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Vacum Sealer, Ok, now what?
QUESTION: Whilst browsing through on of the local thrift stores this evening, I
found a couple vacum sealers. One was sorta rinky dink "Pro-somthing"
and the other which I purchased was a Foodsaver by Tilia. After
running a net search on the critter, I find it must be an older model.
It has a sliding doofunny that must be a bag cutter on top of the
manualy operated suction/sealer bar. No jar sealing attachment, but
there is a port on top for one. I took it apart to see just what each
control did, and checked the hoses etc out. Now I know how it works,
and having finished a bag of grahm crackers, I inserted the bag,
pressed the bar, sucked out the air and sealed it... COOOL!
Ok, now what? What do I do for bags? Do I have to use the bags on a
roll at what appears to be a horrendous cost? Can I subsitute ziplock
bags? (less then a buck at the local 99cent store per box of 20
gallon size)
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
ANSWER: The Tillia is the top of the line vacum sealer. Only problem, is you've
got to use their bags. The Tillia will simply suck any other bags flat
and burst them. Best prices are at Costco
You sound just like me when I got my sealer. I had just gotten a new
dehydrator and I was drying and sealing everything in sight. My family thought
I was nuts !!! I even dried and sealed some Spaghettios for the kids. :-)
I get my bags from The Dry Store. They have the best prices I have found on the
net for the bags. The URL is http://www.thedrystore.com
Good luck and have fun with your sealer.
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