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vacuum food sealer question
QUESTION: I have some questions about Vacuum Food Sealer .Please help
are the various brand-name accessories (bags, canisters) interchangeable? I got
a Black and Decker FreshGuard as a gift, but nobody around here seems to sell
that model, so there are no accessories anywhere. Can I buy any brand of bag or
canister? It seems like they all have the same inner workings/design, so it
ought to work - but I figured I should check in with the experts first.
ANSWER: I was shopping for a vacuum sealer today. I'd sure be interested in a inexpensive
source of bag for them. The units themselves weren't too bad, but the price of the
refills is outrageous. The rolls worked out to about a dollar per foot of material,
which got me thinking how much I would have to save by buying bargain packs of
meats and still come out ahead.
If you can find a Black and Decker FreshGuard, it was markedly less expensive
than the others. It has a hose port and was only about $50 - the other
equivalents were at least $100. I hope that doesn't mean this model is cheaply
made and shabby. It works so far...but it requires that you sit and hold the
bar down until it finishes, while I noticed that some of the others have a
press and release feature. Hopefully the accessories are interchangeable!
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