I vacuum seal insurance, deeds and other important documents for hurricane preparedness.

Everyone: Oh thanks now i can pack my trail mix Me: Weed baggies!!!

I travel a lot and use this to pack my laundry soap (lot cheaper to buy big box, and seal single "serving" in triangles. I have done alberta's technique [parallel bag] in 1999 and developed into triangles in 2000. Biggest reason this is better; filling triangles is far easier due to "wider" mouth-opening. if my memory serves me correctly, I was able to make either 6 or eight triangles of 1/2 cup servings onto the bag. Here is my technique. cut, but do not seal edges (the side where you create a bag), approximately 4 1/4 to 4 1/2 inch length. you seal in a pair of parallel in center of the bag, and double pairs of diagonal (across the bag, touching your made parallel and on opposite side, the manufactured seal), making triangular pockets (wait, don't cut triangles sections yet...) on one side of the bag, fill two of your open end triangles with your desirable materials, then vaccum-seal that side. flip it over, repeat filling with other side. then you can cut and separate the triangles, voila shorter process. also cut single line, real a tiny tiny notch, you then create a "tearable" bag similar to ketchup packets at fast food stores. another technique i use with this, is you can put in liquids such as ketchup, mustard, frosting, etc inside. cut the narrowest point either a tear notch or snip it off, voila you get "squeezable" style liquid service.

I suggest that you use a small piece of parchment paper ( label size) put the info you want on label and stick inside bag (before adding contents). Put the slick side toward meat or whatever you have in bag so it doesn't stick on food. Hope that works for you.

Thanks from the Netherlansds, going hiking next week in Sweden, your tip come in handy.

About vacuuming problems: I've had these problems, too, if I try to vacuum and seal with the bag rotated 90 degrees from the usual direction (in other words, trying to vacuum and seal a side rather than the top or bottom). I discovered this when I sealed cheese in a very wide bag, then cut off the side edge (not the top or bottom) and tried to re-vacuum-and-seal the bag. The FoodSaver stopped vacuuming and started sealing before the air was removed. My guess is that the air channels run "vertically" (toward the normal opening) and not "horizontally" (towards the sides). If this is correct, then you should only seal the sides; and vacuum and seal only the top and bottom. All of the methods you show do this--your new seals are always "vertical." I'm guessing that some of the people who have trouble vacuuming are running into the same problem I ran into: they're trying to vacuum and seal on the side of the bag instead of the top or bottom. Does this make sense?

I keep long sleeved T shirt, singlet, long johns and a pair of sox cryovacked in my pack. Does same job as a dry bag but smaller probably lighter. Its a spare change if I get caught in rain unexpected or dont get home one night. That, a cheap headlamp protected by clothes, and one of those cheap mylar tube bivis invaluable kit.

What brilliant ideas 🙉 , thank you for sharing your tips 👍👍

Hello from near drumheller! I just bought one of these thingies and im excited...might find a van sized bag for winter storage. Hahaha

Just got a food saver. I've learned so much from you. Omg!!! I think you just saved my life...!!! Thank you!!! Big hugs!!

Dean, that was GREAT, "thank You"!!!

Great tip to share, whether using pre-made bags or FoodSaver rolls of bag material. Economical, too, as larger bags can be kept and re-used into smaller & smaller bags. Bags can be washed, sanitized, and re-used until there's nothing left that'll fit in the sealer. For short term use, no need to vac + seal non-compressible items. Just seal. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!! I have soo many new ideas now!! Thanks for sharing

That friggin awesome, great tip. Been looking for small bags like that, now I ´ll just make them :)

I'd LOVE to hear more about Your dehydrated meals !!!

Really like your first aid kit! Love my food saver.... One of the best purchases I've ever made.

great video, and ideas. I never thought about doing medication on the food saver. Now i have a new project this week.

Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

Many thanks for your tips!!

That's so genius. I was struggling with cutting them up before sealing them

Thank you. I've always found vacuum packing super satisfying

Excellent video, good info. & content. I've used the rolls. I'll be trying to make these xtra small ones soon. I like the allergy patch lol. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the video and the tips, I just purchased my first food saver and can't wait to try it out. I would never thought of the medicine tips, This will save me tons of money, and showing us how to make the little bags. Thanks a bunch!

VERY helpful video!! Thank you!

Great video, thanks for sharing !! I had a foodsaver just die on me, so this week I got another one. Great ideas, and I like the condor pouch.

Thank you for sharing your video.

Great information. Thank you!

Hello, This is my first video of yours, really enjoyed it. Then I saw that you and I share an allergy and subscribed. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. cheers Gorbag

very crafty idea. trail mix sleeves sound perfect. Challenge I'm been trying to find is way to make standup bags so it becomes the rehydration /cook pot as well for no clean up meal. subbed.

great ideas. I can't wait to get a food saver. these are awesome inventive ideas.

Thank you for showing..and learning me about this...

