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Well don't hesitate!
I did, but when I eventually found enough reasons to justify it, I discovered I use it for a whole load more things than I was expecting. And the bags are much cheaper than I was expecting.
At first I was thinking for hops only. Hops are possibly the most expensive AG ingredient and deteriorate relatively fast. Then I got interested in Sous Vide, but I bought a Sous Vide machine which came with reusable hand-pump bags, so still no need for a vac pac. But I quickly got tired of the hand-pump bag idea, especially for 3 day Sous Vide cooks when I was sure some water was getting into the bag. So I plumped for a vac pac.
My main considerations were good reviews, manual control of vac & seal, and not too much gap between bag top and seal (as you can reseal the bag and only lose that gap).
Once I had it in hand, I spent half a day vac packing all sorts of stuff. All my spices, all my herbs, coffee, tea, rice, dried mushrooms, baking powder, ham, hard cheese, wraps, dry beans... And of course, hops, special grains, irish moss, dextrose, yeast... And that was before I even began using it for Sous Vide. You probably guessed by now that it's quite well used, much more than I was expecting.
It only occurred to me after I bought the vac pac that bags can be reused; you only lose the top bit you cut off. So if you don't mind washing them out (if used wet), and if, when from a roll, you cut initially much longer than you need, they can be used over and over again. I also found really cheap bags on Amazon. Those cheap ones can't be used for Sous Vide, but are the ones I use for pretty much everything else. That said, I do use expensive bags for the freezer, as they are more resilient. The cheap ones come in loads of sizes and believe me when I say that the long ones are better, as you just cut and reuse, cut and reuse.
After a lot of research, I ended up spending a bit more than I originally planned, but I think it's good value for money. I got the Magic Vac Maxima 2. If you know Amazon well enough to navigate in a foreign language, buying the vac pac and the bags from the Italian Amazon site proved cheaper, even after shipping and currency conversion.
Well, I don't work for Magic Vac, but a high recommendation none the less.
I did, but when I eventually found enough reasons to justify it, I discovered I use it for a whole load more things than I was expecting. And the bags are much cheaper than I was expecting.
At first I was thinking for hops only. Hops are possibly the most expensive AG ingredient and deteriorate relatively fast. Then I got interested in Sous Vide, but I bought a Sous Vide machine which came with reusable hand-pump bags, so still no need for a vac pac. But I quickly got tired of the hand-pump bag idea, especially for 3 day Sous Vide cooks when I was sure some water was getting into the bag. So I plumped for a vac pac.
My main considerations were good reviews, manual control of vac & seal, and not too much gap between bag top and seal (as you can reseal the bag and only lose that gap).
Once I had it in hand, I spent half a day vac packing all sorts of stuff. All my spices, all my herbs, coffee, tea, rice, dried mushrooms, baking powder, ham, hard cheese, wraps, dry beans... And of course, hops, special grains, irish moss, dextrose, yeast... And that was before I even began using it for Sous Vide. You probably guessed by now that it's quite well used, much more than I was expecting.
It only occurred to me after I bought the vac pac that bags can be reused; you only lose the top bit you cut off. So if you don't mind washing them out (if used wet), and if, when from a roll, you cut initially much longer than you need, they can be used over and over again. I also found really cheap bags on Amazon. Those cheap ones can't be used for Sous Vide, but are the ones I use for pretty much everything else. That said, I do use expensive bags for the freezer, as they are more resilient. The cheap ones come in loads of sizes and believe me when I say that the long ones are better, as you just cut and reuse, cut and reuse.
After a lot of research, I ended up spending a bit more than I originally planned, but I think it's good value for money. I got the Magic Vac Maxima 2. If you know Amazon well enough to navigate in a foreign language, buying the vac pac and the bags from the Italian Amazon site proved cheaper, even after shipping and currency conversion.
Well, I don't work for Magic Vac, but a high recommendation none the less.
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