foodsaver

The heat strip on my V2840 Doesn't get hot enough to melt a bag anymore. Not sure I even want to look into fixing it. The seals (2nd set) are about ready too. She lasted a few years of heavy use which I guess is all you can ask for out of anything these days. I do almost all meat and never...

I've read on a couple forum posts that some use a FoodSaver to repackage meat after it's trimmed for contests. Is there any specific way that seems to work best or bags that work for the different meats? I'm heading to my first contest in a month and just got an older model for free off...