Vacuum Sealing Mylar Bags... The Easy Way! Please read the description about oxygen absorbers

[@SusanJeanne49]

TYFS! My husband passed 09/22/21 and had purchase a box of Mylar bags from Amazon and I was going to put them in my yard sale (this spring) and I had a thought to go on KZbin and research food savers and Mylar bags and found your video! Will definitely give this a try. 🤗

[@singinginthesunshine857]

So sorry to hear you lost your love, I almost lost my husband in January and it was almost unbearable. God bless you and keep you.

[@jasonhenry5396]

THANK YOU! I just got into Mylar bag storage and can never get enough air out before ironing. I looked at my vacuum sealer and thought this has to work somehow, let’s go to KZbin and look. You sir, saved me some grief. Worked like a charm. Thanks again and subd

[@itaintrocketscience]

I played the video at 2 times speed. Great idea using the vac bag strips

[@josephina4792]

yes, 2x speed would be the only way to watch this overly lengthy video. I couldn't stand listening to this guy repeat himself over and over.

[@MrStrick83]

I was going to return and purchase a different sealer before I watched this video. Thanks this helped a lot

[@angelissaa1819]

This stuff is really confusing can you please tell me if you did buy large bags or vacuum sealer

[@redhotthomestead7325]

Great video. My husband just suggested today to go this route. For my bigger buckets (5 gallon), I use my vacuum. I sanitize the crevice attachment and use my hair straightener to seal the Mylar, sealing the path were the tool was as I take it out of the bag. Not glamorous but it works.

[@deeshelton7010]

Perfect idea!

[@justinw1765]

Some people may ask or think, why would I even use mylar bags over regular vacuum sealer bags. Something that is not talked about by these companies is that if you pull a hard enough vacuum on something, like 28" Hg +, two things happen to most materials. They begin to outgas (literally molecules of the material start to "break off" and permeate the vacuumed space) and eventually oxygen/air starts to permeate through the material to the inside, as well. There are not many materials out there that don't outgas and that can hold a medium to hard vacuum for a very long time. Plastics are particularly bad with this, minus teflon and Kapton. But teflon requires a very high heat to melt and when it does, it releases toxic fumes. Kapton requires a ridiculously high heat to melt. But metals on the other hand, particularly aluminium and some steels are very good at not outgassing and holding a vacuum for a very long time. In other words, mylar bags should, theoretically, hold a better vacuum over a longer time than regularly vacuum sealer bags. Because the Al is encased in the plastic, you will still experience some outgassing, but the Al layer will make it much harder for outside oxygen/air to permeate through to the inside. I had to learn all this stuff, because I'm less interested in vacuuming sealing for food, but more because I'm using one to make vacuum insulated panels. Personally, after sealing a mylar bag with this or other methods, I would go ahead and get some Al tape (sold for HVAC duct work etc), and fold it over the end of the seal, just as an extra barrier in case it didn't seal completely well.

[@brunswick30robert]

When the two plastic strips are placed into the mylar bag only insert them to just above the heat strip. When sealing you will only be sealing the mylar and not the added strips.

[@theodorethompson9032]

You'll seal all the layers into one

[@northslope1]

So since it is just above the heat strip you could use two ribbed strips to do tons of bags. Correct? No need to make a bunch. ??

[@Kevincole87]

@@northslope1 my foodsavers have seals on the heatsrips

[@beebob1279]

That was my question. thanks for clearing that up. I guess after vacuuming and sealing the plastic strips should be removed for the second sealing.

[@danielerickson3391]

You make them long enough to stick out the top and through the hinge area of the lid and you pull them out just before it seals and reuse them over and over

[@donberry6079]

Most excellent presentation. Professional quality!! Very informative, excellent audio, camera work and information. Best I have seen out of hundreds! Keep on keeping on.

[@Farron1960]

I've used this method as many times and it works good. Problem is most home vacuum Packers especially the food saver are not designed to seal that thick and rigid mylar bags and it burns out the ceiling unit on the vacuum Packers, especially the food savers. And once you burn it out you have to buy another one because trying to buy parts and fix it is virtually impossible. I quit doing this and I now just use large size oxygen absorbers and accomplish the same thing with my curling iron

[@charlest253]

Terrific! Thanks for taking the time to make this comprehensive tutorial.

[@derekwatson8568]

For powders I put them into a brown (or white) paper bag then into foodsaver or mylar bag this avoids the danger of powder being sucked into machine

[@MikeWestonFL]

Have done the same thing for rice! The paper bag keeps the rice grains from poking tiny holes in the foodsaver bags when storing.

