Home Vac pack setup

[Turn7]

Been doing some reading on this after I learnt it help meat stay better for longer in the freezer...

Anyone got one, use one, or have any recommendations ?

We quite often go to our not local Butcher and spend 3 figures, it would be nice to know we are keeping that quality in the freezer the best we can....

TIA

[Type R Tom]

I bought a vacuum sealer to go with my sous vide but couldn't get on with it. I now use these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077SDZLSK/ref...

Work really well and hold a vacuum. Once cleaned they can be used again. Don't last forever as the little valve can break but I would definitely recommend for your plans.



Fillet steak in mine at the moment

[w1bbles]

We’ve got a cheap as chips one off Amazon. It was about £30, and while getting a good seal takes a bit of getting used to we’ve now got the hang of it. It’s great for packing meat into sealed bags, freezing and then sous-vide-ing on demand.

[Turn7]

Not sure about the manual version....fails in the Man maths new shiny thing dept....

[21TonyK]

I've got the same at home as work, a Buffalo sealer from Nisbets. They are okay but no better in what they do than the cheap £30/40 ones, yopu can just get spares easily if needed. All sealers need to double wall bags which are expensive if you use a lot and none of the sealers come close to a proper chamber machine like I used to have For home use though I would have said a cheapo off Amazon would be more than good enough.

[paralla]

I’ve been using one of these for about 10 years. I replaced the Teflon tape on the heating strip once, otherwise it’s been trouble free. Works a treat and is very shiny.
https://www.vac-star-shop.info/epages/15303994.sf/...

[Neil_Sc]

I notice Lidl have a vacuum sealer from tomorrow, for £20 with a 3 year guarantee it seems as good as any other consumer grade sealer?

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/kitchen-kit/silvercres...

I notice they have the bag rolls for the machine at £3.99 too

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/product-recommendation...

[tedmus]

My machine I got from amazon, think it was about £30, does the job. Nisbets sell rolls of the bags in a box with a cutter which are really handy.

Aldi occasionally sell multipacks of bag rolls in a couple of widths for a tenner.

[Turn7]

21TonyK said:

I've got the same at home as work, a Buffalo sealer from Nisbets. They are okay but no better in what they do than the cheap £30/40 ones, yopu can just get spares easily if needed. All sealers need to double wall bags which are expensive if you use a lot and none of the sealers come close to a proper chamber machine like I used to have For home use though I would have said a cheapo off Amazon would be more than good enough.

Yeah, I looked at Chamber machines......for a second.....Kerching !

[Turn7]

paralla said:

I’ve been using one of these for about 10 years. I replaced the Teflon tape on the heating strip once, otherwise it’s been trouble free. Works a treat and is very shiny.
https://www.vac-star-shop.info/epages/15303994.sf/...

Oof! Bit to shiny for me paralla....