What's the difference between these and regular FoodSaver bags?
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These are made for the microwave and work like stream and cook you buy in freezer section at store. They have a list of cooking times for foods on the bags. great for putting up fresh veggies or left overs.
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The microwave bags are vented and made specifically to cook your veggies, instead of just heating them up. Whenever we get a bargain on veggies at the market, we freeze them in these bags. Then you just throw the frozen bag into the micro for a few minutes. The bag material is similar to those used commercially for steamer veggies. We have had a Food Saver ever since they were introduced. This is the best bag they have produced for ease of use and quality of food.
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You can put these directly into the microwave and cook your vegetable or whatever. They are the same as the the vegetable in the store that say Steam in Bag or something like that. I put up some fresh Brussel Sprouts and Asparagus They were as fresh as the day they were picked. I love these bags.
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All FoodSaver bags are multi-layered films of polyethylene and nylon (3-7 layers depending on the manufacturing process). The total thickness of the bags is 4 Mil.
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Yes you can just seal s bag, just hit the seal button once you insert the bag. I have never tried using regular bags, but I think they would be too thin and not melt properly, and possibly ruin the vacuum slot. Not recommended by Foodsaver.
544096
Yes. One side looks like a regular food storage bag and the other side has the anti-tarnish material. These seem to work well for me.
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I have used the Foodsaver bags without any problems. I prefer the VacMaster or Cabelas bags better.
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These bags work just as well as the Food Saver bags. I've had no problem with them. In fact, I enjoy the convenience of picking the correct size, load and seal. Every bit worth the money.
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just like regular zip bags. I think the reason the mfr. writes 'SELF' sealing is that many similar bags DON'T close, or, have really cheap , difficult closures. These are worth the money... they are great !
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They are more oblong,but both oval & round croc-pots can use them.I have both depending on the amount of food I cook.I can form fit the bags to fit my round pot just aswell as my oval pot.Love them,keep the mess to the bag with maybe a little wipe down to the pots.Wish I would have noticed these sooner:)
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You only get the machine. The other questions depend on what you buy to use in the vacuum sealer you purchase. "Foodsaver" bags can be used for cooking in a sous vide machine, but not in a regular oven.
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I have the Rival food sealer and these work perfectly for me...I'd assume they would work with the Foodsaver as well?
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Shouldn't be a difference, they are the same bag just sealed and perforated for smaller portions. I have found the joy of all FS bags is I don't microwave anything, I use them as bags to boil in. May be a bit more "work" and may heat up the kitchen but just dunk the bag in water, FLAME ON, heat and you never have to worry about drying out your food. I used to open the top up a bit until I found out you don't have to. May take a little longer than the microwave but things like rice (leftover Chinese food) are way better going from frozen to hot when boiled.
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Yes these worked really well with my Foodsaver. I am still using them and they are just as good as the Foodsaver ones.
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Well, it works great on the 11" bags that I get in rolls. I'm sure there's some difference in the quality of bags, but I'm buying a generic that is cheaper than the FoodSaver bags, and still no problems at all. I LOVE this machine!
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They are single use bags. The advantage to these is they allow you to cook something in the microwave straight out of the freezer (foods that were previously cooked and vacuum sealed that is). This is a great advantage to someone with a schedule that is never the same and doesn't allow for planning ahead and defrosting something in the refrigerator ahead of time. It only takes a couple minutes in the microwave to heat up a meal from the freezer with these bags.
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My Ziploc sealer is in the blink and I just borrowed a friend's FoodSaver sealer. Tested the Ziplock sealer bags on hand and they sealed perfectly because they are also textured. Same for a generic roll I bought for larger bags.
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I would use the Foodsaver bags myself. They are pretty heavy duty and are built for the machine. I would imagine other types of plastic bags would work, they would have to be thicker though.
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Oh, Mylar bags only. The regular vacuum bags have ridges inside that allow air to be drawn out when using the Foodsaver type machine - a different process than this one. This machine works perfectly with Mylar.