Excellent video.. answered ALL of my questions about this specific bag. My initial concern was they were a good bit thinner than I had expected. BUT... I used them and they have actually held up well. Good to have your "take" on them. Thanks much for your efforts. Your videos are fantastic.
I love HarvestRight bags they are so pretty, very thick and expensive. I wish other sellers would make their bags more attractive, silly me! Thank you Phil for doing all the testing for us, I have learned much from your channel ❤
Three things need to be eliminated for long term food storage: 1. Oxygen, 2. UV light, and 3. Heat. If the bag, regardless of thickness, can accomplish this you're good to go. There are issues with a thinner bag. Freeze dried foods often have sharp edges and can puncture thin-walled bags. A thicker bag will be stronger and less likely to fail and will slow down oxygen transfer. I place all my bags in large 18-gallon plastic totes, so for me a thinner wall bag will work just fine for some of my FD foods.
As a packaging specialist I am glad to see someone comparing the bag to the ASTM standards.
Thank you! It is great to have someone who knows how to test this stuff and has the equipment to run these tests. Very grateful!
Thank you
Thanks Phil. I've never used their bags but have two of their vacuum chambers. Will have to check them out. Thanks for doing the hard work for us! 😊
Excellent video.. answered ALL of my questions about this specific bag. My initial concern was they were a good bit thinner than I had expected. BUT... I used them and they have actually held up well. Good to have your "take" on them. Thanks much for your efforts. Your videos are fantastic.
Glad it was helpful!
I love HarvestRight bags they are so pretty, very thick and expensive. I wish other sellers would make their bags more attractive, silly me! Thank you Phil for doing all the testing for us, I have learned much from your channel ❤
Form and Function
Thank you
God bless us all ❤
Thank you!!
Do you use your vacuum chamber sealer to bag up your freeze dried items or will they get smashed too much?
I vacuum pack all my food except fruits with high amounts of sugars:
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Bravo...
Hey Phil. I wanted to order some HR trays and looked to see if I could order under your name to help you out, but could not find a link.
Thanks for the effort. I don't have a link. Please continue.
What kind of vacume chamber do you use?
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Do you have a chart somewhere of all the bags and O2 absorbers you've tested?
Here you go:
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I thought you had to always use 7 ml bags for long term food storage. What and when would you use a 4 ml bag?
Three things need to be eliminated for long term food storage: 1. Oxygen, 2. UV light, and 3. Heat. If the bag, regardless of thickness, can accomplish this you're good to go. There are issues with a thinner bag. Freeze dried foods often have sharp edges and can puncture thin-walled bags. A thicker bag will be stronger and less likely to fail and will slow down oxygen transfer. I place all my bags in large 18-gallon plastic totes, so for me a thinner wall bag will work just fine for some of my FD foods.
I use thinner, 4.5 mil bags, for grains, vegetables, and food with zero fats/oils. Meats and fatty foods would go in a thicker bag.
Maybe it would be better to use the word Aware instead of Beware.
That would make it Caveat Conscientiam. Just doesn't sound the same :)