Avid Armor Ultra Series USV32: Premium Chamber Vacuum Sealer Machine High-Performance Vacuum Chamber Sealer for Professional and Home Use, Ideal Commercial Vacuum Sealer Machine for Food Preservation

We learned of Avid Armor around the same time our umpteenth regular sealer gave up the ghost. Great timing! Everything we disliked about our others sounded like non-issues with a chamber vacuum and, it turned out, we can use this in more ways than we expected or in ways never possible before.Space saving: items that had been in containers or original packaging were now in snug, airtight bags, some of which btw, I still open fairly often, re-sealing after use.Marinades now are QUICK, with better depth of flavor and again space saving since the food no longer takes hours or days in the fridge just to obtain a lesser result.Soups & stocks, never possible in bags before, are a breeze with this Avid Armor resulting in neatly portioned packages which, frozen flat can then be stored that way or upright as in a file.Finally, sous vide prep, the primary reason we've had vacuum sealers, this chamber vac. beats them all hands down for several reasons: it automatically double seals in one step....no repositioning and redoing; we no longer have to freeze moist items before using the vacuum sealer; the bags, as light as they are, are well made with no leaky sides; the cost per bag is negligible compared to those we'd used before to sous vide our "fridge meat" and personal fast foods in the freezer making our at hand and already cooked foods not only a great time saver, but far more economical as well.All in all, the Avid Armor USV32 has proven to be one of the best purchases we've ever made, one that is quickly paying for itself in time, space, cost of bags, and energy (mine) saved. It's a product I can comfortably recommend to others!

We have started our freeze drying journey and found that the finished product has to be vacuum sealed!! I spent many hours researching for the best solution for our needs. I found this and purchased it. I like the number of ways that this machine can be adjusted for sealing different products. We have other vacuum sealers that worked well over the years but this machine is a step above. Since we are just starting out we felt that a countertop model would work best. While this machine is a bit large it does sit ok on our counter and is light enough to be able to handle for storage. It performs very nicely so if you like to BBQ, like we do, then you will love being able to apply your favorite spices to the meats. Vacuum seal and let marinate for a few days. If you have a large family and shop the large box stores then this is a great investment for saving money on food storage. This machine is very easy to keep clean and not very loud when you’re vacuuming. It works on any standard house outlet.

Yep you read it. At some point, I don’t know when but I did about 45 minutes straight of vacuum sealing and it just turned into fun! This thing is awesome and so dang easy to use. Literally just skim in the instructions just to make sure you kind of got the jist of it, but it’s literally fool proof. I get a MUCH better seal with this than I did with my food saver. This is going to change the game as far as my freeze-drying long-term storage. Side note, the pictures are from the last items that I bagged. Everything had to go back in the freezer before it thawed.An update. After using this for a few days its still fun to use but I felt I would be remiss to not mention how SOLID this machine is. First of all it is not a light piece of equipment. The specs indicate that it weighs 26 lbs. which comes out to about $27 per pound. What you are getting is a rock solid chamber vac that is worth every penny of that and maybe more. The glass lid alone will give you a gym quality workout if you use it long enough (I recommend alternate sets on both arms if you plan on using it for an extended period of time). Find a good, permanent place to put it. This is not an appliance that you keep under a counter or on a shelf like a blender. You definitely have to play around with vacuum and seal times to find the right combinations for your particular task. I fount that it did not do a particularly good job at sealing the Harvest Right (HR) mylar bags but there may have been other factors at play such as how full the bag was. I had the seal time set to the 7 second max but it seemed like it didnt quite seal completely. No matter, I put it on the HR sealer and problem resolved. That was really the only issue. If you invest in this, you will not regret it.