Thinking about buying a vacuum sealer – beginner advice needed

I use one all the time. I bought a cheap one from walmart decades ago and still going. Normally not for putting up store bought food in buld but my stuff. You will use a lot more of the stuff for bags than you think you will if you use it a lot. Look for deals on long rolls which will seem like a huge amount and before you know it that roll will be gone.

You can get a home freeze dried machine if you really want to get into keeping stuff. Of course a "good" one starts at $3-4k and up.

But the sealers are super handy when you have only a few ducks to put up. Breast them out and vacumn them down and in the freezer. What I do with all the meat here except for when I have a cow butchered and I let them just do it.

I never have. I only seal up foods like meat and such. I guess I'm old fashing. If you cna't finishe it off in a day or two as left overs cook less next time.

It will take a little practice to get the hang of it. When my girlfriend moved in she would seal up a duck breast or two that are about the size of one mcnugget and she would use a foot or more of bag till she got the hang of it.

You can use it to seal up your sous vide and let it marinate then just toss it in and let it cook. When done open the bag and brown it/eat. Like overnight or whatever.

I only store ingredients, never something cooked. That seems wrong on so many levels.