I learned a lot from this video. Thanks for sharing.

Re. Paul Johns accurate interpretation of vacuum sealing a vertical edge problem. Your demo most definitely illustrated a sealed and vacuumed vertical edge. It would be most helpful if you would explain to the rest of us that in fact you turned the plastic bags 90 degrees to achieve vacuum sealing.

Very clever. Thank you.

you had posted " and that could be very dangerous in bear country" I had read that the food saver bags material does not leach a scent and that is why critters at home will not chew the plastic to get at the food. you might want to check on it. I have had a food saver for a very long time and it is among the most useful appliances in the home. Thank you for so many of you fine videos.

Good info. Thanks

These smaller bags can be great for storing craft and sewing supplies as well 🙂

Thanks some good ideas xxx

Some years ago I made sleeves to sort my knitting needles.

Thank you Dean you have just saved me $20. A month just on the medication alone as a blister pack here in Australia would have cost me $5. A week that alone and the other tips are fantastic as well

Fantastic ideas and plan to make use of all info if not all

Fantastic Idea and Execution!!!! (IE for short lol), you have realy given me some incentive for future use of those bags, especially loving the pills idea. I have begun dehydrating, and am totally hooked on that and am also learning how to make "Meals in a Jar," but those will be much better in the little bags as you so expertly pointed out. I am going to realy enjoy employing what I have just learned from your video. I am subscribed to you now and will be looking forward to new postings and will reasearch for previous ones also!

Your a certified first responder...please do a video on tourniquets :)

Great ideas

Thank you so much, I love the ability to seal my meds up. So much easier that packing 10 meds bottles. Thank you! Enjoyed the entire video.

Awesome idea thank you

Helpful thank you

Wow thanks for making this video!!

Thank you so much for these tips.

Love that. Thanks for sharing.

Date: 06/17/2016. Review-Sometime back I purchased a FoodSaver 3230 and although it did last awhile, it was not as long as I felt it should of lasted because I only used it on projects and not all the time. It started smoking and would not seal, so I decided that I would purchase another Foodsaver Vacuum Sealer since I was in a bind and that is what they had in stock at WM. When I got the new one Oct. 2015, I felt like something was wrong but completed the project I was doing and went on to all the pressing things I had going in my life. Off and on I would use it for little projects and mostly for vacuum sealing jars. I recently used it and I'm feed up. It quickly over heats when heat sealing. Went online to contact FoodSaver and had a heck of a time getting a hold of someone. I originally submitted an email on 06/03/16 which came back saying they would respond in 3 days. As of 06/15/16 absolutely no response from FoodSaver. After jumping thru hoops for them, I find out from them that the newer FoodSaver models overheat quicker. FoodSaver tells me if I want a black color replacement like I had, then I have to wait 6 to 8 weeks and then they won't send it to me, unless I call them back and then see if they happen to have any in stock. They refuse to go ahead and take the information and send me a black one when it come in which is no way for customer service to do. Tried of dealing with this worthless company so I took the White color. Watch out... after they told me I would get a New replacement and I mailed it back in, they tried to say that I was going to get a re-furbished one, but I put a stop to that. I wanted to alert every one... you don't want to spend $90 on this piece of junk and a company like this.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge mate, super helpful to this newbie

I have the upright style food saver unit and as it's almost 3 AM. So I'm going to have to wait 'till later to see if I can do this with that unit. I've been prepping meals into jars but knew that wasn't practical in the event I was forced to leave home and most FS bags were just too large for the small stuff. Love your advise and 'really' love the condor site. Thanks for sharing!

Wow such a good idea will have to go buy a bunch of rolls so i can make my own bag sizes because have suff i need to get seald and also i can make my own trail mix got crannberys

You can seal a bar of soap for when you travel. I also made one for a tooth brush once for traveling. Keeps things clean and separated. You can also make a multi pouch bag and seal mashed potatoes and gravy etc.

Gonna try the pill pouches soon

WOW...awesome. To clarify: these small pouches are NOT vacuum sealed, right? Contents are in a closed, but not anaerobic system, yes? Which, in itself, is endless. My FoodSvr needs a good 1.5-2" to extend the bag's open-edge down into the 'trough' where the actual suction is. I didn't see a long tab at the final-seal end on your examples. Just imagine if you could vacuum seal over-the-counter meds (analgesics, TUMS) in individual doses...might add 10 years to the original expiration date. Possibilities are endless. I loved the ideas from viewers in the comment section, too. Well done!

My daughter went to Peru to hike the Inca Trail. There were no facilities along the way. I vacuum packed individual packs of TP in order to save space in her back pack. Thanks for the tips.

You can dehydrate hash browns? 😮 That alone was worth watching the video lol Awesome video, thanks for the ideas

I just got a cheap Foodsaver from Costco and this video's full of great ideas. Thanks for posting it!

I vacuum seal ammo and gun powder and primers. Works really well.

