For anyone who mocks preppers, they’ll have the last laugh as you starve to death waiting for the lights to turn back on. I will take this information and use it. Thank you very much!
People have been mocking me for years I have a wood stove and a ten kw generator. Along with lots of beer and food. When Texas lost power in the little cold snap in February 2021 you'd think that it was the end of the world. I was in a warm building eating hot food and drinking cold beer lmmfao and posting it on Facebook when I found fake news articles blaming abbot. FJB 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
I’m glad this video is still so helpful. It goes to show that there is no need to complicate things as is so common these days on TH-cam. Thank you @lancastermick! Happy prepping
Something very simple. But thank you so much for showing this SIMPLE process, step by step, so that it can all be done as well and as neatly as you've done it.
Donna Elmore food savers are great for freezer storage but not as much for shelf life out side the freezer. We use our food saver quite a bit. Happy food storing!
Go ahead and get a food saver. It will be the best money you EVER spent. Anything and everything you eat can be made to last years, yes years longer with a vacuum sealer.
just found your channel, I hope you are still up and running. I have been holding off using an iron to seal mylar because of the nay sayers but you have just shown me, no, make that taught me that what I felt like would work well was correct. Thank you so much for teaching me a new way (to me) to store foods.
Thanks! You just saved me from wasting $500 on an unnecessary purchase of a mylar bag vacuum sealer never mind the time I'd be spending shopping for one trying to find the best one!
Thank you so much for this video!! I've been struggling, sometimes 'cussin, cutting myself on mylar bags. This looks like it'll go smooth as silk without any damage to the bag, me, and my self esteem (like who cusses at Mylar bags...)
Thank you, this is a clear no-nonsense video. I have seen so much conflicting information on whether to remove (suck out) the excess oxygen before sealing. I have always kept a "back stock" or what some call a second tier (6-9 mos of food) as long as I can remember. We are new to long-term storage. I have been working on storing for long term for about 1 year now realizing 6-9 mos will not be enough with the way our country is going now. I bake with ancient grains and have been storing the berries in mylar and buckets. Do you freeze your grain prior to sealing to kill weevil eggs & larva? Also, do I need to put pasta in mylar as well? I have long spaghetti and linguine noodles in their boxes in a large rubber seal, snap lock black bin.
I am just like you. His presentation was so clear and included little details. I've seen conflicting opinions on how to store grains, but decided to freeze. Then let come to room temp and then refreeze. I always wondered why let come to room temperature, and just learned earlier today, because, the larvae that don't die at first freeze, will "think it's spring," and hatch. Then you refreeze to kill those. Then put in your Mylar bags. I'm still learning. Good luck!
Hi Courtney, yes we do! We have a couple of different sizes available, including: 1. 1 quart with a ziploc 2. 1 gallon 3. 2 gallon 4. 5 gallon You can send an email through our website or contact us on Facebook with the sizes that you want and we can work on shipping them out to you! Thanks.
Thank you. Excellent video. This may be a silly question but how would one reseal this type of bag if you did not have access to an iron or electricity? Do you suggest using smaller bags that may be portioned? I live by myself and would not have to feed a large amount of people in an emergency type situation.
Either purchase smaller bags to seal or if you have time on your hands and a lot of patience, you could possibly make one larger bag into two smaller ones by cutting it in half and sealing the newly cut end with the iron making sure to leave one end open to put your food in.
Do you know whether it would be advisable to pour the food into paper bags first so they won't need to come in contact with the plastic and aluminum on the Mylar bags which might leach into the food over time?
Hi, i have been watching alot of you tube videos some people say to iron the bag close under the zip part of the bags. others , show them doing it on top of the bags once zipped close. what, is the right way to iron it close on the bags. I, have purchased a heat sealer machine to seal my bags when i get ready to start storing stuff. Thanks, for sharing your video
If i put things into it that are best in freezer, can i toss the absorber in and let it work in the freezer? Or i have to wait 24-48 hrs in the room temperature then, freeze it?
Hi Felicia, irons are not always consistent in their settings, but I used the "wool" or hottest setting. The key is not necessarily the exact setting, but the time you keep the iron in place. Different thicknesses of mylar bags may react differently. Keep it simple and do just like in the video. If you have a quality bag with the metal film inside, you will be fine; all you're doing is lightly melting the plastic together. When you finish, look at the seal and be sure you don't have any wrinkles that might allow for the enclosed vacuum to draw air into the bag. I promise this is a very simple and quick process. If you can peel the bag open, it wasn't heated long enough. If you use cheap silver plastic bags, they will melt easily and tear. Never, ever use the cheap shiny 3.5 mil style bags you find online like Amazon or discount websites. Those bags will also contaminate your food when the silver coating decays into your food, and you will be able to see through the bag.
