Vac sealers

[Justfish]

I have used the Foodsaver for a few years now and with a little care have maybe 1 in 15 fail to seal and usually my fault. I use a piece of 1x8 or an old book to raise the bag up off the counter and prevent probs with creasing and bending.
btw rolls of bags are about half the price at Costco.
I find that careful cleaning and attention to detail goes a long way. Wish i could afford a Vaccupack though.

[fish4all]

I have used the Foodsaver for a few years now and with a little care have maybe 1 in 15 fail to seal and usually my fault. I use a piece of 1x8 or an old book to raise the bag up off the counter and prevent probs with creasing and bending.
btw rolls of bags are about half the price at Costco.
I find that careful cleaning and attention to detail goes a long way. Wish i could afford a Vaccupack though.

I have used the foodsaver pro for years with no problems. I do freeze my hali a bit before i seal it. We have also used a piece of papertowl on teh end and that works as well. When doing fish in a marinade i hang the bag over the counter and hit the seal button just before the liquid hits the seal bar.

also I buy pre cut bags from www.halfordsmailorder.com

cheers

[lordofthesprings]

the paper towel definatly works well been doing that for a while also the bones of the fillets poke through the bag over time so we started putting a paper towel over bony pieces and double seal the top - the water getting sucked up does ruin the foodsaver but you can take them apart and clean and lube with silicone-- my friend also got a 2500 dollar industrial packer which is incredible !! but the bones are still an issue but for this unit you can get heavy duty bags-- dont pack your fillets when they are dripping wet -pat or drip dry - we spend so much money on boats gear trucks and gas the vacuum sealer is pretty reasonable expense for good fish !!

[Shepnoir]

Thanks LOTS what parts do your lube? do you back out the screws on the bottom of the unit?

[Jahfreddy]

Anyone have experience with this unit?

Looks like a good one, and still in a fairly reasonable price range ....


http://www.vacsealers.com/

I think this is the only distributor in Canada for them, and they also have bags and rolls as well. I'm not sure how the prices compare to those posted in a thread awhile ago.


Reviews:

http://tucsonpictures.com/Vac-001.php

http://www.provacuumsealers.com/



Cheers!

[Fish Assassin]

Anyone have experience with this unit?

Looks like a good one, and still in a fairly reasonable price range ....


http://www.vacsealers.com/

I think this is the only distributor in Canada for them, and they also have bags and rolls as well. I'm not sure how the prices compare to those posted in a thread awhile ago.


Reviews:

http://tucsonpictures.com/Vac-001.php

http://www.provacuumsealers.com/



Cheers!

He is a middle man. He can have them shipped to his place or yours There is a $60 or so fee added. I gave up on the guy. He is bad at getting quotes off to you and returning phone calls. I am still waiting. You can buy direct or just go to most fishing stores they can order them in for you if they don't have them already.

Try this site...on orders over $250 they will include shipping from Alberta. www.halfordsmailorder.com They can get you the same machine and others. Great prices on bags too. On bulk orders they will reduce there prices.

[Gunsmith]

I do recommend Halford Hide and Leather. They have always been good to me and they have lots of neat stuff.

[Fishing Guide]

Cheers All,

Jahfreddy: I looked at that unit but it does not have a raised snorkel nor does it have a water trap so I was not considering it too heavily. The elite is stainless, way better constructed and almost the same money.

However the deciding factor for me was this company is so bad at doing business that I would never even consider them. As Fishassassin123 said, they do not return phone calls, they don't have the information on the units they sell and they don't have product on hand. Seems like every time I call ... it takes weeks and MONTHS for them to return the calls. I can only speak for myself but I would NEVER use this company and, if I ran my company the way they ran theirs, I would have been out of business years ago. I played run around with them for 10 months and then gave up. I have patience but I am no Saint! And, if you ever had problems you would be waiting forever for help
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