How I Vacuum Seal without Vacuum Sealer Bags 

Can you please tell me if the Caterlite machine is better than a Foodsaver or a Sunbeam? I know that the Caterlite is made in China but it was one that was recommended to me.

Very good idea!!

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Did you try it? I wonder whether the zipper top can keep up with the vacuum pressure.

@@CyberSERT No, i think she is just making snack-sized bags if you don't need the top ribbed pieces to help suck out the air. Wonderful IDEA!

I don't know. I've tried that by sucking the air out myself and they always start out looking vacuum sealed but after a day or so, air gets back in and the bag is loose like I didn't do anything. I don't think ziplock bags seals are air tight.

I attest 2,000 RU-vid videos is doable :) It is a good hack tip, if you don't have any food saver bags at all.

2000 huh?

In general not on this subject

@@pamelapruett7833 lol, i thought it was common sense, but i guess some people take what others say literally

I agree

That is a great idea!

and no melt thru

@@maryjanegreen7601 Nope, no melt through because I move up or down 3/8” - 1/2” from the first seal. It’s just a double seal in case one fails.

Which machine do you have? Thanks!

Thanks for the tip. I vacuum sealed quite a lot of bags a few months ago they were well sealed and hard , but i just discovered today that many of these useless bags I bought from Amazon had air inside .

great , I will try that...wow 2 great tips in one day, in one video+comments thanks so much.

Thanks for this tip.

You beat me to it, that is also how I do it using mylar bags. Works well.

Does not work for me 😞

@@4tjinta Me either! I'm so sad! I have tried four bags and the air come out. I want to do this so bad. I bought several things to pack for later. Could cry!!

same here, and I am almost 62 ugh lol.

Is their a video on the flour sealing in paper bag,?

Paper bag? Flour?

@@cherylinchrist4826 I also use paper bags to store my flour in also, and for sugar.

@@maryarcher8484 its really simple. The dust from sugars and flours bakingbsodas and of the likes will make a mess clog machine over time . so put powdered stuff in brown lunch bags fold like a buritto basicly and then put into sealing bag. I have used her suggestion works great.

Yes! They are Mylar. Work great too.

Yes, but they do not vacuum seal, just seal. Still good to keep food fresh.

@@CarrSasticCreations Thanks! Now I know what to do with the ends that I cut off. I'll keep that in mind. Usually, though, it's something that I don't want crushed, so the vacuum seal isn't necessary.

Thanks for this tip!

Good idea

Wow James that really works.

I have tried this one, but now discover that I used width wise cut strips. Going to try it 'your' way. TFS

Thank you so much!!

I was thinking this same idea.

I've done this. It's a great trick! And so tru, you can't reuse the cut off part from the top as the vacuum straw. would be great though wouldn't it? When you get to the end of the roll and the left over is too small to actually seal anything, use it for this.

How long will food last this way

Awesome!!! You'll be sealing everything up!! 😍😘

Anyone try this with food saver type vacuum sealer. I have one you must slide the top of bag into it.

Not in the future, dnt waste! Emp grid going down. God bless you

That is what I was wondering. I cant tell you how much salad bags I end up throwing out after only two days of being open in the fridge they start to wilt and go soggy!! Thanks for this reply!

And I also feel like I’m butchering the spelling of your name ;) What is the the correct spelling?

I spell it Jinne, but any way is fine... Call me anything but "later to dinner". 😂😉

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Wonder if you could use the leftover strips of the vacuum bags to vacuum seal Mylar bags? Think I’ll try it.

Yea, looks ok but I don’t want to ruin my machine

Why do you use the tabs?

@@chrisharris1419 Did you watch the video. She explains why

I did?

@@chrisharris1419 She never explained why the tabs are used. Provides channels for air to be sucked out before melting???

Yes this is a good way but round the corners so they don't poke the bag

Maybe I'm just uneducated inn this, but why were there eggs in the beans, and how did they make powder?

@@kellyfennel3187 Bug eggs.

You can also get oxygen absorbers to throw in bags you aren't freezing. It will kill any potential critters.

@@reidweaver I read recently that people had found putting a couple of bay leaves in the bags kills any eggs, bugs. And putting them on the shelves in the pantry also deters them. (Wish it worked for mice 😁).

@@kellyfennel3187 I don't get it either. If the oxygen isn't in there, bugs shouldn't be able to hatch from eggs.

