Mar
20
2010
How to Vacuum seal Mylar bags in a foodsaver Part 2
Long term food storage can be achieved without cans, buckets or oxygen absorbers. Using my techique you can vacuum seal food in a mylar bag and a foodsaver.
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By buttheadfred778899, May 22, 2009 @ 2:37 am
hey, thanks a lot for the new video…it information will help a lot in my food storage……thanks again
By billygarner587, May 22, 2009 @ 3:33 am
Fred,
Try both techniques and let me know your preference.
By truetohisword, May 31, 2009 @ 3:00 am
Another great video … I’ll try both techniques. It would sure save on FS bags to use just a strip inside the mylar. Thank you!
By billygarner587, May 31, 2009 @ 4:56 am
Another good idea is to take an iron and make an even wider seal as a final step. Like the oxygen absorber, it’s good insurance.
By lslightcap, June 9, 2009 @ 8:04 pm
This worked like a charm! I never would have figured this out on my own. Thank you!!!
By billygarner587, June 10, 2009 @ 1:46 am
You’re quite welcome. Do use the iron though. Some bags I didn’t use the iron on leaked a little. The iron gives you a wider seal.
By robinkoeman, July 28, 2009 @ 9:12 am
So the air in the bags will automatically drain out of the bag once you seal it? Or is that an optical illusion..? Thanks for the reply 5/5
By billygarner587, August 10, 2009 @ 5:21 am
The Foodsaver sucks all of the air out prior to sealing. Your hear the vacuum then once the suction reaches a preset level, the heat strip warms, sealing the mylar. The Foodsaver bags work quite well, but eventually air will diffuse into the bag, so they aren’t good for long term (30 years) food storage. Perhaps a few years though.
By ImagesbyMarie, August 24, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
Thanks. Worked great. You are the man!
By liabatud67, August 27, 2009 @ 6:40 am
What thickness were the bags that you used? I purchased a case from the LDS website and have yet to put them to use. (Truck driver)
I want to get more food stores up when possible. Thanks for the GREAT vid’s. We all know that when it comes to food storage bags, mylar is the way to go.
By vention4wh, October 21, 2009 @ 12:58 am
Darn! I thought I was the first one to think of this! Oh well. I guess that means you are I are brain brothers. It takes a very imaginative and logical mind to come up with an idea like this.
Here’s my video. It was such a cool idea that I wanted to share it too.
watch?v=4U_mTR9rEUg
By juliezv, November 13, 2009 @ 7:19 pm
You, sir, are a genius!
By 7777Ralph, December 16, 2009 @ 11:24 am
Right on
.
I was looking for cheaper bags than the expensive food saver bags to seal food with. If the mylar bags are reasonably cheap, this just solved my problem.
Thank you sir
By DontComeToMyHouse, February 6, 2010 @ 7:23 pm
Billy…what size Mylar bags are you using to fit the 8 inch strip of FoodSaver bag inside it? Is the Mylar bag also 8 inches wide?
By southisrising, February 11, 2010 @ 3:27 am
Hey Billy, cut the strip sideways, feed into Mylar bottom to top, and seal. Will draw air from the bottom.
By 72542, February 15, 2010 @ 4:40 am
Excellent. Save a lot of foodsaver bag footage. Thanks!
By DontComeToMyHouse, February 19, 2010 @ 2:12 am
I just purchased the new FoodSaver V3840. It stands upright and it fully automatic. It took me about 2 hours to figure out the same process that Billy shows in the video. The key to the newer upright auto models is instead of cutting a 2-3″ strip, you cut about a 1″ or less strip so that the FoodSaver bag inside the Mylar bag does NOT cover the heat sealing strip. The 1″ strip ONLY goes into the vacuum chamber and the Mylar bag is sealed behind it all in one step b/c it’s fully automatic.
By DontComeToMyHouse, February 19, 2010 @ 2:30 am
The reason behind the very thin FoodSaver strip (1″ or less) is that it has to fit between the vacuum chamber and the heat strip (can’t touch the heat strip) on this newer model and there isn’t much room. When I cut a 3″ strip the bag never sealed b/c both the Mylar bag AND FoodSaver bag was on the heat strip, so the machine was trying to heat seal through all those bag layers.
Since the Mylar bag is the only part that is sealed you can actually reuse the 1″ strip over again on the next bag.
By urkingod, March 6, 2010 @ 5:14 pm
My air tight bag which came with the Food Saver does not hold the air for too long. I know the machine works perfectly and seals it tight first, but after about 30 days or longer, the bag gets loosen. I had collectible coins in couple bags and it sealed really nice and tight at first, but after a while all my coins were loose in all the bags. Do you have any tip ?