@@charleyhogwood1036 thank you so much for your quick response. Your videos are very informative, and I appreciate all you do trying to help others. Again, THANK YOU!!!!!
I like Wallaby after seeing so many preppers recommending them. I bought several sets, one with different sizes. They offer the 5 and 7ml thicknesses. Mine came with the appropriate sized oxygen absorbers and labels.
And what happens to the other 9 oxy absorbers (if not individually sealed) while doing one bag which takes almost 2 minutes? I figure prep 10 bags first but still going to take way beyond 2 minutes.
Good question, but you almost answered it yourself. If you're only packaging one mylar bag, you can have a friend fold over the flap on the rest of the absorbers while you work. When you're done with the food sealing, reseal the absorber pouch, and they'll be fine if you squeeze out the excess air before you seal. If the absorber bag doesn't want to seal, or it'll be some time before you're ready to use the balance of the absorbers, you can use or make a small mylar bag to keep them in. You can make a small bag by cutting up a larger bag to the size you like. The other method is to prepare ten food bags and when you're ready, drop one in and seal, move to the next one and drop one in and seal. With just a little practice, you can seal ten food bags in just a couple minutes. The trick is to seal one bag at a time while keeping the balance of the absorbers deprived of air as much as possible. Yes, it's about a two-minute activation time, but that's plenty, so just work smoothly and efficiently. Don't rush, or you'll make a mistake or spill food everywhere. It's very helpful to have an extra pair of hands to help.
This is what I did. There were 10 oxys/little bag so I prepped 10 bags and folded over the unused oxys temporarily. It all worked fine I think. Waiting for it to suck it up. Thanks!@@charleyhogwood1036
Hi Gina, Once the Mylar bags are filled and have set a day or so to do their own vacuum drawdown, you can store them in any manner you wish that will protect the integrity of the bag. Keep in mind the 5 enemies of food storage: Light, Heat, Moisture, Contamination and Infestation. Since the bag is in contact with the food you don't need a food-grade bucket. We put a lot of bags in regular 5-gallon buckets and we also just stack the flat bags on storage shelves out in the open. The most important part is to get high-quality bags. Avoid those 3.5 mil shiny plastic bags you see online. Try to stick with 5 or 7 mil bags that have the foil core. Food companies are using these all the time now, you might even have some in your pantry. Bonus tip: if you have used mylar coffee bags or others, you may be able to reuse them with your iron. Just add in an o2 absorber as we discuss in the video. Thanks for the question!
I have a question: I have heard that you can seal packages in the buckets and they will take on the shape of the bucket so no space is lost. I've never heard this before and wanted to know if you knew anything about it.
Jennifer Gresk Yes, that is true, to some extent. If you put a mylar bag into a 5 gallon bucket, and then fill the bag, it will take the shake of the bucket before you seal it. We have a separate video on using mylar with a 5 gallon bucket here: th-cam.com/video/Lap0N-3c_EE/w-d-xo.html
Great no more food saver for cannabis bags lol thanks dude ! I was just about to buy the food saver abd one of those heat press things that’s break… problem solved lol
5 gallon bags never look that smooth and clean with you do them, as they are in the buckets and the mylar doesn't line up perfectly when you are trying to seal it up. The bag get crinkled and look ugly... But they seal...I hope. LOL Could yall do a video of a 5 gallon bucket? I have seen many but wonder about new ways at the time. Mine seem to be stored fine, but I always wonder about how well its sealed.
Sorry it has taken so long to respond to the comments! We weren't receiving notifications that there were new comments so just seeing some of them now.
The bags I use are typically limited to the 1-gallon and 5-gallon sizes for uniformity. The absorbers I use are also limited to 300cc and 2,000cc relatively. If you run out of absorbers in a particular size it's ok to use whichever size you have on hand as long as it matches the cc volume of the bag you're using. For example, you run out of 2,000cc absorbers you can add up the 300s until you reach the required volume. It's ok to go over just try to not go under the volume needs of the container. 7-300cc packs =2100cc so you can substitute 7-300cc packs for 1-2,000cc pack if you need to seal a 5-gallon bucket bag.
I want to know if he dehydrated his own food or bought it. It can be real costly for the amount of dried food he used in the bucket. Also is that freeze dried, or dried that he used?
Explain to me the "2 minute activation time" on the oxy absorbers. Is it something you bend and break inside the absorber to activate it? I have a package of like 20 absorbers but don't have 20 items to do all at once. Can I seal the unused ones in a vacuum sealer or will they be o.k?
