OH I forgot a side note, during Vacuum stage, it uses about 350-370 Watts, In Heating it jumps to 1200 Watts, then cooling around 20 Watts and finally, for some odd reason I don't know yet, I hear another coil humming and consuming about 20 Watts. This unit is using as much juice as a toaster or hair dryer, so it really needs it's own breaker on the panel, or a slightly used breaker.
@@jjmorgan6 it’s been solid. No issues. Vacuum seal works great. No deterioration of suction. It does make some odd noises once in awhile though. I also bought vacuum oil and change it every 3 months as I use pretty much every few days.
I just received my vacuum sealer just like yours with the exception no packing material oil soaked box, no directions and I can’t believe they sent it. This way I have pictures of the soaked box. It came just like yours did
Hi H.O., I've isolated the smell to the plastic hoses. It's not the oil. I'm going to replace all the hoses. Check the hose from the solenoid, mine is spinning freely even with the white sealer they used. I will let you know how the project pans out, if you're interested.
@@HighOctane101 Good Morning H.O. Yes, the hoses are crap and outgas. However, the Lexan lid on the chamber also is outgassing, as are the coated interior surfaces. So, there is no way to suppress the smell. Also, check your fittings. Mine are sealed with what looks and feels like white glue (Elmer's), instead of (more expensive) silicone sealer. Notice there are no clamps either, and the fittings in the solenoid block are freewheeling and not tight and/or sealed. So it's only a matter of time...a short time before total failure and my vacuum gauge already has failed. I'm going to request a refund in a few minutes. This thing is built, sadly, like a POC. Thanks and good luck with yours!
Hello, great video on this unit, thanks. How's it holding up as of August, 2023? I really want to get this model as seems best bang for buck but am a bit worried of customer service/parts, those kinds of things if I got a defective one or if trouble happens early. Any comments from author on experiences with this unit and/or Vevor customer service appreciated. Thanks!
It’s still working great, neighbor bought one after I did and both of us had no issues, except one where you may have to tighten a nut that seals the wire for the heat strip that’s all. Works great. I actually bought a spare just in case someday. And it’s sitting in storage but between the two I still money ahead.
Not seeing any product link in description or comments-am I missing it ? Looking at these now and while there ARE plenty of places to get one, at least if I use your link, I'd have some chance of actually receiving what I ordered. Could you post a link ? Thanks
@@HighOctane101 Thanks for the link. I see that Vevor sells their Chamber Vacs on Amazon for a few bucks above their website prices. I wonder if purchasing through Amazon offers a little more protection with shipping damage or quality control issues ? I assume you ordered direct with Vevor ?
Doing nothing wrong, when placing high moisture things under vacuum it is lowering the boiling point of water. So if you look close you will see steam bubbles. This will happen more if the food is warm. Example if you put a glass jar under vacuum you can boil water when place hand under glass steam bubbles will form. Hope this helps
If you turn off the machine while it's holding vacuum, does the valve open and the air comes back in the chamber, or it's possible to mantain vacuum for a longer period of time, say 10 minutes? there are some preparation which require vacuum for 10 minutes without interruption, so repeated cycles wouldn't help.
With my Vacuum Chamber, I plugged it into a power strip. When the machine is on and vacuuming, and I turn off the machine using the power strip, the lid stays firmly stuck to the machine, but the Vacuum Meter needle goes back to zero. When I switch the power strip back on, the machine resets and the numbers in the Control Panel go back to the pre-set values, and I hear a rush of air go back into the chamber and the lid opens up.
Just search for vacuum pump oil, any will do. As for cycles I’m just going to do it once a year. If you do anything like warm liquids the. Do more often cuz that moisture is going into the oils in the pump.
@@HighOctane101 Thanks man! Do you have another way of communicating? I have many questions :( It seems to me that you are an expert in this machines and I have a start-up that basically depends on this machine to work. We started using that machine yesterday, with the setting set as follow. Vacuum: 20-35 secs depending on the food. Sealing: 1.5 secs Cooling: 8 secs But today the sealing bar stopped working after just 2 days of use. What could have happened? The teflon and the metal strip looked "normal". What could be the solution?
