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Tips for Successful Vacuum Packaging

For more usage tips and safety information, please refer to the FoodSaver Reference Guide or visit our website at www.foodsaver.com.

General Tips

Removing Air from a Bag

If appliance lid is locked, press Open/Cancel

Button

(B) to open lid.

Sealing a Bag

Make sure you’ve placed the bag in the proper place.

When making a bag from a roll, make sure end of cut

piece is on Sealing Strip

(G), not over rubber gasket

(F) or in Vacuum Channel (E).

Prevent moisture or liquid from being pulled into

the Vacuum Channel or trapped in the seal. Either

pre-freeze moist foods such as raw meat for 1-2

hours before vacuum packaging, or place a folded

paper towel between food and end of bag to absorb

excess liquids. Just be sure to leave at least 3 inches

between paper towel and end of bag so that bag

seals properly with paper towel inside.

Make sure you give appliance time to cool down.

Wait at least 20 seconds between seals. Under very

heavy usage, appliance will shut off automatically to

prevent overheating. If it does, wait 20 minutes to

allow appliance to cool off.

Make sure you’ve placed the bag in the proper

place. When vacuuming packaging, make sure open

end of bag is inside Vacuum Channel

(E).

Check for wrinkles in the bag along the Sealing

Strip. Wrinkles in seal may cause leakage and allow

air to come back into bag. Check for wrinkles in bag

along Sealing Strip

(G) before closing lid and vacuum

packaging. If you find wrinkles after sealing bag,

simply cut bag open and vacuum package again.

If motor runs for more than 30 seconds without

stopping, you may need to adjust bag and try again.

If you are making initial seal on a piece of bag material

with two open ends, make sure bag is placed on

Sealing Strip, not on rubber gasket

(F). If you are

vacuum packaging with a bag, make sure open end is

placed down inside Vacuum Channel and make sure

Accessory Hose

(D) is not attached. If you are vacuum

packaging with an accessory, check Accessory Hose in

appliance lid and in accessory to ensure a tight fit.

FoodSaver and the Freshness Shield logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tilia Int’l, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks

are property of their respective owners. Tilia, Inc. and Tilia Int’l, Inc. are Jarden companies.This product is protected by one or more of the following Patents:

U.S. RE 34,929; 4,660,355; 4,941,310; 5,655,357; 6,058,998; 6,256,968; Canada 1,315,746; and their equivalent international patents.

First Printing: 6/2004 Item # T180-00210-000 (06/04)

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