Hi Chris, O2 absorbers are just little hand warmers. Once you open their packaging, oxygen from the room air penetrates the packet causing a chemical reaction that produces warmth. In the case of food storage we don’t care about the warmth but the digestion of the small amount of oxygen within the Mylar bag that fuels the warmth. The small packets can only absorb a small amount of oxygen, therefore we need to limit the packet’s exposure to room air or they will go the way of the hand warmer and deplete their ability to digest the oxygen when you place them in a sealed Mylar bag later on. They are a one-time use product. The pouches take only a minute or two to begin the chemical reaction so don’t dilly nor dally in the sealing process. If you don’t plan to use them all at once squeeze out the air and reseal them within a couple of minutes to save them for later. Vacuum sealer bags are not good for absorbers because the plastic is not a strong enough barrier material against oxygen penetration into the vacuumed bag. I recommend small Mylar pouches and heat seal them or use the original bag they arrived in. I don’t recommend Mason jars either because they allow too much room air in the jar and the absorbers will keep trying to react until all the air is digested. They will be depleted or weak when you need them later. Thanks for the question, Charley
It is possible to use a flat iron if it gets hot enough. I recommend try it out. You might have to hold it a few extra seconds due to the variety of temperature ranges and the thickness of various bag brands. The key is to avoid any wrinkles in the Mylar bag that would allow air to enter under the vacuum that will happen as the O2 absorber starts to work. Many people have great success with flat irons and even clothing irons. Have some fun with trying both.
Can AirsoftRegiment Yes, it's bad to use a vacuum sealer when using a mylar bag. A vacuum sealer draws the bag down so tight that when you put an o2 absorber in, you risk rupturing the bag. Also, if you're not using an o2 absorber, you're only removing part of the atmosphere but there's still oxygen on your food. Plus, if you're buying cheap mylar off the internet, you might be able to use your foodsaver to seal the bag, but real mylar would be too thick to seal with that machine.
Thats because the mylar emergency blankets for 1 are very very thin & not made to be turned into a bag. Actual mylar bags are very thick compared to a survival blanket. The bags are anywhere from 5-7 mil thick in most casses & that blanket is probably at the most 1.5-2 mil thick & probably a different type of mylar
For a bag roughly called a 1-gallon size we use a 300cc absorber. For a bag that fits in a 5-gallon bucket, we use a 2,000cc absorber. Keep things simple and prepping will be easy to do.
@@charleyhogwood1036 Thanks for the quick reply Charley. One more question if'n you don't mind. Navy Beans have a shelf life. Do all other types of beans that one would use as a Prep also have shelf lives? Using Mylar, how long can one expect Navy Beans to last. Thanks.
Science Alert! Long answer to explain the difference between mylar type bags and vacuum sealer bags and why you should use an iron to seal Mylar. Vacuum sealers use specialized plastic bags that are textured with vacuum channels so the sealer can pull air from all areas of the bag. Mylar bags do not have textured insides thus the vacuum will not pull the air through the clamped seal where the iron will heat seal the bag. Additionally, vacuum sealers are not usually tuned for the temperatures required to thermal seal heavy bags or the usually larger-size bags. There are silly people who try all kinds of ways to use vacuum sealers for mylar bags on youtube just to get attention but none of that is necessary nor do those methods avoid the use of oxygen sealers. They make a simple process complicated and ineffectual. The reason is that vacuuming only compresses the bag tight but the atmosphere inside with the food still contains the ambient amount of oxygen thus not protecting the food completely. Oxygen absorbers digest the o2 portion of the bagged atmosphere to preserve the food and in the process draws the bag down as if it were vacuumed. In the end, vacuuming doesn't protect the food it's just a convenient byproduct of the process. Removing oxygen is what allows the food to be stored for long periods. Additional note for vacuum sealer bags: they are not true oxygen barriers and will not prevent o2 from reentering the bag over time thus attacking your food. Quality Mylar is a true barrier material. Nor do vacuum bags prevent light from depleting the nutrients in the food as mylar does. As of today (April 28, 2022), Mylar bags from quality suppliers are a challenge to find. There will be all kinds of imitation shiny plastic bags on Amazon, avoid the temptation to purchase these, the silver coating will wear off and contaminate your food. The general rule is that if you can shine a flashlight through the bag it is a garbage knock-off. That's why they are so cheap. Thanks for the great quest Leo!
The bag itself (the tare weight) weighs almost nothing. Another reason Mylar is a great product for food storage. A further benefit is that there is no unnecessary bulk to the packaging like you would find with boxes and air-filled bags. This allows much more effective use of storage space. When food is packed tighter and is stored in a more dense environment such as on shelves, the temperature fluctuations are greatly reduced and heat is repelled more efficiently. Especially when stored in cooler temps such as a basement or near a floor in a closet.
