Not finding affordable mylar bags. As long as we have items (grains) inside food grade buckets, any reason I cannot use gallon ziplock bags, and/or unscented trashbags?
Define fail; I know of some that have used them with Bay leaves; they also at times did not use any bags at all ( items right in buckets with bay leaves) for almost 12 years. As a matter of fact they did a bucket opening with rice that was 7 years old. As we see mylar is going up in price and in some cases hard to find. PJF even had to find a new source for his bags. We will need to do things without mylar ( could also use the money saved to buy more food)
@Mel Gray in my experience any pressure put on the bag will make the ziplock seal pop after a few months so what ever you do don't stack them or put anything on top of a ziplock bag.
@Mel Gray That's my point, we are doing our best to acquire and 'stack it to the rafters' 40 bucks for 50 little mylar bags is too much. Prices have gone way too high as demand increases. If we are looking to store food for only 6 to 12 months, I am not going to spend more on the bags than the items going into them.
BTW, We found Costco and Safeway stores to have free bakery buckets (2 gallon to 3 gallon food grade) Walmart charges $1. Ziplock freezer bags are affordable and will fit well in buckets stacked inside. We also purchased 4 galvanized garbage cans (new) that will hold several 25 pound bags of flour, sugar, grains and rice. Rats and mice can chew through plastic buckets easily, even with mylar, buckets don't stop rodents. (Jim is an exterminator and recommends setting traps in your storage areas, or keeping a cat)
I have a food saver vacuum and have found too many fails, so not impressed, and the bag rolls are either unavailable or have also become too expensive as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Gallon-Ziplock-Absorbers-Farooqi-Storage/dp/B088KJX3QJ/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1JB00ODSTIRPD&dchild=1&keywords=mylar+bag+with+oxygen+absorbers&qid=1598846763&sprefix=mylar+bag+with+%2Caps%2C265&sr=8-8
ziplock bags will fail much sooner than sealable mylar bags....
Define fail; I know of some that have used them with Bay leaves; they also at times did not use any bags at all ( items right in buckets with bay leaves) for almost 12 years. As a matter of fact they did a bucket opening with rice that was 7 years old. As we see mylar is going up in price and in some cases hard to find. PJF even had to find a new source for his bags. We will need to do things without mylar ( could also use the money saved to buy more food)
@Mel Gray in my experience any pressure put on the bag will make the ziplock seal pop after a few months so what ever you do don't stack them or put anything on top of a ziplock bag.
@Mel Gray That's my point, we are doing our best to acquire and 'stack it to the rafters' 40 bucks for 50 little mylar bags is too much. Prices have gone way too high as demand increases. If we are looking to store food for only 6 to 12 months, I am not going to spend more on the bags than the items going into them.
BTW, We found Costco and Safeway stores to have free bakery buckets (2 gallon to 3 gallon food grade) Walmart charges $1. Ziplock freezer bags are affordable and will fit well in buckets stacked inside. We also purchased 4 galvanized garbage cans (new) that will hold several 25 pound bags of flour, sugar, grains and rice. Rats and mice can chew through plastic buckets easily, even with mylar, buckets don't stop rodents. (Jim is an exterminator and recommends setting traps in your storage areas, or keeping a cat)
I have a food saver vacuum and have found too many fails, so not impressed, and the bag rolls are either unavailable or have also become too expensive as well.