Guides

Practical guides on choosing, sizing and using vacuum pouches on chamber machines, written by the people who make them. Every guide is checked against what we actually stock: 65, 80 and 130 micron, chamber machines only.

Vacuum Pouches for MiniPack-Torre MVS Chamber Machines

Vacuum Pouches for MiniPack-Torre MVS Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

The MVS range from tabletop to floor-standing: which sizes fit each bar, settings for our film, and the deli and kitchen sizes most people run.

Vacuum Pouches for MiniPack-Torre MVS Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

The MVS range from tabletop to floor-standing: which sizes fit each bar, settings for our film, and the deli and kitchen sizes most people run.

Vacuum Pouches for Henkovac Chamber Machines

Vacuum Pouches for Henkovac Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

Not to be confused with Henkelman. Sizing our pouches to a Henkovac bar, settings, and the sizes most common on them.

Vacuum Pouches for Henkovac Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

Not to be confused with Henkelman. Sizing our pouches to a Henkovac bar, settings, and the sizes most common on them.

Vacuum Pouches for Orved Machines: VM Range and Cuisson

Vacuum Pouches for Orved Machines: VM Range and Cuisson

Richard Stevens

Orved's VM and Cuisson machines are kitchen and deli favourites. Which sizes fit, the sous vide settings, and getting the most from a small chamber.

Vacuum Pouches for Orved Machines: VM Range and Cuisson

Richard Stevens

Orved's VM and Cuisson machines are kitchen and deli favourites. Which sizes fit, the sous vide settings, and getting the most from a small chamber.

Vacuum Pouches for Multivac Chamber Machines

Vacuum Pouches for Multivac Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

Which sizes fit the C-series and Baseline chamber machines, programme settings for our film, and why a thermoformer is a different conversation.

Vacuum Pouches for Multivac Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

Which sizes fit the C-series and Baseline chamber machines, programme settings for our film, and why a thermoformer is a different conversation.

How a Vacuum Pouch Is Made: From Pellet to Box

How a Vacuum Pouch Is Made: From Pellet to Box

Richard Stevens

Co-extrusion, slitting, bag-making and the checks in between. What happens on the way from a sack of pellets to a box of 1,000 pouches.

How a Vacuum Pouch Is Made: From Pellet to Box

Richard Stevens

Co-extrusion, slitting, bag-making and the checks in between. What happens on the way from a sack of pellets to a box of 1,000 pouches.

Embossed vs Smooth Vacuum Bags: Which Does Your Machine Need?

Embossed vs Smooth Vacuum Bags: Which Does Your Machine Need?

Richard Stevens

Textured bags are for edge sealers, smooth pouches for chamber machines. How to tell them apart, why the price is three to one, and which to buy.

Embossed vs Smooth Vacuum Bags: Which Does Your Machine Need?

Richard Stevens

Textured bags are for edge sealers, smooth pouches for chamber machines. How to tell them apart, why the price is three to one, and which to buy.

Why Our Pouches Won't Work in a FoodSaver (and What Will)

Why Our Pouches Won't Work in a FoodSaver (and What Will)

Richard Stevens

The machines our pouches will not seal in, why, what bags they need instead, and the point at which a small chamber machine pays for itself.

Why Our Pouches Won't Work in a FoodSaver (and What Will)

Richard Stevens

The machines our pouches will not seal in, why, what bags they need instead, and the point at which a small chamber machine pays for itself.

65 vs 80 vs 130 Micron Vacuum Pouches: Which Do You Need?

65 vs 80 vs 130 Micron Vacuum Pouches: Which Do You Need?

Richard Stevens

Micron is just film thickness. Here's what each of the three gauges we stock is for, what a bag costs, and the honest answer on 90 micron.

65 vs 80 vs 130 Micron Vacuum Pouches: Which Do You Need?

Richard Stevens

Micron is just film thickness. Here's what each of the three gauges we stock is for, what a bag costs, and the honest answer on 90 micron.

Vacuum Pouches for Turbovac Chamber Machines

Vacuum Pouches for Turbovac Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

Matching our sizes to a Turbovac seal bar, settings for standard and heavy duty film, and keeping an older machine sealing cleanly.

Vacuum Pouches for Turbovac Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

Matching our sizes to a Turbovac seal bar, settings for standard and heavy duty film, and keeping an older machine sealing cleanly.

Vacuum Pouches for Boss Chamber Machines

Vacuum Pouches for Boss Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

Sizing to a Boss seal bar, settings for 65 and 130 micron film, and the sizes UK butchers run on them.

Vacuum Pouches for Boss Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

Sizing to a Boss seal bar, settings for 65 and 130 micron film, and the sizes UK butchers run on them.

Vacuum Pouches for Supervac Chamber Machines

Vacuum Pouches for Supervac Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

Supervac machines live in processing. Sizes by bar, two-up running on long bars, settings for our film, and pallet supply for volume users.

Vacuum Pouches for Supervac Chamber Machines

Richard Stevens

Supervac machines live in processing. Sizes by bar, two-up running on long bars, settings for our film, and pallet supply for volume users.

Vacuum Pouches vs Vacuum Rolls: Why Chamber Machines Use Bags

Vacuum Pouches vs Vacuum Rolls: Why Chamber Machines Use Bags

Richard Stevens

Rolls suit edge sealers, chamber machines use pre-made pouches. What a roll really costs per bag, and the one case where a roll is still right.

Vacuum Pouches vs Vacuum Rolls: Why Chamber Machines Use Bags

Richard Stevens

Rolls suit edge sealers, chamber machines use pre-made pouches. What a roll really costs per bag, and the one case where a roll is still right.

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