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Jeßus[_50_]

On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:34:08 -0300, wrote:

>On Sat, 05 Sep 2015 07:03:50 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 17:42:06 -0300, wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 12:54:21 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>anyone have one? Seems to me to be like a printer vs. ink cartridges- cheap machine, expensive bags.
>>>
>>>I do and I like it for stuff I want to put in the freezer. I buy any
>>>bags on sale, they all work.
>>
>>I've found that some brands of bags are of *much* better quality than
>>others.
>>
>>I have a large quantity of cheap bags I bought from a catering
>>suppliers, they're 'okay', but I can get another brand (only available
>>at retail prices) which are far tougher and less prone to tearing. The
>>cheaper ones also don't seem to heat seal quite as good either.
>>
>>I much prefer to pay more for the better quality bags, rather than
>>have the occasional frozen item that has some freezer burn because the
>>bag has torn of the seal has broken.
>
>I keep and wash the good bags, each time they get smaller though.

Yeah - which is why I make my bags (off a roll) a couple of inches
longer than they need to be.