SousVideTools | Senses 300 Deep Chamber Vacuum Sealer | Sous Vide Cooking | 30 cm Bag Sealing Bar | Food Vacuum Machine | Home and Commercial Use

This is a really good machine for the home chef. How does it compare with anything you may have used in a pro kitchen? - Tech specs are few and far between for vacuum machines so it is very hard to compare before you buy...1) It works wellI have been able to seal solids and liquids in both normal (cheap) bags and the old super thick rolls of my previous basic vac machine (the kind that doesn't handle liquids). I have yet to try the marinating function.2) It works slowlyOn a pro machine you would expect 20 seconds for fragile items and 30 seconds for full vac. This is 50 and 90 seconds respectively. Make sure you have something else to do if doing a batch!3) It seals but doesn't cutThe bags are sealed but not cut to size like in pro machines. I will experiment with longer sealing durations to see if if this does the trick. Standard sealing time is 5 seconds.You can also seal from a roll but, bizarrely, the machine goes in Vac mode for about 15 seconds before sealing. In this respect it is slower/less accurate than my old machine.4) Handling bags can be a bit fiddlyBecause of the lower suction power compared to a pro machine, it needs to ensure that the bag is slightly open to extract all the air. To do this you have to place it in a specific way on the sealing bar which can be a bit fiddly. Not a big deal but bear in mind.In conclusion: you get what you pay for and this is very good value for money. It accommodates large bag sizes, comes with a spare sealing gasket and a spare sealing bar, and is the first proper home vac machine. It just requires a bit more patience that your pro machine.

This is a great chamber vacuum sealer! Easy to clean and very easy to use.The selection of these type of vacuum chamber sealers here in the UK seems much smaller that in the US, so I had a good look at the options before buying. I was concerned that this one, being by far the cheapest might be a poor purchase, but it's great! It doesn't have the stainless steel 'professional kitchen equipment' feel of more expensive models, but the build quality is still excellent, and it functions perfectly, and produces an excellent vacuum and seal (in fact, double seal)I like that it comes with a spare heat sealing element and rubber sealing gasket.This one also has a marinate feature which I've used with peppers and onions - you can tell immediate that the onions have absorbed liquids throughout the layers, so it definitely helps to at least some extent. I'm not particularly good at telling the effect of most marinades, so I can't vouch for more than that.FYI, chamber vacuum sealers are a lot slower that the strip sealers, but do a generally better job, and, of course, handle liquids much better.

This item looks good. It pulls a strong vacuum. It would be simple to use.BUT. I had three of them and none of them worked. They all had to go back. I DO NOT recommend you buy this product.Firstly, the sealing bar did not get any more than even slightly warm on any of the units I had meaning that my bags did not get sealed.Secondly, one is supposed to be able to vary the level of the vacuum within the product bag by adjusting the amount of time the vacuum pump runs for. Unfortunately this failed to work on the units I had. Setting the vacuum pump for 1 second failed to stop the pump after one second meaning that the item inside would have gotten crushed when the chamber vacuum was released back to ambient pressure.I have had numerous vacuum packing machines over the years. This is the worst one I have tried.I had hoped it would work because, honestly, it looks pretty good and the build quality, the plastic moulding, the glass lid all seem good. But it was needed to seal bags and not look pretty on the shelf. So 1 star from here.

Good product but no instructions and sealer bags don’t work all the time

After years of using a foodsaver to add extra life to purchased supermarket food, I took the plunge and bought a chamber vacuum sealer. Oh I so wish that I had bought this year's ago.Firstly, it's more compact than I thought it would be. I love the control of vacuum (no more squashed. , ruined food).I love the fact that I can use liquid in a bag with no worry of it rising out and spoiling the seal. I love that I can get my shopping delivered, portion it into manageable amounts and freeze it. Sous vide will be easier than ever now. The pickle and marinade in a bowl is genius. My small foodsaver containers fit in so yet another bonus .It's not too noisyIt's quicker than I thought.The added extra gasket and seal is a big plus.Bags are cheaper than embossed ones.Ability to buy bulk packs of food and then split them and freeze them is economical.Once food is vacced, it can be smoothed straight as in the minced beef. This saves space in the freezer.Within ten minutes of putting on the worktop, I was prepping my shopping. I've labelled it too so that I know exactly when froze.It is expensive but on the other hand, it's extremely useful and will pay for itself in cheaper bags, more important for me is zero food waste.

A simple question from the user manual to there support department resulted in an unbelievable answer and still has not been answered. No problem with the product it does all I want but I don't like being given an unbelievable answer.