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FoodSaver Plastic Jar Sealer for Vacuum Sealers (Fits Regular & Wide Mason Jars)
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This one appears to be pretty fast if you're feeling impatient. I don't know about the level of vacuum though.
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Here's my amazon review for some details on making these jar sealers work:
First, the jar adapter is specifically designed to not work with foodsaver handheld cordless. The hose doesn't fit, and the text on the top of the jar adapter is right where the handheld would fit if pressed, making a bad seal. To make the hose fit I first took the cap off the foodsaver handheld to expose a hose connector. I believe the cap was there to keep liquids from getting sucked up into the pump. I took the hose that came with the jar kit, cut it in half, and hit one of the cut ends with a heat gun. While hot I then pressed it onto the hose connector and it expanded to fit.
Put food in a jar with whatever heating or cooling or drying technique you fee like, put the lid (but not band) on, and attach the jar adapter. When you start to pump the sound should go from a medium frequency to a low frequency to a high frequency. At a medium frequency it's not doing any work, 14.7psi in the jar, 14.7 psi outside of the jar. It's just moving air around like a fan. At a low frequency the jar adapter rubber has sealed to the bead of the jar and the pressure inside the adapter is lower than ambient. There are a lot of air particles slowing down the pump. At a high frequency the jar is empty of air. The pump is spinning or flapping or whatever and there are few air particles to slow it down. At this point stop pumping and disconnect the hose from the jar adapter. A regular lid is about 3" diameter. That's about 7 square inches. A proper seal with a full vacuum at sea level would take 104lbs of force to remove the lid, not counting cheating by lifting the edge to let air in. All that air pressure is holding down the lid so you can safely remove the jar adapter. If the jar adapter is knocking the lid off with its flimsy rubber then it's not really vacuum sealed.
I've done about 30 jars. On 4 of them the jar adapter wouldn't seal to the jar. On 2 of them I just had to press down harder so the rubber hit the bead. On 2 of them I ended up tying a string around the outside of the rubber underneath the adapter to get it to form a seal to the bead.
If you have a regular FoodSaver these jar adapters a must. Push the adapter over the jar with a lid sitting on top and make sure it's fully seated. Attach the hose and hit the canister button. The trick is to pull the hose off the adapter "immediately" once the machine stops vacuuming. Do that without delay and it will seal every time.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089SPYCBF/
This one appears to be pretty fast if you're feeling impatient. I don't know about the level of vacuum though.
https://www.amazon.com/FTVOGUE-Oi...07NYZ2CGK/
Here's my amazon review for some details on making these jar sealers work:
First, the jar adapter is specifically designed to not work with foodsaver handheld cordless. The hose doesn't fit, and the text on the top of the jar adapter is right where the handheld would fit if pressed, making a bad seal. To make the hose fit I first took the cap off the foodsaver handheld to expose a hose connector. I believe the cap was there to keep liquids from getting sucked up into the pump. I took the hose that came with the jar kit, cut it in half, and hit one of the cut ends with a heat gun. While hot I then pressed it onto the hose connector and it expanded to fit.
Put food in a jar with whatever heating or cooling or drying technique you fee like, put the lid (but not band) on, and attach the jar adapter. When you start to pump the sound should go from a medium frequency to a low frequency to a high frequency. At a medium frequency it's not doing any work, 14.7psi in the jar, 14.7 psi outside of the jar. It's just moving air around like a fan. At a low frequency the jar adapter rubber has sealed to the bead of the jar and the pressure inside the adapter is lower than ambient. There are a lot of air particles slowing down the pump. At a high frequency the jar is empty of air. The pump is spinning or flapping or whatever and there are few air particles to slow it down. At this point stop pumping and disconnect the hose from the jar adapter. A regular lid is about 3" diameter. That's about 7 square inches. A proper seal with a full vacuum at sea level would take 104lbs of force to remove the lid, not counting cheating by lifting the edge to let air in. All that air pressure is holding down the lid so you can safely remove the jar adapter. If the jar adapter is knocking the lid off with its flimsy rubber then it's not really vacuum sealed.
I've done about 30 jars. On 4 of them the jar adapter wouldn't seal to the jar. On 2 of them I just had to press down harder so the rubber hit the bead. On 2 of them I ended up tying a string around the outside of the rubber underneath the adapter to get it to form a seal to the bead.
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If you have a regular FoodSaver these jar adapters a must. Push the adapter over the jar with a lid sitting on top and make sure it's fully seated. Attach the hose and hit the canister button. The trick is to pull the hose off the adapter "immediately" once the machine stops vacuuming. Do that without delay and it will seal every time.
I've used it to seal up bacon grease, rendered beef or chicken fat, and partially used deep fryer oil in mason jars to extend the time before the fat/oil goes rancid.
I've also used it to vacuum seal homemade beef jerky in mason jars too.
There are likely a ton of uses that I'm not even thinking of.
I think I paid like 25 bucks for the set several years ago.
I really need some thick various sized mylar bags for vac sealing dry goods and small items, etc
Any guidance in that direction?? Thanks!
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I really need some thick various sized mylar bags for vac sealing dry goods and small items, etc
Any guidance in that direction?? Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089SPYCBF/
This one appears to be pretty fast if you're feeling impatient. I don't know about the level of vacuum though.
https://www.amazon.com/FTVOGUE-Oi...07NYZ2CGK/
Here's my amazon review for some details on making these jar sealers work:
First, the jar adapter is specifically designed to not work with foodsaver handheld cordless. The hose doesn't fit, and the text on the top of the jar adapter is right where the handheld would fit if pressed, making a bad seal. To make the hose fit I first took the cap off the foodsaver handheld to expose a hose connector. I believe the cap was there to keep liquids from getting sucked up into the pump. I took the hose that came with the jar kit, cut it in half, and hit one of the cut ends with a heat gun. While hot I then pressed it onto the hose connector and it expanded to fit.
Put food in a jar with whatever heating or cooling or drying technique you fee like, put the lid (but not band) on, and attach the jar adapter. When you start to pump the sound should go from a medium frequency to a low frequency to a high frequency. At a medium frequency it's not doing any work, 14.7psi in the jar, 14.7 psi outside of the jar. It's just moving air around like a fan. At a low frequency the jar adapter rubber has sealed to the bead of the jar and the pressure inside the adapter is lower than ambient. There are a lot of air particles slowing down the pump. At a high frequency the jar is empty of air. The pump is spinning or flapping or whatever and there are few air particles to slow it down. At this point stop pumping and disconnect the hose from the jar adapter. A regular lid is about 3" diameter. That's about 7 square inches. A proper seal with a full vacuum at sea level would take 104lbs of force to remove the lid, not counting cheating by lifting the edge to let air in. All that air pressure is holding down the lid so you can safely remove the jar adapter. If the jar adapter is knocking the lid off with its flimsy rubber then it's not really vacuum sealed.
I've done about 30 jars. On 4 of them the jar adapter wouldn't seal to the jar. On 2 of them I just had to press down harder so the rubber hit the bead. On 2 of them I ended up tying a string around the outside of the rubber underneath the adapter to get it to form a seal to the bead.
I really need some thick various sized mylar bags for vac sealing dry goods and small items, etc
Any guidance in that direction?? Thanks!
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