Good Afternoon H.O. It's on its way back. Gauge is erratic, smell is awful, if I didn't fix those wires that were loose, they surely would have come out and started a fire, as has been the case with some other UA-camrs. Once again, Thanks million for your insight, PCE&T
i just received mine, thanks for the video.. my vacuum suck dial does not work.. any ideas???? oil is just about 60% according to the fill line. ??????????
Open it up and see if the hose is connected to the gauge and yeah my oil is slightly above the line half way mark . They shipped too much oil for mine but I got oil change oil. The thing is I just contacted them because I bought the slightly bigger model and they sent me this one. They say they are going to make it right with me. You can only get ahold of someone through email. The phone number you can’t get anyone. I look at mine too to help you out
Use it once a week for probably half our on average I know another person that I know run over 4000 bags through there’s and works fine yet. Hope this help
Hi H.O. See if this relates... Good day Mate, Yes indeed the China Stench. It's the lousy way they produce plastics and all things industrial. The plastics mostly are very cheap and are outgassing. It will never go away. My own unit, a newer color of the exact same units, stink out loud. They work ok, but man-oh-day, you can't have them in a living area, but must keep them outside in a shed or in the basement away from people (and pets). Today's price was $312.00 for the newest DZ-260S, which concerning build quality, by our standards, sucks royally. Everything smells like 100 year old fish oil, the fan cut-out is as sharp as a razor, the stainless steel is unsympathetically flimsy and cheap, the front panel electronics are flexed with each button press due to the cheapness of the steel front panel. Several of the connector screws (holding the wiring) were only finger tight, and I had the foresight to check and re-tighten them to avert the fire situation. My next steps may be to redesign the unit with a clean pump, and a PLC to control the solenoids. Maybe, because this model uses an air bladder to raise the heater which presses the bag between the heater bar and upper glued to the lid, silicone (stinky) compression piece. And once more, every piece of plastic including the oil and wiring, stink terrible. Look at it this way, when the Chinese officials want goods that don't smell, they import them. The crap they produce, comes here. Thanks for the video, LG
Must depend on the lot. I bought my DZ-260C in 2019 off eBay before there were any reviews and it doesn't smell at all. Other than having to add the oil and replace the teflon tape after about a year it's been trouble free.
Mine's ok so far too. At least you were given a full refund by the seller, and the seller accepted the return of the defective item. I bought things from sellers on ebay before who dragged their feet about giving me a refund and who eventually stopped replying to my messages altogether. I had to complain to Ebay Customer Service just before the deadline to complain expired. It was as if these particular ebay sellers were purposefully dragging it out, hoping I was too stupid to know about the ebay deadline, and hoping that the deadline would expire so that I wouldn't be able to complain to ebay. At least you weren't put through that! (BTW, for others reading this. Many sellers (about 96%) on ebay are honest, but there are a handful who aren't. And they'll try to take advantage of you. So, you gotta be on your toes.)
@@georgcantor7172 The AVID Armor series has a full 2 year warranty, an oil-less motor.pump, real quality, just in case your viewers are shopping. I bought one open box from AMAZON, and it's been quite the gem.
@@QuinnMang Following your logic then, it's okay for a product to be crappy as long as it's a lower priced item. That's not right. You should expect quality form any manufacturer. My $20 can opener is over 30 years old and still going. Wal-Mart produce is cheaper but still high quality. Your letting the crap producers get away with it, when you accept it's crap but cheap to buy.
Everybody reading this comment do not order this product. The box it came in was oil soaked and had no packing material. No directions horrible condition.