@@charleyhogwood1036 It most certainly does not weigh almost nothing. A small 3x2cm one can weigh almost half a gram. If youre weighing up a 3.5g of product to go in there, that's nearly 15% of the full weight.. Always weigh the product separately from its container.
@@MCALLAN1998 In food storage, we are generally packing bags with anywhere from one-gallon bags (full weight approx. = 5-8 pounds of dry goods) to five-gallon bags in buckets that weigh in at 35-38 pounds. A few grams of tare weight should be ok unless we are loading spacecraft.
The bags we use are 5 or 7 mil thickness. Our rule of thumb to keep things easy and uniform for absorber sizes is; 5-gallon bucket size bags get one 2,000cc o2 absorber each. That's plenty. A 1-gallon bag or smaller gets one 300cc o2 absorber. The "cc" is the volume of a bag or container that the absorber can service by digesting the oxygen in that container. It's ok to use a larger absorber because it will just work until it has used up all the oxygen in the contained atmosphere. You can figure out the cc volume of any container size by using an online conversion chart. You can also mix and match absorbers if you need to. Let's say you need a 2,000cc absorber but only have 7-300cc absorbers. No problem, 7 x 300cc = 2,100cc. Toss them in and you're all set. If you are using Mason jars it's ok to use some smaller 100cc absorbers, it's just another thing to keep around. You'll save a little by buying the smaller ones if you use them a lot. I recommend keeping the unused absorbers in a sealed Mylar bag and not a small mason jar for storage just because of the reduced airspace in a bag vs a jar. They'll last much longer sealed in a small tight Mylar bag. Pro tip: If you aren't sure if your absorbers are still good, just feel them. If they are soft and powdery they are usually good. If they feel crusty inside they are used up.
For anyone who mocks preppers, they’ll have the last laugh as you starve to death waiting for the lights to turn back on. I will take this information and use it. Thank you very much!
Or they won’t
@@robertmarini5057 At the current time with what is happening they probably will ;)
@@robertmarini5057 with biden purposefully ruin the country you will struggle to buy food, which preppers have already been stock piling for years.
People have been mocking me for years I have a wood stove and a ten kw generator. Along with lots of beer and food. When Texas lost power in the little cold snap in February 2021 you'd think that it was the end of the world. I was in a warm building eating hot food and drinking cold beer lmmfao and posting it on Facebook when I found fake news articles blaming abbot. FJB 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Thanks my friend. Nothing better than clear concise instruction. 👍
I’m glad this video is still so helpful. It goes to show that there is no need to complicate things as is so common these days on TH-cam.
Thank you @lancastermick!
Happy prepping
You have the best, step by step 'how-to' that I've seen. Being a new prepper in long-time food storage the little details really matter. Thank you!
I agree!
Great, no fluff video. Thanks very much.
Something very simple. But thank you so much for showing this SIMPLE process, step by step, so that it can all be done as well and as neatly as you've done it.
🙏 thank you for the compliment!
Excellent video! Straight to the point! Well done!
Hey thanks! I had some free time and wanted to do up some mylar bags. Liked the hint about soft air absorbers.
Amen! Thank God that someone explained it to me in detail.
Me too! 🕊
Well done! No muss, no fuss. Thanks
I was going to buy a food saver thank you for showing me that I can use my iron 🤗
Donna Elmore food savers are great for freezer storage but not as much for shelf life out side the freezer. We use our food saver quite a bit. Happy food storing!
Go ahead and get a food saver. It will be the best money you EVER spent. Anything and everything you eat can be made to last years, yes years longer with a vacuum sealer.
Thank you for a direct, informative and short video! Answered all my questions without wasting lots of time! Thanks!
At last, a good use for an iron, lol.
Thanks, saved me the purchase of a heat sealer
You sir rock, i got bingo results day 1, Thank you
That is great to hear! Thanks for the compliment
just found your channel, I hope you are still up and running. I have been holding off using an iron to seal mylar because of the nay sayers but you have just shown me, no, make that taught me that what I felt like would work well was correct. Thank you so much for teaching me a new way (to me) to store foods.
That's great to hear Tom! Be bold and experiment, you won't hurt anything by trying with care and following some basic principles.
Thanks! You just saved me from wasting $500 on an unnecessary purchase of a mylar bag vacuum sealer never mind the time I'd be spending shopping for one trying to find the best one!
Hi Emily, I’m glad to have helped. I aim to keep things as simple, yet safe and highly effective as possible. Happy prepping to you and yours!
Thank you for sharing your video.. We recently purchased some growguard mylar bags on amazon and was looking for a video on proper storage techniques.
Appreciate you guys so much & so glad that I got my mylar from you. Nice and thick and easy to work with.
Thank you! I was wondering if this method could work now I know.
Thanks - very informative and covers all the bases.
