Vacuum packing

[Brian James]

I wasn’t able to come up with a relevant thread by searching. Has there been a discussion of vacuum-sealing here?

Specifically I’m wondering if there are known good (/bad) machines or bags to use. Has anyone found a combo that allows them to just cut open a pack, add boiling water, and replace in a cozy? (Safely — i.e. no toxic outgassing from the plastic…)

Any experiences would be much appreciated.

Thanks!
Brian

[larry savage]

I’m also curious about products anyone has used, I used to climb with a guy who vacuum bagged a pair of gloves,socks, and a down sweater but never asked how he did it…

[Ryan Faulkner]

I have a Food saver vacuum packing machine.
I have actually had it about as long as I have been backpacking.

The bags are tough. I have prepared food a couple ways with them. one is to pour boiling water into the bag with noodles or dehydrated food, to rehydrate.
the other which I do rarely while backpacking, because it is for solid, non dehydrated, heavy food. but it works for car camping quite well, is to put the bag still closed into a pot of boiling water, this will cook steak, turkey, mashed potatoes, corn. So these bags can either cook, or rehydrate food.

[Sarah Kirkconnell]

Brian, read this thread:

http://forums.backpacker.com/thread.jspa?threadID=84880&tstart=25

What he found is really neat, and you can basically make your own bags at home, that reseal :-)

Sarah

[Sarah Kirkconnell]

I also meant to add that Food Vac bags are food grade, and are designed to hold boiling water, and to also be put in boiling water.
The above link I posted, the bags used in it are of food grade also.

[Brian James]

Thanks so much Sarah; that’s exactly what I was looking for. I can’t wait to try one of these units out!

Brian

[Dylan Skola]

Note that Ryan Jordan is using vacuum packing for all his food (42 pounds of it) on the Arctic 1000.

He’d better not lose that pocket knife!

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