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Food sealers.....

NwcidNwcid Member Posts: 10,674 ✭
edited October 2004 in General Discussion
I am looking for a vaccume (sp) sealer for storing stuff in. I find lots of the things in my gun room that dont get used much get really dusty. I was thinking about sealing them up with some anti moisture stuff. I will use it a bit for food stuff too. Do any of you have any recomendations? What do you like about yours? What stuff should I look for in one?

John
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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Food Saver.

    http://www.foodsaver.com/
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  • CrittergitterCrittergitter Member Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    AND...

    http://www.drypak.com/index.asp?cat=62101&OVRAW=silica gel&OVKEY=silica gel&OVMTC=standard

    Silica Gel.[:)]
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  • bsallybsally Member Posts: 3,165
    edited November -1
    Buy a good one. Wife bought me a cheap on and it is a piece of crap. Almost worthless. Foodsavers are good and I believe Kenmore makes one that is supposed to be good also. Just don't skimp, you'll be sorry.

    SALLY
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  • Hylander50Hylander50 Member Posts: 1,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We have a Foodsaver and it works great. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good vacuum sealer.

    Hylander

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  • Rebel_JamesRebel_James Member Posts: 4,746
    edited November -1
    Food sealer?

    Shoot, We've got a 14 year old son that starts eating groceries out of the cart as Momma is taking them to the car!

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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    In meat packing the commercial version of vacuum sealing is a company called Cry-o-vac. The meat item is placed in the cry-o-vac bag, a vacuum sucks the air out, then a gear spins the opening of the bag, and staples it shut. The bag is then either dunked in scalding water, or run through a scalding water shower, to shrink the bag. Sealed tightly against oxygen, I have seen cuts of meat last several months with only refrigeration (set at 38-40 degrees). If you were looking for long term storage of hunting/camping items and the Food Saver system worked similar to the Cry-o-vac, it should do a very good job.
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  • easygo6easygo6 Member Posts: 1,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I use a Food Saver to package the deer I process, fish/Frog legs, and vegetables from the garden. EXCELLENT product!!

    Great for sealing up survival/camping/hunting items that are emergency-type supplies and may be sensistive to wet exposure...such as: matches, bandages, trail mix, re-packaging 'survival blankets'/and emergency ponchos.

    Pakaging some dry wool clothing in winter environs will keep a change of dry clothing handy in reduced space (squeezes 'em tight). Some added protection against Hypothermia.




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