[@LadyofCleves65]

@yellowleaf I saw a lady on another video use just a plain old paper bag, the size of a lunch bag.

[@l.p.boudreaux1548]

do yall use oxygen absorbers for flour or powder milk??

[@stevegwisdalla805]

I was today years old and learned something new. This old dog thanks you!

[@joseynoyb9467]

You did an outstanding job explaining that process! It's very valuable knowledge thank you so much

[@cls5678]

You Sir are a genius! I've been battling this for days. Thank you so much. It all made perfect sense.

[@Crystal-xm6zu]

Excellent! I was creating a community emergency food pantry and have been studying all this, OTR ratings, oxygen absorber sizing, etc. Thank you!

[@phoenixfireclusterbomb]

Use the (all crystal type) cat litter and coffee filters. Staple together with standard paper stapler and you now will have as many oxygen absorbers to your hearts content. Same material used to make cat litter crystals as is in the oxygen absorbers.

[@Hedgehodge-]

@@phoenixfireclusterbomb really?! Interesting! Any proof to save me research time? Thanks

[@justinw1765]

@@Hedgehodge- You would want to heat them up in an oven first, because these absorb moisture from the air as well. So you want to dry them out before putting them in with food. But I was under the impression that oxygen and moisture absorbers were different materials. I know that silica (the material in these cat litters) does absorb moisture, but am not so sure about oxygen. In any case, people should always do some research before just listening to random people online.

[@Hedgehodge-]

@@justinw1765 the internet is full of possibly useful nest information or terribly wrong. It could work but could be carcinogenic etc LOL. Yeah. Thanks :)

[@justinw1765]

@@Hedgehodge- If loose, small particles of silica are breathed in, they can cause silicosis. If it is not ground up, and it is contained within something that holds in loose particles, should be safe enough.

[@cipher2]

This is very helpful, especially appreciate where you take the time to explain why the suction does not occur due to no path the air can take and how to solve for it. thanks!

[@JT-ic9mp]

The OCD in me would have to trim those tabs flush after sealing!

[@jonnycoathanger8399]

Thank you so much for this hack!! I LOST MY MIND when the sealer wouldn't draw. I went and purchased a New Cooler & More Groovy vac/sealer ONLY to find it DIDN"T WORK EITHER. Lucky I found this post and also lucky I was able to return the New Cooler & More Groovy vac/sealer. This also made it so that I did not have to use my more expensive 1/2 Gallon bottles to stow food. Again thank you very much. I will share this information.

[@deborahenderson1395]

Fantastic! You helped me so much with this. It's easy-peasy once you know the trick.

[@joeblow1934]

Definitely the best method that I have seen on YT.

[@dawnykema7031]

Thank you for this. I was frustrated with my sealer and this works really well. I was going to buy one that would seal mylar bags so you saved my $400.

[@mellh7547]

I am just starting to get into dehydrating food and storage for emergency purposes.. And this is just brilliant I will use vaccum sealer bags with oxygen bag in but this just gives extra protection for long life brilliant

[@jessicauhlin6594]

Best one I've seen so far! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@SofiaisSunshine]

I just ordered the textured mylar bags off of amazon. Came in a 16’ roll. Thanks for the tip!

[@sv3931]

Is the textured flat or gusseted? I'm looking for different bags for a variety of stores. The tabs work fine, but I'd like to try the textured mylar.

[@leopemberton5439]

Brilliant Thankyou .i 🙏🏼 you win the lottery for your kindness taking the time to make this video good luck🙏🏼🤞🏁

[@tammyhensley1960]

This is the greatest idea I’ve heard of. THANK YOU.

[@Rosa-mb5yp]

Thank you for the detailed video. I appreciate the close ups.

[@donniedarko1345]

just ordered my vac seal, Mylar bags and food saver rolls. Thanks for the video!

[@JesseD3232]

Awesome video. Was annoyed when I was trying to vac and heat seal some mini mylar bags and was worried I needed more equipment or materials. Thanks!

[@jeanninemcwhorter919]

You sir are brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing this very useful and money saving hack.

[@qualitytubeable]

This was so helpful I’ll be doing this to my rice today

[@eddieedwards3811]

Nice tip I hope this works for me when I try later. Thanks

[@avonleanne]

HOORAY!! a use for the leftovers and little bits!!! always hated throwing that away! this is super to know!

[@dondr267]

Hey man, thanks a lot for this. Works great! What a great idea

[@sethburgess9818]

Thank you for sharing your video.. We recently purchased some growguard mylar bags on amazon and was looking for a video on proper storage techniques.

