I’d just like to say that the two of you are just so enjoyable to watch. I can tell that you’re very kind people. Whenever I watch your videos, many times I actually catch myself smiling. That’s saying a lot because I rarely smile. Thank you for sharing your skills and your home with us. You are loved and appreciated. God bless you 🌺
What a cool way to store the items. I have only seen people take the food item out of it's original bag and then dump it into the mylar. This way is so much faster and a whole lot less messy. Thank you for sharing.
After you open your oxygen absorbers. Put the remaining unused absorbers in a food saver bag, vacuum and seal. It's like you never opened the package. In fact at that time you can individually seal each of your absorbers.
Very cool way to store the big bag of goods, but like you said, where you put the storage bin/tote, it will stay, too heavy to move. I like it, thanks so much guys! Have a great day One other tip, don't lay these totes directly on a concrete floor, put on a pallet or something that breathes because concrete has moisture that will seep up to whatever it is touching, then start to mold.
Wow, great video guys, thank you. One thing I was thinking as I was watching, my slightly ocd tendencies would make me slip a straw into the corner of the zip seal and suck every speck of air out that I could before sliding that zip shut just as I draw the straw out. I do the same when I freeze food or even pack lunches, might be a bit over the top but that's how I do it. Thanks again, keep up the great work. 👍
I've seen people bag things without removing the original packaging. Always wondered if was just as good as without doing that. I bagged up long spaghetti in smaller mylar bag and layed it flat stacked in plastic tub. I do love the singly wrapped oxy absorbers- all companies should do that.
I would think the plastic would degrade. I could see leaving it in paper, but I would hesitate to leave in plastic. I've see food bags for dry goods start to degrade after a few years and who wants that on their food? But it does take away the convenience factor.
@@paintingtracey true..Im thinking itll be in there for at least few years so would only want the actual food in there. Youd still have to wash out mylar to reuse bc who knows what germs on original container plus slit hole in original bag anyway. I get the convenience factor though.
I use a vacuum cleaner to get most if not all of the air left in the Mylar bag. I use a small tube (1/4 inch ?) and attachment that came with an air mattress that fits at the end of the Vacuum hose. its better if you can tape it on to try to create a better seal. Some Air Mattress air hose attachments might even fit into your Vacuum cleaners hose? It all depends what size hose your vacuum came with. This method leaves little to no air in the Mylar bag. See video > Sealing Mylar bags with Oxygen absorbers in 5gal buckets for long term food storage
I haven’t started the long long storage yet. I have a good year’s worth or more and just have been rotating it. Been debating on the mylar route. Thanks for info and link. This really helped shorten my learning curve! Much appreciated! 🌸❤️🌸❤️
Same here Emila Smith! We are using 5 gallon food-grade buckets and rotating currently. This is the BEST video on mylar bag/long-term storage I have seen (and I've viewed more than a handful).
One suggestion to manufactures, add a vacuum option to the mylar bags so all the air can be vacuumed out. I would still use an oxygen absorber (or two).
You can also the Irish Spring soap shavings and sprinkle around your baseboards, backs of shelves, etc. to keep pests from eating into your mylar bags!!
I’m binging all your fabulous videos while sick and taking notes. I just read that wheat, rice, oats and beans all have Glyphosate on them. I’m not going to throw out what we have now even though I should. But from now on I’ll just have to buy certain things organic for short and long term storage. Glad I read this before buying bulk items.
Thank for the video. I love it how I always return to you guys when I have a project on the go. I recently put up five 10kg bags of flour (110 lbs) in one gallon Mylar because I thought it worked out right. I use 12 cups flour for five loaves of bread and 13 1/2 cups from a 10 kg bag fit into five one gallon Mylar perfectly. IMHO Hard on my one gallon bags though. I only have five bags left. I placed the flour in the bags loose and had to wipe the sealing part of the Mylar good before sealing with the sealer. I'm ordering 20, five gallon bags today from my supplier here in Canaduh and 100, one gallon bags with lots of extra Oxygen absorbers. 50 kg of flour is only about six months of bread for this family unit and I want more flour put up. Mind you, I have some already put back but most is in two quart and one gallon glass bottles. I couldn't even give you an exact amount. Only a guesstimate. Our local wholesalers has half their inventory listed as 'Out Of Stock" and this is unheard of. I'm still shocked and I'm the one who believes he's prepared. So much for belief. The store brand flour we normally buy used to be $12 for 10kg and I'm paying $15 now. Get it while I can still afford it. On the very positive side of things, I'm no longer flying solo when it comes to prepping here in this family unit. The original bread maker in the family sees what's going on in the world and wants me to make sure there's lots of flour for future bread making. And she's providing the funds to do so. I'll not say no. The stores here have already run out of flour and yeast once already and she was shocked! Now it's her who brings it up and insists we don't run out. She's not aware of this new space age technology but I'm showing her how it's done with a simple explanation. Alright good people, have a great one and good luck.
Fantastic! I never thought of tossing the entire bag of rice/beans/etc. into the mylar bag. I have a vacuum sealing machine that can vacuum pack mylar. This will make life much easier. Thanks!
Thank you I have stressing about what to do with the flour. I was tempted to give up and donate it. I wish I had seen this before with the beans and oats, but this will be my new practice. Also the comment about sometimes that the bag does not shrink is very helpful. I was stressed about that too.
Lots of good ideas here. We have some oxygen absorbers ordered. Rec'd beans, rice, & cornmeal. We have a bunch of 1 gallon size on hand. We store bags and order smaller qtys of oxygen absorbers as needed.
Wallaby Mylar bags. I watched a video of yours this summer and learned some neat tips on how to use the bags, hair straightener etc. thank you for taking the time to share this important knowledge with us.
