VacMaster Question

[tripleq]

So my decade old foodsaver is giving up the goat, its been a trooper but its about time to put her out to pasture. 

I've been reading up on the Vacmasters but I have a question. What's the purpose of two sealer bars? Is that to make it compatible with the foodsaver rolls, as in you can seal up both ends at the same time?

 

[donegotfat]

Not sure the exact model your looking at, but the only one I seen that looks like it had 2 sealer bars was the 16" unit

They have 2 of them to allow for sealing 2 bags at once side by side.

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• donegotfat
• Oct 21, 2016

I cant imagine having the dexterity or the patience to try and seal 2 of them at one time, as I get a bit flustered just trying to seal 1 and not make too big a mess. When my foodsaver went KIA, I ended up getting the newer one that had the least complaints as they do seem to have dropped in quality over the years. I picked up the FoodSaver V3240 and its been doing well so far.

 

[dirtsailor2003]

My first food saver lasted forever. Almost 25 years. My second one sucked, as in it wouldn't suck air or seal well.

I bought the Vacmaster Pro380 from Lisa at Vacuum Sealers Unlimited and it's been great.

I purchased it because of the width. I wanted to be able to seal larger bags. It also does allow for doing more than one smaller bag. Which if set up properly isn't that hard to do.

I buy all my bags and rolls from Lisa now and take advantage of the discount codes she has here monthly.

The ultra bags are great and I recently started using the zipper bags for things like jerky, smoked cheese and snack sticks.

 

[tripleq]

Im thinking of one of the chamber sealers, Two bags at once, that makes sense. It just has to be big enough to put a pie pan in, the misses makes quishes for the family for xmass

 

[BGKYSmoker]

I have 2 VacMasters

My Pro260 only has 1 sealer bar. My VP112 chamber sealer has 1 bar but 2 heat sealing strips. In the 112 you can only do 1 bag at a time.

 

[danquixote]

I had an older model food saver that went t!ts up last year. Got the latest and greatest food saver as a replacement. Does a great job and is easy to use. My major complaint is the canisters and reusable zip lock bags. None of the containers that shipped with the unit are worth a damn. No rubber/silicone seals so they do not remain air tight for long. I purchased the new model canisters and they work great as they do have a sealing strip incorporated in the lid. If you go for a food saver just get the machine itself....the kit containers are useless.