Vacuum sealing machine

hi Rohan

the wife bought one of those sealer's, another brand though off ebay for $45 we found that to get all the air out she would do the suction twice and seal the bag twice. Hope that makes sense! This worked for our recent trip we had no problems with the meat staying frozen in the fridge for 4 weeks.

Dick

Hi there. I've been using one for several years. The vacuum you get with the Sunbeam is quite good, as long as:
You use only the right bags/tubes;
The neck of the bag is perfectly clean and dry in the area where the weld happens;
There's no liquid in the bag that can get drawn into the neck as the vacuum pump does its job; and
The open neck of the bag MUST sit in the vacuum channel of the machine, and not poke further through.
On mine, the machine EITHER goes into top gear and vacuums well before it welds, OR it keeps on half-sucking, but doesn't stop or seal.
I usually freeze meat etc before I vacuum it, just to avoid the problem of moisture tracking through.

G/day Plasnart, with most of the home machines you will find they work best if you don't leave any air pockets, push the goods to the bottom of the bag to expel as much air as possible before sealing. sometimes our Sunbeam needs 2 goes to get it right. also don't over fill the bag

Rohan,

We've had such a machine for years and find it fantastic, but use the right bags. We wrap sausages, mince and 'wet' meat like them in glad go between and the seal. Good for vegetables too.

Di and Bruce

I have had a Sunbeam "FoodSaver' for about 3 years now

It pulls a fantastic vaccum

Bags are very tight

I dont do anything 'special' - just plunk the food in and seal

We just bought the $99 aldi one and it seems to work just fine

It sounds like the seal around the bag isn't working well and the pump can't get the vacuum low enough.

Or the machine is defective - the Aldi $99 really sucks the bag into any cavities.

Hi folks. Thanks for all your responses, I appreciate it. I just tried the unit again but this tme with some sweet potatoes in it (was perviously sealing a vegetable stew) and it worked great. Really sucked the bag tight. I know I should freeze the stew first so that's what I'm doing now. Was just too keen to use it I think!

Cheers, Rohan.

Yea, same. Had one for a year and using that would get a good two weeks out of steaks etc. I found it to seal really well.