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Chamber Vacuum Sealers
gallion_t:
Thanks for all of the advice everyone. From what it sounds like everyone is happy with the purchases they've made and haven't had an issues. Right now I'm leaning towards the LEM, positive reviews here, my experiences with LEM equipment, and the fact Costco has it for a reasonable price.
https://www.costco.com/maxvac-pro-chamber-vacuum-sealer.product.4000276563.html
Whitpirate:
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--- Quote from: luvmystang67 on November 06, 2024, 01:55:03 PM ---I have the vacmaster VP215 and love it. I put it on a heavy-duty steel cart on wheels, and just wheel it in from the garage (or pantry) when its time to do some sealing. I don't do super little things with it, but for bigger stuff this works well.
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Every part is replaceable on the vacmaster.
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I've probably processed 12-15k lbs of meat with my VP215. I have two now just to make it quicker when I'm doing ground. Bought a small wheeled cart and keep unit and bags on it. Its heavy, its industrial, and it works every time. I've replaced the sealer bar on one unit now. I change the oil every July.
Jason:
My wife and I bought a freeze dryer a few months back and have also been looking at the Vevor DZ-260c vacuum chamber sealer to go with it. I have found it cheapest on the Vevor website if you create an account.
cjc23:
--- Quote from: gallion_t on November 07, 2024, 09:07:33 AM ---Thanks for all of the advice everyone. From what it sounds like everyone is happy with the purchases they've made and haven't had an issues. Right now I'm leaning towards the LEM, positive reviews here, my experiences with LEM equipment, and the fact Costco has it for a reasonable price.
https://www.costco.com/maxvac-pro-chamber-vacuum-sealer.product.4000276563.html
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I would say that that would be a great option for you based off of what you are saying. I have the bigger LEM max vac pro chamber sealer and love it. It get's used maybe once a week for odds and ends stuff and then it gets put through its paces when we come back from the coast with a load of clams and salmon. It is a PITA to move around as it weighs 90lbs. I didn't realize that they had come out with a new one that you had posted above here and it looks pretty awesome. I like the fact that it can work as an external vac sealer for those bigger items that don't fit in the chamber every once in awhile!!! and that is only weighs just over 20 lbs.
I will say one thing that surprised me at first was the "smoke" that started coming out of it when I used it. After looking into it it was just oil vapor so just something to keep in mind to not freak out when it starts smoking :chuckle:
GWP:
I use high vac pumps fairly often, as well as the vac sealer, and the oil will froth and produce oil vapor at the vent in all of them. Worse if they are over filled with oil even a little bit or have the wrong oil in them.
Another thing on bags is if you have any ‘pokey’ items the thinner bags will easily get tiny holes and loose their vacuum. We had that with dog food and started saving used bags to double up them up without vacuuming the inner bag up.
Don’t fold over the inner bag if you ever do that though! The air needs to escape!
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