This is great…I just finished 20 pounds of Instant Rice..Minute Rice….in my Mylar bags. Each bag held 7-8 cups of rice. I had to dump the rice into the bags because the rice came in a large box. I did put an oxygen absorber in their. But…..I mad a fatal mistake!! I put all the filled Mylar rice bags in a cardboard box…yikes. I forgot about mice!! I’ve got buckets, so here I go!! Thanks for the reminder…♥️ And I like your way. Wish I knew this before I dumped all my flour in those Mylar bags….your way is better. Oh well, live and learn. Now I know!! Jezz…I’m getting so smart..🤣🤣🤣
I was so very happy to see this video because I have been struggling for quite some time about what Mylar bags to purchase. Thank you both for all you do!!
You both are awesome 💥 Thank you for teaching all of us! Wife and I have been having hard time finding buckets, so we have been using totes. We can’t find bulk in our little town, so we buy small bags & place several in a large bag or small mylars in totes. Whatever wife says is most cost effective.
because hubby and i are disabled, and old, (cough... hey you kids: get off my lawn) we prefer to pack no more than 25 pounds in a single container. hubby would likely be happy packing everything the exact same way, but for me? i like variety: i like to pack items in multiple ways, in multiple containers, so i never have all my eggs in one basket- so to speak. i have, for example... pinto beans in 5 gallon buckets (24-25 pounds each), with SOME in solid hammer down lids, and one or two in a gamma (twist open) lid. and in one gallon mylar bags in a big tote like yours (a couple pounds per bag) and also vacuum sealed in 2 quart/half gallon or one quart mason jars on shelves we usually use the beans out of the jars for daily use and refill the jars to be honest i also insist that we divide our wheat, beans, etc so that some is in the basement, some in the pantry room on the 1st floor, and some upstairs... to ensure that a flooded basement or leaky ceiling or something cant get all my food storage, but i have seen too many broken windows, flooded basements and etc in my life.
Just wanted to say thanks to y'all I'm getting even more prepared not only with canned goods but dried goods now as well and not just in the deep freezer I have 3 deep freezers full of stuff one is just for flour and meal so if I can get the flour out and the meal out and canned then that will free a lot of space just in that one. Thanks again
Funny that this video came up today, I was just saying yesterday we needed to go to costco and get a large tote to put the rice into instead of the 5 gallon pails. I upgraded from a vacuum sealer to a chamber vacuum sealer oh boy what a nice change only wish it could do the large 5 gallon - but it does big enough on the mylar and clear - The other thing i do is I always put 2 oxygen absorbers into the rice .... gives me peace especially when i see that the bag looks like its be vacuum sealed.
I am switching to the boxes to hold my bags. Though they will be heavy it will be so much easier to store the amount of food I am now storing. Way upping the amount as so many will not have food I worry about the poorly planned refugees who may have to leave there preps. As always, God Bless you and your family for all the love you share with us . :-)
Oh, my gosh, we were literally JUST about to start doing this (but I was going to take the food out of the original bags) with some of the paper bags of bulk goods we have stocked for refilling our working buckets. I am so excited to get this done. Thank you for the video! We use the bags from Azure Standard which are also very thick and good quality.
Great video! I also have those mylar bags with the zipper. But.... the zipper simply would not close once it was put in the bucket. Because I had to fold it down in order to fit and the zipper popped open. So now I will go and get a flat iron and be able to seal the bags properly.
Thank you for this infotrmation. I sas tbk king of using totes but did nit know if it was a goid idea. I store in buckdts with mykar, and in mason jars that i vacuum seal
I have been told throughout the years because I live in Missouri that anybody in the southern states should freeze their grains for three to seven days in the package before doing any long term storage.. Sometimes bugs can be in the bags when you buy them from the store
Great idea using the 5-gallon bags to store bulk bags of dry foods flat in a tub! I use Mylar bags occasionally but store most of my dry foods in glass Mason jars with Oxygen absorbers :-)
I like this idea better. I have tried jars before, and it takes time to sterilize the jars. Thanks for sharing very helpful tips for the different varieties of food.
I took my flour and sugar and vacuum sealed them in regular vacuum seal bags (the flour with OAs and the sugar without). Then i put them into a large rubber garbage can with a lid. I separated them into one and two pound bags. That way i only open what i need and i have smaller amounts for giving to others or trading for something i need.
Yall have helped me so much I did try and do the flour in the jars with my jar lid sealer that sucks the air out mine didnt work well flour everywhere and the ones that sealed didn't stay sealed so I order my first Mylar bags today and i got the 300 cc obsorbers and I'm gonna get more but I can't spend my hole payday ive always stocked up to 5 yrs of canned goods but I want to get into the dry canning and thats how I'm gonna do what ive already got in my half gallon jars I'm gonna get some new lids and put it in the oven and then I may do the seal a meal later after I figure the flour out later it just fot every where lol oh well im learning and I'm teaching my 76 yr old momma we r trying this together
@@TheProvidentPrepper oh I didn't think of that so I can just put a lid on the flour jars and put a oxygen obsorber in it and that would make the jar seal to I didn't even think of that and that's a great idea about putting the paper in the top of it I'll try that to. I know I had flour all in my seal a meal I sealed some meat in the food saver bags and I had enough flour in the machine to roll the flour in meal and go ahead and fry if if ida wanted to lol it was a mess I had to clean it before I could even use it flour was everywhere. Thank you your comment means so much more than you know, its nice to know y'all are proud of me I sure am thankful for the information I get from y'all
I’m so glad you posted this video today! I have been having such anxiety about processing my bulk bags of products from Costco. I had bought several Gamma Vittles vaults to store beans and rice, etc. but then thought I needed to use some sort of food grade liner to prevent “plastic taste transfer” from the containers (though they are BPA Free). Using a liner or packing it with single packages doesn’t seem like an efficient use of space inside the container for long term storage. Honestly, the Vittle Vaults seem better suited for bulk pantry refill storage. Becoming overwhelmed I began searching for round bottom bags or other solutions, I settled on just “flat packing” everything, which you both confirmed for me will be the best solution to get the job done quickly! My other concern was heating or freezing everything to kill off any unseen pests before sealing the bags but I see you addressed this with another commenter.☺️ I’m wondering if you could address repackaging foods into smaller portions bought in bulk from stores like Costco? For example I purchased a large bag of dried apple chips and reportioned them into single servings using a desiccant packet and my vacuum sealer. When I checked on them several months later they were soft and had a white powder moldy look to them, I live in a humid climate but that should not have effected the sealed product. I was watching a video from the LDS Cannery and they had apple chips in a #10 can so I thought I could do the same by vacuum sealing? What am I doing wrong? I’m so new to processing foods for long term storage and can’t afford to make any errors this late in the game. I really appreciate the clear and concise knowledge you both share! There seems to be plenty of videos advising to put food away but not many explaining the what, why, what for or how. Blessings!
