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Review title: it's a drag
Product review: My wife and I were excited after seeing the ads on TV, but after seeing the video that came with the FoodSaver 550, we realized that the vacuum sealing is much more involved than the commercials lead you to believe (duh).For starters:--Vegetables need to be blanched (boiled) before you seal them.--Sealing fresh meat is also problematic, given that the juices are sucked into the pump (the video suggests adding paper towels to the bags with meat to keep the juices from running into the pump).--Bread and meat should be frozen before being vacuum sealed.--The unit requires significant counterspace.--vacuum sealing stuff takes time, it's sooo much easier just to grab a ziplock.All that said, I will admit I had fun vacuum-sealing stuff in our fridge (whether it needed it or not). If you are thrifty and very frugal, you will enjoy this -- otherwise, I would consider the rational alternative: buying smaller portions.
