Customer Reviews

10 - 5 Gallon (20"x30") 4.3mil Mylar Bags & 10 - 2,000cc OxyFree Oxygen Absorbers With Freshness Pill/Eye for Dried Dehydrated and Long Term Food Storage

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The title communicates the main points. I used these for long-term food storage in generic five gallon buckets (could not find inexpensive or free food-grade containers).

The one caveat is that the O2 absorbers are sealed as a 10-pack... if you open the package to get one, all are exposed to the air. It's best to prepare 10 buckets except the last bit of the seal on the bag. Then add the O2 absorbers right before the final sealing of the Mylar. Otherwise you will need to find a small airtight container to store the O2 absorbers, and they will lose some of their capacity.

Excellent products and packaged well. I used the bags and oxygen absorbers to store pasta and other items for emergency situations in five gallon food grade buckets. Since they are stored in an underground root cellar the food will last for many years unless needed sooner. The products arrived quickly and I would gladly do business with this company again.

These bags are so great for storing the giant sized sugar and flour I purchase at Sams. They are easy to use and are reuseable. Highly recommend!!

This is my first venture into storing food long-term. I did my homework and I chose this product because it looked like a good deal... Turns out it is much more than a good deal. Bags are very heavy-duty and absorbers were shipped vacuum packed. I highly recommend this product to anyone interested. I will be buying more! As a side note, I hi-jacked the wifes hair straightener and tried it for sealing the bags. Wow! I'm sure that I am not the first one to try this but it is absolutely the way to go. So, I ended up buying her a new hair appliance and I took over her old one! Stay prepared my friends...

I've bought mylar bags and oxy absorbers from other companies, only to have the mylar bags arrive beat up or the absorbers pack be split open.

These items were packed with care, shipped fast, and are of high quality. The absorbers arrived sealed tight and the pack included an indicator pill to be sure that they were in good shape.

I'm very happy with this purchase, and having these items in a "kit" form is very convenient. I'll be ordering more from OakTea International.

The seller (Oak Tree) shipped them fast enough - if I remember right I had them within 2 weeks - maybe closer to one week.

The bags together with 2000 cc 02 absorbers is a good price I think. The 02 absorbers come vacuum sealed with a little red pill inside. The pill turns blue if exposed to oxygen. After I opened the pack I put the remaining into a mason jar. I only had them exposed for a few seconds but the pill started turning purple. Then it turned red again in the jar so I guess the absorbers were sucking the 02 out of the jar and it did have a good vacuum seal when I opened it again.

I did 3 buckets of rice, 3 of wheat a couple of beans and also a bucket of sugar and a bucket of salt. I used Home Depot buckets because I don't see the point or the sense in spending money on food grade buckets and then putting a mylar bag inside. People don't talk about it but think about it - mylar has a metallic lining and no chemicals are going to get through. Anyway, I bought 10 new Home Depot orange buckets with lids for about $34 total.

This was my first time storing food like this. I sealed the bags with my wife's hair straightener and it worked great, I think. Some of my bags seemed to suck up to the food like they were vacuum packed and some didn't and seemed to still have air inside. I don't know if this is because I did something wrong or what. There didn't seem to be any holes in the bags. Then after reading some more, I decided I better freeze the food to kill any critters that may be inside. So after I sealed them I froze one for 3 days at -10 degrees and now I'm concerned about condensation inside so I'm going to open it up and check.

Anyway the bags seemed okay and the 02 absorbers seemed to work. I just ordered more.

These bags work great for long term dry food storage. I purchased a Euro Sealer to seal them with. You just never know when you might need to provide food for you and your family during a catastrophe! Just fill them up with your dried foods, throw in an oxygen absorber and seal them up with the Euro Sealer. Place them in a critter proof container and you have a little piece of mind knowing you are prepared. I recommend this product or similar to all forward thinkers.

I am a repeat customer need I say more??

My packages always arrive before the estimated delivery date. The contents are always in excellent shape and as described....

Received the bags fast, tried them out right away, they are bigger then I imagined and do hold quite a bit of product. I used the first bag for rice. Before sealing the bag I used two oxygen absorbers, sealed the bag using an iron, sealed the five gallon bucket and that was it. Checked 24hrs later for a good seal, no problems or leaks. Will check on a monthly basis for leaks, but I dont expect any, perfect bags for long term storage.
Will order more when needed.

Oat Tea sells very high quality Mylar bags and Oxygen absorbers. The shipment was packed very well, arrived very quickly. They even have an O2 sensing pill in the O2 absorber package to indicate if the package has been compromised or not. Thanks Oak Tea!!!!