Thoughts on apple chips..... Suspect that the ones from Costco were not dried sufficiently for long term storage. Perhaps, the original container had a pin hole that allowed moisture to enter.?? Another possiblility it happened may be too much time lapsed, after opening them before vac sealing. Dried fruits can absorb moisture quickly in high humidity situations. For example, I live in a high humidity area, too. When the outside temperature is near what I set my thermostat, humidity does build up inside my home. Especially when I'm cooking soups or running a full dehydrator load of vegetables and such. Sometimes, even in winter, I switch to AC and drop the thermostat temperature, temporarily, to extract the humidity from the air. I don't have a dehumidifier. Just some thoughts that may be useful. I live on a fixed income, so I know what you mean about errors. Glad to hear you're becoming better prepared for whatever the future may bring. 👍
I know this is a bit of extra work and might even be silly but maybe putting the apple chips in a dehydrator before bagging them up, so they are completely dry? (If you have a dehydrator)
@@msgottaneedtoknow Good idea, I considered redrying the ones I have packed but it looks like they have a mold (white powder) so I will try your idea next time. 😉Thanks!
Stick a straw in the corner of the mylar bag after you have filled it and prior to sealing. Iron/ seal up to the corner with the straw. Suck out the air / instant vacuum packed and seal where the straw was as it you pull the straw out.
Thank you. Very informative and information for this era!!! We really need to get busy prepping for real because the economy indeed on the verge of going North!!
I've seen mice and rats chew through plastic totes. I use metal garbage cans to store a lot of my mylar bags. But I've also got a mouse proof food pantry.
Funny, I just bought a couple of those totes from Costco this weekend too. I like to seal my staples in meal size portions(2cups in a quart bag), more work, but I don't have to open up a whole 5 gal of it to make a meal if and when the SHTF. I'll check out wallaby bags. I need more bags after a weekend of sealing. Also, I need more O2 absorbers. The last place I bought them from sent them 50 to a bag. I used them all, but I don't like having to open an entire bag of them if I only need a dozen or so. Great video.
Mylar also protects the food from light, unlike clear plastic which also protects from moisture and air. We use a lot of 5-gallon buckets and big plastic water-tight totes. :D
this is a great video thanks. I am about to start doing this for the first time. I thought you had to take goods out of the original bag. doing it this way is so much easier. Thank you
The cost break down should help put into perspective the cost effectiveness and the ability to reuse the bags. Good info. I’m curious how long I could store chicken feed this way? I would assume you could gain a bit more on the shelf life.
Good video, guys, very quick & the time saving is worth the $$$ for those bags vs. the smaller ones. I also use those black & yellow totes now, they're almost the same price as the rubbermaid types, and they hold up much better for stacking, so it saves me having to build shelves, etc. (bear in mind im in a seismically calm area, though). Many Blessings XD
One other tip, don't lay these totes directly on a concrete floor, put on a pallet or something that breathes because concrete has moisture that will seep up to whatever it is touching, then start to mold.
Well I wish I had watched this video way before I stored several 5 gallon buckets full of white sugar without any mylar bags in any of them. Oh well, what's done is done...at least I didn't add oxygen absorbers. Thanks for the tips!
Excellent storage. A shame Wallaby does not ship to Canada. 5 gallon bags are difficult here -- Amazon folds them too often which makes holes on the folds.
Maybe find somebody here in the states who can ship them for you in other words you could send them to me and then I could mail them in to Canada for you? Although you might wanna find somebody closer than North Carolina for shipping cost purposes.
@@douglasswales6628 Thank you for the kind offer. You are the type of person that gives this group community. I have had luck with a Canadian vendor -- who is expensive -- but they would be about the same distance from me as you are from Los Angeles. I have broken down many of the large bags of rice and oats into smaller one gallon bags. You don't get as much in a 5 gallon bucket, but the totes still end up too heavy to lift.
I like to vacuum the storage bags if possible, after cutting a hole in the inner bag for the O2 absorbers and putting that inside the mylar bag I then use a vac. pump from my automotive A/C equipment and adapt a hose that can be put in the bag at the corner after sealing almost all of the open edge. I realize this is an expensive option if you're buying a new pump, but deals come around and if you already have a vacuum pump then you're good to go.
@@Mike-yl6hs a good vacuum pump will pull 380 inches of water or 28in hg. The vacuum cleaner will get to 80 in water or 6in hg on average. Both will work but for long term I would want as much air out as possible. BTW 29.92in hg is a perfect vac. and my vac bag sealer gets to 15in hg
Can you use the plastic boxes that can go under the bed 🛌 with the mylar bag's?. Can you put the pre mylar bag food from the store in under the bed 🛌 plastic boxes?
