cheap foodsaver

That's a neat trick. I'm not sure how long the ziplock bag will keep the meat in the freezer, even if you get all the air out of it. The reason people are adverse to foodsavers is because of the expense of the bags. Believe it or not you can catch them on sale on the FS website. For example, a 6-roll box is currently on sale for 49.00, down from 67.00. Then if you order eight or more, you get an additonal 30 percent off and free shipping. Then, if you carefully research the coupon codes online, I found one for 50 percent off, so it was eighty percent off total of the sale price plus free shipping. I did the math and the 8" rolls marked out to be about 11 cents a foot. Not bad. There is a food saver section in the forum. Thanks for sharing the trick with the bowl. Never thought of that.

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Originally posted by Chaplain Bill:
... There is a food saver section in the forum...

There is? Nope, I can't find it. I know I'm older, but I don't remember a FS forum. You sure about that? Your confusing me and that's easy to do these days Did you mean we have a lot of posts about them?

So how many bags did you end up buying, I'm trying to follow the math. Might have to get that coupon code from you, in case people want to take you up on it.

I didn't find a 50% off coupon but did find a 30%.

Just bought 8 boxes (6 rolls 11"x16') for $195.92 and got free shipping. Worked out to .255/foot. Wally world = .33/ft + S&H

Code was B8FC30A

Coupon says it's for bags, but it works for rolls too. 50% off G1FV80B

Thanks Chaplin for the head's up and guys for the specific info. Just ordered three 6 packs of rolls for $22.50 vs $65.99 each. Got the 3rd pack cause it got me just over $65 for free shipping. Got them for better than 1/3 the cost.

Darn California is starting to get these companies to charge tax.

Thank you, gentlemen. The 50% off on top of the 30% off WS price works just dandy. Just ordered 2 boxes (6 rolls 11"X16') for $50.00, including free standard shipping. That is .26/foot. Thanks MaxQue for the code.

Has anyone gotten FS fixed?

Mine broke.. I called FS and they told me the rubber gasket was warn. So I bought the gasket (looks like a big rubber band) and installed it. It still does not work.

Any ideas?

I have had it for 2 years and have never used it with wet foods.

Thanks

Can you find cheaper bags elsewhere that work fine in the FoodSaver? Their bags are expensive.

Ok Okie, I got my diction messed up. It's not a food saver 'section', it's a food saver post under best of cookshack called Foodsaver 101. http://forum.cookshack.com/eve...1028883/m/2751088883

I ordered eight of everything I ordered, First order was around a couple hundred bucks. I’m fixing to order some more since I found the fifty percent one. I want to order a bunch of 8" rolls to put racks of finished SL ribs in. they fit perfectly. I can get three finished racks in the 11” rolls.

Ok, just did the math with what I want to buy. eight 6-roll boxes of 8" rolls which retail for 67, are on sale for 49.99, are discounted 30 percent for buying eight or more and then taken down another 50 percent with the coupon code come to 17.50 for each box. Each box contains six rolls 20 feet each or 120 liner feet of bag. My math comes out to 12.9 cents a liner foot.