Santa brought me a vacuum bag sealer for Christmas so here is my review.
Having said for years you get what you pay for with bag sealers I thought I'd take my own advise and get a decent(ish) one. I chose the bags of freshness one because I know that others on the forum have them and I hoped that if I had any issues with it I would have more success with their customer support than with a random ebay seller. Note: bags of freshness do sell on ebay but they have a real online shop too. We've all seen those ebay you tube videos where they crush a beer can so I thought I'd start there...
Looking at the inside it looks superficially similar to many you see on ebay, but the button layout seems specific to this model. There is a roll cutter built into the roll holder, so you slice of a length, use the seal only button to make a bag, clip the bag in place with the lid and hit the vacuum seal button. It pulls a vacuum and then seals only if it is happy that the vacuum has been created, so if you misallign the bag you can start again. There is a cancel button and a vacuum only button for using vacuum cannisters through the vacuum spigot (I didn't go for any of these). There is also a light seal selector for if you are resealing thin polythene rather than the embossed bags. It comes with a roll of 20cm sealer and I already had some 30cm.
Well it certainly does what it says to the can...
I'm very pleased with it. It doesn't have anyway of regulating the vacuum for delicate items but that's not what I wanted it for, though I imagine judicious use of the cancel and seal buttons may allow you to do this.
This one at least is capable of pulling a very decent vacuum and as such I recommend it. There may be other cheaper ones that can do as good a job but you won't know without trying them.
Dave
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