I am doing mine in smaller bags because I and my mother need to be able to pick up the bags easily and we are not very strong. I am using two and four Litre bags and the tiny ones for spices.
Tip: Do Not use the yellow tubs with the black lids to store food in Mylar bags. Chemical smells from the plastic will leech through the Mylar bags and cause your food to taste bad. I am in a Freeze Dryer group on MEWE, and one of the Senior members of that group said she lost months of food using those containers to store.
@@ALPHAJACK78 That sounds like a good idea. I don’t know if I would want to risk my food though. I use the clear containers and lids from Walmart and Costco. They don’t have the strong smell.
Thank you for a great informative video!! I’m new to long term food storage and am confused about how to store my small bags of peas/beans. I have thirty one pound bags of dry split peas. Should I empty each one out into a huge Mylar bag in a 5 gallon bucket? Or would it be the same protection if I sealed each pound into a food saver plastic bag (emptied from the original thin plastic manufacturer bag) sealed and then put the thirty small sealed bags into a huge Mylar and then into a tote?? It’s just two people so I prefer to keep the sealed bags smaller then stored in the larger Mylar, unless that’s not recommended?
Sorry if this is a silly question, but if we don't freeze the food prior to putting food in the 5 gallon bag, should we freeze it when we pull the food out.to eat it? We've been freezing food and these bags are too large for our freezer. Don't want to waste food, but also don't want to waste time. Thanks in advance for your assistance!
Is a barrier between a concrete floor and the container a must? I have mine stacked and didn't put a pallet under them, should I re stack with a wooden pallet underneath?
Thanks for all the great information! Do you have a sorting method for the contents of the containers you have? I've got a few large tubs of smaller quart and gallon sized mylar bags of all kinds of foodstuffs, and the best I have for keeping track of the contents is listing the contents and quantities on a sheet inside a plastic sheet protector stuck on the outside of the container.
Food supply is an serious issue - wife and I are getting things and storing…. We will organize later. As long as things are labeled and dated…. I have shelf units not set up yet. Being old and disabled, we know the most important thing is to get stuff now.
People- put your bins on a furniture dolly. You can push and pull them around fairly effortlessly. One example- “Milwaukee Hand Trucks” $22.00 on Amazon!
I have numerous bags of Heritage flakes by Natures Path cereal that I need to know if I can store a oxygen absorber inside the jar as well as vac seal the air out. It is mostly grains but has cane sugar and honey added to the ingredients. Nutrition facts per 3/4 cup is fat 1gram, sugar 4 grams. I do not understand how to figure out this less than 10% moisture/ fat I hear you mention.
Hi guys good to see you again! Will my sugar stay soft and not get moisture in a gamma seal bucket and lid? I didn't use both mylar and the bucket. Also, do u know of any place I could buy wheat berries with an ebt card? No places I have found carries the wheat berries and accepts food stamps.
@@TheProvidentPrepperthank you so much! I will look into the winco thing. I have checked with some of the local health food stores with no luck but I haven't searched anything on a large scale. I did try to buy some bags of the berries on amazon but it didn't accept. I will keep looking but I know you guys talk to people all over the world about this stuff so thought I would ask. Thank you SO much for getting back to me though. I am learning a ton and making little steps toward some progress. You guys have a good night!
if you want to save the zipper to keep using that closure, you can always cut open from the bottom and reseal there.
That a dam good idea👍
Ohhh that’s smart!
Luv this idea
Genius!! Thanks for sharing!
But then what is the point of the zipper at all? lol
I’d just like to say that the two of you are just so enjoyable to watch. I can tell that you’re very kind people. Whenever I watch your videos, many times I actually catch myself smiling. That’s saying a lot because I rarely smile. Thank you for sharing your skills and your home with us. You are loved and appreciated. God bless you 🌺
What a cool way to store the items. I have only seen people take the food item out of it's original bag and then dump it into the mylar. This way is so much faster and a whole lot less messy. Thank you for sharing.
Finally, a company that "gets it" by individually wrapping oxy absorbers🙌🏻
Thank you :)
Not American made
After you open your oxygen absorbers. Put the remaining unused absorbers in a food saver bag, vacuum and seal. It's like you never opened the package. In fact at that time you can individually seal each of your absorbers.
@@comfortfoodmama5618 irrelevant. As long as it does it's job.
@@comfortfoodmama5618 hardly anything is made in USA even the “MADE IN USA” is actually made in China and assembled here lol
Very cool way to store the big bag of goods, but like you said, where you put the storage bin/tote, it will stay, too heavy to move. I like it, thanks so much guys! Have a great day
One other tip, don't lay these totes directly on a concrete floor, put on a pallet or something that breathes because concrete has moisture that will seep up to whatever it is touching, then start to mold.
Wow, great video guys, thank you. One thing I was thinking as I was watching, my slightly ocd tendencies would make me slip a straw into the corner of the zip seal and suck every speck of air out that I could before sliding that zip shut just as I draw the straw out. I do the same when I freeze food or even pack lunches, might be a bit over the top but that's how I do it. Thanks again, keep up the great work. 👍
the winner is by far the manufacturer of mylar bags and the ones who promote them.
I've seen people bag things without removing the original packaging. Always wondered if was just as good as without doing that. I bagged up long spaghetti in smaller mylar bag and layed it flat stacked in plastic tub. I do love the singly wrapped oxy absorbers- all companies should do that.
I would think the plastic would degrade. I could see leaving it in paper, but I would hesitate to leave in plastic. I've see food bags for dry goods start to degrade after a few years and who wants that on their food? But it does take away the convenience factor.
