billygbob
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Feb 6, 2008
- Location
- T'ville, KY
BACKGROUND: I really needed (OK, wanted) a vacuum sealer. I read and read and read reviews of the different FoodSavers on the web. Seemed to be a real toss-up on if you'd get something that worked more than once or twice. So, based on the little I could find on the web and a few comments here I went for a Sorbent SnorkelVac. How it worked made sense to my feeble brain, and meant I didn't have to buy expensive bags.
I finally got the vacuum sealer (took 3 weeks)
And tried the obligatory beer can test
Before:
After:
BUT, the dadgum thing just wants to suck the sides of the bag into the 'snorkel'!
I had to either twist the bag to get it to open up a "path" to the contents (try #1) or had to hold the top of the bag up against the machine before starting the suction (try #2). Try #1 had a good seal; Try #2 had a 'fold' at the seal - you could hear that bag loosing vacuum after a bit ('chunk' sounds as the can was re-expanding).
Does anyone have any ideas on making a 'snorkel' type sealer work? I'd like to like the thing but don't want to have to fit it every time I use it! :icon_frow
Oh, BTW, if anyone needs an empty vacuum packed Bud Light can send me your address - first come first served. :mrgreen:
I finally got the vacuum sealer (took 3 weeks)
And tried the obligatory beer can test
Before:
After:
BUT, the dadgum thing just wants to suck the sides of the bag into the 'snorkel'!
I had to either twist the bag to get it to open up a "path" to the contents (try #1) or had to hold the top of the bag up against the machine before starting the suction (try #2). Try #1 had a good seal; Try #2 had a 'fold' at the seal - you could hear that bag loosing vacuum after a bit ('chunk' sounds as the can was re-expanding).
Does anyone have any ideas on making a 'snorkel' type sealer work? I'd like to like the thing but don't want to have to fit it every time I use it! :icon_frow
Oh, BTW, if anyone needs an empty vacuum packed Bud Light can send me your address - first come first served. :mrgreen: