Food saver canisters?
 

I just got a foodsaver with the canisters and want to find more..wondered if anyone knew where you can buy them reasonably..

Sorry, I can't help you.

Foodsaver.com is where we buy them. Very reasonable on price and shipping. They quite often have items on sale and sometimes offer free shipping.

Thanks will watch for sales thru them

Amazon.

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If you want bags, the best bargain I found was at web restuarant.com

Will check. Thanks!

After a while the canisters lose their seal and Food Saver won't replace it.
Can't even buy the seal. Bummer. Now I only use canning jars but you must have
the attachment for this. Look for the Wide-Mouth Jar Sealer.

I have some I don't use. I'd gladly send them to you.

I have found them at my Wal-Mart.

our walmart didnt have them and what they did have was so high $$

I don't know if your setting is the same as mine, but an ad for their official website is right above this thread. :) Coincidence?

Go to www.QVC.com food storage (Lock and Lock) They have the storage containers.

yeah that is weird I got it too

Sign up for emails from http://www.foodsaver.com/. They run lots of specials and have really good deals.
brenda

There is a web site on the box that it came in. Try that. I have a food saver and only use the bags.do not like the canisters. Just to big for my tiny freezer.

The canisters are ideal for none freezer storage....

Walmart use to have them ????

I checked 2 walmarts and none..

I got a few at target. I know Kohls carries them, nice if you get their %- off coupons by mail. Using mason jars with the special attachment is great, use them for dry-pantry storage.
I love my food saver, I am on my third one ( literally wore my first two out!) so many useful uses besides food storage.

I had a 30% coupon but seems kohls does not have them here

We have had a Food Saver for several years and never found the canisters cumbersome to use and not very useful. We also don't use very many of their expensive rolls of bags, except for frozen meat. However, I keep the Food Saver out on the counter and use it several times a week to reseal everything from potato chip bags, most of the bags that frozen vegetables come in, the bags that chocolate chips come in, and several other similar things. It's not suitable for the softer poly bags, such as bread wrappers, but anything that is made of the mylar type plastics works great, as well as the type that line cereal and cracker boxes. I didn't think I needed this machine until a friend gave us his extra because he was upgrading to a newer one. I would really miss it if we didn't have it now! It makes a much better seal than twisties and clips.

By the way, I'm not using the vacuum function with those types of bags and wouldn't expect it to work except with their specially designed products. Certainly there is a use for those things, too. I've heard that you can even use them to vacuum seal fabric for long term storage, but I haven't tried that. I'd have to leave a lot of headroom for resealing because just as soon as I got something packed away I'd find a use for it!

One other use is repairing the holes that often occur in grocery bags. I know we're supposed to not get those bags, but what else would I be using for cat litter gleanings and doggy pick-ups and to line bathroom wastebaskets? I like re-purposing the bags, but obviously holes would not be good, and more than half of them seem to come with holes. I see people buying plastic bags for this kind of thing and carrying them home in lovely fabric totes, and I wonder how that could be any more environmentally friendly than what I do.

Thanks so much for the tips!

Wal Mart does carry them in the Housewares department.

They do carry foodsaver and zip lock brand bags and the actual foodsaver gadgt but not the canisters..at least not at the 2 I went to...

Gosh, I use our food saver constantly. I have put fabric in them. When my MIL founder wedding gown from 1923, the fabric was still intact, but the lace was destroyed. Her granddaughter wanted to wear the dress for her own wedding, but time took that away. I took the dress apart and made a pattern from it. We found lace almost exactly like the original. When the new dress was done, I took the original ( though in pieces) and sealed it. I also did the silk veil. I gave those to my SIL. Even if the dress is not really there, the fabric and history is.
I also packed a change of clothing when camping, for the time when everything gets wet.
I pack dry pantry items such as nuts, brown sugar, beans, etc. I have put "powder items" (sugar, etc) in a ziplock bag then into the food saver bag. Keeps the contents from "blowing" around the bag.
We also use the wide mouth jar attachment to pack jars with other pantry items. We even packed lettuce for salad in a large jar. Took it camping and it lasted a week in the fridge ( we camp in a motor home-that is rough enough for me!). We are going out next week and I think I am going to try to pack the ingredients for the complete salad, just to see how it works.
I am thinking about getting another one just for our motor home, since we travel quite a bit and finding fresh items on the road, I can "save" that freshness for a little longer.

I just tried sealing a cereal bag and it worked great!! This really is a great gadget!!

That is why I thought about getting a second one for my motor home. Nothing like stale cereal for breakfast and stale chips for lunch! Thought about the lower end prices one. I pre pack all our food for our trips, freeze what needs to be frozen. I even pre cook items like pasta, cool, add a touch of olive oil, then pack. I only remove part of the air, since it squishes the pasta too much. Great for Mac-n-cheese.
Our fridge and freezer in the motor home is usually pretty full for our trips, but sometimes we are out 2 or 3 weeks, and being able to buy fresh items is so nice. Roadside farmers markets in the summer is exciting.

Wow you are a pro with this...I will keep you in mind for tips if I need them ok?

Interesting. How about finding the bags. Foodsaver bags fit it?

I have learned a lot from your post! I'm amazed that lettuce would do okay. I tried them on raw cauliflower one time and it came out totally stinky and rubbery. It's not great for everything, but most things. It would be especially handy for RV travel. The idea of sealing up a change of clothes is brilliant.

My food saver does not even seal- I must be doing something wrong.

Maybe a good place to share our tips here on uses for the food saver!

You can seal lettuce and spinach in the food saver jars for over a week without it turning brown or spoiling. I LOVE this - makes it so easy to pack healthy lunches ahead of time.

http://www.salad-in-a-jar.com/how-to...lad-in-a-jar-2

Anyone know about sealing regular jars?

A wonderful lady gave me four containers to use! I feel like I have a new toy!

If you sign up for email from Foodsaver you will get great discount sales on bags and other items every few months. The last sale I got the freezer bag roll of a variety of sizes for 50% off. I stocked up until the next sale. I double seal both ends of the freezer bag items. I've never had one lose vacuum with the double seals. I keep it out on the countertop and we use it to reseal most all packages.

Thanks I did sign up

I have been using the food-saver for over 20 years, I am on my second one. I also use it to reseal chip bags and other things. I find it great for expensive cheese. I cut the bag a few inches longer than normal so I can open and reseal. I have two blocks of cheese that we have been relishing for about 3 months and it's still perfect. I have one of the canisters and one of the flat covers to seal cans. I use both but not often. I do use the attachment for the canning jars regularly. The wide mouth is my favorite, great way to store leftovers in the refrigerator. I have seen them at our local farm store. I believe they ship to the east cost. http://www.fleetfarm.com/search/?q=f...archSubmit.y=0 Check your local farm or hardware store. When mine finally gives up the ghost I will get one with the sensor for wet and soft foods. So I don't have to freeze the berries before I seal them. We have grape vines and raspberries, and cherries in our yard it is great to make a homemade pie in January with garden fruit.