Pulled the trigger on a VacMaster chamber vacume sealer.

Orderd the Ary Stainless Steal VP215C and 1000 4 mil 8X12 bags from an outfit called QualityMatters out Tigard Or on Friday and it was on my doorstep Tuesday evening. Shipping was free, which was a good thing considering the machine and the bags weighed 140 pounds. No sales tax either.

The macine is simply amazing I couldn't find enough stuff to bag up.
Even opened one of my jars of albacore and bagged it up. Can't wait to do some razors and not have the machine try to suck up the juices.

Now I am ready for a new season of catching.......

i got one of the hand held FoodSaver rechargeables... best 19.99 i ever spent...

My two Foodsavers are already in the garbage.

Are you really comparing a $20 food saver to a borderline commercial unit????????????

no, where did you get that at? i just said i had a rechargeable one, and that i was happy with the money i spent... maybe someone might have wanted to inquire about it...

i can take mine on a boat, some people might like that...

will people please stop taking what i say out of context, jeez...

From your post dipschit, directly after someone stated they picked up a new unit.... Talking about the "best money I've ever spent" after someone spent 4 digits on a real nice unit sure sounds like you were.....

Maybe the Gamefishin crowd likes those $20 units to package up their Duwamish Pinks and Nisqually chums on the river....

ok. let me rephrase that...

congrats on your pick up Alpine.. sounds like a fine machine.. how do you think they compare to the VacuPak sealers? or the top of the line Food Savers models? what about the DMC sealers, we used one of those to seal our shrimp up a few years back...

i purchased a cheap POS handheld rechargeable, but, for the money, it was very well spent, i have fish that i sealed 6 months ago in the fridge, and theres still no air in there whatsoever... best 19.99 i ever spent...

Knuck, i dont fish either of those rivers... i like to be able to breathe..

Don't get so high and mighty there, boothunter07

Chamber vacume sealers dont't suck the air out of the bag, they remove the air from the chamber along with what is in the bag down to as low as -1 atmosphere, they seal the bag then allow the air back in the chamber.
Cool to watch. When i bagged the tuna, the liquid began to turn to vapor (atomized) the pressure was so low.

those are the ones with the lids you open right?

Yes the ones with a lid. You can bag liquids in them.

There is no comparison, and I think that is what a few were trying to say above. Throwing a Food Saver into this conversation is the equivalent of bragging about your Prius in a thread about formula 1 racing.

thats what the DMC one we used was, my sister inlaws family owns a meat store, and we did it with theirs.. after suckin the air out tho, it was flushed with gas, i think it was nitrogen, then sealed... pretty cool to watch indeed...

might want to try it out on some eggs, they deffinately shouldnt crush with that process...

I want! How much?

the DMC? probably around 4-5 grand... not sure on his model, but probably over 700 bucks for sure...

prolly worth every penny. some day I'll replace the food saver for a nice unit like that.

Macine and bags,,,,1056.00

AH alert.

Redhook, good call on the avatar change.

Agreed. My food saver took a sh!t so now I have to do some shopping.
I need more money first though haha