Thank you so much for this review! I'm looking at getting a vacuum sealer for my mother who is getting old. My biggest concern was that she is completely ignorant when it comes to basic function and intuitive design of kitchen equipment, and you replicated that perfectly! You were able to show me that things that I thought even a child could figure out were problematic and not nearly intuitive as i thought they may be for someone who is clueless with this sort of thing.
The Nesco is 119.00 now not 94 and the 2 ND is 69.97. just ordered the nutrichef as they have improved. Also it's the cost of the bags that are crucial. They have generic bags that have a cutter on the box . Foodsaver bags are really . expensive I'll see if the nutrichef works if not return and get the lesser expensive Nesco.. you rate Nutrichef better later. Thank you so much.
I have the Geryon and haven't had any trouble from it. Some tips are .. Never leave the locking sealers locked during storage. This disforms the sealing gaskets... Preheat the heating element before use, or once vacuumed and sealed, hit seal again.... For wet vacuuming meat I place a paper towel rolled up just below the sealing line leaving the paper in the vacuumed contents. This will block some fluids from coming up into the vacuum unit... For vacuuming soups or liquids I recommend plastic vacuum containers or freezing contents first. After I seal, I retract the bag about a quarter inch and reseal again. Thus giving it a double seal.
@@Mandy_39 I have had mine about 9 months now and use it quite often. Have run two rolls of storage bags through it and all is well. Only downside is it don't have a cutter. And don't lock it down when storing, as not to compress the seals.
Looks to me like the Foodsaver provides far more suction than the Nesco and works far faster as well. The lack of a cutter on the Foodsaver may be of lesser importance, particularly for those of us wishing to use the secondary function for canning. So I'd have to favor the Foodsaver over the Nesco.
No way the Nesco was able to crush a cup where the food saver failed. sucking out air surrounding a solid object is much easier than sucking out air AND crushing an object. If he was doing a fair test he would've stuck with the cup and just gotten a bigger bag.
Awesome review. You’ve made me consider looking for a refurbished unit instead of buying brand new, however, the Nesco seems to be a good deal. I wonder if the sliding mechanism on the Nutriseal¿ helps to keep it closed?
@@Speed.Racer.5 thanks for replying, really appreciate it! They just make everything so cheap these days & dang near everything has horrible reviews it's hard to find the good sometimes!
These type of vacuum sealers suck air from INSIDE the bag which requires an air channel hence the pattern texture inside foodsaver bags. Tricks can be used to work around regular smooth bags. Chamber vacuum sealers use smooth bags and can truly do liquids because they suck from the outside of the bag (inside chamber) and not sucking from the contents. More of compressing the bag to squeeze air out. These are far better but much more expensive.
I read a full review on the desktop in Wirecutter that the Nesco had the strongest vacuum at 25.1 inHg , FoodSaver has 15 inHg That stands for inches of Mercury. The more inHg the stronger the suction will be. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-vacuum-sealer/ The specifications I mentioned are under the heading of "what about FoodSaver vacuum sealers".
