Vacmaster VP112 Chamber Vacuum Sealer

The Vacmaster VP112 worked GREAT. We used this it for 4 days at 8 hour intervals and it did wonderful. We were looking for a vaccume sealer that would not over heat and this worked great. Be sure to play around with the settings to get your desired seal and vaccume. We found that that a seal setting of 7 worked the best.

Craig Z. from Zimmer's Butcher Shop Posted on 12/31/2012

Wish I'd known about the Vacmaster sealer years sooner. We garden and freezer cook. This product is a tremendous help storing our food! We burned out at least 3 of the Food Sealers, thinking it was our only vacuum sealing option, until we starting doing more thorough research. So glad we found this unit. It's not too bulky or unsightly to sit in the corner of my kitchen counter waiting to be of service. We use it on a daily basis.

Linda B. Posted on 12/13/2012

I love this machine,it is deffinitely worth while spending a little more money for an inchamber machine,its makes all the difference in the world,and you actually save in the long run on bags.Great work Vacmaster!!!

Ronald H. Posted on 07/23/2012

Recently we bought one, this will be the second, it is everything we read in the reviews. We are very please and we highly recomend it. www.elmesondelacava.com

Otto R. from MESON DE LA CAVA Posted on 04/07/2012

Got this unit a few days ago after eying one for over a year, since I've gotten into Sous Vide cooking (polyscience pro). Makes sealing sous vide items with liquids now possible. I also now are making stocks with everything. Last night I grilled a 4 lb lobster, then made stock with the shell parts that night and captured all that goodness in 1 cup portions and placed in freezer for when I want to do a bisque or seafood pasta. I'll do the same for 10lbs of beef bones to make my own stock and demi glace. I made a huge batch of chili outside on the fire in my dutch oven, and vacuum sealed individual portions the next day. Makes cooking in bulk a smart thing to do. Already love this unit. Very easy to use, the quality is apparent, and ranks up there with my favorite appliances: Vita Mix blender, Polyscience sous vide pro, Kitchen aid mixer and my Big Steel Keg!

Jeff A. from Jeff A (personal use) Posted on 01/02/2012

I bought this particular product, because I am doing a good bit of sous vide cooking and I wanted a chamber sealer to replace the Food Saver sealer that I was using. This particular unit is well suited to home use. It fits on a typical two-foot-deep counter top (just barely), and its profile is low enough that it works fine where there is an overhead cabinet. This vacuum sealer is fairly heavy -- over 50 pounds. While it is easy enough to lug around, you should probably plan to leave it on the countertop. It is easy to use, and seals very reliably as long as you take care to keep the area of the bag where the seal is made clean. I usually roll the top of the bag down an inch or so and roll it back up after filling. This device is excellent for sous vide, but I also found that the ability to seal liquids means that I use it a lot just to package leftovers, to package food for freezing, and to repackage foods I have unwrapped to extend their shelf life. Bags come in a wide range of sizes. I haven't tried anything other than the bags sold by the manufacturer, but these are inexpensive -- much less so than Food Saver bags -- and work well. As a final note, this was the first time I ordered from Web Restaurant Store. I placed the order on their Web site and received an e-mail with shipment tracking information within a few hours. I don't run a restaurant, but as a serious home cook, I'm sure I'll do more business here.

Leonard L. Posted on 01/02/2012

Works great. As a small restaurant I was afraid to overspend on the next unit up but was happy to find that this works great for us.

Christopher C. Posted on 10/27/2011

I am very happy with this sealer! It's great, and it's everything I need it to be and everything I expected it to be. The motor in it is powerful enough to do instant compressions and infusions. This is also the perfect tool for low-volume sous vide cooking applications, which is perfect for a personal chef operation like mine. There are a couple of minor problems. First, the product description says "easily portable". I'm not so sure about that. This thing is a freakin' tank. Yes, you can pick it up and move it, but it weighs about 50 pounds and it's about the size of a very large microwave oven. Second problem, again a very minor one, I would prefer the vacuum gauge would give its measurements in percentages. Thomas Keller's sous vide book gives a lot of his recipes in vacuum percentages, so I have to do some experimentation to get the vacuum pressure just right. Not a huge problem, but it would have been nice. Other that that, I would highly recommend this product to anyone who does low-volume vacuum packaging, such as a home user or a very small personal chef business like mine.

Joel R. from Nerdychef Personal Chef Services Posted on 10/06/2011