Today’s Item of the Day is from Vevor, it is their DZ-260 Chamber Vacuum Sealer. (Remember to use code VVPROMO to get 5% off anything you buy from Vevor with my links)

In the video at the end of this review I compare it to my 1100 dollar Vac Master 230 and honestly performance wise they are pretty much equal except for a few nitpicks.  Given the Vac Master is 1100 bucks and the Vevor retails at 430 bucks and is on sale as of the time of this post for only 329 bucks, those nit picks don’t matter much.

So what is a chamber vacuum machine vs. a common vacuum sealer and why would you want one.  First and foremost a chamber vacuum pulls all the air out of the chamber the bag sits inside of, vs. out of the bag itself. This means liquids do not move inside the bag.  So you can literally vacuum seal something like soup.  Just make sure it is cold when you do it.  90 degree liquid will BOIL in a vacuum ask me how I know, and yes it was one hell of a mess.

So yep we can vac seal soups, cracked eggs, etc. now with no problems if we follow a few simple rules.  Again it must be cold and you have to use a little care when laying it in the chamber.  But it is so nice compared to say tupperware for freezing soups, gravy, chili etc.  Mainly because once sealed you can lay the bags flat on their sides and freeze nice and flat so they store so nicely.

Now on to things like vac sealing meats.  We have all had this happen, you take a couple steaks and put them in the bag, you get them as dry as you can, then start the machine.  Then blood and moisture starts moving up the bag and if ONE DAMN DROP of it gets to the seal, the seal fails.  So now you stick bag A into bag B and do it again.  You just wasted an expensive bag and if you are like me, well, you likely say a few dirty words.

Well, get a chamber vac and that all goes away, I mean if you can bag and vacuum soup, a bit of blood on a venison chop means nothing.  Now let’s keep going with the wet stuff.  Next time you want a marinade just add the meat and marinade to a bag and vac seal it, in 15 minutes you will get the same results of an overnight marinade in the fridge.  Oh and I absolutely at times vac seal meat in a marinade then freeze it.  Right out and into a Sous Vide bath or let it thaw and cook as per usual.  Oh and if you are a Sous Vide fan but are sick of bags failing get one of these and those days are gone.

Lastly the cost advantage.  HOLD UP JACK WHAT?  How can their be a cost advantage when I can get a cheap Food Saver style machine for 50-70 bucks and this thing retails over 400 dollars?  Okay remember my rule, always be frugal never be cheap?  The real cost of a thing is the on going long term cost not the initial cost. Remember those bags that fail with moisture in the seal, well those crappy bags also cost about 2.5X as much per 100 if you are buying the same relative quality (that is all about thickness).

Vacuum sealer makers are running the old printer scam, sell the printer super cheap and make your money selling toner.  They just do it with bags.  With one of these you will first not be wasting bags due to failure and second pay about 2.5X less for your bags.  In a year or two your machine will cover the cost differential for itself and on top of it it will just work better the entire time as well.  Less failures, does more, cheaper bags, pays for itself in time.  Now do you see why I am such a fan of this type of machine?

So check out the Vevor DZ-260 Chamber Vacuum Sealer today and up your storage, cooking and Sous Vide games all in one go.  (Remember to use code VVPROMO to get 5% off anything you buy from Vevor with my links) Trust me once you own a chamber vac you will never go back.  Now if like me you want to spend 1100 bucks for the best you can get, go with the VacMaster P230, but honestly had I known how good the Vevor was two years ago when I got mine, I’d of kept about 650 extra bucks in my pocket.

Last always remember if you buy though my links and use this code (VVPROMO) at check out you get an extra 5% off.  So get the Vevor DZ-260 and take some of that extra money and get yourself a year or two worth of bags.  On that Vevor does not sell bags for this machine.  Just remember you want chamber vacuum bags not vacuum sealer bags.   You can get them on Amazon or at Vacuum Sealers Unlimited.  I learned about VSU from Nicole Sauce and buy my top quality bags (5 mil for long term storage there) and note that on 5 mil bags I increase the sealing time.

Check Out This Video Review of the Vevor DZ-260

Additional Resources in this Write Up

• Digital Deck Covers 
• The Vac Pump Oil I Use
• Great Source of Chamber Vac Bags
• (Remember to use code VVPROMO to get 5% off anything you buy from Vevor with my links)