@@paintingtracey true..Im thinking itll be in there for at least few years so would only want the actual food in there. Youd still have to wash out mylar to reuse bc who knows what germs on original container plus slit hole in original bag anyway. I get the convenience factor though.
@@nc8524 I think the oxygen absorbers will mitigate any bacteria or mold. The degradation of the plastic is another issue
| AS AN ARTIST | No way I am packaging food long term in the manufacturer's baggage due to their materials and supplies such as ink.
I prefer to store flour in gallon mylar bags. Easier to handle and I can just reseal it.
I have to admit that this method is pretty darn slick. Good job folks.
I use a vacuum cleaner to get most if not all of the air left in the Mylar bag. I use a small tube (1/4 inch ?) and attachment that came with an air mattress that fits at the end of the Vacuum hose. its better if you can tape it on to try to create a better seal. Some Air Mattress air hose attachments might even fit into your Vacuum cleaners hose? It all depends what size hose your vacuum came with. This method leaves little to no air in the Mylar bag. See video > Sealing Mylar bags with Oxygen absorbers in 5gal buckets for long term food storage
I haven’t started the long long storage yet. I have a good year’s worth or more and just have been rotating it. Been debating on the mylar route. Thanks for info and link. This really helped shorten my learning curve! Much appreciated! 🌸❤️🌸❤️
Start now… supply chain issues are real.
Same here Emila Smith! We are using 5 gallon food-grade buckets and rotating currently. This is the BEST video on mylar bag/long-term storage I have seen (and I've viewed more than a handful).
“Parsimonious”; a fancy word for cheap. 😂
This is great, I’m going to get some of those bags, thanks!
One suggestion to manufactures, add a vacuum option to the mylar bags so all the air can be vacuumed out. I would still use an oxygen absorber (or two).
You can also the Irish Spring soap shavings and sprinkle around your baseboards, backs of shelves, etc. to keep pests from eating into your mylar bags!!
I’m binging all your fabulous videos while sick and taking notes. I just read that wheat, rice, oats and beans all have Glyphosate on them. I’m not going to throw out what we have now even though I should. But from now on I’ll just have to buy certain things organic for short and long term storage. Glad I read this before buying bulk items.
Do you know if the #10 cans from the church of Jesus Christ have glyphosate?
Thank for the video.
I love it how I always return to you guys when I have a project on the go.
I recently put up five 10kg bags of flour (110 lbs) in one gallon Mylar because I thought it worked out right. I use 12 cups flour for five loaves of bread and 13 1/2 cups from a 10 kg bag fit into five one gallon Mylar perfectly. IMHO
Hard on my one gallon bags though. I only have five bags left.
I placed the flour in the bags loose and had to wipe the sealing part of the Mylar good before sealing with the sealer.
I'm ordering 20, five gallon bags today from my supplier here in Canaduh and 100, one gallon bags with lots of extra Oxygen absorbers.
50 kg of flour is only about six months of bread for this family unit and I want more flour put up. Mind you, I have some already put back but most is in two quart and one gallon glass bottles. I couldn't even give you an exact amount. Only a guesstimate.
Our local wholesalers has half their inventory listed as 'Out Of Stock" and this is unheard of.
I'm still shocked and I'm the one who believes he's prepared. So much for belief.
The store brand flour we normally buy used to be $12 for 10kg and I'm paying $15 now. Get it while I can still afford it.
On the very positive side of things, I'm no longer flying solo when it comes to prepping here in this family unit.
The original bread maker in the family sees what's going on in the world and wants me to make sure there's lots of flour for future bread making. And she's providing the funds to do so. I'll not say no.
The stores here have already run out of flour and yeast once already and she was shocked! Now it's her who brings it up and insists we don't run out.
She's not aware of this new space age technology but I'm showing her how it's done with a simple explanation.
Alright good people, have a great one and good luck.
Fantastic! I never thought of tossing the entire bag of rice/beans/etc. into the mylar bag. I have a vacuum sealing machine that can vacuum pack mylar. This will make life much easier. Thanks!
Excellent! 😊 Had no idea these big Mylar bags were available. Thanks much!
That was genius! ...And the presentation was perfect!
Thank you I have stressing about what to do with the flour. I was tempted to give up and donate it. I wish I had seen this before with the beans and oats, but this will be my new practice. Also the comment about sometimes that the bag does not shrink is very helpful. I was stressed about that too.
Lots of good ideas here. We have some oxygen absorbers ordered. Rec'd beans, rice, & cornmeal. We have a bunch of 1 gallon size on hand. We store bags and order smaller qtys of oxygen absorbers as needed.
Wallaby Mylar bags. I watched a video of yours this summer and learned some neat tips on how to use the bags, hair straightener etc. thank you for taking the time to share this important knowledge with us.
This is great…I just finished 20 pounds of Instant Rice..Minute Rice….in my Mylar bags. Each bag held 7-8 cups of rice. I had to dump the rice into the bags because the rice came in a large box. I did put an oxygen absorber in their. But…..I mad a fatal mistake!! I put all the filled Mylar rice bags in a cardboard box…yikes. I forgot about mice!! I’ve got buckets, so here I go!! Thanks for the reminder…♥️ And I like your way. Wish I knew this before I dumped all my flour in those Mylar bags….your way is better. Oh well, live and learn. Now I know!! Jezz…I’m getting so smart..🤣🤣🤣
I was so very happy to see this video because I have been struggling for quite some time about what Mylar bags to purchase. Thank you both for all you do!!
