Heavy duty / professional vacuum packer

[75]

I’ve got a little Eiffel packer which is great but very slow - I tend to butcher a carcass, bag it all then seal in a batch, but takes an age as the Eiffel needs to cool between each bag.

I'm looking at some of the chamber vacuum sous vide stuff which is around £350 but looking for some suggestions and first hand recommendations please. Never used a chamber packer - can I do back to back bags without leaving it to cool in between etc?

cheers

 

[75]

No one use a chamber vacuum sealer? I thought some of you folk who do this for a living may have them - although guess if you do that many deer then majority will go straight to the game dealer??

 

[dlz90]

I purchased a Lava V300 direct from Germany you can also buy them in the UK but buying direct from Germany I made a considerable saving and its a top notch bit of kit only thing is it has euro plug if you go this route but that's not an issue well worth it IMO.

 

[75]

Cheers - quick scan suggests they are about £400+ (about £50 more than the chamber sealers I was looking at), so are they really that much better than the Eiffel ones? Does it need to cool between bags or can you do a bunch of sealing back to back?

 

[deerstalker.308]

Cheers - quick scan suggests they are about £400+ (about £50 more than the chamber sealers I was looking at), so are they really that much better than the Eiffel ones? Does it need to cool between bags or can you do a bunch of sealing back to back?

Ive got a cheap domestic one and never needed to let it cool between bags?? Granted I don’t get 20 bags filled and then do them I tend to seal one, fill one, etc

 

[75]

Ive got a cheap domestic one and never needed to let it cool between bags?? Granted I don’t get 20 bags filled and then do them I tend to seal one, fill one, etc

I've had a couple of smaller domestic ones and both have needed to cool between bags. I prefer to bag everything in one go (as I tend to weigh out fixed weights of stewing / mince etc) and then bag them all at once. Seems to work better for me, but there's always a delay between sealing 1 bag and when the machine will allow you to start vacuuming the next.

 

[teyhan1]

I have a Buffalo vac from Nisbets.
No cooling required.

 

[75]

I have a Buffalo vac from Nisbets.
No cooling required.

Cheers - one of the ones I was looking at

 

[jthyttin]

I use Chinese DZ-260 bought from German Ebay. I guess you could go on for hundreds of cycles w/o cooling period. A lot like this one:

COMMERCIAL VACUUM SEALER FOOD SEALING MACHINE PACKING PACKETING SEALING BAR | eBay

Only thing missing is "Seal now" type button that would enable to seal when desired vacuum is achieved (there's meter in the front). And beware you need the vacuum pump oil, they ship empty.

 

[TheCornishman]

Hi there,

Use these all the time. A chamber packer will be far more efficient than smaller domestic units.

If it were me I’d be buying a used quality bench top item from a maker such as turbo vac or or henkleman rather than a cheaper new unit.

They come up on eBay regularly & most butchery/catering equipment suppliers will have PXstock to clear. Ultimately the results will be the same but the internal build quality will be superior in the commercial units.

All vac packers require services much like a car. Keep the oil topped up & in good condition. Change filters at least annually....years of service

One word of advice, if buying commercial kit make sure it is single phase. Entry level commercial benchtop items tend to be, larger freestanding items are usually 16a 1ph or 32a 3ph

 

[dlz90]

Cheers - quick scan suggests they are about £400+ (about £50 more than the chamber sealers I was looking at), so are they really that much better than the Eiffel ones? Does it need to cool between bags or can you do a bunch of sealing back to back?

No cooling needed between bags, the chamber model I no nothing about so cannot comment on them, but the Lava is excellent although its expensive to purchase in UK not so bad from Germany where mine came from Landig and cost me 350 euro plus shipping it seems a very well made unit and I cannot fault it plus it comes complete with 70 euros worth of free very heavy duty bags and two rolls of the continueos type which you cut to size and seal for larger cuts.

 

[jubnut]

No cooling needed between bags, the chamber model I no nothing about so cannot comment on them, but the Lava is excellent although its expensive to purchase in UK not so bad from Germany where mine came from Landig and cost me 350 euro plus shipping it seems a very well made unit and I cannot fault it plus it comes complete with 70 euros worth of free very heavy duty bags and two rolls of the continueos type which you cut to size and seal for larger cuts.

same here.

 

[teyhan1]

I'll take a video of the Buffalo in action, if you can wait

 

[75]

I'll take a video of the Buffalo in action, if you can wait

That'd be great - not going to buy one for a week or two. Cheers

 

[jim_allen_uk]

That'd be great - not going to buy one for a week or two. Cheers

How big a haunch can you fit in the buffalo packer? Up to a typical size Roe? Thanks.

 

[75]

How big a haunch can you fit in the buffalo packer? Up to a typical size Roe? Thanks.

Good point! Most of my stuff is smaller joints etc but do keep the odd whole haunch so interested in this too.

 

[Freeforester]

I use a Multivac with 485mm width sealing bar. German built, Swiss pump inside, bombproof, programmable and easy to service.

C 200: High-quality vacuum packs in film pouches


How to pack meat on MULTIVAC vacuum machines C 200? - YouTube

 

[75]

I use a Multivac with 485mm width sealing bar. German built, Swiss pump inside, bombproof, programmable and easy to service.

Nice, but £3.5k!?! Bit outside my budget...

 

[Freeforester]

Sorry, I went off the thread title, didn't register with the £350 budget; good luck with getting something heavy duty and professional quality at that price though, buy 2 and l'll take the other one off your hands!

 

[BearStalker]

Considering the pollution, from plastics, in the world, today, what is so wrong with the good old fashion Butcher Paper? It is easy to use, don't have to wait for it to cool down, Bio-degradable, can be written on with a pencil, re-sealable, etc., etc. I brought a roll with me, when I moved here, from the US, and will be needing to find where I can get more, once I am able to get back into the hunt again. I will be, primarily, gathering for my own use, but I do put a lot of it away.