MrsTwigg and I have been using the Food Saver vacuume sealers for more tham 16 years now and we're always on the lookout for less expensice bags. I use these things not just for food but also for storing dry clothes, camping equipment and even guns. That's why we bought the Vacuume Bag Roll with Dispensing Box 50' X 11" from Cabela's.
Fifty feet of bags is a lot and the price was about what we pay for a box of two twenty foot 11" wide rolls elsewhere.
Well, you get what you pay for.![[thinking]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/010.gif "Thinking [thinking]")
For those who don't know, these bags work by having one side of the bag textured to allow air to be drawn off from around whatever you place inside. The manufacturers of some of the off-brands use various textures to form the channels which creates airways to assist in evacuating air from the bag. Some are better than others at this. The cheapest bags use just a small portion of one side of the bag and this is what Cabela's uses in their bags.
The center strip shown in the bag above is only four inches in width, less than half the width of the bag, in addition to this the bag thickness is thinner than anything else we've used and they have a very flimsy feel to them. Our Food Saver vacuume unit pulled a fair anmount of air out of the bag prior to heat sealing but the lack of a sufficiently sized textured area kept pockets of air inside after sealing. I tried pressing down and squeezing as the machine pumped air out and while this helped a little the results were less than satisfactory.
Another thing I didn't like about the bag material is even though it feels thinner than the regular Food Saver brand it seems to have a higher melting point and I would have to hit the seal button two or three times to obtaina good seal - meaning the bag didn't begin to "reinflate" after sealing.
As usual YMMV, but this product is not something I'd recommend to anyone.
Fifty feet of bags is a lot and the price was about what we pay for a box of two twenty foot 11" wide rolls elsewhere.
Well, you get what you pay for.
For those who don't know, these bags work by having one side of the bag textured to allow air to be drawn off from around whatever you place inside. The manufacturers of some of the off-brands use various textures to form the channels which creates airways to assist in evacuating air from the bag. Some are better than others at this. The cheapest bags use just a small portion of one side of the bag and this is what Cabela's uses in their bags.
The center strip shown in the bag above is only four inches in width, less than half the width of the bag, in addition to this the bag thickness is thinner than anything else we've used and they have a very flimsy feel to them. Our Food Saver vacuume unit pulled a fair anmount of air out of the bag prior to heat sealing but the lack of a sufficiently sized textured area kept pockets of air inside after sealing. I tried pressing down and squeezing as the machine pumped air out and while this helped a little the results were less than satisfactory.
Another thing I didn't like about the bag material is even though it feels thinner than the regular Food Saver brand it seems to have a higher melting point and I would have to hit the seal button two or three times to obtaina good seal - meaning the bag didn't begin to "reinflate" after sealing.
As usual YMMV, but this product is not something I'd recommend to anyone.
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