You both are awesome 💥 Thank you for teaching all of us! Wife and I have been having hard time finding buckets, so we have been using totes. We can’t find bulk in our little town, so we buy small bags & place several in a large bag or small mylars in totes. Whatever wife says is most cost effective.
because hubby and i are disabled, and old, (cough... hey you kids: get off my lawn) we prefer to pack no more than 25 pounds in a single container.
hubby would likely be happy packing everything the exact same way, but for me? i like variety: i like to pack items in multiple ways, in multiple containers, so i never have all my eggs in one basket- so to speak.
i have, for example... pinto beans in 5 gallon buckets (24-25 pounds each), with SOME in solid hammer down lids, and one or two in a gamma (twist open) lid.
and in one gallon mylar bags in a big tote like yours (a couple pounds per bag)
and also vacuum sealed in 2 quart/half gallon or one quart mason jars on shelves
we usually use the beans out of the jars for daily use and refill the jars
to be honest i also insist that we divide our wheat, beans, etc so that some is in the basement, some in the pantry room on the 1st floor, and some upstairs... to ensure that a flooded basement or leaky ceiling or something cant get all my food storage, but i have seen too many broken windows, flooded basements and etc in my life.
First timer here!! REALLY enjoyed your video!! 💪💪🇺🇸
Just wanted to say thanks to y'all I'm getting even more prepared not only with canned goods but dried goods now as well and not just in the deep freezer I have 3 deep freezers full of stuff one is just for flour and meal so if I can get the flour out and the meal out and canned then that will free a lot of space just in that one. Thanks again
This was so very helpful! One of the best videos I have seen and gave me peace of mind being new to prepping!
Funny that this video came up today, I was just saying yesterday we needed to go to costco and get a large tote to put the rice into instead of the 5 gallon pails. I upgraded from a vacuum sealer to a chamber vacuum sealer oh boy what a nice change only wish it could do the large 5 gallon - but it does big enough on the mylar and clear - The other thing i do is I always put 2 oxygen absorbers into the rice .... gives me peace especially when i see that the bag looks like its be vacuum sealed.
I am switching to the boxes to hold my bags. Though they will be heavy it will be so much easier to store the amount of food I am now storing. Way upping the amount as so many will not have food I worry about the poorly planned refugees who may have to leave there preps.
As always, God Bless you and your family for all the love you share with us .
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Excellent video- greatly appreciate the brevity!!
Oh, my gosh, we were literally JUST about to start doing this (but I was going to take the food out of the original bags) with some of the paper bags of bulk goods we have stocked for refilling our working buckets. I am so excited to get this done. Thank you for the video! We use the bags from Azure Standard which are also very thick and good quality.
I was just bagging up some wheat today, and i was wondering about doing this very thing. Definitely going to give this a try.
Great video! I also have those mylar bags with the zipper. But.... the zipper simply would not close once it was put in the bucket. Because I had to fold it down in order to fit and the zipper popped open. So now I will go and get a flat iron and be able to seal the bags properly.
Thank you for showing me the easier way to store my dry food sugar and salt thanks
Thank you for this infotrmation. I sas tbk king of using totes but did nit know if it was a goid idea.
I store in buckdts with mykar, and in mason jars that i vacuum seal
I have been told throughout the years because I live in Missouri that anybody in the southern states should freeze their grains for three to seven days in the package before doing any long term storage.. Sometimes bugs can be in the bags when you buy them from the store
I'm amazed by how "vacuum packed" bags usually look just with oxy absorbers. At this point if I don't see that when I bag something I will rebag it.
Even with a zip seal bag u could use the vacuum sealer with a tube to suck air out, then close the small zip space the tube was in..
Great idea using the 5-gallon bags to store bulk bags of dry foods flat in a tub! I use Mylar bags occasionally but store most of my dry foods in glass Mason jars with Oxygen absorbers :-)
I use a contractors level for the surface to iron on when sealing mylar bags.
Dang, just spent the whole night pouring out all of my 25 pound bags of flour and sugar before seeing this. Wow, great video!
I like this idea better. I have tried jars before, and it takes time to sterilize the jars. Thanks for sharing very helpful tips for the different varieties of food.
Thank you, I didn't know about Wallaby bags.
Oh my goodness this is amazing! I hate doing the Mylar bags & buckets-I do them but moving forward this will be my way to go! Thank you!
I took my flour and sugar and vacuum sealed them in regular vacuum seal bags (the flour with OAs and the sugar without). Then i put them into a large rubber garbage can with a lid. I separated them into one and two pound bags. That way i only open what i need and i have smaller amounts for giving to others or trading for something i need.
Yall have helped me so much I did try and do the flour in the jars with my jar lid sealer that sucks the air out mine didnt work well flour everywhere and the ones that sealed didn't stay sealed so I order my first Mylar bags today and i got the 300 cc obsorbers and I'm gonna get more but I can't spend my hole payday ive always stocked up to 5 yrs of canned goods but I want to get into the dry canning and thats how I'm gonna do what ive already got in my half gallon jars I'm gonna get some new lids and put it in the oven and then I may do the seal a meal later after I figure the flour out later it just fot every where lol oh well im learning and I'm teaching my 76 yr old momma we r trying this together
@@TheProvidentPrepper oh I didn't think of that so I can just put a lid on the flour jars and put a oxygen obsorber in it and that would make the jar seal to I didn't even think of that and that's a great idea about putting the paper in the top of it I'll try that to. I know I had flour all in my seal a meal I sealed some meat in the food saver bags and I had enough flour in the machine to roll the flour in meal and go ahead and fry if if ida wanted to lol it was a mess I had to clean it before I could even use it flour was everywhere. Thank you your comment means so much more than you know, its nice to know y'all are proud of me I sure am thankful for the information I get from y'all
I’m so glad you posted this video today! I have been having such anxiety about processing my bulk bags of products from Costco. I had bought several Gamma Vittles vaults to store beans and rice, etc. but then thought I needed to use some sort of food grade liner to prevent “plastic taste transfer” from the containers (though they are BPA Free). Using a liner or packing it with single packages doesn’t seem like an efficient use of space inside the container for long term storage. Honestly, the Vittle Vaults seem better suited for bulk pantry refill storage. Becoming overwhelmed I began searching for round bottom bags or other solutions, I settled on just “flat packing” everything, which you both confirmed for me will be the best solution to get the job done quickly! My other concern was heating or freezing everything to kill off any unseen pests before sealing the bags but I see you addressed this with another commenter.☺️
I’m wondering if you could address repackaging foods into smaller portions bought in bulk from stores like Costco? For example I purchased a large bag of dried apple chips and reportioned them into single servings using a desiccant packet and my vacuum sealer. When I checked on them several months later they were soft and had a white powder moldy look to them, I live in a humid climate but that should not have effected the sealed product. I was watching a video from the LDS Cannery and they had apple chips in a #10 can so I thought I could do the same by vacuum sealing? What am I doing wrong? I’m so new to processing foods for long term storage and can’t afford to make any errors this late in the game.
