Vacuum sealer
 

I am looking into getting a good vacuum sealer for fish and deer meat. Is there a good one out there for a reasonable price? i wanna keep my meat and fish good for as long as possible

I bout a Gamesaver ( made by Foodsaver) from cabela's for around $100 . Works great for me .

I got a food saver from walmart the other night for $80. Came with a huge roll of bags. Sealed up some chicken the other morning. Took up half as much space as the original bag. The food savers are the bomb !!

Sam's has a good one been having mine for about 4yrs.

Have had a foodsaver for about 12 years..it works just as good as the day i got it. I luv it, works great for ducks,

FoodSaver is great!

EVO

Paul, we just about wore bobs out last February packing the tuna.....thing was so hot we couldn't touch it!!

You actually remember that? You were in a coma :rotfl:

Cabela's CG-15 Vacuum Sealer




Regular Price: $459.99
got mine about 2 years ago for 299

4~5 hours of work on a vacuum sealer would be hard on all but the truly commercial units. Mine got hot also, but its still working today!

Ryan, he's just remembering the stories. ;)

EVO

nice thanks guys, looks like i wont have to drop over $300 to get a decent product

If you go to www.foodsaver.com and check, they have sales all of the time. Just keep checking back on their site.

EVO

definately
 

Wife got 2 that were regularly $200 something for $49 each.

Sweeet headed there now

I love mine i use it all the time

http://www.foodsaver.com/product.aspx?pid=8792

NICE !!!!!!!!!!

Very nice!!!! Needs to be max4 or duckblind though.

this one will be my next one.

I have had a Foodsaver since 1994. It had a bad gasket and they don't make parts for the model I have anymore. So I bought a new one.
Called the manufacturer to see if there was any way possible to find a sealing gasket and one guy over there said to soak the old one in warm water for a few hours then let it set overnight on the counter. Worked great, now I have 2 of them.
The old one is plain jane and the new one is fancy.

Ray, which one did you get as the new one?

It is black, has the bag roll inside the sealer and has a bag cutter on it.
Not sure the model. I am offshore.
The old one I had to cut with scissors and close the lid to start sealing.

When will you be back in? That sounds like the one I would be interested in. I want to get another one and put my old one up as a back-up.

I get back to Lake Charles Tues. evening.

Sounds like the V3420 same as i have, but mines white.
I use mine all the time. got 25 lbs of bacon to slice and seal chilling in the fridge.

Thank's for the tip, I'm on My second with the same problem.

I bought a Avery vacmaster 215. Best investment I ever made.

Been thinking of getting one. How dry does your fillets have to be?

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I have one from cabelas http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabel...h-All+Products

I got it on sale though. Works way better than my old foodsaver and the 15" bags are a nice feature. Fish doesnt need to be dry at all and I never have to take a break in between sealing fish like I did with the food saver. the manual vaccum and seal buttons are a really nice feature too

I also have the Cabelas CG-15 commercial unit, burnt up 2 Foodsavers, 1 Hamilton Beach and Black and Decker. All cheap ones work but are for occasional use, I use mine a ton with deer sausage and fish roughly 1000 bags/year. It was well worth the money to step up to better unit, other units overheated and had to cool down, Cabelas unit can keep going and has a true 1/4" seal verses 1/16" like cheaper units. It also has manual function which is great for fish. I put my filets in strainer in sink for a bit then seal when most water is gone. Key to vacuum sealing is buying bags in bulk. I order mine from webstaurantstore.com, which is 75% cheaper than buying bags local. Usually pay $15 per hundred 8.5x11 precut commercial bags. Even cheaper if order more

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With the Vacmaster you can vacuum a bag of water.

Foodsaver but get the outdoor model So you can pack more consecutive bags. I have a regular model and can only do 4-5 at a time before giving it a break.

I just put a piece of paper towel between my fish/meat and the seal to absorb moisture.

I have the foodsaver, in fact several. The main thing you need to do always, never let liquid get to the area of the seal line. Doing this will burn out the sealer quickly. How do I know, duh! If you do burn it out, call foodsaver co, and they will have you send it in, and send you a replacement at lower cost. That is probably why they have them on web site for reduced prices, they are repairing and resale them. But it works great for fish, deer, vegies, really anything. What I do is prefreeze anything in the sealing bags, then I use the vacuum sealer and seal the bag. Really saves the unit.

Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of freezing it with out it being exposed to air?

Haven't had any problems with deer stored over a year. So not sure. The only thing for sure I can tell you is that this model "will" burn out the heat strip if liquid is in the area of seal. Had it happen to a couple before the service people told me about it.

Food saver sucks if you want to seal 8/10+ bags... It overheats and you have to wait for it to cool down. I seal things in portions for 2 people so we use it a lot... I'm buying a commercial one instead now

I have a Weston pro 2200, and i never have to stop or give it a break. I here the 2300 is worth the extra money, but have no complaints about the cheeper 2200