@@gee191991 yep and couldn’t get hold of anybody to fix the problem it wouldn’t even turn on I spent full price for this product and couldn’t even talk to a live person! So if you are looking to purchase this item DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT! Their are other companies that have a similar model to this one you will pay more but you get what you pay for! The 250.00 I paid is money lost because this company doesn’t have personnel to help you. I’m sure they do in China but just not here in America. So now I Owen a 250.00 doorstop
@@HighOctane101 good luck trying to get a hold of somebody I even tried to the website and couldn’t do it so now I have a $250 doorstop! I’m glad you got one that worked me personally I wouldn’t purchase anything else from this company ever the phone numbers that you look up on your call and nobody answers you leave messages no one returns your calls. Do you go to the website? No place to leave a message I think you’re really lucky. I just wanted a product to work you know the little oil plastic bottle that the oil came in well whoever filled the oil when it didn’t screw the lid on tight and soaked the packaging throughout. The directions are a piece of paper folded in half and that’s it looks like a third grader did it that’s just to let you know that I actually did buy this. I highly recommend if you purchase another one to go somewhere else and I pray that your machine doesn’t break down because if it does, you’re screwed.
@@christopherlauter9403 yeah I’m sure I was lucky. Other than the oil everywhere on yours , did it not run or vac down. Why did it not work, just curious? Thanks
No link?
www.vevor.com/chamber-vacuum-sealer-c_10467/120w-vacuum-chamber-sealer-food-sealing-machine-commercial-packing-machine-p_010436094401
That was very helpful showing how to fill the pump with oil. The instructions that came with my unit were useless. Thank you. It was great.
Thank you for the video. I have this unit and like it. However, I wasn't sure how to empty the oil to change it. Your video showed me how.
You're welcome!
OH I forgot a side note, during Vacuum stage, it uses about 350-370 Watts, In Heating it jumps to 1200 Watts, then cooling around 20 Watts and finally, for some odd reason I don't know yet, I hear another coil humming and consuming about 20 Watts. This unit is using as much juice as a toaster or hair dryer, so it really needs it's own breaker on the panel, or a slightly used breaker.
I believe the next model up has a breaker
Can You tell us What the next model up is called. cheers
@@perentee77 I purchased the Acid Armor brand, excellent model.
Avid Armor.
Thanks again for the awesome review and update on the chamber. Just got mine today from Amazon in Canada. Works great!
Nice
How is it working now?
It sure is, no problems
@@jjmorgan6 it’s been solid. No issues. Vacuum seal works great. No deterioration of suction. It does make some odd noises once in awhile though. I also bought vacuum oil and change it every 3 months as I use pretty much every few days.
I just received my vacuum sealer just like yours with the exception no packing material oil soaked box, no directions and I can’t believe they sent it. This way I have pictures of the soaked box. It came just like yours did
Hi H.O.,
I've isolated the smell to the plastic hoses. It's not the oil. I'm going to replace all the hoses. Check the hose from the solenoid, mine is spinning freely even with the white sealer they used.
I will let you know how the project pans out, if you're interested.
Good to know, thanks for the tips. I will look at mine
@@HighOctane101 Good Morning H.O.
Yes, the hoses are crap and outgas. However, the Lexan lid on the chamber also is outgassing, as are the coated interior surfaces. So, there is no way to suppress the smell.
Also, check your fittings. Mine are sealed with what looks and feels like white glue (Elmer's), instead of (more expensive) silicone sealer. Notice there are no clamps either, and the fittings in the solenoid block are freewheeling and not tight and/or sealed. So it's only a matter of time...a short time before total failure and my vacuum gauge already has failed.
I'm going to request a refund in a few minutes. This thing is built, sadly, like a POC.
Thanks and good luck with yours!
I noticed that when you put anything with a high moister content, the seal chamber fogs up. I am I doing something wrong?
Hello, great video on this unit, thanks. How's it holding up as of August, 2023? I really want to get this model as seems best bang for buck but am a bit worried of customer service/parts, those kinds of things if I got a defective one or if trouble happens early. Any comments from author on experiences with this unit and/or Vevor customer service appreciated. Thanks!
It’s still working great, neighbor bought one after I did and both of us had no issues, except one where you may have to tighten a nut that seals the wire for the heat strip that’s all. Works great. I actually bought a spare just in case someday. And it’s sitting in storage but between the two I still money ahead.
Thank you for the follow-up review.
Where did you purchase the heat strip?
Have you sealed any liquids? Would you still recommend this product?
Yes I have sealed liquids and I still use it today works great yet
Thank you for the video, specially the work with the oil. Do you have any recommendation for the Vacuum Pump Oil ?
