Anova "Precision Chamber Vacuum Sealer"

[palo]

@dtremit

 

Compared to the Anova, its size is definitely a drawback, but as chamber vacuum sealers go the Anova is an outlier - check out size and weight of the competition - aside from price, my main concern was for a 12 inch sealing bar - but not having the space is definitely a deciding factor in your case - having a chamber vacuum sealer is much, much better than not having one. 😃

 

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[dscheidt]

On 5/27/2023 at 10:00 AM, sverreef said:

 

I haven't tried this myself, since my Henkelman has a fairly large chamber compared to the bags l normally use, but this could work. I've found that if you fold up excessive length of bag just inside (or outside) the seal bar, it seems like it can create a "barrier" which affects evacuation of air from the bag though. This can again lead to excessive"ballooning" of the bag inside the chamber, especially if you vacuum products with a lot of air bubbles/voids which release air slowly.

 

Because of this, it might be better to move some of the headroom (the folded bag part) to the other side of the produce? Based on my (limited) experience with chamber sealers, I'm not sure if I'd like to try this with a bag who's total volume exceeds the volume of the chamber.

I got given a bunch of 10x18 bags, which were even longer than that that, because they were zipper bags, with the zipper end being factory sealed.  (they had a pre printed label stuck to them, with wrong info, which meant the converter who'd ordered them coul;dn't use them.  My home kitchen not being subject to FDA inspection....) I have a vp215, which is 15" long, inside the chamber.  I used a bunch of them up, and gave the rest away, but they worked okay in the machine, you have to fiddle around with where you have the excess, but it's pretty easy to figure out what works.  For stuff that doesn't need a super hard vacuum, just folding the extra under works fine.  Also, remember that bags get shorter when they have stuff in them,

[curls]

Sorry it has taken me more time than I expected to get back to this topic with photos.  To answer an earlier question, yes you can use longer bags and just tuck the extra material into the chamber prior to sealing.

 

So, none of the items that I recently sealed maxed out the size of the chamber.

 

 

A bag with 975 grams of hazelnuts -- pre and post seal. You can see that there is room for a lot more hazelnuts -- but this is all that I had available.

 

 

 

A steak, approximately 2 pounds. It was already sealed but I sealed it again to guard against possible leaks when cooking sous vide. Could fit a thicker steak or roast.

 

 

Canning jars. The two on the sides are Ball 4 ounce canning jars. The one in the center is a larger jam jar. I also have some other square glass containers that fit in the chamber that I use when pickling or infusing -- this tends to let me work with larger quantities than the canning jars.

[Robenco15]

Any more impressions/reviews on this? Thinking it could be a good bday gift idea. 

[curls]

Anova Chamber Vacuum Sealer, on sale now for $260 with free shipping — probably US only.

https://anovaculinary.com/products/anova-precision-chamber-vacuum-sealer?utm_campaign=CVAC
 

 

Edited July 26 by curls (log)

[ElsieD]

7 minutes ago, curls said:

Anova Chamber Vacuum Sealer, on sale now for $260 with free shipping — probably US only.

https://anovaculinary.com/products/anova-precision-chamber-vacuum-sealer?utm_campaign=CVAC
 

 

 

Also on sale in Canada:

 

https://anovaculinary.com/products/anova-precision-chamber-vacuum-sealer?utm_campaign=CVAC Sales Email 7%2F26%2F23 (01H5K0JRXZ5Y9Q4H0TF2MAFRX0)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sales and New Product Release Segment&_kx=AFv5IwVhuYsFplxOaqGyBtMP_aZ-jqWvCsUHxUw4yck%3D.Kxfd42

[Robenco15]

On 7/15/2023 at 3:06 PM, Robenco15 said:

Any more impressions/reviews on this? Thinking it could be a good bday gift idea. 

Bought the Avid Armor USVX and am thrilled with it. 

[cdh]

On sale?  How can I resist?  I'm joining the chamber vac club.

[cdh]

It's arrived.  Now what do I do first?

[btbyrd]

Compress vodka or tequila into watermelon. Be sure to peel it first.

 

This recipe should be in the owner's manual for every chamber vac as a required method to "break it in."

[Robenco15]

2 minutes ago, btbyrd said:

Compress vodka or tequila into watermelon. Be sure to peel it first.

 

This recipe should be in the owner's manual for every chamber vac as a required method to "break it in."

I’m making a watermelon feta salad tomorrow and compressing half of the watermelon for a variety of texture and color. Compressing fruit and making pizza dough has been a lot of fun with it. 

Edited July 28 by Robenco15 (log)

[Deephaven]

Just used my foodsaver a bunch this week....which makes me want this.  Not a ton of positive or negative responses here.  I know it's small, but for daily tasks it seems rather interesting.