A big thank you from up here in Alberta Canada! Well done!
Thank you so much for this video!! I've been struggling, sometimes 'cussin, cutting myself on mylar bags. This looks like it'll go smooth as silk without any damage to the bag, me, and my self esteem (like who cusses at Mylar bags...)
Hang on there Kayla, if you need some help just let me know and I’ll get you all fixed up.
Shop sams, or any restaurant supply stores. I buy in bulk to order to put them into smaller mylar bag for homemade MRE's
Thanks for the video. Can mylar bag be used to store fabric or clothes?
Very informative video. Thanks.
Thanks! That was clear and concise.
lucid and informative.
Love it! So helpful. Thank you!
Thanks for the compliments! We appreciate it!
Thank you, this is a clear no-nonsense video. I have seen so much conflicting information on whether to remove (suck out) the excess oxygen before sealing. I have always kept a "back stock" or what some call a second tier (6-9 mos of food) as long as I can remember. We are new to long-term storage. I have been working on storing for long term for about 1 year now realizing 6-9 mos will not be enough with the way our country is going now. I bake with ancient grains and have been storing the berries in mylar and buckets.
Do you freeze your grain prior to sealing to kill weevil eggs & larva?
Also, do I need to put pasta in mylar as well? I have long spaghetti and linguine noodles in their boxes in a large rubber seal, snap lock black bin.
I am just like you. His presentation was so clear and included little details. I've seen conflicting opinions on how to store grains, but decided to freeze. Then let come to room temp and then refreeze. I always wondered why let come to room temperature, and just learned earlier today, because, the larvae that don't die at first freeze, will "think it's spring," and hatch. Then you refreeze to kill those. Then put in your Mylar bags. I'm still learning. Good luck!
@@Shadowcat1954 They can't live without oxygen
Hi Courtney, yes we do! We have a couple of different sizes available, including:
1. 1 quart with a ziploc
2. 1 gallon
3. 2 gallon
4. 5 gallon
You can send an email through our website or contact us on Facebook with the sizes that you want and we can work on shipping them out to you! Thanks.
Hi Courtney, we have one and it should be published a little later tonight. Thanks for watching!
We all know this dude was not impacted by COVID lockdown. Smart man.
Thank you. Excellent video. This may be a silly question but how would one reseal this type of bag if you did not have access to an iron or electricity? Do you suggest using smaller bags that may be portioned? I live by myself and would not have to feed a large amount of people in an emergency type situation.
Heat up an iron bar (by burning wood) and then just press it and reseal.
Either purchase smaller bags to seal or if you have time on your hands and a lot of patience, you could possibly make one larger bag into two smaller ones by cutting it in half and sealing the newly cut end with the iron making sure to leave one end open to put your food in.
Just what I needed thank you!
I appreciate this so much...thank you!
Do you know whether it would be advisable to pour the food into paper bags first so they won't need to come in contact with the plastic and aluminum on the Mylar bags which might leach into the food over time?
Just perfect! Thank you.
Hi, i have been watching alot of you tube videos
some people say to iron the bag close under the zip part of the bags.
others , show them doing it on top of the bags once zipped close.
what, is the right way to iron it close on the bags.
I, have purchased a heat sealer machine to seal my bags when i get ready to start storing stuff.
Thanks, for sharing your video
If i put things into it that are best in freezer, can i toss the absorber in and let it work in the freezer? Or i have to wait 24-48 hrs in the room temperature then, freeze it?
can you use your vacuum sealer to seal?
Thanks for sharing with everyone. Would you pleas tell me what setting you have your iron on? THANKS
Hi Felicia, irons are not always consistent in their settings, but I used the "wool" or hottest setting. The key is not necessarily the exact setting, but the time you keep the iron in place. Different thicknesses of mylar bags may react differently. Keep it simple and do just like in the video. If you have a quality bag with the metal film inside, you will be fine; all you're doing is lightly melting the plastic together. When you finish, look at the seal and be sure you don't have any wrinkles that might allow for the enclosed vacuum to draw air into the bag. I promise this is a very simple and quick process. If you can peel the bag open, it wasn't heated long enough. If you use cheap silver plastic bags, they will melt easily and tear. Never, ever use the cheap shiny 3.5 mil style bags you find online like Amazon or discount websites. Those bags will also contaminate your food when the silver coating decays into your food, and you will be able to see through the bag.
@@charleyhogwood1036 thank you so much for your quick response. Your videos are very informative, and I appreciate all you do trying to help others. Again, THANK YOU!!!!!
where do you suggest we get the Mylar bags for best quality/price, etc?
Thank you so much for this video!
That's what I want to know.
