Foodsaver Review

Like the Vitamix, my Aunt gave me my FoodSaver and this is one of two appliances we keep on our kitchen counter and use every day.  We love fresh fruit but seasonal fruits can be very expensive if not in season.  For instance we love blueberries so at the peak of blueberry season this year we picked 18 pounds of blueberries.  Now mind you we gave some away to our elderly neighbors but for the other 16 pounds we kept I laid them out on a cookie sheet and froze them, then sucked them down using my FoodSaver.  We now will have blueberries throughout until next season.  I do this for peaches and pears, mangos and papaya and then for Xmas I make bread using different fruits in it to give as gifts.  By using "fruit fresh" on the fruit before I freeze it, the fruit does not discolor so it looks just as fresh when I'm thawing it .. if I would want it for dessert instead.   We purchase our meats in bulk and separate them to individual portions and freeze them (marking what it is and the date) and rotate accordingly in the freezer.   Since we moved from a city with all the conveniences to a very rural location in the foothills of the mountains, the FoodSaver has definitely saved us from costly trips to the grocery store, particularly with the prices of gas these days.  I would recommend a FoodSaver to any family regardless of the size of the family.  

We also go to the Florida Keys annually to do fishing and take along our FoodSaver. After our catch has been cleaned we immediately vacuum down all the fish and freeze it.  No freezer burn or watered down fish.  

Buy the rolls at discount warehouse for more rolls for the money such as Sams, Costco or BJs.