As some of you may recall, I ruined my old foodsaver, one of the original models. I tried to fix it, but, was not successful. It just plain drank too much water.
Anyway, I ordered a new one. A model 3840. One of the most helpful things that came with it is the instruction manual. Even though, I do not often read them. I did this time.
From what I read lots of folks have killed their foodsavers and they seem to have done a bunch of post mortems.
The vacuum chamber now has a liquid sensor that shuts the unit off it it sees too much water.
They caution you to partially freeze wet food before sealing, or put a folded paper towel in the bag to act as a dam and keep it from taking a drink.
The unit is a stand up unit which has made it a usable counter top appliance. This has resulted im more things being sealed and saved, since I do not have to get the unit out and put it away every time.
It came with a marinating canister, which I have successfully used to marinate salmon, did a great job and fast too. It sores a roll of bags so, it is always ready to go.
It allows you to instantly stop vacuuming and go immediately to seal. this alone would have saved the old one.
It also allows you to just seal without vacuum.
It seals more than just foodsaver bags. Having company opened a new bag of chips and didn't eat them all? The Foodsaver will reseal the bag of chips.
Foodsaver now makes zipper bags, like the old Handy Vac bags. Foodsaber makes an attachment to evacuate them. I do not have this attachment, but, I am wondering is it will seal other brands of bags as well.
Obviously, time in service will tell the tale. I am very happy so far.
Anyway, I ordered a new one. A model 3840. One of the most helpful things that came with it is the instruction manual. Even though, I do not often read them. I did this time.
From what I read lots of folks have killed their foodsavers and they seem to have done a bunch of post mortems.
The vacuum chamber now has a liquid sensor that shuts the unit off it it sees too much water.
They caution you to partially freeze wet food before sealing, or put a folded paper towel in the bag to act as a dam and keep it from taking a drink.
The unit is a stand up unit which has made it a usable counter top appliance. This has resulted im more things being sealed and saved, since I do not have to get the unit out and put it away every time.
It came with a marinating canister, which I have successfully used to marinate salmon, did a great job and fast too. It sores a roll of bags so, it is always ready to go.
It allows you to instantly stop vacuuming and go immediately to seal. this alone would have saved the old one.
It also allows you to just seal without vacuum.
It seals more than just foodsaver bags. Having company opened a new bag of chips and didn't eat them all? The Foodsaver will reseal the bag of chips.
Foodsaver now makes zipper bags, like the old Handy Vac bags. Foodsaber makes an attachment to evacuate them. I do not have this attachment, but, I am wondering is it will seal other brands of bags as well.
Obviously, time in service will tell the tale. I am very happy so far.