Comments on: Vacuum seal a mylar bag with a food saver

By: vention4wh

vention4wh — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:56:00 +0000

@GettingPrepared
I’ve been filling them higher lately, about an inch from the top. I’ll try your 3-4 cup method next time.
If you’ve filled over 50 buckets, you’re a serious prepper!

By: GettingPrepared

GettingPrepared — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:23:59 +0000

You are wasting mylar… your buckets are not full enough man. I see at least 3-4 inches left. Take it up to level with the top of the bucket then take out 4 cups. That gives you the perfect amount of space to stuff the extra mylar and fit the lid. Not only do you get more food in each bucket, you eliminate the need to vac it because there is so much less air the O2′s create the vacuum. I have done 50-100 buckets this way. Wanna see pics i got them.

I hope this helps.

By: ptardugn

ptardugn — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:40:08 +0000

when do you put the oxygen absorber in the mylar bag. I did not see when you put it in the bag. Also I think the food sealer might work better if you have the bucket a little higher up and the food sealer would not have to work so hard to get the air out of the bag. I really like your video. It answers a lot of questions I had about long term food storage. thank you

By: 7777Ralph

7777Ralph — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:58:43 +0000

Nice. Thanks much .

By: vention4wh

vention4wh — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:50:01 +0000

I bought the oxygen absorbers at a place called “the survival center”. I’m lucky since it’s close enough for me to drive there so I can load up on beans, wheat and rice in those 6 gallon buckets without paying shipping.
The mylar bags I bought on Amazon. The bags were expensive but they came with oxygen absorbers of their own. Ten bags and ten absorbers cost about 30 bucks. With this setup though, I can pack rice and grains to last 20 years.

By: 7777Ralph

7777Ralph — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:57:42 +0000

Can you tell me where you got the oxygon absorbers and the mylar bags….and how much they cost please?

Thank you sir for the video

By: keltrce

keltrce — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:02:20 +0000

You don’t need a food grade bucket with the mylar bags.

By: ZalisMR

ZalisMR — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:14:01 +0000

Try using the cannister hose to vacuum out the air, then while the machine is on, use the iron to seal the bag….

By: billygarner587

billygarner587 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:32:19 +0000

Thanks for watching my video and your comment. Yours is a very ingenious technique. I’ll try it soon. Cutting off a corner: I never would have come up with that idea. By doing this you can use fewer Oxygen absorbers, saving $.40 apiece, and with the mylar bag, the bucket will never touch the food. Your could take the sealed rice out of the bucket, put it in boxes or totes, and reuse the same bucket. Lowes has the best price on those buckets Great video, great idea. We will survive.

By: 2010purple

2010purple — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:45:42 +0000

Good video
Thanks for posting your ideas