Kitchen

[autumnsunset]

Good Morning we decided to order the one that folds up we liive in a small home so not much counter space ordered it yesterday and to my surprise it shipped today 6/2 boy that was fast. Good work QVC.

[debic]

Sometimes they just shock you. Force yourself to use it at first and it will become second nature pretty quickly.

[Perkup]

On 6/1/2014 Nightowlz said:

On 6/1/2014 Perkup said:

I'm also considering buying a Food Saver. Can anyone tell me what the top of the line QVC carries? I'd like one, but If I can't get the best, I'll wait. Any suggestions on features would be appreciated also.

Q does not carry the top of the line. If you look on FoodSaver site online you can see they sell one for $450. http://www.foodsaver.com/vacuum-sealers The one Q sells for $80 is the one I have & does what I need.

Sorry I wasn't clear. I wanted to know if it was the top of the line at QVC.

[Soushi24]

I had a food saver and loved it. Had it for many years and it died. I just replaced it with another Food Saver.

I only wanted the basic Food Saver, not all the other vacuum items that you could have with a higher end purchase. I knew I wouldn't use them and it would just take up shelf space.

I bought mine on Amazon for $29.00. Works fine for me. Also bought bags there too.

Great way to buy meat when on sale and put in freezer bags for 2 people.

[SuziQ2]

You will love it if you get one. Great item, and saves lots of money by buying larger packages and putting some of those in the freezer to keep them nice and fresh. The

bags that come with it are much heavier than ziplock bags too...so the frozen food will last much longer without freezer burn.

[Cats3000]

We had one a number of years ago. Bought it from the Foodsaver website. It was supposed to be a "heavier duty" model. Used it for about a month and then sent it back. The end of each bag took up so much room in our freezer and that became a problem. Tried to use it on bagels BEFORE partially freezing them. Squashed the bagels. Too much trouble to put fresh ones in the freezer then take them out to seal them, then put them back in the freezer. At the end, the machine had trouble properly sealing bags.

I wouldn't recommend Foodsavers to anyone.

[RASHIKE]

IMHO! Well worth the money. Have had one for 20 yrs and use it several times a month.

[Eileen in Virginia]

I've had one for years and don't know what I'd do without it, especially since I do alot of my grocery shopping at BJ's. I've never had a problem with freezer burn for food I've sealed in Food Saver bags. I usually get the quart sized bags at BJ's and the gallon sized ones at a nearby outlet mall. I've got a galley kitchen, so counter space is at a premium, but my Food Saver's always on the counter.

[Daysdee]

I had one years ago and when I replaced it, the new one just didn't work right. Gave up on it. Recently bought a small one for around $70. from Target. I didn't get the color I wanted, but I don't keep it out. Happy with it so far. Ordered online with free shipping. I have to freeze food now--too expensive to let it go bad.

[Mominohio]

I'm with chickenbutt as co queen of the Food Saver. I am on my second one, wore out the first.

Like debc, I use mine and half gallon jars to seal lots of dried goods. Pasta, rice, beans, oats, other hot cereal mixes, dried soup mixes, candy (buy it the day after the holiday, and keep it for a year), flour, sugar, just anything dry. It keeps the bugs out, and keeps things fresh for over a year, so I only buy at rock bottom prices and get enough to last.

We have sealed up a side of beef at a time, and all meat we put in the freezer. When the garden comes in I dice up onions and freeze them for soups and casseroles in the winter, as well as celery when it is on sale cheap.

It has lots of non food uses as well. I've used the bag rolls to cut them to seal a change of clothing when going camping or canoeing. No matter the weather, you have something dry to put on, even after ending up in the river. It works good to seal up fire starting equipment for camping to keep it dry as well. If you are prone to flooding, you can seal up your most important papers (ss card, licences, and other important documents) and not worry about them getting wet, and all together when you have to evacuate.

The cost of the bags is considerable, but many can be used again, and using the jars for all dry goods keeps you from having to buy so many bags and rolls. I wouldn't be without mine.