Vacuum bags ARE made for long term storage. Maybe the ziplock bags aren’t but the vacuum bags are

@@tracyb3198 LOL !!! do some research, Don't bet your food supply on it,

Grrat video Jennie!! Well done!🤗 That is a great tip. I also like what another commenter said about double bagging and staggering the seal marks. Smart!! 😁 I agree Reliable Prepper. 👍 I dehydrated fruits (bananas, raisins) and some other things that failed after a few years. I like a combination of jars and mylar myself. Use vac for yearly used items, water protection for emergency items, and camping/hiking, etc. Hope this helps! 🕉 Life, Love & Peace, 🌻🍁👩‍🌾

Also great for vacuuming your precious yarn. Moths can’t survive😁

@@tracyb3198 plastic breathes more than Mylar. Long-term storage in the freezer is better with vacuum sealing than freezer bags, but even that is supposed to be rotated at least annually.

Seems like massive overkill to disinfect using UV or alcohol. I've been reusing plastic bags for decades, never had an issue with just washing in hot, strong detergent solution.

@@stinkycheese804 Well it depends on what kind of things you are storing, want to store, for how long and how anal you are about it. Most of the times just detergent will be fine. But if you are gonna store something perishable but you want to store it for long, then disinfecting could help.

@@stinkycheese804 same here

@@stinkycheese804 That's true for me as well. I think the c-19 scare has everyone paranoid about every little germ!

@@Dion82866 Yeah, but there would be no more germs on the bag than the rest of the environment it's in, even less after washing. At the same time, I too am more mindful of what I touch, that others have touched, where I put my fingers afterwards, how close I am to people who cough or spew spittle while talking, etc. I don't go around wearing gloves or wiping door handles at stores, but yeah, I'm more mindful of other people being carriers of *anything* than I was pre-covid, though I have never once had a flu shot in my life (unless it was decades ago as a child), will have to think about that when I get older and have reduced immune responses.

They are readily found on Amazon. They come in 50 foot rolls which makes them about the same price as the zip lock bags she is using.

I found my foodsaver mini likes the "happy seal" brand that were much cheaper.

@@paulsnyder4676 Well not everyone wants to use Amazon, and there is a delivery fee, if you are not a heavy user. Not that Walmart is much more ethical - but *_Amazon is really taking it to the next level or craven._* Stealing tips from their drivers (settlement was in early 2021) and that is not the worst they did. Setting quotas so that people feel compelled to pee into bottles. Or not drink enough, that can lead to problems in too hot warehouses and can cause (or retrigger) urinal tract infections. Drivers shit into plastic bags, because they do not have time to go to the bathroom (and are inofficially instructed to use that strategy with their instructions on the first days). I is one thing to do that during a traffic jam or going into the woods when camping or in an emergency. But if your employer - a rich company, the largest in the world - shows you how they do not give a shit about you. And then there were the warehouses where they did not bother to have A/C (or to insulate them !) and it was more cost efficient for them to have the ambulance waiting outside, if people would collapse. (Only because in the U.S. there could be expensive lawsuits, if they could get away with it they would not mind having people die or be severely harmed because of dehydration. And there is a lot of pressure on workers NOT to drink enough because then they must go to the toilet more often - see quota problem, and a person that goes more often will be checked out by management.They have 10 hour shifts and 2 breaks, the toilets may be a longer walk away so they have to spend the short breaks with bathroom time. Humans are expendable for them, I assume they must select for psychopaths in their management (or people that fall in line with that mindset) - for them human are accessories to their machines and robots.

@@paulsnyder4676 Maybe one could find them on etsy, that seems to be the more ethical online option, and people claim often also with better prices than on Amazon - only delivery takes longer. i would assume preppers and down to earth homemakers are not the "instant gratification crowd" - so they can deal with it if delivery takes a few days. And if you run out of bags and would like to do the bagging today or tomorrow, and still do not want to use Amazon (which offers reasonable bulk prices and FAST delivery) that hack is a good workaround.

@@xyzsame4081 in the UK, which is all I know, there are many online providers such as Wilko, Lakeland (bit pricey) and also ordinary supermarkeys that can deliver, maybe not overnight, but if you are practicing preparedness, it should be natural to keep a stock of what you nedd!

What brand is your Sealing Machine that this worked on if you don’t mind me asking pls?

I use my Food Saver for freezing meat. I buy the family package of HB at Sam's and freeze it in 1 lb packages. I love my Food Saver!

Let me know if it works for you please. I can't seem to make it work.

@@lindaveres6620 I made it work, but the air keeps coming out of the freezer bags because the plastic is too thin and it melts through. :( It works for about one day.