61 • • Deni Magic Vac Elite 1720 1721 130 68 • Black & Decker Fresh Guard VS300 80 45 Food Saver Essential Series V375 110 70 • Rival Seal a Meal VS150 85 54 • • • Discontinued, but replaced by similar model.

Price is for similar model. Okay, I’m going to share a secret here, that nobody but my husband knows: Since my vacuum sealer died on me, after only six months of use, I didn’t want to replace it. Now I buy the freezer ziplocs, and I seal them almost all the way shut, and I SUCK THE AIR OUT MYSELF!

I’m not kidding - and it works GREAT! It works as well as the expensive Food Saver I bought (based on Oprah’s recommendation on one of her Favorite Things shows. ) Now I know not everybody wants to try this, and you might find it weird, or even disgusting.

But the results are amazing. You would swear by looking at them that they are vacuum sealed by a machine! Mine look at least this good - maybe better.

Now you know my "secret talent"! Sources: consumerreports.org Goodbye! 's Recommendations FoodSaver V2840 Advanced Design Amazon List Price: $179.99 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 84 reviews) This is the one I bought.

I make my own dog food, and wanted to vacuum seal it before freezing.

Goodbye! Said: 1 Mine didn't even last that long! .

2 Come to think about it, it didn`t even last that long. I think the FOODSAVER ADVANCED looks good so far @ 117.99 plus shipping.

Come to think about it, it didn`t even last that long. I think the FOODSAVER ADVANCED looks good so far @ 117.99 plus shipping.

Bunny2 replied to post #1: 3 I guess the seal a meal is poor quality. Will keep looking, Thanks.

I guess the seal a meal is poor quality. Will keep looking, Thanks.

8 I'm in love with vacuum sealer machines! I never realized how much I would use it until I actually bought one. I own 2 now, one in my beach house in FL and one up in PA.

I am a hunter and it is excellent for packaging the venison that I get in huge quantities. I also buy the roll bags for salmon, trout, and other fish. I found a PROMO: THEVAKSHACK for 15% off entire orders and I used it a few weeks ago and there doesn't seem to be an exp.Date.

The bags are much cheaper! This user has been banned from Askville.

8 I'm in love with vacuum sealer machines! I never realized how much I would use it until I actually bought one. I own 2 now, one in my beach house in FL and one up in PA.

I am a hunter and it is excellent for packaging the venison that I get in huge quantities. I also buy the roll bags for salmon, trout, and other fish. I found a PROMO: THEVAKSHACK for 15% off entire orders and I used it a few weeks ago and there doesn't seem to be an exp.Date.

The bags are much cheaper! .

I'm in love with vacuum sealer machines! I never realized how much I would use it until I actually bought one. I own 2 now, one in my beach house in FL and one up in PA.

I am a hunter and it is excellent for packaging the venison that I get in huge quantities. I also buy the roll bags for salmon, trout, and other fish. I found a PROMO: THEVAKSHACK for 15% off entire orders and I used it a few weeks ago and there doesn't seem to be an exp.Date.

The bags are much cheaper!

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My green card expired over ten years ago. I never renewed it. What can I do to get one now?

I have a ten years green card and it expired two years ago. Will I have problems getting a new one?

I have a concrete pond and need to seal it. I will have fish and plants. Cant find inexspensive sealer for it.

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