When I use mylor bags and oxigen absorber...... do I need special food grade buckets or can I use any bucket with lid?
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Mine are in a white five gallon bucket. I still feel the most important thing for storage is a somewhat even temperature. My storage is in our 4'crawl space under our home. But...the packaging protects the product so I do not think you need special storage containers.
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I use pickle buckets from Firehouse Subs they are only $2 a piece and the $2 goes to a good cause
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Mine are in a white five gallon bucket. I still feel the most important thing for storage is a somewhat even temperature. My storage is in our 4' crawl space under our home. But...the packaging protects the product so I do not think you need special storage containers.
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The package that the oxygen absorbers come in is airtight.Each packet is not.I use my food saver with a jar attachment to put all i did not use in a mason jar and remove the air this way each time you use them they are fresh.I also put a silica jell pack into the jar as extra protections.Before i did this i used a zip lock bag or a jar with lid ,the indicator changed in about 2 months whereas the vacuum packed jars i have almost a year and the indicator is unchanged.
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i use them with my canister filter its in a mesh bag i put on bag in with my carbon bags seems to be fine i just use it a a precautionary thing. i still do normal water changes and everything else.
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Be careful of the bags you use some leach chemicals into food with cooking tempatures. I think the food saver brand bags are OK. The ones that come with the sous vid e are the ones to use. So the short answer is yes u can.
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Yes, it's open mesh, so you do need bags. The air flow keeps it dry enough that you don't have to wash the bin as often as you do the closed bins that seem to collect slime in the bottom whether you use a bag or not. I like it, but the one improvement I'd make would be some sort of clip to anchor the bags so they don't fall in when you're dumping scraps into the bin.
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You can get 5 gallon buckets and lids from Home Depot or here is an Amazon link Gamma Seal Lid With 5 Gallon White Bucket - 90 Mil, BPA Free, Food Grade Plastic Pail - Gamma2 Screw Seal Tight Lid (Blue)
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Hi Mauricio, yes, the oxygen absorbers do come with them IF they state so in the product listing. Make sure before you purchase. Amazon are great this way though, so if the listing shows Mylar bags AND oxygen absorbers, then they'll both be included in the purchase. Cheers, Susan.
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No. I have and older Food Saver 500 that we have used for years. These bags are "thin" and actually tend to melt through causing seal to leak. Other bags at 3 mil or 4 mil thicker are much better. They work best on our machine. I guess if you have a machine that doesn't heat the seal that much then it might be okay.
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As soon you open the package the oxy-sorb star warming , and has to use as soon as possible. And keep the unused one in an tight container. I didn't used silica with it, the oxy- absorb eliminates all the oxygen, and nothing humid could be inside the bag. This is my opinion.
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Whether these are technically "food grade" approved buckets is debatable. #2 HDPE is one of the preferred plastics for food grade, but according to the FDA food grade products should ALSO have either a glass/fork logo or words indicating "food grade approved". http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/plastics.html#foodgradeThat said, I have never seen a 5-gallon bucket marked as such. Both the buckets and the Gamma Lids are cheaper at Home Depot. They list theirs as "food storage" which is up to the Buyer to define....
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Hello Bob, you can put 25 lbs of rice or beans into each bag. It seals great with an iron, don't forget the oxygen absorbers, they usually come with the purchase of the bags. If they don't you will have to buy them separately. But you definitely need them to get the air out of the bags. Also you can find the 5 gallon food grade buckets and lids at Lowes. They are great for storing the bags. Hope this helps.
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I use standard tall kitchen bags. The bags are a little small for the can and need to be stretched a bit to fit the top. Use good quality bags and you shouldn't have any trouble. I haven't had any. You can also use standard green lawn and leaf bags, but I didn't like all the excess bag in the bottom of the can.
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hello mister and missus sleepy here. this is Mark here. as to your question can mylar bags be used with the food saver, my understanding is not very well but they do work um but its not that great. but apparently well enough to remove most of the air and then when you put the deoxygenater in with the food then that should be sufficient. I hope that answers your question um go on YouTube there are videos on the subject.
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I am not sure exactly what you are asking, so I will answer both possibilities. When using and sealing Mylar bags to store dry food such as rice, beans, pancake batter, etc. I seal most of a bag and then insert the oxy-absorber (one or more per bag depending on size) just before sealing the last section of the top of the mylar bag. Since the oxy-absorbers always seem to come in sealed packs of 10 or 20 at a time, and they need to be sealed as soon as possible before they get used up by the surrounding oxygen in the air, I use a stainless steel mason jar with a quick-seal glass lid that has a rubber seal to hold them once the original bag of oxy-absorbers is opened. As each Mylar bag is ready, I pop open the lid of the mason jar, grab the oxy-absorber and slide it into the mylar bag, then quickly seal the bag shut. The mason jar gets closed as fast as possible with each oxy-absorber taken out. The other possible answer has to do with saving the unused oxy-absorbers after all the mylar bags are done in one sitting. I haven't tried to do this, though I did once complain to a company that makes the oxy-absorbers that they should sell them in smaller sealed packages so you don't have to use all right away. They suggested I spend about $100 for an oxygen removing machine so I could reseal the unused absorbers for use later in their own mylar bag. I thought that was a dumb idea. In any case, the oxy-absorbers are pretty cheap and I just try to get several new mylar bags and supplies ready at a time so not too many are wasted and then just throw away the rest. I got the impression they wouldn't last in the mason jar for a long period of time.
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I use mine in Food Saver model V2244. It's also called a Bag Sealer on the bottom of the machine where the serial # and other info is. This is a manual machine, where you put product in the bag, because 3 sides are already sealed, then lay the unsealed top edge into the trough (this trough collects any water/juice from product). Close machine and select your choice of just plain seal, or vacuum and seal. These generic bags work every bit as well for me, as the more expensive bags from the Food Saver brand. Many of the bags I've seen in grocery stores indicate they can be used for Food Saver brand as well as Seal-A-Meal brand. This is just my personal experience, hope it helps.
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I would not use them with food. The size large are not any bigger than the biggest food storage bags, but because they are not marketed for use with food, they don't have to follow the same regulations and so on that things meant to be used with food do. If you wanted to, you could call the Ziploc question line and ask them if they are food safe, but I'd actually go with the Hefty jumbo 2.5 gallon - about the same capacity, but at least they're marketed to be safe for use with food, and to be safe in the microwave (if you had a microwave big enough to hold one).
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I use mylar and find them extreemly durable and they work well with the heatsealer. Poly bags are more fragile and can melt too much on the heat sealer. They are cheeper. If you are not looking at long term storage or using for back packing or camping than poly may be OK for you. I just prefer Mylar. Bying it in large quantities saves money and gets the cost down a bit.