Thread: vacuum sealers

Originally Posted by Tank

I bought a Vac sealer from Aldi's with a heap of bags for $99.

Originally Posted by thebeast

That was a very good deal, I wish I had paid that for mine. Can anyone tell me if you can use any brand sealing rolls/bags in any unit? How much do you all pay for your rolls/bags and where do you purchase them?

I'm using Sunbeam bags at the moment, they also sell the roll, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by thebeast

Thanks for the tip. What size inverter do you use for your sealer please?

we have a 300w pure sine wave

Mrs ho har

Any bags/rolls fit any sealer BUT there are different size sealers. I am using sumbeam rolls in my Eurolab sealer $30.00 for 2x 28cmx5.4 mtrs rolls. rolls are more economical and easier to use as you cut to them size The money you save you can buy more Diesel


Mrs ho har

I want to thank everyone that contributed to this thread, and I'm definitely going to take our sealer camping as well now using the inverter. It will great for me for pre-cooked meals as we both have different tastes in foods like pasta dishes for instance. Hubby doesn't like pasta at all.

My Mum used to have a pub and used one in the Kitchen for food products.

I used to vac seal clothes in it?!

As a keen biker I would roll up Tshirts and bundle up my smalls into daily packs and seal them!

Great for when off on the bike on hols and such.

Kept the clothes dry and saved on space too

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Vacu-packed steak is good for 6 weeks in the fridge Chicken they recommend using quicker but we have used chicken after 5 weeks and it was fine.

Be carefull with that. 6 weeks assumes the meat has been treated perfectly before it was packed and kept at a good tempreture (hard to do in a domestic fridge) I think these domestic vac machines are getting their used by dates from commercial machines, which is silly concidering we suck out the air, fill it with a gas with a bigger molecule that wont leak through the pores of the plastic. Assuming your immune system is firing on all cylinders you should be ok though.

Doesnt get rid of the toxins they leave behind though . You will have more problems with rice/pasta in vac pac though... pre-cooking pasta and leaving it for a week, refreshing it in boiling hot water want get rid of the toxins and I promise it will make you sick. Everyone seems to think they are solid products.

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Ron, thats an expensive way to do it

Have you thought of freezing? We throw all our meat waste and bags, trays it comes in, in the freezer in a bag and throw it out on the morning the garbage is collected. Have never had a stinky bin yet!!

Yes I have, but being .. er .. forgetfull, the bags stays in the freezer