I really appreciate the clear and concise knowledge you both share! There seems to be plenty of videos advising to put food away but not many explaining the what, why, what for or how. Blessings!
Thoughts on apple chips..... Suspect that the ones from Costco were not dried sufficiently for long term storage. Perhaps, the original container had a pin hole that allowed moisture to enter.?? Another possiblility it happened may be too much time lapsed, after opening them before vac sealing. Dried fruits can absorb moisture quickly in high humidity situations. For example, I live in a high humidity area, too. When the outside temperature is near what I set my thermostat, humidity does build up inside my home. Especially when I'm cooking soups or running a full dehydrator load of vegetables and such. Sometimes, even in winter, I switch to AC and drop the thermostat temperature, temporarily, to extract the humidity from the air. I don't have a dehumidifier.
Just some thoughts that may be useful. I live on a fixed income, so I know what you mean about errors. Glad to hear you're becoming better prepared for whatever the future may bring. 👍
Perhaps dry canning next time?
Don’t over think things. Just do it:) Bing watch this channel previous videos…. They make it look easy…. Cuz it is. YOU GOT THIS! ✌🏻
I know this is a bit of extra work and might even be silly but maybe putting the apple chips in a dehydrator before bagging them up, so they are completely dry? (If you have a dehydrator)
@@msgottaneedtoknow Good idea, I considered redrying the ones I have packed but it looks like they have a mold (white powder) so I will try your idea next time. 😉Thanks!
What a great idea. I'll be doing this next time! Thanks for your practical posts.
Stick a straw in the corner of the mylar bag after you have filled it and prior to sealing. Iron/ seal up to the corner with the straw. Suck out the air / instant vacuum packed and seal where the straw was as it you pull the straw out.
Thank you.
Very informative and information for this era!!!
We really need to get busy prepping for real because the economy indeed on the verge of going North!!
I've seen mice and rats chew through plastic totes. I use metal garbage cans to store a lot of my mylar bags. But I've also got a mouse proof food pantry.
Wallaby looks like winner! Just wish they weren’t back ordered. I would love to try them. Great video!👍
Funny, I just bought a couple of those totes from Costco this weekend too. I like to seal my staples in meal size portions(2cups in a quart bag), more work, but I don't have to open up a whole 5 gal of it to make a meal if and when the SHTF. I'll check out wallaby bags. I need more bags after a weekend of sealing. Also, I need more O2 absorbers. The last place I bought them from sent them 50 to a bag. I used them all, but I don't like having to open an entire bag of them if I only need a dozen or so. Great video.
Great tips. I just ordered a flat iron, as my regular iron has been a pain to use for sealing. Single guys like me usually don’t have either!
Is it a risk of wheat, bean bugs growing or hatching doing storage?
Mylar also protects the food from light, unlike clear plastic which also protects from moisture and air.
We use a lot of 5-gallon buckets and big plastic water-tight totes. :D
Thank you!!, I'm old and lazy, going to use this method, only using the 1 gallon, since I can't lift.
We had a old cheats freezer where we used with Mylar bags to store dry goods
Awesome thanks for your info. That's much better. Forget the buckets.
Tons of great tips in this video. Thank you so much for sharing your tips. Much appreciated!
this is a great video thanks. I am about to start doing this for the first time. I thought you had to take goods out of the original bag. doing it this way is so much easier. Thank you
THANK YOU SO MUCH, and thanks to Wallaby!!!
Ohhh I love the individually wrapped oxygen absorbers! I can never get them to last. Thanks for the video, will definitely be ordering these bags!
Thank you thank you thank you!! I definitely needed this advice!! You're the best!
The cost break down should help put into perspective the cost effectiveness and the ability to reuse the bags. Good info. I’m curious how long I could store chicken feed this way? I would assume you could gain a bit more on the shelf life.
Good video, guys, very quick & the time saving is worth the $$$ for those bags vs. the smaller ones. I also use those black & yellow totes now, they're almost the same price as the rubbermaid types, and they hold up much better for stacking, so it saves me having to build shelves, etc. (bear in mind im in a seismically calm area, though). Many Blessings XD
One other tip, don't lay these totes directly on a concrete floor, put on a pallet or something that breathes because concrete has moisture that will seep up to whatever it is touching, then start to mold.
I’m Going to be ordering some of those tomorrow thank you for sharing
Well I wish I had watched this video way before I stored several 5 gallon buckets full of white sugar without any mylar bags in any of them. Oh well, what's done is done...at least I didn't add oxygen absorbers. Thanks for the tips!
I always wonder if you could store food in the original bag inside Mylar. Thanks.
Thank you this was so helpful! Got mine ordered!
Excellent storage. A shame Wallaby does not ship to Canada. 5 gallon bags are difficult here -- Amazon folds them too often which makes holes on the folds.
