Quick Test for Mylar Bag Heat Sealer
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- Опубліковано 14 вер 2023
- Quick, simple, test of the Mylar bag heat sealer.
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Before buying a freeze dryer, perhaps research to find out more about the downside of the machine; some people have problems with their machine and it's big and heavy and hard to return!
When trying to decide what to freeze dry you can start by asking why.
Start by asking yourself this question. Why are you freeze drying food? Knowing this should help you decide what you should freeze dry first.
I'm freeze drying because:
Just to freeze dry leftovers?
You want to make your own food for camping/backpacking?
For if/when the SHTF?
For a short term emergency?
You have your own garden and want to freeze dry the food?
You love Costco but don't have a family of 6?
You are good at finding the food sales but only have 1 freezer?
When you cook homemade chili just for yourself you make 10 gallons? Because you have 3 full freezers and are worried about power outages?
If I knew then what I know now, I would have freeze dried things in a different order. Or maybe not, because I started freeze drying because we had 3 full freezers, I was thinking of getting another one, and I decided I should buy a walk-in freezer instead. I started looking into walk-ins and realized they were expensive to buy (even used ones) AND expensive to own and operate. Then I found out Harvest Right was making home sized freeze dryers. One of my first thoughts was "I like Mountain House!" I have used their food for backpacking almost 45 years and we even kept some in our travel trailer, for just in case.
Freeze dried food will stay fresh for many years and be ready and waiting when you need it.
We do videos showing how we are using our Harvest Right Freeze Dryer to freeze dry food for long term storage. (We have the medium size machine that we got in August of 2017) We talk about how to load and unload the freeze dryer, how to know if the food is dry, is it better to freeze dry raw food or cooked food, and do a few taste tests. Freeze dried food is also great for prepping or just for camping and snacking!
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Before buying a freeze dryer perhaps research to find out more about the downside of the machine; like with any big machine, some people say they have had problems with their machine and it's big and heavy and hard to return!
Here is the list of Freeze dryers I've heard of: (If anyone knows of any others, please add to the list) (as of July 23rd 2023)
harvestright.com/ (only one I've used) All the others might be great, I've just never tried them.
p4lfood.com/ "The Cube" Same machine as the 4Patriots one? (Facebook page only a few months old?)
4patriots.com/products/4patriots-home-freeze-drying-system - Maybe built by Prep4 Life?
stayfreshfreezedry.com/ - One person start-up import business? (Judging by the corporation papers listing a home as the Registered Address)
www.cuddonfreezedry.com/products/ - Big - Probably not really a home unit. At least 20 times bigger than medium HR
wmmachinery.com/products/freeze-dryer-for-home-use - Lower priced. Shipped direct from China?
www.labrotovap.com/portfolio-item/large-home-freeze-dryer-lyophilizer-for-sale/ - Knockoff? Even used some of Harvest Right web page photos.
www.usalab.com/freeze-dryers/ - Two models? Do they make or rebrand.
freezedryco.com/equipment/food-cannabis/ Freeze Dry Company - more commercial
www.hudsonvalleylyomac.com/stratus-mp3-series-floor-model.html Hudson Valley Lyomac - not really home size units
d-freeze.com/ D-Freeze - Not out yet, being built in Canada
www.freezedryfood.de/en/ FreezeDry® German
bluealpinefreezedryers.com/ Blue Alpine Freeze Dryers - Idaho - Very new/Start-up - Looks very promising! (If I were buying one today, I'd look into this one)
I work at an old TB state hospital. Found some old bags and a heat sealer. Going to play with them and put M&M’s and skittles in the bags for everyone at Christmas. Just using the the out dated things for gifts. 😂
If not for you, I would’ve never known my dealer wasn’t sealing! When your sister got her FD, you noticed a problem and replaced the heat strip. With your link, I purchased new strips and no issues since. Thank you so much for all you do. I’ve learned an immense amount of information from you. I wish I knew your first name though, when I recommend your channel I just call you “SchoolReports”! Lol
Thanks so much for the kind words!
If you click _View email address_ on the _About_ page, all would be revealed. 😁
could you please do a video on how to change the heating element and the tan fabric piece?
Do any of these show enough to help?
Heat Sealer Maintenance ua-cam.com/video/E07dx0uvumI/v-deo.htmlsi=npJEnl2cOboHdYJD
Heat Sealer Maintenance Update - 1600 Bags Later ua-cam.com/video/jp6Yqjx-y68/v-deo.htmlsi=31VMbEP2fTDhaaCK
Heat Sealer for the Mylar Bags - The Old & The New (No Change!) ua-cam.com/video/Dxp_RjdaQM4/v-deo.htmlsi=HiSf79kmMEeT97Zw
New Sealer vs Old Sealer (or Sealer Failure to Function) ua-cam.com/video/oDnaGpdMZuw/v-deo.htmlsi=huN_WkR4Z202X4i1
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How often does the strip need replaced? I've been using my Harvest Right sealer for 2 months and it's already in tatters!
Wow! That seems fast. We get at least 2000 to 4000 bags before we have to replace the tape, a little sooner if the heat strip is overheating.
Can you link to the heat sealers you've found to be effective? The one I tried was not reliable so I use my vacuum sealer. The vacuum sealer is great for everything I store in mason jars but oh my, it's a total pain when I use it just for sealing mylar bags.
I can only tell you what has worked for me. I've been using this brand for decades. (In a different setting - not freeze drying) www.impakcorporation.com/sealers/IPK-305H
I'm sure there are lots of good ones out there; maybe people will chime in and say what has worked for them.
Here are more sealer info videos:
Heat Sealer for the Mylar Bags - The Old & The New (No Change!) ua-cam.com/video/Dxp_RjdaQM4/v-deo.htmlsi=_4tnA6FcTa2su7BK
New Sealer vs Old Sealer (or Sealer Failure to Function) ua-cam.com/video/oDnaGpdMZuw/v-deo.htmlsi=dNgOkTboLGN3irpM
Thanks @@SchoolReports. And thanks for the years of informative tutorials. They aren't exciting, and the don't have the glitz of a lot of the TikToks that attracts people now-a-days, but watching them is time well spent.
Honestly, if it wasn't for a number of folks like you and some of the podcast folks, I would have left UA-cam years ago. If you ever move over to a youtube alternative, like Lbry, etc, please be sure to let us all know.
Thanks!
In a big part, it was the Over-The-Top style videos that made me start making my own. I just wanted the simple, straight video showing the tested process. I just wasn't finding them when I started freeze drying. And some were inaccurate or even just plain nonsense. (And of course the click-baity thumbnails with a title something like "I JUST FREEZE DRIED SOMETHING, AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED!!!)
I have been putting the videos up on Rumble too, just in case. rumble.com/user/SchoolReports
Why would anyone use a low heat setting for mylar film? Thick or thin just maximize the heat output... You're not going to burn or overheat mylar film with a heat sealer.
This was mostly about the sealers failing to seal the bags at all. A large number of people received sealers that wouldn't seal.
With the higher powered sealers, when sealing a thinner bag, it can cut the end off by melting it too much.
The numbers I've seen say that it has a melting point 489 °F and a vaporization temperature of 662°F. I assume we would want to be in the 173 degree range.
@@SchoolReports Interesting. Mylar is laymen terms is tinfoil. It should not overheat that easily.
Mylar is a brand name for PET film ( technically BoPET (biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate) and is clear.
The ones we (collectively) usually think of when we talk about mylar is Metalized Polyester (BoPET) film. It adds a super thin metal coating/layer.
(The metalized coating adds greatly to its resistance to oxygen transmission)