Robinair 13204 Premium High Vacuum Pump Oil
Not seeing any product link in description or comments-am I missing it ? Looking at these now and while there ARE plenty of places to get one, at least if I use your link, I'd have some chance of actually receiving what I ordered. Could you post a link ? Thanks
www.vevor.com/products/120w-22-commercial-vacuum-sealer-food-sealing-machine-food-fresh-packing-sealer?_pos=2&_sid=61a33c18d&_ss=r
@@HighOctane101 Thanks for the link. I see that Vevor sells their Chamber Vacs on Amazon for a few bucks above their website prices. I wonder if purchasing through Amazon offers a little more protection with shipping damage or quality control issues ? I assume you ordered direct with Vevor ?
Just bought one. Mine has a very strong chemical smell when using. stinks up the whole house did you notice this with yours?
Yes, it’s the cheap rubber products they use. I just left lid open outside garage for a week or so it eventually goes away.
I noticed that when you up put something with high moister content , the chamber fogs up. What am I doing wrong?
Doing nothing wrong, when placing high moisture things under vacuum it is lowering the boiling point of water. So if you look close you will see steam bubbles. This will happen more if the food is warm. Example if you put a glass jar under vacuum you can boil water when place hand under glass steam bubbles will form. Hope this helps
@@HighOctane101 Thanks for the info. I will make I cool things down before placing them in sealer.
If you turn off the machine while it's holding vacuum, does the valve open and the air comes back in the chamber, or it's possible to mantain vacuum for a longer period of time, say 10 minutes?
there are some preparation which require vacuum for 10 minutes without interruption, so repeated cycles wouldn't help.
With my Vacuum Chamber, I plugged it into a power strip. When the machine is on and vacuuming, and I turn off the machine using the power strip, the lid stays firmly stuck to the machine, but the Vacuum Meter needle goes back to zero. When I switch the power strip back on, the machine resets and the numbers in the Control Panel go back to the pre-set values, and I hear a rush of air go back into the chamber and the lid opens up.
How has it been now after over a year? Any maintenance you had to do? Would you still recommend?
Yeas I would recommend it for the price, have done lots with it and no problems. I’m about do for an oil change though
And yeah I watched on vevor and got another one for like $240. Just to have a backup
@@HighOctane101 Woah for the same model? That's so good compared to current ($394) pricing, was there a coupon or something involved?
Hi! How ofter should I change the oil? After how many cycles or hours? Do you know where do they sell it? I can't find it on Amazon :(
Thanks!
Just search for vacuum pump oil, any will do. As for cycles I’m just going to do it once a year. If you do anything like warm liquids the. Do more often cuz that moisture is going into the oils in the pump.
@@HighOctane101 Thanks man! Do you have another way of communicating? I have many questions :(
It seems to me that you are an expert in this machines and I have a start-up that basically depends on this machine to work.
We started using that machine yesterday, with the setting set as follow.
Vacuum: 20-35 secs depending on the food.
Sealing: 1.5 secs
Cooling: 8 secs
But today the sealing bar stopped working after just 2 days of use. What could have happened? The teflon and the metal strip looked "normal".
What could be the solution?
Good Afternoon H.O.
It's on its way back. Gauge is erratic, smell is awful, if I didn't fix those wires that were loose, they surely would have come out and started a fire, as has been the case with some other UA-camrs.
Once again,
Thanks million for your insight,
PCE&T
Sorry to hear hope they send you a better one if that is the route you go. Thanks for the extra info
@@HighOctane101 Thanks H.O.
I received a full refund and they also provided the shipping back. Take a look at the AvidArmor. Looks very promising.
LG
Do you know where to get parts for maintenance, such as heating elements and teflon tape?
Elements you can get on amazon pretty much same as other brands, a kit to make work and tape you can get anywhere
@@HighOctane101 Yes. Thanks. I found several sources on ebay.
If you have time, what size and thickness bags are you using and it looks like the off the shelf bags are working for you too?
I use the 3 mil 9”x12” and the 6x12” chamber bags from webstraunt website and yes I used up my food saver ones and worked good too.
