Cheap vacuum sealing machine

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Postby jenny_haddow » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:00 pm

You are just too clever for words!
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Postby Rik vonTrense » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:40 pm

Pssssst......and I'm good looking too...............


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Postby akesingland » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:53 pm

Hi All,

I've got a Rival Seal-a-meal from Eeztv shopping channel (Look on their website). I have Reber bags from Franco and they also work. The UK importer for Rival products is The Holmes Group (see below). I rang them and they sent me bags in a few days. Vaccum bags are etched with little channels on the inside that let you suck the air out even when the two sides of the bags collapse.

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Holmes Products (Europe) Ltd.

1 Francis Grove
London SW19 4DT
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phone: +44 (0)20 8879 4850
fax: +44 (0)20 8947 8272

info-europe@theholmesgroup.com
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Postby Rik vonTrense » Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:37 am

Adam....what sort of price are the bags from the Holmes group ??
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Postby aris » Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:35 am

I read somewhere that if you take a regular vacuum bag, and stick a thin strip of the special embossed vac bag down the length of the bag, then they work in the machines which require the embossed bags. Worth a try.
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Postby Rik vonTrense » Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:29 am

Now that is quite logical because there would still be somewhere for the air to escape.......

infact you would not want it the length of the bag but just enough to bridge the rubber seals around the vacuum trough....the air would escape and leave a vacuum and the broad sealer would seal the bag including the air bridge.

Ingenious.

All I need now is some heavy duty poly bags.....the Salter ones would be much cheaper than the Reber or Foodsaver....I must experiment.

Good on yuh Aris


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Postby aris » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:12 am

Bulk regular vac bags can be had from scobies.
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re- vac packer

Postby Ken Boy » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:35 am

HI
Have Looked at all the comments on the vac packer it seems the right price to me even with the postage there is a local shop at Haywards Heath I might take a trip up there and check this item out also the local pound land sell two boxes of resealable bags 20 bags in a box two bags for a pound now thats what I call the right price!!!!!!! and not bad quality for the price :lol: :lol:
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Postby Ken Boy » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:49 pm

Sorry
I meant to say two boxes for a pound not two bags for a pound :oops: :oops:
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Postby KevinR » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:24 pm

Just a quick report to say that I have now given the vacuum sealer a good workout over the weekend. If anything was sealable it was sealed, much to Mrs R�s amusement.

Jen�s advise about rolling the bag towards the suction nozzle works well, though not always easy, as you are effectively one handed, the other operating the sealer. I also found that, if possible, �squigging� the contents about also help the vacuum. However, if the bag contents are liquid, care need to be taken that liquid is not drawn up to where the seal is to be made. There is a fine line between full air extraction and a ruined seal because it was wet.

I have yet to try Rik�s method but I think it should work well.

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Postby Rik vonTrense » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:56 pm

The other thing Kev....I always froze or chilled any liquids like soup before I
vacupacked them....you can always let them defrost to flatten out befor storing them flat in the freezer again.


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Postby jenny_haddow » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:37 pm

Hi Kev,

You do get quite adept at rolling the bag with thumbs and forefingers whilst holding the lid down to expell air, it's a bit like a cowboy rolling a fag while riding a horse!
However, having tried Rik's mega good tip about cutting the hole in a sealed bag I will be doing that from now on as it works better.

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Postby Ken Boy » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:31 pm

Hi
Brought myself one of these machines today well impressed for the money
cannot wait untill my next batch of bacon to try it out for real . Only tried it out on a sample bag to see if it worked placed a couple of chipolata's that we never used for tea I vac the air out and sealed it up. No probllems :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Cheap vacuum sealing machine

Postby The Hooded Claw » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:41 pm

roseway wrote:If you want a cheap vacuum sealer, Tchibo http://www.tchibo.co.uk are selling a simple but reasonably effective machine for �14.99.

Eric


Does anybody know the opening times of Tchibo stores? as I live near Chatham.
Went on the website but doesn't seem to list opening hours
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Postby roseway » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:08 am

The one in Ashford is in a shopping arcade and opens for the normal arcade hours (8 till 6 or thereabouts).

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