I like Wallaby after seeing so many preppers recommending them. I bought several sets, one with different sizes. They offer the 5 and 7ml thicknesses. Mine came with the appropriate sized oxygen absorbers and labels.
Restaurant supply houses have great pricing on bulk items. Check out the Cheney Brothers store.
And what happens to the other 9 oxy absorbers (if not individually sealed) while doing one bag which takes almost 2 minutes? I figure prep 10 bags first but still going to take way beyond 2 minutes.
Good question, but you almost answered it yourself. If you're only packaging one mylar bag, you can have a friend fold over the flap on the rest of the absorbers while you work. When you're done with the food sealing, reseal the absorber pouch, and they'll be fine if you squeeze out the excess air before you seal. If the absorber bag doesn't want to seal, or it'll be some time before you're ready to use the balance of the absorbers, you can use or make a small mylar bag to keep them in. You can make a small bag by cutting up a larger bag to the size you like.
The other method is to prepare ten food bags and when you're ready, drop one in and seal, move to the next one and drop one in and seal. With just a little practice, you can seal ten food bags in just a couple minutes. The trick is to seal one bag at a time while keeping the balance of the absorbers deprived of air as much as possible. Yes, it's about a two-minute activation time, but that's plenty, so just work smoothly and efficiently. Don't rush, or you'll make a mistake or spill food everywhere. It's very helpful to have an extra pair of hands to help.
This is what I did. There were 10 oxys/little bag so I prepped 10 bags and folded over the unused oxys temporarily. It all worked fine I think. Waiting for it to suck it up. Thanks!@@charleyhogwood1036
After you fill, seal and let the bags sit, should you then store them in a food grade bucket or can you store in a cabinet?
Hi Gina, Once the Mylar bags are filled and have set a day or so to do their own vacuum drawdown, you can store them in any manner you wish that will protect the integrity of the bag. Keep in mind the 5 enemies of food storage: Light, Heat, Moisture, Contamination and Infestation. Since the bag is in contact with the food you don't need a food-grade bucket. We put a lot of bags in regular 5-gallon buckets and we also just stack the flat bags on storage shelves out in the open. The most important part is to get high-quality bags. Avoid those 3.5 mil shiny plastic bags you see online. Try to stick with 5 or 7 mil bags that have the foil core. Food companies are using these all the time now, you might even have some in your pantry. Bonus tip: if you have used mylar coffee bags or others, you may be able to reuse them with your iron. Just add in an o2 absorber as we discuss in the video. Thanks for the question!
Oh no! The Mylar bags aren’t on your website. I don’t know where to get heavy, good quality bags. Charley? Anyone?
Thanks, I needed that!
How big abosorber did you use 100. 300 ?
I have a question: I have heard that you can seal packages in the buckets and they will take on the shape of the bucket so no space is lost. I've never heard this before and wanted to know if you knew anything about it.
Jennifer Gresk Yes, that is true, to some extent. If you put a mylar bag into a 5 gallon bucket, and then fill the bag, it will take the shake of the bucket before you seal it. We have a separate video on using mylar with a 5 gallon bucket here: th-cam.com/video/Lap0N-3c_EE/w-d-xo.html
Here for coronavirus prep :)
Will white flour shrink up like rice does when you put absorber in????
Hi. can you tell me the best mylar bags to use. Thanks
Awesome. Now I know how...thanks
thx for this vid. helped me a lot
Great video thanks!!
Great no more food saver for cannabis bags lol thanks dude ! I was just about to buy the food saver abd one of those heat press things that’s break… problem solved lol
5 gallon bags never look that smooth and clean with you do them, as they are in the buckets and the mylar doesn't line up perfectly when you are trying to seal it up. The bag get crinkled and look ugly... But they seal...I hope. LOL Could yall do a video of a 5 gallon bucket? I have seen many but wonder about new ways at the time. Mine seem to be stored fine, but I always wonder about how well its sealed.
In the chat comments above, here somewhere, he provided a link to a video they did about using the five gallon buckets with mylar.
Sorry it has taken so long to respond to the comments! We weren't receiving notifications that there were new comments so just seeing some of them now.
Were do you buy your mylar bags?
Can you put these bags in the chest freezer?
you didn't mention sizes on bag or what absorber to use for the bag size!
The bags I use are typically limited to the 1-gallon and 5-gallon sizes for uniformity. The absorbers I use are also limited to 300cc and 2,000cc relatively. If you run out of absorbers in a particular size it's ok to use whichever size you have on hand as long as it matches the cc volume of the bag you're using. For example, you run out of 2,000cc absorbers you can add up the 300s until you reach the required volume. It's ok to go over just try to not go under the volume needs of the container. 7-300cc packs =2100cc so you can substitute 7-300cc packs for 1-2,000cc pack if you need to seal a 5-gallon bucket bag.
