Sous Vide Supreme SVV-00200 Vacuum Sealer

Do not buy this vacuum sealer!
First of all, I have used vacuum sealers, notably FoodSaver, and I am familiar with sous vide methods (which require a good vacuum and seal that stays sealed).

I received the SousVide Supreme Vacuum Sealer with the Demi Water Bath. Well, first of all, it does not seal well. The controls are only "seal only" and "vacuum seal" (and of course, a "cancel").

The instructions state that you shouldn't use liquids, however, in sealing ANY meat there is some liquid and even this tiny bit of liquid completely prevents a vacuum and seal. So you would need, one supposes, only to use frozen meat. The FoodSaver on the other hand, has a separate vacuum control that allows you to vacuum only to the degree that you want (so you can seal before any liquid interferes with your ability to seal), and then you can select a "seal" separately from "vacuum" -- this allows one to totally control the degree of vacuum which is highly desirable.

I'm sending this back...

Bags don't hold a seal
We got this sealer as part of a package deal, with the Sous Vide Supreme water oven, and some Sous Vide Supreme vacuum sealer bags.

For FREEZER / PANTRY STORAGE our machine is not functional. We've sealed ten bags for the freezer. All of them start out looking good, but not one of them held the seal airtight overnight.

For SOUS VIDE it can be made to work. We've found sealing each bag three times at each end holds the seal long enough to cook the food.

Simple but flexible bag sealer
EDIT: Well, the sealer is not standing up all that well. It now no longer seals automatically after pumping out all the air. I can still manually press the seal button and it works, so I'm not too upset, but the quality isn't as high as I initially thought. I'd still buy it for the extra control that you have (independent seal vs vacuum pump controls).
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I recently bought this bag sealer. It's about the same price as some of the more basic FoodSaver vacuum sealers and does almost exactly the same job: you place a bag in the jaws, press both sides to look the lid in place, press one button and it sucks all the air out and then seals the bag.

There are sealers available from other places/refurbished that will do the same thing for substantially less money.

However, I like this particular sealer for two reasons. First, it's really simple to use. Second, there is a "seal only" button that will let you make a seal without generating a vacuum...

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