12” Commercial Grade Vacuum Sealer – User Friendly for Food Preservation & Sous Vide, 28” Vacuum Pressure – Features Auto Cooling System, Smart Heat Technology, Built-In Vacuum Bag Storage

Purchased this to replace a Foodsaver Pro 3 which had a failed heat strip. It was several years old. This device has a really nice design and looks to be of very good quality. I like that the case is plastic instead of Stainless steel like most of the sealers in this price range. That makes it much lighter and allows the shape to be more user friendly. Easy to use and does a great job of vacuuming and sealing. The heat strip creates a double seal and has no problem with multiple uses. Jog button and seal only, are very useful operations. The pump is much quieter and quicker that my old unit. Has a nice rack on the back to wrap the power cord. It looks like this brand is new to the market. My only concern was spending this much for a product that has not been around for very long. If first impression continues it should be no problem.

I bought this vacuum sealer to upgrade from my old Food Saver sealer. I’m so glad I did. I wanted a sealer that didn’t overheat when packaging more than a few packages, vacuumed and sealed quicker, didn’t take up a lot of space in my cabinet, and was reasonably priced. This is it! I packaged about 150 lbs. of meat much more quickly than I had ever been able to before. It never overheated and vacuumed and sealed as fast as I could prep the next package. Despite its professional performance, it’s size is residential friendly. It stores in the kitchen cabinet so it’s handy for those small jobs of repackaging bulk buys from the grocery. The only con I found with it compared to my old one is you can’t seal the one end of the bag without cutting it off the roll. This was a minor inconvenience which I quickly overcame. I also found the customer support very good as I was deciding which model to buy, as they quickly answered my questions. If you have a garden, process your own meat, or buy a lot in bulk, the Primaltek is a great investment. I highly recommend it.

I have had 3 FoodSaver units over the years, and one Mueller. My last FS died the same week as the Mueller, and we use our vacuum sealer a LOT, so I did some research before buying a new one. The new FS don't have great reviews, and I wanted a unit that could take a lot of use and do a lot of bags without overheating. IT's also VERY simple to use. Going up to a commercial grade machine was definitely worth it!With all my previous vacuum sealers, I have done double seals on both ends because they invariable lose the seal. The PrimalTek does a much better seal and I only need 1 seal, which saves time and reduces the rapid-fire use of the machine. It suctions faster, too, and very thoroughly. I haven't used the jar attachment portal yet, but I'm going to assume it does the same.I ended up getting a second one of these, and know they will last me a long time. If you buy a lot of food from farms, fish, or hunt, spend the extra and get this - it's well worth it.

I'm going to start this with the update:Ive been using this for a couple of months and I really like it. I think what was going on before was the moisture of the whole chickens. I don't think that I dried them enough so the liquid coming out was causing issues with the seal.PROS:I love the window so you can see the suction chamber and see that everything is aligned well before you start it.There's these little shelf things in the drip area that holds the bag down so it doesn't come up when you're closing it and shiftThe section for the rolls is large so it can hold big rolls.Lots of settings with a cancel and on/off switch. There's even an ACC port for sealing jars.You can hear a fan going inside after you seal that cools the strip so you don't have to wait for it to cool between uses which is fantastic. In all the times using it, I've never had it overheat!The double seal is really niceIt comes with a storage bags and there's indents to make carrying it easier.CONS:The absolute biggest issue and really the only thing that doesn't have a work around is that there isn't a removable drip tray. A serious pain to clean completely.You have to push the lid down to lock it and pry it up to open it. I think a lever would be really nice because I'm worried that it's going to break.Old review:I packaged 13 whole chickens and I had to seal them close to 60 times. An insane number of failed seals. Thankfully I always cut my bags a bit long just in case so I don't have to throw the whole bag out and cut a new one. But it did happen a couple of times where I had tried to seal it so many times and it still leaked air that it just wouldn't even try to suction it again, I was actually getting pretty mad by the end of it. And yes, I do wipe the sealing area before I do it but if whatever is going in it is moist then that doesn't really do anything bc the vacuum with draw the liquid upNot a huge fan that the bag has to go over the control panel to reach the sealing area.One major design flaw is that suction area doesn't have a removeable drip tray.I wish that there was a lever to lock it down or a button to open it so it isn't done with the clip things, i foresee those breaking.I do love the double seal though (when it works properly) and the suction is good, It also never overheated which is huge!I also like that you can tell if it sealed properly or not before you open it and you can have it do another round of sealing before you open it again.