Q for PPOT chefs, food vacuum sealers?

[scottmandue]

We are on our second food vacuum bag sealer.
They only seem to last a year, I took the one we have apart (with the aid of some YouTube videos but this one is not 'user serviceable').

Anyone able to recommend a vacuum sealer that will last more than a year?

Thanks in advance.

[stomachmonkey]

A large pot.

Fill with water.

[Evans, Marv]

I'm no vacuum bag sealer expert, but our Costco one has lasted for 5+ years. My wife is the main operator. We only use it periodically though since there are only two of us.

[berettafan]

I have one of the old white plastic food saver brand and it's still going fine.

I fight fluids migrating and messing up the seal. To that end I've lusted over the top load type that can seal a bag of soup if you want but just can't justify the cost.

Found some pre made bags on amazon that simplified the process a bit vs the continuous roll.

If I were to buy new I'd try hard to find a reputable brand that has a better way of coping with wet foods. Current method is to fold up paper towel and hit the 'seal now' button when it starts to soak up liquid.

[billybek]

Wet foods I will bag and freeze before sealing.
I have a pretty good quality food saver brand sealer and it has lasted me long time.
I buy the bags and rolls from Costco when they are on sale.

[craigster59]

I have the Costco Foodsaver one. Works great!

[Rickysa]

We use ours all the time...really, all the time, so we spent some $$ for ours. Not sure how much you want to invest, but we went with the Vacmaster vp-215 (had some issues with the 210)