Vacuum sealers

Col_M

Col_M

Col_M

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I'm looking at getting one of these in the next few months but there seems to be quite a few on the market and some of them are garbage.

Has anyone got a personal recommendation?

The main reason I'm looking to get one is to pack and store my own meals for hiking and camping, both dehydrated and boil in the bag. As the boil in the bag versions will be wet it'll need a seal only function or I'll suck all my lovely grub into the vacuum pump and destroy it :)
 
Sorry to hear about your flat muffins :D

I had seen the Andrew James ones in a few places and they seemed pretty good.

Not being able to vacuum sealing liquids isn't a big deal to be honest as commercially available boil in the bag meals aren't vacuum packed so just gently squeezing out most of the air by hand should be enough.
 
Thanks glitch, certainly a good amount of info there. I'll probably be looking at bringing one back with me when I'm next home at Easter so I have a bit of time to do more research.

Oh yeah, and just in case anyone is worried about botulism from the boil in the bag meals, the final cooking of the meal will be in the sealed bags in a pressure cooker so they will be heated to a temperature where bacteria and the spores will be destroyed (~120C).
 
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Like you say it's definitely worth a try, for proof of concept to see if it works, I'll let you know :)
 
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