Thanks for the review
Question
Does it only take bags or can you use the rolls also?
Yeah you can use rolls also, I had some left from my cheap vacuum sealer and they work just fine
Hi there!
Can I ask what kind of oil that is? I didn’t get any with my machine!
It was plain label, but when I change mine out I will use vacuum pump oil . Robinair 13203 Quart of Premium 'High' Vacuum Pump Oil
Hello, I have a bacum wrapping machine and the hoses inside are cut. I want a detailed map of the hoses inside, with thanks to you
Me pueden ayudar a instalar y y ver como funciona dicha maquina porfavor, tenemos una pero aun no sabemos utilizarla bien, todo está en inglés.
Mine didn’t come with oil what type of oil is it? Hydroelectric?
I would google robinair 13203 oil, or any good brand of vacuum pump oil. That’s what I replaced mine with.
Do you have to use special bags or can you use any bag i.e those ziplock bags
Should be 6mil thick bags, can be smooth clear bag. Never tried a ziplock but I think they are thinner than 6 mil
How is it holding up after a couple months use? Would you purchase this model again?
Works great and I love it best vacuum sealer I’ve ever bought and should not have to buy one for a long time.
What oil do you use and where do you get it?
I used oil that came with it, but any good vacuum pump oil will work.
Thanks HO, did they send extra heater tape? 'Cause I just ordered one too.
LG
Yes they sent the extra metal strip and insulation all for a new heat tape installation
Thanks a million, I've wanted one of these for years. I hate the way the old style sucks all the liquid out of the stuff you want to protect.
i just received mine, thanks for the video.. my vacuum suck dial does not work.. any ideas???? oil is just about 60% according to the fill line. ??????????
Open it up and see if the hose is connected to the gauge and yeah my oil is slightly above the line half way mark . They shipped too much oil for mine but I got oil change oil. The thing is I just contacted them because I bought the slightly bigger model and they sent me this one. They say they are going to make it right with me. You can only get ahold of someone through email. The phone number you can’t get anyone. I look at mine too to help you out
Hi, what's the max height that fits in the chamber? (Max thickness of filled bag)?
I’ll see if I can get a measurement
3 1/2” high at middle
@@HighOctane101 thanks a lot
Hi thank you for this very useful review, can you also vacuum glass jars with this machine?
No you can’t do jars.
For glass jars, you can make your own sealer: ua-cam.com/video/lkGH21AopVQ/v-deo.html
Do you know the settings for sealing jars in this sealer?
You can’t seal jars. You can seal liquid in a bag though
Hi man! How is that machine faring time? How ofter do you use it?
Use it once a week for probably half our on average
I know another person that I know run over 4000 bags through there’s and works fine yet. Hope this help
@@HighOctane101 Thanks a lot man! And how ofter should I change the oil? Do you know where do they sell it? I can't find it on Amazon
Got any long term use updates?
Still working fine, I’ll maybe do a video soon
I have a larger model I got for less works great. Idk y they all start with dz. I asked a guy from hong kong awaiting reply......
I'm happy from Russia
Do you have to use vacuum seal bags that are already sealed on one end?
No you would have to put pump time at 1 second and let seal if you have to seal both ends
Is it work whit any type of bag?
Yes it will for best results I use bags from webstraunt website
Great video , is it still working well ?
Thanks
Sure is no problem yet
I brought one mate. Thanks 🍻
I use a 9” by 12” bag. It probably could do a 10” by 12” though
I can vacuum liquid with this right?
Yes you can and it works great 👍
Is it large enough to do a whole chicken?
I can find out I’ll let ya know
You would have to cut the chicken in half the two separate bags
Will it seal mylar bags?
I have not tried any
Doesn’t look like it’s getting down to full vac.
You can never get to full vacuum on earth
Any oil will work?
I would use a Robinson vacuum oil, just google vacuum oil
Hi H.O.
See if this relates...
Good day Mate,
Yes indeed the China Stench. It's the lousy way they produce plastics and all things industrial. The plastics mostly are very cheap and are outgassing. It will never go away.
