Another Happy Customer

This was written 11/10/2008 to our ebay account. Thank you

Dear vacuumpackers, Hi there :)
I received my Vacupack today. (Shipped by you for The Dry Store) I love it! It'll take some getting used to, but so far I am impressed!~
I am thinking about giving my Foodsaver machine to a single friend that doesn't do much food storage. Before giving it away I am hoping I can replace the teflon tape that covers the heating element. Do you sell the tape? I only need about 16 inches. Thank you
- sandibg

Reviews found on the Internet

11/9/2008
The following is an independant review found on the Internet, this one on eBay. Since we are a small company we do not have employees writing reviews daily to swamp the Internet. The VacUpack is manufacture and marketed by a very small company. We enjoy the independant reviews and want to bring them together. If you would like to send us your review please do so we will gladly post it.



VacUpack Go for Qualityby:
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As a child growing up my parents and grandparents we very careful about products they purchased. As a child I remember thinking, it took them what seemed to me to be a lifetime to make a decision on a product. As a young adult I hastily bought products for my household on price and popularity. It did not take me very many years to figure out why the elders in my family were so careful about their research on products. They knew, as I soon did, that buying quality is far better than buying for price or popularity. As I soon found out price and popularity soon end up in the garbage and I was back to the store looking for the new item to replace the cheap item I had just bought.
Coming from the frugal background I come from, saving and not wasting comes naturally to me. Some 10 years ago or so I was introduced to Vacuum Packaging foods. This concept was fascinating to me and I bought my first Foodsaver. It was a nice small compact 2 vacuum sealer and served me for about 18 months, then one day it just would not work anymore. After being without a vacuum packer for a few years I bought another Foodsaver, but this time I thought maybe I should spend more money. So without research I bought a Pro version of the Foodsaver from the local store. (I thought it made sense!) That vacuum packer lasted until I offered it to my friends to seal their garden vegetables for refrigeration storage. The juice from the tomatoes, and salsa was sucked first from the canister then from the bag into the channel and then into pump that was the end of my vacuum sealer, after only 15 minutes of use! I was informed by the Foodsaver company that the machine was not repairable just throw it away they had a new version. I asked if the new version would do the same thing in similar situation. The answer was YES!
So at this point I was very disappointed, wanting to own a vacuum sealer, as I saw the great benefits but I did not want to buy another disposable popular product, but rather one that would do all types of sealing wet or dry and last for many years. This time I did my research and found commercial chamber machine, read about nozzle style verses channel style home machines. In researching I found information about all types of bag material and the difference in costs. I was pretty obvious that the commercial chamber machines are a great long-term value, however they were capable of far more production than I needed for my home. After a few months I ran across a friend who had a VacUpack. She explained to me how it worked and how happy she was with her machine. She invited me to watch it work. Her husband was a fisherman and so were his friends, they came to her home with a huge catch. I don't know how many pounds but it filled her freezer and much went home with his friends. They had two VacUpacks on the counter and worked for hours while we chatted and enjoyed a great evening. These two VacUpacks were soaked with watery fish slim. They endlessly vacuum sealed hundreds of bags that evening. After that night I found out where to buy the VacUpack and have now owned it for 5 years. I don't know how many hundreds of bags and rolls it has sealed but it is still going strong, looks great, and sits on my kitchen counter being used multiple times a day. I have not needed it yet but have been informed by the company that sold me my VacUpack that if anything were to go wrong with it, all parts are available to repair it. They even offer a tune up if one felt the vacuum sealer was not working up to par. This was the type of quality my family elders were looking for when they purchased an item. And I am glad to say the same quality I was looking for 5 years ago. Now what company manufactures the best toaster oven??? The search is on!
Guide ID: 10000000003803480Guide created: 06/12/07 (updated 10/30/08)

VacUpack 4 mil bags!

The VacUpack 4 mil pre-cut bags are now available.

These bags come in 3 sizes:

6"x10" 8"x12" or 10"x15"

The VacUpack bag material in both rolls and the new pre-cut bag is an innovative way of thinking green with current manufacturing abilities, inspired by a growing trend of consumers who care about truly saving money and making less impact on Earth and global warming.

The VacUpack bag material is thicker, stronger and has more nylon fiber than any other bag on the market today. This idea of going with better quality is a way of giving customers deep price breaks with re-usability, and durability and aim toward a greener out look dealing with plastics.

Other bag manufactures are all competing for cheaper thinner less expensive bag materials. The result is hundreds and thousands of bags used only one time and most time not being adequate for the job intended.

Professional Marketing Group Inc. stands alone in offering quality and durability rather than disposable. If a bag material is only good for a single use or breaks open in a freezer resulting in loss of products are you ahead or behind? The few pennies one saved buying the cheapest thinnest bags on the market, will result in hundreds of dollars in loss of products and repetitive bag purchases? In our research we have found the cheaper thinner bags are far more expensive to the consumer and much more profitable to the manufacture with frequent repeat business. Customers have been duped into believing that a cheap price is a less expensive option. This is a false sense of savings!