Maybe find somebody here in the states who can ship them for you in other words you could send them to me and then I could mail them in to Canada for you? Although you might wanna find somebody closer than North Carolina for shipping cost purposes.
@@douglasswales6628 Thank you for the kind offer. You are the type of person that gives this group community. I have had luck with a Canadian vendor -- who is expensive -- but they would be about the same distance from me as you are from Los Angeles. I have broken down many of the large bags of rice and oats into smaller one gallon bags. You don't get as much in a 5 gallon bucket, but the totes still end up too heavy to lift.
We are working on it!!! Stay tuned on our IG as we will announce our CA launch there first.
Guys! I have learned so much from you. Thanks!
I use food safe dessicant packs to my salt and sugar, hopefully that wasn't a mistake.
I like to vacuum the storage bags if possible, after cutting a hole in the inner bag for the O2 absorbers and putting that inside the mylar bag I then use a vac. pump from my automotive A/C equipment and adapt a hose that can be put in the bag at the corner after sealing almost all of the open edge. I realize this is an expensive option if you're buying a new pump, but deals come around and if you already have a vacuum pump then you're good to go.
or a vacuum
@@Mike-yl6hs a good vacuum pump will pull 380 inches of water or 28in hg. The vacuum cleaner will get to 80 in water or 6in hg on average. Both will work but for long term I would want as much air out as possible. BTW 29.92in hg is a perfect vac. and my vac bag sealer gets to 15in hg
thank you for your chanel I love all your information I have learned so much...
Can you use the plastic boxes that can go under the bed 🛌 with the mylar bag's?. Can you put the pre mylar bag food from the store in under the bed 🛌 plastic boxes?
Just ordered some. These are perfect.
I'm impressed by the number and quality of your videos. Thank you very much.
I am doing mine in smaller bags because I and my mother need to be able to pick up the bags easily and we are not very strong.
I am using two and four Litre bags and the tiny ones for spices.
Thank you, great advice
Tip: Do Not use the yellow tubs with the black lids to store food in Mylar bags. Chemical smells from the plastic will leech through the Mylar bags and cause your food to taste bad. I am in a Freeze Dryer group on MEWE, and one of the Senior members of that group said she lost months of food using those containers to store.
How about lining the tote with the thick 5 mil construction garbage bags first, smells usually don't come through with those?
@@ALPHAJACK78 That sounds like a good idea. I don’t know if I would want to risk my food though. I use the clear containers and lids from Walmart and Costco. They don’t have the strong smell.
Thank you for a great informative video!! I’m new to long term food storage and am confused about how to store my small bags of peas/beans. I have thirty one pound bags of dry split peas. Should I empty each one out into a huge Mylar bag in a 5 gallon bucket? Or would it be the same protection if I sealed each pound into a food saver plastic bag (emptied from the original thin plastic manufacturer bag) sealed and then put the thirty small sealed bags into a huge Mylar and then into a tote?? It’s just two people so I prefer to keep the sealed bags smaller then stored in the larger Mylar, unless that’s not recommended?
Sorry if this is a silly question, but if we don't freeze the food prior to putting food in the 5 gallon bag, should we freeze it when we pull the food out.to eat it? We've been freezing food and these bags are too large for our freezer. Don't want to waste food, but also don't want to waste time. Thanks in advance for your assistance!
I've just come across your videos lately. It would be interesting to see a video on barter items or what you feel are good barter items to store
I recycle my potato chip bags for this. Yes you can heat seal them with a hair crimper.
Is a barrier between a concrete floor and the container a must? I have mine stacked and didn't put a pallet under them, should I re stack with a wooden pallet underneath?
Awesome! No long-term storage at the moment however mylar bags seem to be a prudent approach.
I’m going to package your way! Thank you so much!
The large bags of flour, do you freeze them to kill any larva or bugs first?
Thanks for all the great information! Do you have a sorting method for the contents of the containers you have? I've got a few large tubs of smaller quart and gallon sized mylar bags of all kinds of foodstuffs, and the best I have for keeping track of the contents is listing the contents and quantities on a sheet inside a plastic sheet protector stuck on the outside of the container.
Food supply is an serious issue - wife and I are getting things and storing…. We will organize later. As long as things are labeled and dated…. I have shelf units not set up yet. Being old and disabled, we know the most important thing is to get stuff now.
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I have numerous bags of Heritage flakes by Natures Path cereal that I need to know if I can store a oxygen absorber inside the jar as well as vac seal the air out. It is mostly grains but has cane sugar and honey added to the ingredients. Nutrition facts per 3/4 cup is fat 1gram, sugar 4 grams. I do not understand how to figure out this less than 10% moisture/ fat I hear you mention.
Hi guys good to see you again! Will my sugar stay soft and not get moisture in a gamma seal bucket and lid? I didn't use both mylar and the bucket. Also, do u know of any place I could buy wheat berries with an ebt card? No places I have found carries the wheat berries and accepts food stamps.
@@TheProvidentPrepperthank you so much! I will look into the winco thing. I have checked with some of the local health food stores with no luck but I haven't searched anything on a large scale. I did try to buy some bags of the berries on amazon but it didn't accept. I will keep looking but I know you guys talk to people all over the world about this stuff so thought I would ask. Thank you SO much for getting back to me though. I am learning a ton and making little steps toward some progress. You guys have a good night!
What's the difference in the black and silver mylar bags? Thank you.
Can u use heavy duty plastic bags to put flour, corn meal and then put it in a 5 gallon bucket.
I have some rice and beans in mylar bag since 2020. How many more years I can keep them. Thanks
Thank You for the promo code. Your link is to the 1 gallon bundle (instead of the 5 gallon one), but I found it and ordered :)
Can you please tell me where you bought the big bag of pinto beans. Thanks for sharing your knowledge