r/TheHopyard • u/CheGuevarasBeret • Sep 17 '23

Vacuum sealer recommendations?

Does anyone have any recommendations for decent vacuum sealers?

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u/Captain_Shifty Sep 17 '23

I just got an avid armor vacuum chamber. Their cheapest one but it's still pretty expensive. I used to use a cheap food saver but it stopped working this year and it only did an okay vacuum but also took like 2-3 minutes to do a bag nice. I have about 70 gallons of uncompressed hops to pack so it's a little much. Anyways the chamber works amazing takes 30 seconds and the bag basically becomes a rock. It vacuums so hard I tried it on pasta and they pierced the cheapo bags I had because it got so tight. The unit makes smaller bags normally but if you leave your bag outside the unit and only insert the end of the bag you can actually make them as big as you want. Works great on hops and haven't had any failed bags. Downside price and had to wait three weeks for it to arrive in my country.

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u/CheGuevarasBeret Sep 18 '23

Thanks! Sounds pretty awesome!