Thanks for showing me how to make custom size Foodsaver Bags.

Love ya, dude!

Brilliant

Me too I love my dehydrator

Great tips especially how to pack Tylenol in first aide kit.

I just bought a FoodSaver today after a huge buy one get one free sale on meat. Some bad stuff is going on, time to prepare if you're not already.

Thank you.

I have a large supply of ammunition 22lr 9mm 223 etc. I use the food saver to vacuum seal them for long term storage

good ideas, thank you sir do you make meals and dehydrate as a whole or do you dehydrate different parts separately?

Thanks for all the handy ideas for my new food saver. Great for the emergency kit!

I am watching this august 2019. Thank for :)

Hi! I was wondering for the bags do i need to cut them open to be able to fill them? or are they open on one of the sides already?

Hey! Great video. How do you seal up your small bags exactly? I cant get my same model food saver to create a vaccum unless i have about 5+ inches of open bag in the vaccum area.

I have a V4865 2 in 1 Vacuum sealer, will making the smaller bags work on this model? Great video by the way! Keep them coming..

How do you seal teeny bags like with the meds? My machine requires "wasted" material where the machine locks below the seal strip. Can you do a short video just on this? THANKS!!

Fascinating. Just one question.... what is a trail mix, please ?

Do a follow up on making those pill bags

Can You dehydrate cooked dry beans and repackage for quicker cooking ?

Thank you for sharing, those meals are awesome, your packaging just right. I see you use all of the bag, great. I will like to share a tip with you, instead of writing on the bag, write on a piece of duct tape or other tape. The sharpies pen are great but I have a feeling the ink goes thru the bag., or write on the very top of the bag, so it would not touch the contents of your bag.

I noticed you have an older model V2244, which operates differently than my new V4980. My experience making small bags was very 'hit-and-miss'...mostly 'miss'...I tried making small bags and found I have nowhere near the maneuverability you have with sealing, and that I can't get a seal with the smallish bags that I was able to fabricate (vacuum motor engaged but no seal). I called Foodsaver and was told I have to have a factory seal on both sides of any bag, which means you can't make small bags :( Do I need an older unit or am I missing something? Thanks in advance

Can i use this vacuum sealer method for making mini bags for raw food homemade bars?

Noted you are using a V2244 foodsaver model I have a V3440 model can I do the same?

Good video, I like doing my Jerky, and then I'll Dehydrate my Smoked beef brisket and Pork butts also, along with dried soup mixes, and recently I have even started doing "leathers with Ketchup, and BBQ sauce and bagging those in foodsaver bags. Gotta have my condiments while I'm camping.

I wonder if it would be good for 1/4lb dried "plant" material.

I have the 2244. What I don't like is the waste on a roll because of the space between the vacuum chamber and the seal.

How did you vacuumed and sealed such small bags? Don't you need at least 2 to 3 inches of free space when you use the vacuum function?

how to you get the vacuum sealer to seal the small bag? I tried to do it and it doesn't vacuum the small bag.

How long will the dried jerky, and chicken last

Should’ve done it inside where we could actually see the machine work.

I'm having a hard time trying to vacuum seal small bags. I have no problem making small bags, but they won't seal after vacuuming. I've tried many different ways; make sure the opening is free of dust or debris, packing one-third of the bag leaving at least 3 inches, tried a different sides of the sealing area, etc. I've gone through three different machines and they're all same; they vacuum nicely but won't seal. I now own FS FM2000, it does the same thing. What am I doing wrong?

I struggle getting my FS to vacuum & seal small bags made this way. The machine will not vacuum. It will seal, only, with the bag in the same spot. Suggestions? Thank you.

guess works better to make smaller bags when your food saver isn't an automatic one because it waste bags at certain size then starts working. I have to get new food saver mine finally wore out. Thank you for the suggestions. God bless you for sharing

mine wont make smaller bags it keeps trying to suck never passes to seal setting then i put in full size bag works just seems a waste i tried putting scrap off cut left and right of smaller bag

Thank you so much for this video! Very informative! Love your first aid kit. Question though. Most meds have a 1 year expiration date and are said to be dangerous to use after that date. Do you find that putting them in these vacuum pacs gives them a longer shelf life? Seems like you'd have to refresh your pack every year with new meds. 😕 Though that doesn't seem too hard to do, really.

Do you have a thermal cooker? They're pretty cool!

how do u vaccume seal small bags I have the same model u have, and it won't vaccume seal bags, only regular seal

I just got my foodsaver today and it comes with a large roll to make bags out of. I'm really wanting pint sized bags, but apparently I'll have to order those online. Can I use the roll to make a large bag, and then use this technique to turn them into smaller bags? I can't see any reason why this wouldn't work but I don't want to mess anything up! lol When I make my own bag out of the roll will it basically be the same as the pre-cut ones you used and work the same way?

how do you close the lid, and suck the air out with the bags so full ?

Thanks.