If you have a ziplock do you seal bellow the ziplock?
Well done!
Linen is the hottest then cotton which is best to seal mylar bags ??
The modern steam irons dont work for sealing mylar bags as i found out unfortunately
I want to know if he dehydrated his own food or bought it. It can be real costly for the amount of dried food he used in the bucket. Also is that freeze dried, or dried that he used?
Where did you get that giant bag of beans?
Explain to me the "2 minute activation time" on the oxy absorbers. Is it something you bend and break inside the absorber to activate it? I have a package of like 20 absorbers but don't have 20 items to do all at once. Can I seal the unused ones in a vacuum sealer or will they be o.k?
Hi Chris,
O2 absorbers are just little hand warmers. Once you open their packaging, oxygen from the room air penetrates the packet causing a chemical reaction that produces warmth.
In the case of food storage we don’t care about the warmth but the digestion of the small amount of oxygen within the Mylar bag that fuels the warmth. The small packets can only absorb a small amount of oxygen, therefore we need to limit the packet’s exposure to room air or they will go the way of the hand warmer and deplete their ability to digest the oxygen when you place them in a sealed Mylar bag later on. They are a one-time use product.
The pouches take only a minute or two to begin the chemical reaction so don’t dilly nor dally in the sealing process. If you don’t plan to use them all at once squeeze out the air and reseal them within a couple of minutes to save them for later.
Vacuum sealer bags are not good for absorbers because the plastic is not a strong enough barrier material against oxygen penetration into the vacuumed bag. I recommend small Mylar pouches and heat seal them or use the original bag they arrived in. I don’t recommend Mason jars either because they allow too much room air in the jar and the absorbers will keep trying to react until all the air is digested. They will be depleted or weak when you need them later.
Thanks for the question,
Charley
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Thanks so much brother!
Much appreciated, thanks!
If there's too much space left in the bag will your oxygen absorbers not be able to do the job?
Our 5gal bucket video is up! Just wanted to let you know. :)
Thank you. 👍
Can you use a flat iron to seal the bags?
It is possible to use a flat iron if it gets hot enough. I recommend try it out. You might have to hold it a few extra seconds due to the variety of temperature ranges and the thickness of various bag brands. The key is to avoid any wrinkles in the Mylar bag that would allow air to enter under the vacuum that will happen as the O2 absorber starts to work.
Many people have great success with flat irons and even clothing irons. Have some fun with trying both.
No need to bake rice first to kill any bugs or eggs first?
We've been sticking ours in the freezer for 24 hours.
Thanks!
charley... you mentioned not using a vacuum sealer... what is your thoughts/reasoning on that?
do you feel its bad to use a vacuum sealer?
Can AirsoftRegiment Yes, it's bad to use a vacuum sealer when using a mylar bag. A vacuum sealer draws the bag down so tight that when you put an o2 absorber in, you risk rupturing the bag. Also, if you're not using an o2 absorber, you're only removing part of the atmosphere but there's still oxygen on your food. Plus, if you're buying cheap mylar off the internet, you might be able to use your foodsaver to seal the bag, but real mylar would be too thick to seal with that machine.
I'm trying to do this with Mylar emergency blankets and it doesn't work. Help!
Thats because the mylar emergency blankets for 1 are very very thin & not made to be turned into a bag. Actual mylar bags are very thick compared to a survival blanket. The bags are anywhere from 5-7 mil thick in most casses & that blanket is probably at the most 1.5-2 mil thick & probably a different type of mylar
And you expect to survive when everything hits the fan? LOL
What size oxygen absorbers are you using. Thanks.
For a bag roughly called a 1-gallon size we use a 300cc absorber. For a bag that fits in a 5-gallon bucket, we use a 2,000cc absorber. Keep things simple and prepping will be easy to do.
@@charleyhogwood1036 Thanks for the quick reply Charley. One more question if'n you don't mind. Navy Beans have a shelf life. Do all other types of beans that one would use as a Prep also have shelf lives? Using Mylar, how long can one expect Navy Beans to last. Thanks.
My bag ALWAYS stick so I cant hold it down nearly that long. Do you sell your Mylar?
Cool, my wife has one of those things.
How does the bag suck itself down like that over a 24hr period without vacuum sealing it?
Yeah, I had my doubts but it worked! I was wasting my time with trying to use the food saver all along! Thanks
I will email you to get prices and whatnot. Thanks!
I don't know about your iron, but mine is a lot hotter towards the tip than the rear.
What did he put in, like 300cc?
For the smaller bags around 1 gallon or less in volume, I do use a 300cc absorber. For a 5-gallon bucket-sized bag I use a 2,000cc absorber.