[@Lyn4817]

Thanks for solving the problem for us. I will be testing it out over the next week, once my new oxygen absorbers arrive, I only have 50cc on hand for my jars at present.

[@phoenixfireclusterbomb]

Use the (all crystal type) cat litter and coffee filters. Staple together with standard paper stapler and you now will have as many oxygen absorbers to your hearts content. Same material used to make cat litter crystals as is in the oxygen absorbers.

[@robertnash90]

Thank god i watched this video. I was about to buy a medical auction unit. Usually my foodsaver hose attachment can suck the air out really good. But couldn't with oats and grains. Not strong enough. You saved my ass in the future lol.

[@phoenixmichaels]

Very comprehensive, and obviously very effective. Good tips BPH! (StratMaster)

[@Gumby1978]

Thank you for this very helpful hack. It will save me a lot of time.

[@marceloacuna6479]

This method almost worked for me but my FoodSaver vacuum sealer does not get hot enough to seal the mylar bags properly, I ended up using a hair straightener @390° to seal it good

[@roybrookton7938]

Thank you so much for putting this video together and sharing it great work my friend, kind regards Roy

[@klipin4379]

Very cool. I didn't want to buy a more expensive machine to seal mylar bags. Apparently I need to use a mylar bag to store rice. I'm quite good with scissors!

[@chrisb9960]

I do not know much about this stuff. I would think this would lower the integrity of the mylar down to normal sealer bag quality. I do not know what the internal surface of the mylar bag is. Using an iron further down to seal the mylar together afterwards might correct for this. I appreciate your post. Good stuff. Your get a thumbs up fella.

[@J_Chap]

I am going to give this a try tonight. Thank you for the great tip!

[@annemcdonley5983]

Thank you for the tip, much appreciated!

[@mariwillalwaysgivethanks]

Thank you for the excellent step-by-step video.

[@privilegiada1]

Great idea, thank you for sharing, I look at your video cause I am sealing food with mylar bag and I was doing powder milk, it happens that I have many pieces of sealer bags, thank you very much for your video.

[@smileyhappyradio]

What's funny about saying "see you on the other side of shtf," is that here we are in the 2020 pandemic. Some were definately ready. Food rotation is a main concern in my preparing, keeping track of everything, not letting anything go to waste. Now that we have experienced a pandemic, I am more worried about even worse stuff preppers worry about.

[@disposabull]

Are you thought the pandemic was bad, that is so cute. Welcome to 2022. We have pandemic, hyperinflation, WWIII and famine. Let's go Brandon.

[@Sbavqcano]

Thanks for a great tip. We were successful with it. Thanks again!

[@msgottaneedtoknow]

Just ran into your channel and thought I’d subscribe! Trying to decide what kind of vacuum sealer to get, within our budget.

[@BEAdventurePartners]

Cleaver wway to make this work! We just got a vacumm sealer and were wondering if sealing mylar bags would work. Welp... You just answered our question! Thanks for this tip! - Brian + Erin

[@sandrachu9646]

Thank you for sharing the tips, just what I was looking for

[@crazyaboutketo7834]

Genius!!!!!!! Thank you

[@texaskatwoman5896]

Great info! I don’t have anything but the zip lock standing Mylar bags (on sale:) and need a solution. Thx! I did not know any of this.

[@dcion2whls]

You’re a genius

[@2mvX]

Thanks man! Cheers from Poland!

[@karenthegoodkind]

New sub. New to prepping. That's great! Thank you for the info. I was just wondering if inserting a textured piece of a vacuum sealable bag into all the smooth mylar bags I've purchased would "do the trick" the - vac and seal. Thank you for proving it dies work withou me havubg to exoeriment and reinvent the wheel. You and your family enjoy your Easter holiday weekend, this Lent and Passove season and all the renewing and newness Spring brings. ps - I'm about to watch you updated info on sealing mylar bags that was on an I card in this video. God bless you and yours and all your subs. Amen.

[@OldSchoolPrepper]

i love it! still applicable today

[@michaelholopainen2822]

Thank you ! I just bough the machine and felt like I am about to bash my head against the wall trying to vacuum mylar bags. I will be trying your trick and add my own twist. I am anyway doing double seal as I fill the bags too full and the mounth often gets wrinkled. So I'll do you trick and cut off excess from the inner seal then I'll seal (w/o vacuum) again outer seal without the plastic.

[@Lindsay1050]

Thank you for the hack.

[@photosniffer7649]

Works great. Thanks for the Tip. Greetings from Germany. 🙂

[@DIYSolarandWind]

New subscriber. I just got 10 cat litter buckets and need to order some mylar bags. Thanks for the tips

[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

Great idea cheers Graham

[@adsal100]

Thankyou sir - you have made my day👍

[@sunshinemee4226]

Wow! Genius hack, Thanks.