Professional Marketing Group Inc. believes in going "Green for our Environment". Although a viable technology has not been developed to replace plastic bags for vacuum packing at this time. When one thinks green it has a domino effect all the way down the line with the results being better products and quality.

Thinking green! We can all lessening the amount of plastic in disposal sites. Manufacturing a product for durability and re usability is much less expensive and far less polluting in the long term! The savings and environmental green thinking are seen in many area's.

1) Less product in dump sites. Quality products are used many times not just once! Less buying less disposal.

2)Less manufacturing of products equals less manufacturing pollutants.

Working to lessen the manufacturing turns the thinking towards offering the best product for the customers intended use.

3) Quality is utmost of importance!

To slow down the current trend of fast use disposable products manufactures must replace products with top quality products that will last.
Environment green thinking gives the customer true savings and better use of the money spent. A win win for everyone!

We can all limit the amount of waste and trash we put into the Environment. Manufacturing a better quality vacuum pack bag resulting in less waste of the precious food products, less air pollutants and much less plastic being disposed of. In the long term buying quality is much less expensive and less damaging to our Eco system and budgets.

Example: 100 bags of the thin 2.5 or 3 mil bags will be used for 100 items and then disposed of. Our test results show some bags will work fine but there will be a loss of 25% to 50% in the freezer. This is a 50% use rate doubling the price of the "inexpensive" thin bags.

Example #2: 100 bags of the VacUpack 4 mil bag. These bags will be used for 100 items with only a 5% loss in the freezer. The next 95 bags will be opened and reused again. This just made these bags almost 50% less expensive. It is not uncommon for these same bags to be used 3-5 times using up all the bag material inches at a time. The better quality bag just became far less expensive than the supposed cheap bag.

How do you know if you are buying a cheap thin bag? There is a test you can do! You can see it demonstrated in the video at http://www.vacupack.com/

Tear test!

Cut a small slit in the side seam of a bag material. Tear it across the width of the bag. You will see some bags tear with little to no resistance while others are a little better. The VacUpack bag is hard to tear. The nylon fiber in the bag gives it resistant and strength. Making a bag less expensive the manufactures have removed a large percentage of nylon and replaced with high poly content. This results in a bag that punctures easily is less durable and is prone to become brittle in the freezer. When the high poly bags are frozen microscopic holes appear allowing air to enter in the bag and thus results in freezer burn and loss of products.

Join with us in taking steps to protect our environment, and save money. All while using the very best products on the market today.

Vacuum Packing Berries!

The Season is Here!

Berry season that is! Aug of 2008 we are all busy with the seasons bounty of fruit and vegetables.

A tip for freezing berries! If we plan to make jam and are just out of time for the moment. We will wash and place berries any type in a vacuum sealing bag, then evacuate the air, place in the freezer. This is a very simple quick freeze. The fruit is ready to pull out at a later date to make jam, pies, compotes or other wonderful items.

Decorative Frozen Berries! If we want the berries to be individual and stay looking like a berry not a colored mush ball! Wash berries like strawberries or blue berries that are firm fruits. Black berries or raspberries one must carefully wash as to not squish the item. After cleaning we place each berry individually on a cookie sheet without touching each other. Put the cookie sheet in the freezer for at least 3 hours until frozen hard. Then remove, place carefully in a vacuum seal bag and evacuate the air. Replace back in the freeze as soon as possible. Do not let berries defrost! When you want to have berries in smoothies, on cereal or any decorative item the berries will come out of the bag individually and pristine condition with no freezer burn or ice crystals.

Good luck with your berries and remember keep them sucked up tight! Thanks for reading PMG

A Word About the Alaska Seafood Directory

This directory is provided for those looking to purchase or sell seafood.

This directory is provide from ASMI as a service to buyers and sellers of Alaska seafood this is not intended to be considered a complete list of all Alaska seafood suppliers. The supplier’s directory is funded by the Alaska seafood industry and is open t al Alaska seafood suppliers without restriction. A directory listing should not be interpreted as an endorsement of a company by ASMI or the Alaska seafood industry. A current list of all Alaska Fisheries Business License holders is available from:

Alaska Department of Revenue,
P.O. Box 110420,
Juneau, Alaska 99811-0400,
Tel: (907) 465-2320,
website: www.tax.state.ak.us/tas/fblist.htm.
Or the home page is www.alaskaseafood.org

VacUpack

VacUpack

- Don't just wrap it...Vacuum Pack it!

The VacUpack vacuum packing system is our simple-to-use, economical, nozzle-style machine. The efficiency of this straight forward design makes the VacUpack the fastest and most efficient production residential machine available. The VacUpack features a steel heat bar this superior home-style heat bar allows wet bags to be sealed easily. This high production vacuum sealer is easily maintained offering unsurpassed durability in a home-style vacuum sealer.

Understanding the differences

- Home style to Commercial
This guide is written to explain the differences between machines and the associated bag materials. Check out the heading that applies to your needs machine.

