Pellet Fan
Pellet Fan Performance Testing & Product Tests => Product Tests => Topic started by: Bentley on February 18, 2018, 04:01:53 PM
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This is going to be a very short and sweet product Review. I am pretty sure that this product in this review is not sold anymore. I have had this unit since 2011. Most Vac sealers are very simple. You either take a premade bag or make one from your roll, insert the item to be vac sealed and seal it! I am hoping by at least putting this product Review Up, folks can see a little higher end model, and it may spark questions that can be posed about it, or any Vacuume Sealer, this type or Chamber Sealers.
Pros:
It accepts a variety of different manufactures bags, both rolls and premade.
It will accept a 15 inch diameter bag.
It has 28.5 mb of vacuum pressure.
It has a manual seal feature.
It has adjustable sealing time for different mils of bags.
It will seal multiple bags without needing breaks to let unit cool.
Cons:
It does not handle liquids very well.
You have to hold down the top till the unit gets to a certain point in the vacuum process.
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CG-15 Video (https://youtu.be/j6MTcFFa4x4)
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a lot less bleeps in that video than the uuni one's ;D
thanks for sharing
what does something similar to this cost?
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I see Cabela's has a new 15 inch for $449 with lifetime warranty and built in roll holder. The Weston Pro 2300 is $387 and Amazon has some factory 2nds at around $260. I think if I was gonna spend $449, as cheap as I am, I might have to dig down and try and come up with the $250 difference for the VacMaster VP210 Chamber Vacuum Sealer...The only thing I would not like is the width of the bags that can be used!
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that is the bad thing with the chamber sealers, I have a VP215 and a 10x13 bag is all that will fit in it.
Also I have not worked with mine enough to figure out how to seal something delicate like baked mac n cheese or baked goods. I use my worn out foodsaver for those. Been thinking about one of the 15" sealers like you have there.
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I did bread pudding in mine, did not quite have that manual seal down on that one!
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Thank you, gets me to thinking.
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We have the same sealer. I have thought about something like the VP210. Then I seal a rack of ribs or a brisket flat
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that is the bad thing with the chamber sealers, I have a VP215 and a 10x13 bag is all that will fit in it.
I've been wanting to get one of those. I'll have to measure out 10x13 and see how that looks. Going smaller is no problem tho, right?
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no issues going smaller. Vacmaster had a sale a few months after I bought mine, I bought 1000 each 6x7,7x9, 8x12 and 10x13 I went cheap and bought the 3mil bags but next time may get a little thicker. I have only had 1 rack of ribs that put a hole in a bag.
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What mil the 3 rolls in my picture are, I will have to go back to the order and see if it says!
Edit: I see mine were 4 mil...
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no issues going smaller. Vacmaster had a sale a few months after I bought mine, I bought 1000 each 6x7,7x9, 8x12 and 10x13 I went cheap and bought the 3mil bags but next time may get a little thicker. I have only had 1 rack of ribs that put a hole in a bag.
I did about the same thing but did order the 4 mil in the 10x13 size. From here on it will be the 4 mil or maybe even the 5 mil. You can buy a box of bone guards pretty cheap for foods with sharp points. I got a box mainly for salmon pin bone protection. I pull the pin bones just before cooking rather than when filleting and packaging. The VP 215 does have it's limits but I am extremely happy with ours. I've had the foodsavers before and they are a pain in many ways by comparison and as pointed out liquids are a no go in that style sealer. One thing to keep in mind when buying a chamber sealer, sure they cost more up front but if you do a lot of sealing which we do the savings are in the bagging material. Roughly 1/10th the price of food saver bags and the seal is better IMHO.
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Well guys, after a good 10 year run, it has not given up the ghost, but the CG-15 in not what it used to be. I am going to be replacing it. This unit has seen a lot of use, abuse and 3 moves. I guess at $35/year it is hard to say it was not a bargain and did its job very well. Now I have to bite my lip and look at shelling out $400+ to get something as good!
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I had intended to buy one similar to the one you have and came across this on sale for either $100 or $120 on day and decided to give it a go. This one has worked well for me.
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabelas-12-pro-series-vacuum-sealer?lcab.rdr=TRUE&slotId=2
They do have a 15" one too. Reviews are not the best. Not sure why it wouldn't perform as well as the 3 inch smaller unit.
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabelas-15-pro-series-dual-voltage-vacuum-sealer?rrec=true
You may want to look into the LEM brand too. It looks like if you sign up and give them an email address they will give you a coupon code for 10% off.
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Thanks for this. I am thinking of just buying a $40 one Amazon to see just how long a unit like that would last. Eyes Wide Open ya know! I think I will go to the LEM site though.
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I’ve had super luck so far with this Anova ANVS01 (knock on wood). It runs circles around my old Foodsaver. The only thing weird about it is each side locks down independently. I think that helps it seal better, but you have to unlock both sides to release. It does pulse as well which my Foodsaver didn’t. I don’t know if they do a 15 inch model though.