I couldn't get why vacuum sealer should not be used.
Science Alert! Long answer to explain the difference between mylar type bags and vacuum sealer bags and why you should use an iron to seal Mylar.
Vacuum sealers use specialized plastic bags that are textured with vacuum channels so the sealer can pull air from all areas of the bag. Mylar bags do not have textured insides thus the vacuum will not pull the air through the clamped seal where the iron will heat seal the bag. Additionally, vacuum sealers are not usually tuned for the temperatures required to thermal seal heavy bags or the usually larger-size bags. There are silly people who try all kinds of ways to use vacuum sealers for mylar bags on youtube just to get attention but none of that is necessary nor do those methods avoid the use of oxygen sealers. They make a simple process complicated and ineffectual.
The reason is that vacuuming only compresses the bag tight but the atmosphere inside with the food still contains the ambient amount of oxygen thus not protecting the food completely. Oxygen absorbers digest the o2 portion of the bagged atmosphere to preserve the food and in the process draws the bag down as if it were vacuumed. In the end, vacuuming doesn't protect the food it's just a convenient byproduct of the process. Removing oxygen is what allows the food to be stored for long periods.
Additional note for vacuum sealer bags: they are not true oxygen barriers and will not prevent o2 from reentering the bag over time thus attacking your food. Quality Mylar is a true barrier material. Nor do vacuum bags prevent light from depleting the nutrients in the food as mylar does.
As of today (April 28, 2022), Mylar bags from quality suppliers are a challenge to find. There will be all kinds of imitation shiny plastic bags on Amazon, avoid the temptation to purchase these, the silver coating will wear off and contaminate your food. The general rule is that if you can shine a flashlight through the bag it is a garbage knock-off. That's why they are so cheap.
Thanks for the great quest Leo!
What makes it suck down?
The oxygen absorber does, once the bag is sealed.
See my answer to Leo's question and the difference between vacuum sealer bags and Mylar style bags 👆
Cool!
What about the weight of the bag...
The bag itself (the tare weight) weighs almost nothing. Another reason Mylar is a great product for food storage. A further benefit is that there is no unnecessary bulk to the packaging like you would find with boxes and air-filled bags. This allows much more effective use of storage space. When food is packed tighter and is stored in a more dense environment such as on shelves, the temperature fluctuations are greatly reduced and heat is repelled more efficiently. Especially when stored in cooler temps such as a basement or near a floor in a closet.
@@charleyhogwood1036 It most certainly does not weigh almost nothing. A small 3x2cm one can weigh almost half a gram. If youre weighing up a 3.5g of product to go in there, that's nearly 15% of the full weight.. Always weigh the product separately from its container.
@@MCALLAN1998 In food storage, we are generally packing bags with anywhere from one-gallon bags (full weight approx. = 5-8 pounds of dry goods) to five-gallon bags in buckets that weigh in at 35-38 pounds. A few grams of tare weight should be ok unless we are loading spacecraft.
how thick is your mylar? .5mil?
Our bags are 5 mil and 7 mil
2 questions: are those 5 millimeter mylar bags and how many cc's of oxygen absorbers total?
is 300 cc adequate?
The bags we use are 5 or 7 mil thickness. Our rule of thumb to keep things easy and uniform for absorber sizes is; 5-gallon bucket size bags get one 2,000cc o2 absorber each. That's plenty. A 1-gallon bag or smaller gets one 300cc o2 absorber. The "cc" is the volume of a bag or container that the absorber can service by digesting the oxygen in that container. It's ok to use a larger absorber because it will just work until it has used up all the oxygen in the contained atmosphere. You can figure out the cc volume of any container size by using an online conversion chart.
You can also mix and match absorbers if you need to. Let's say you need a 2,000cc absorber but only have 7-300cc absorbers. No problem, 7 x 300cc = 2,100cc. Toss them in and you're all set.
If you are using Mason jars it's ok to use some smaller 100cc absorbers, it's just another thing to keep around. You'll save a little by buying the smaller ones if you use them a lot. I recommend keeping the unused absorbers in a sealed Mylar bag and not a small mason jar for storage just because of the reduced airspace in a bag vs a jar. They'll last much longer sealed in a small tight Mylar bag.
Pro tip:
If you aren't sure if your absorbers are still good, just feel them. If they are soft and powdery they are usually good. If they feel crusty inside they are used up.
"like you see on the internet" - PREP Charley
Thanks bubba
I would haveve to go to 2 years of buckets to seal all buckets. No way.
We buy car insurance, homeowners insurance , health insurance . Shouldn't we have food insurance. Stock up people! We are in some strange times today.
To say vacuum sealing a bag is too much is nonsense, just because it's not the way you are showing doesn't mean you have to talk out of your arse.