Waring Pro PVS1000 Pistol Vac Professional Vacuum Sealer System

So glad I got this instead of food saver
This thing is small, well built and the bags are heavy duty as stated. The Food Saver I had broke within the first two weeks and using those rolls of bag plastic was a pain. This sealer comes with a plastic thing used for closing the bags, but you'll likely not need it. although the bags are heavy duty and reusable, the instructions recommend throwing them away if they've held raw meet. The bags are dishwasher safe, but I recommend putting soapy water in them and sucking a little bit of water through the valve then rinse the bags and dry them inside and out with a towel. I take sealed bag out of the refrigerator, break the seal, take something out of the bag, close the bag, reseal it, and stick in back in the frig in about 40-60 seconds... it's that fast.

It's a little large, but it seals up my mason jars great
I bought this to use in conjunction with my Foodsaver Wide-Mouth Mason Jar sealer. I only used it to seal up two jars so far, and it has worked flawlessly. It has a single suction cup on the business-end of the pistol, and I just place it over the Jar Sealer's hole, press the trigger for 10 seconds and the jar is sealed up tight as a drum. As for the mason jar, it sealed very tight -- almost too tight. I had a lot of difficulty prying it off, but I hope that I will get that technique down with practice. I wonder whether I ought to create "less" of a vacuum by pumping for less time...

In any case, I wanted to write the review because I didn't see any, and I wanted people to know this can be used to seal mason jars.

I haven't tried using the plastic bags that came with this, though I do intend to use them for things like sealing up sliced cheeses and other stuff that doesn't fit well in a jar.

This device is fairly large, though obviously much...

Waring Pistol Vac Vacuum Sealer
Wasn't sure if I was going to keep this after I opened it. Had the old type press-and-seal type and wasn't sure I wanted this type. Was going to send it back but decided to give it a shot, very glad I did. The reusable bags are very heavy and easy to use - great seal. I think to keep them easier to clean & therefore preserve the reusable quality, I may put messy things in another wrapping and then seal in the reusable bags. I haven't tried the jar sealer yet, but will add to this review when I do. I do think I am going to really like this sealer system, it is very convenient (size-wise) to leave out, therefore will get used more often.

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