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Thank you. I am hoping to get input from folks who have different models that they are having success with. I do not use 15 inch much, but it sure is nice to have when you need it! But they seem to start at about the $300 range and if you want a 900 watt, with double pump you are lookin at $400+ most of the time!
Another consideration is bags. I liked that the CG would seal just about any bag, it did not have to be ribbed like the foodsaver. Any special bag requirements for this one?
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I think most of them need to have one side of the bag ribbed in order to work properly unless it is one of those submersible machines.
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I bought a Vacmaster Pro380 a year or so ago. They sent me an email with a discount and free ship, and a guy on FB posted a link for $150 off, I got it and 3 rolls of 15" bag material for $200 Once I figured out how to get it adjusted to what I needed it works great, the first couple of times were trying though.
Looks like they replaced the 350 and 380 with a 360.
https://www.vacmasterfresh.com/vacmaster-pro360-vacuum-sealer-with-16-seal-bar/
One of the people in a FB group bought a chamber sealer from here, it is the VacPak it. He got one similar to the VP215 but here is a suction sealer from the same company.
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/ary-vacmaster-pro-380-external-vacuum-packaging-machine-with-16-seal-bar/120VMA380.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw9b_4BRCMARIsADMUIyq5LPJtn-ppfHROf-nxvOnzgd_KuoR0P7mjQmJEBWGsKvoag_rE2LcaAvEMEALw_wcB
I use my chamber sealer far more than the suction machine but as has been said, a 15" wide bag is needed at times.
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Not sure if they still make these or not, I remember watching a video on them a while back, works with just about any bag I think and can do liquids.
https://foodshield-usa.myshopify.com/
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After purchasing a FoodSaver from Costco and having intermittent problems getting it to start an automatic cycle, I finally gave up on it and purchased an Avid Amour A100 (~$300).
Day and night. Fully stainless steel versus plastic. About the only thing I don't really like is it does't have a built-in bag cutter.
They also make a chamber sealer (~$600). But if i succumbed to my GAS (gadget acquisition syndrome) and bought one, my wife would likely kill me :<)
So far, so good. Hopefully I haven't jinxed myself....
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Thanks guys!
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Thanks guys!
So many choices now :)
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We just want to see you buy new things so we get those famous videos and reviews.
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All I keep thinking is...if its to good to be true. This has to be a rip off? Will see if they respond to my email. I am tempted to call American Express and ask what recourse I have if I buy it and it is a scam!
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Looks like payment thru paypal so you may have some recourse thru them too
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I would stay away from it Bentley. They list an address in Ohio but the phone number is in Wisconsin. Paypal does give you protection but it takes a long time. Been down that road.
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I am curious as to how Bentley even found it. If I hit home it shows I can buy planters and pot, shop is the same thing. Search gets me nothing.
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I've run into things like that on Facebook market place. The one I did order from, their website disappeared the day after I placed the order. I paid with PayPal using my credit card and disputed the charge with both. My CC company canceled right away but it took a long time for PayPal to cancel it. So in the end I didn't loose any thing.
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I just did a Google search of Vacuum sealers...and if I do it now it is gone. It was one of the little ads with pictures at the top. Gonna take link out!
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And thanks for no one telling me I spelled vacuum wrong for 2 1/2 years...
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And thanks for no one telling me I spelled vacuum wrong for 2 1/2 years...
Must be a good feeling and make you sleep well at night knowing we got your back.
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What did you end up buying? I just got an email from LEM with a coupon code and it got me thinking that I "need" a new one just because I can.
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I was going to do a short Product Review after I have had it a year...I did not realize I had already exceeded that time. Going out the door, will try and write some thing up about it when I get back. It was $39, I see it is now $47...not $350 like the Weston I was looking at...and it has been all I have needed for 14 months. Just one Con!
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I love my chamber vac and I also have the 15" vacmaster suction forget the model, but there are times I miss not having one of the small foodsaver style units. Maybe this will change that.
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There only real draw back to this is back to 11 inch being the widest I can seal, will not be an issue with you Dave. And for the price, I did not look real close at all the functions. You cannot manually seal with this unit, and that is a con for me. I have made it work. I knew if it lasted 2 years and breaks like every FoodSaver I have ever had did, I would not care at $39. And I would probably look for a 15 inch again! But you do not seem to be able to find any of them for under $400.
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There only real draw back to this is back to 11 inch being the widest I can seal, will not be an issue with you Dave. And for the price, I did not look real close at all the functions. You cannot manually seal with this unit, and that is a con for me. I have made it work. I knew if it lasted 2 years and breaks like every FoodSaver I have ever had did, I would not care at $39. And I would probably look for a 15 inch again! But you do not seem to be able to find any of them for under $400.
I have had 3 FoodSavers, one died but the two I have work fine. They are the heavier repetition GameSavers.
One claimed 60 repetitions the other 80.
They both got that when now, but not that now. More like 40 and 60 now.
Have to replace one of the seals once for $4 I think, but other than that they have been working fine.
Use them pretty heavy in June for blueberries, and in August for Hatch Chilies.
Then the usual ad hoc times through the year.