Food Sealer - Appalachian Trail

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#1 
									Anyone know what the best bang for the buck on a Food Sealer is? I have no experience with this and have no idea where to start...

Thanks in Advance,
Cool Breeze

									_Cool Breeze_
#2 
									I bought a Seal a Meal vacuum food Storage system. Works great. I repackage stuff like Mountain House dinners in them. Makes them a smaller imprint so you can more in your food bag or bear canister. Also, the vacuum sealing process eliminates odors which is good if your in bear country.  Seal-a-meal.com

									_Ned_
#3 
									My son-in-law said he carried a vacuum sealed steak for a week and it was totally edible.  Not sure how hot it was outside.  

									_Lorna_
#4 
									I buy mountain house cans of chicken and beef, freezed dried. Super lite. Then i vacuum seal, 1 oz. Bags. I buy the 1 quart size, and cut them in half, so i get 2 for 1. Then, when i'm on the trail, l mix it with mac and cheese, or any pasta side. Really lite and tastes pretty good.

LDP camping food is where I get the cans from. They have can sales 4 times a year. Free shipping. They also have cans of vegitables.
I mix everything in one pot. That’s how I got my trailname.

									_Dogfood_
#5 
									I use a FoodSaver, model V3880. I'm not sure about "bang for the buck", but it was well reviewed on Amazon and it has an accessory hose that lets me (with appropriate adapters, available separately) also seal mason jars with either the regular mouth or the wide mouth. This way I can pre-cook & dry larger quantities. Yesterday I shredded 8# of potatoes. When blanched & dried, they fit into two quart jars. When I get ready to hike, it will be a simple matter to pour some into a plastic bag, seal and go. Some stays in my backpack / bug-out bag ... some stays on my shelf for 'bug in' storage.

FWIW, I’m using the Excalibur 9 tray dehydrator. Right now it’s drying 2# of cooked turtle beans and, in a few hours, it will be drying 2# of cooked garbanzo beans. Once vacuum packed, they are bug-proof. They are much cheaper and lower in salt than canned beans in recipes that call for such. They only take a little cold water and a half hour or so to re-hydrate and they are good to go.

									_LexingtonNC_