Home style Vacuum Packers:

These Vacuum Packers are commonly referred to as suction style machine. Price range $50.00 to $500.00 is common. The bag hangs outside the machine using atmospheric pressure to push the air out of the bag. Or as some understand suck the air out of the bag. Either way the common style of bag used in this machine has a channel, texture, liner, and fiber to allow the machine to remove the air from the bag. These bags in the past have been very expensive. But that time has passed and the patents are expired and now the summer of 2006 you are seeing many types of bags on the market. This is a very welcome new development. If you have a machine or are looking to purchase a machine and the bag goes under a nozzle or into a channel you will need to purchase a bag material that has channels, texture, liner, or fiber for best results. The quantity packaging is usually 25 to 100 bags per case 2-mil, 3-mil, 3.5-mil and the rare 4-mil bag. Roll material is also common for these machines.

Home use VS Resale Food Distribution:

The home-style vacuum packers such as Foodsaver, Deni, Rival, Kenmore , Sinbo, Magic Vac and others are NOT approved for use in commercial distribution of food. There are very strict guidelines involving food since 911. The machines are not approved for use in packaging food for resale, by health departments across the country. The bags are FDA approved for food use, in homes! Do not be miss lead on Ebay and other sites where bragging and boasting of selling products across the country with Foodsaver and similar machines and associated bags are being used. It is illegal! You may get away with it for a while in some Podunk little town in the middle of nowhere. But if you are located in, or sell to a major metropolitan area, the health department will not approve a Foodsaver or similar machine for resale commercial use. This information comes direct from the King County Health Department, in Seattle Washington . We have been interviewed and given instructions many times and most recently at the 2005 Foodservice Show. There is an increased awareness by the Health Departments about the information being passing out to commercial users. Be informed! Any site can drop ship or sell you a bag "Cheap Cheap Cheap". Distributors like this are popping up all over the Internet. These Internet sellers have no experience on how it will hold up to your specific needs. Most are telling you it's OK to use these bags and rolls for resale! This is just bad misleading information! This misleading information is only designed to make them a quick buck, not designed with your best interest in mind. This information can cost you money and in many cases fines with your health departments, not to mention lawsuits from your consumers. Textured bags and the associated machines are FDA approved and designed for home use machines only, not for resale food distribution, especially across stateliness. FDA approval only means it is approved "save around food" this does not approve it for commercial use. Commercial FDA approved bags are 1/4 the cost of home-style bags. So there is no reason to use a home-style bag or roll for commercial resale use. Any savvy business owner understands to spend the money on the equipment not the disposable bag.

There are suction style machines that use flat pouches on the market for the commercial industry. They range $1,500.00 to $5,000.00 they are excellent vacuum packers. However that is not advertised for home use but for electronic applications. (Dry Products)

Chamber Style Vacuum Packers:

Chamber style vacuum packers are commonly used in commercial use applications. The smaller machines are becoming increasingly popular in homes and gourmet kitchens. To use these machines product is placed in a flat pouch. This pouch is a bag without channels, texture, liner or fiber. It is flat on both sides, clear or printed with many styles of zippers, gussets, windows. These commercial bags are seen every day in stores all over the world. The entire bag goes into the chamber of the machine. The lid then closes and vacuuming and sealing then takes place. These machines are much less messy and being designed for true commercial use they can be used for hundreds of bags per day. The case packaging of pouches for these machines is 500 to1000 bags per case per size, 2 mil, 3mil, 4mil and 5 mil bags are common. There are companies such as ours that will break a case for customers who just don't use 1000 bags at a time. But most web sites will keep cases intact at 500 to 1000 per case. No Rolls for these machines. We recommend the VacMaster Line built in the USA

Also found on these sites:

http://www.vacuumpacker.com/

http://www.profmarket.com/

http://www.vacupack.com/

www.vacupack.ca  Canada

Repair parts are also found at this site:

http://www.pmgquality.com/

Designed for Food Resale:

Chamber Style machines such as Sammic the only NSF approved brand. Many businesses use MiniPack, or VacUpack brands for vacuum packing and storing food in a resale packaging. The bags are designed for commercial use and are NFS and FDA approved for resale. The machines are NFS and FDA approved using storage guidelines for packaging food for resale, provided by State Health Departments. Machines come equipped with or without gas flush depending on the product you plan to package. Be informed buy the proper equipment for the proper usage, and set up your resale operation with confidence. (See Guide relating to Gas Flush Vacuum Packers)

Thom Dolder owner of Professional Marketing Group Inc. is the nations foremost expert on Vacuum Packing. He has been dedicated to home and Commercial Vacuum Packing since he was approached to sell the very first home style vacuum packer 22 years ago. Thom's knowledge and expertise is sought after by major manufactures of vacuum packers to give advice and guidance in engineering of new vacuum sealers. He has helped over 2 million end users with their vacuum packing needs, both home and commercial, through his in depth knowledge of the Food Service Industry relating to Vacuum Sealing.