My own unit, a newer color of the exact same units, stink out loud. They work ok, but man-oh-day, you can't have them in a living area, but must keep them outside in a shed or in the basement away from people (and pets).
Today's price was $312.00 for the newest DZ-260S, which concerning build quality, by our standards, sucks royally. Everything smells like 100 year old fish oil, the fan cut-out is as sharp as a razor, the stainless steel is unsympathetically flimsy and cheap, the front panel electronics are flexed with each button press due to the cheapness of the steel front panel.
Several of the connector screws (holding the wiring) were only finger tight, and I had the foresight to check and re-tighten them to avert the fire situation.
My next steps may be to redesign the unit with a clean pump, and a PLC to control the solenoids. Maybe, because this model uses an air bladder to raise the heater which presses the bag between the heater bar and upper glued to the lid, silicone (stinky) compression piece. And once more, every piece of plastic including the oil and wiring, stink terrible.
Look at it this way, when the Chinese officials want goods that don't smell, they import them. The crap they produce, comes here.
Thanks for the video,
LG
Must depend on the lot. I bought my DZ-260C in 2019 off eBay before there were any reviews and it doesn't smell at all. Other than having to add the oil and replace the teflon tape after about a year it's been trouble free.
Mine's ok so far too. At least you were given a full refund by the seller, and the seller accepted the return of the defective item. I bought things from sellers on ebay before who dragged their feet about giving me a refund and who eventually stopped replying to my messages altogether. I had to complain to Ebay Customer Service just before the deadline to complain expired. It was as if these particular ebay sellers were purposefully dragging it out, hoping I was too stupid to know about the ebay deadline, and hoping that the deadline would expire so that I wouldn't be able to complain to ebay. At least you weren't put through that! (BTW, for others reading this. Many sellers (about 96%) on ebay are honest, but there are a handful who aren't. And they'll try to take advantage of you. So, you gotta be on your toes.)
@@georgcantor7172 The AVID Armor series has a full 2 year warranty, an oil-less motor.pump, real quality, just in case your viewers are shopping. I bought one open box from AMAZON, and it's been quite the gem.
You do realize that a commercial vacuum sealer runs anywhere from $2000-$6000 right, you get what you pay for
@@QuinnMang Following your logic then, it's okay for a product to be crappy as long as it's a lower priced item. That's not right. You should expect quality form any manufacturer. My $20 can opener is over 30 years old and still going. Wal-Mart produce is cheaper but still high quality.
Your letting the crap producers get away with it, when you accept it's crap but cheap to buy.
Everybody reading this comment do not order this product. The box it came in was oil soaked and had no packing material. No directions horrible condition.
Did you buy direct from the company? Amazon? Ebay?
Was your purchase recently?
The one I bought was through Vevor website. I actually have two, one for a spare and never had to use the spare yet
@@gee191991 yep and couldn’t get hold of anybody to fix the problem it wouldn’t even turn on I spent full price for this product and couldn’t even talk to a live person! So if you are looking to purchase this item DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT! Their are other companies that have a similar model to this one you will pay more but you get what you pay for! The 250.00 I paid is money lost because this company doesn’t have personnel to help you. I’m sure they do in China but just not here in America. So now I Owen a 250.00 doorstop
@@HighOctane101 good luck trying to get a hold of somebody I even tried to the website and couldn’t do it so now I have a $250 doorstop! I’m glad you got one that worked me personally I wouldn’t purchase anything else from this company ever the phone numbers that you look up on your call and nobody answers you leave messages no one returns your calls. Do you go to the website? No place to leave a message I think you’re really lucky. I just wanted a product to work you know the little oil plastic bottle that the oil came in well whoever filled the oil when it didn’t screw the lid on tight and soaked the packaging throughout. The directions are a piece of paper folded in half and that’s it looks like a third grader did it that’s just to let you know that I actually did buy this. I highly recommend if you purchase another one to go somewhere else and I pray that your machine doesn’t break down because if it does, you’re screwed.
@@christopherlauter9403 yeah I’m sure I was lucky. Other than the oil everywhere on yours , did it not run or vac down. Why did it not work, just curious? Thanks