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After years of cooking sous vide I'm ready to purchase a reasonably priced vacuum sealer. I largely use sous vide for meal prep and not so much advanced techniques.

There seems to be a huge range of new sealers, but I'm looking for sub $200. $150 even better.

Ideally, roll cutter and options for vac strength or dry/wet sealing would be ideal. I'm intrigued by the Polyscience 200 and the Vacmaster Pro275. There are some lower cost options on Amazon from FoodSaver and brands I am unfamiliar with, with similar features, but not sure if any of those are solid for the lower price they run.

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torridice_498271

Save up for a chamber sealer if you want to seal anything wet. Even left overs can be problematic. Other than a chamber sealer forget any gimmicks and just get the cheapest one you can find. I have a simple foodsaver. It's been fine but I know others have had problems with that brand. If you aren't getting a chamber sealer you shouldn't have to spend more than $50 or so.

Jack_Mayer_85396

+1 for @torridice_498271 comment. Use zip-locs or get a cheapo vacuum machine and save your money for a chamber vacuum.

pd3ski_278514

What those 👇 guys said!! 50 bucks on an edge sealer and save your pennies for a c/vac!

Lou_34544

So anything that has liquid, like olive oil, you're telling me there's no capable vacuum sealer other than a chamber vac?

pd3ski_278514

Yup, cause that oil will move towards the seal bar and screw the seal. You can try to beat by hitting the manual seal button but yeah that's a lot of fun! Even on a c/vac you have to give 'headroom' in the bag for expansion. Using an edge sealer for things like meat the vacuum sucks the liquid towards the bar, freezing any potentially wet product prior to vacuuming is the only way to prevent that. Edge sealers are great for making custom bags or dry/frozen goods. Many things in life will frustrate but struggling w/wet product using an edge sealer is an invitation to use all available expletives 🎉 and possibly search for more in foreign languages ;-)

Plus the c/vac has got a couple more useful tricks up its sleeve.... I waited for quite a while then quizzed a few of the fine folks here, got some answers, turned the key and saw the future.... the future sucked in a good way!

And still, the majority of anything I cook s/v usually involves a zip lock freezer bag and several custom 4mil vac bags that I cook/wash/reuse for veg like carrot, one for asparagus etc...

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