I bought the 12" Cabelas last year on sale. I think its 12", its the smaller model. It's fine. Much better than Foodsaver. Seems to vacuum and seal better. I was always fighting with the Foodsaver to get the bag in the right position to work. This thing works better. Just seems to take less effort to seal up fish.
Thats the unit i was thinking about see alot of mixed reviews on it , so thats good to hear.
I find the Foodsaver only good if i use the sealed 3 sided bags, sick of finding pieces that have lost there seal in freezer,had it five years and it doesnT owe me anything at this point, i don’t freeze anything for more then a year ,it has served me well for the 100$ i paid for it but i would like one a bit better without going to a full chamber sealer.
I have a cheap Ziploc sealer that my wife bought me years ago. The food saver bags never worked in it, they would blow their seal for sure. I only use 4 mil bags now, and often find something from last year in the bottom of the freezer, that is still good. I say just use better bags
I got my vp215 chamber sealer used on ebay. All in I was around 500 bucks. But my dad has a cabelas sealer that he really likes. He says you can hold the vacuum as long as you like and manually seal it when you're ready.
Ended up picking up the 15 inch commercial grade sealer from Cabela’s , hope she works good, time will tell..
machine says it has to use channeled bags only , im sure thats to insure you buy the pricey Cabela’s brand bags . i sealed a piece of whitetail pepperoni to try it out this morning .
I couldn’t justify the chamber sealer just yet , this one was the best model the had at cabela’s with two boxes of bags i was right around 600$ , little more then i wanted to spend but seems pretty decent , i like the 100% duty cycle. maximum vacuum at 28”.