[@cesalt2408]

Excellent!! Thanks for the helpful tip!

[@roncougar1]

That is genius! Thank you so much.👍

[@retireeslife4013]

Great thinking. Awesome

[@philstat100]

Thank You for a great video and valuable information

[@horsedogcatponyshow]

Great explanation. Thanks.

[@lostronin380]

A great help, many thanks brother. Appreciated. 👍

[@redmanrm1]

Very useful video. Thank you

[@Alamodem]

Very strange. I was thinking how to vac seal mylar bags earlier today. Even stranger. I've got the same model of vac sealer.. and even more weirder. I wasn't even looking for this topic tonight.

[@mellh7547]

God's intervention

[@Alamodem]

@@mellh7547 lol

[@susanscott-921]

What vac sealer do you have?

[@elianazz]

Thanks! ive been hunting for a machine! now i see i dont need one!

[@a.evansrn107]

Thank you! Doing this today!!!

[@Bodomi]

Thank you very much for the video :)!

[@sebastienbolduc5654]

You're awesome, man! Thanks a million!

[@janakubin2547]

Thanks, blessings to you

[@SwordofLight]

Genus move!

[@missjennemeg1]

Thank you so much for the video. I'm interested about adding oxygen absorbers, and want to know since you are removing oxygen by the vacuum, (but not all), how do you judge how many cc's oxygen absorbers you use? Do you have a guide you use? Or, are you able to offer a basic formula, or recommendation on that?

[@truthhurtz2793]

1 Quart Bag - 100cc oxygen absorber 1 Gallon Bag - 1-2 300cc oxygen absorbers 2 Gallon Bag - 2-500cc oxygen absorbers or 1-1000cc oxygen absorber 5 Gallon Bag - 1-2 2000cc oxygen absorbers or 2-3 1000cc oxygen absorbers

[@youtubetruthlife4750]

@@truthhurtz2793 I guess that is if your not removing oxygen with vacuum.

[@truthhurtz2793]

@@youtubetruthlife4750 You still need oxygen absorbers.

[@rcasey1738]

Thank you, it worked well.

[@RandyRTorres]

Great idea

[@shawnbeckett1370]

Thank you for posting

[@ValorHeroics]

Great video my friend!! 🙏

[@ZEUStheKingGermanShepherd]

Thank you !! Great video

[@andrewvillavicencio8496]

Interesting, thank you I will give this a shot :-)

[@DROY2004]

Just use a straw abt 4” long, insert into reg Mylar bag, leaving the sealing end of the bag with 1/2”of the straw extending from the seal end of the bag , seal it & the straw,, cut 1/2” straw off, Voila! It’s sealed now muss, no fuss, no extra work!

[@quimblyjones9767]

are you suggesting that vacuum sealing a Mylar bag with a straw is less work than cutting a few tabs of plastic?

[@Hedgehodge-]

@@quimblyjones9767 right... They are suggesting to create more waste than reusing excess/extra pieces

[@quimblyjones9767]

@@Hedgehodge- dude, "no muss, no fuss, no extra work" was the part I was referring too.

[@poolahpot]

Excellent! Thanks so much!

[@wandaortiz3631]

Thank for this information

[@dina8463]

I'm researching the "best for the money" foodsaver - which is quite overwhelming. I would like the feature you mentioned (separate vacuum/seal button). Do you have any recommendations? Thank you so much.

[@loriejoy6832]

A good idea would be to leave the inside strip long enough so you can reseal it later ;)

[@tonypalmentera7752]

thanks

[@TIMAMYSHOMESTEAD]

Do you still need to use oxygen absorbers in some items? Thanks so much for sharing this idea... definitely will be using this way of sealing.

[@BackPackHack]

Please read the description.

[@jason6473]

Great video. Thanks

[@xavierbreath2227]

Very nice. Thank you.

[@purplethumb7887]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@TrishLester]

Brilliant!

[@borisscott9156]

Nice work. Thanks!

[@Dutch1951x]

Great hint! Thanks!

[@gregvence7356]

Thanks! Just curious what make and model you vacuum sealer is? it doesn't look like the cheap FoodSaver type.

[@BackPackHack]

It's a Weston 65-501-M.

[@l.p.boudreaux1548]

Brilliant Sir!!!!! Thank you!

[@suasponte6230]

Genius. Could you insert a whole foodsaver bag inside a mylar and seal both at same time?

[@BackPackHack]

Some sealers won't have the horsepower to seal that much material.