Customer Reviews

Factory-Reconditioned Tilia FoodSaver Vac 300 Vacuum Sealing Kit

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If you love cheese, you'll love the FoodSaver. I'm sure it does lots of other useful things, none of which I've ever tried, but the real reason to own a vacuum sealer is so you can keep ten different kinds of cheese on hand at once and never lose any to mold. I've kept cheese fresh for over six months using my FoodSaver.

This was offered during the Friday Sale for an unbelievably low price, and so I bought one to try it out. It worked great for the first bag -- and then the vacuum mechanism immediately stopped working.

We had bought a ton of food to store in these bags, and so we completed the storage process using my friend's more advanced model. From using my friend's version, I realized that this is a great concept (and product). But given the immediate failure of this entry-level version, I would give some pause before buying a reconditioned one.

I paid full price for mine and love it everytime I seal that extra steak or pork chop for later eats. The other day I was smelling some of the bars of soap I bought, so I vacuum packed five bars and they are smell proof now. You can take the air out of wine and keep it good for another night - why drink it all in one night? You can also keep your peanuts fresh for weeks. You know how they begin to turn on you as soon as you open the can. Thousands of uses. Get one - especially at this price.

We love this gadget! We buy in bulk and use this to put the chicken, salmon, shrimp, cheese, etc. in meal-sized portions in the freezer or fridge. I prep the food and store it in the bags, which means I'm prepping veggies and meats only once per week (max), making mealtime a snap! I even put my meats in a marinade and then seal and freeze them - so delicious! We also store our flours and sugar in the containers. The containers are great for crushables like strawberries and lettuce, both of which go bad quickly if not sealed. The great thing about the bags is that we can go directly from fridge or freezer to microwave or boil right in the bag. These will be great for prepping food for camping, or even for sealing first-aid supplies, toiletries, etc. Now I'm even following suggestions on the bags: I cut the bags to a generally-usable size so that I can clean them out and re-use them! Definitely worth the investment!!!