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Holistic Guidance - FoodSaver T03-0006-01 Regular Mouth Jar Sealer
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List Price: $8.99
Our Price: $8.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Tilia
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Binding: Kitchen
Brand: FoodSaver
Color: White
EAN: 0053891010801
Feature: Compatible with FoodSaver vacuum packaging systems
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Tilia
Manufacturer: Tilia
Model: T03-0006-01
Publisher: Tilia
Release Date: 2005-01-01
Studio: Tilia
Variation Description: White
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Features
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Compatible with FoodSaver vacuum packaging systems
Lid fits all pint- and quart-sized Mason jars
Seals in freshness for 5 times longer shelf life
Great for sealing sauces, jams, liquids, and dry goods
Re-vacuums jars easily
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Editorial Reviews:
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While it should be noted that vacuum packaging is not a substitute for canning, you can keep food fresh up to 5 times longer with this method. Use your FoodSaver vacuum sealer and this lid to keep the contents of mason jars fresh longer, saving you time and money.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very useful addition to my Foodsaver!
Comment: I use my Foodsaver vacuum sealer all the time, to seal food in special plastic bags. But some things, like rice and beef jerky, puncture the plastic bags. So this canning jar sealer was just what I needed. I put rice (or spices, flour, cornmeal, salt, any dry item) in a jar, set the metal lid on top, apply this jar sealer, and let the vacuum do its job. In 30 seconds the jar lid is securely vacuumed to the jar, and the contents are safe from bugs, mice, moisture and spoilage. I also bought the large-mouth jar sized sealer, and I've used them both many times.
Do not use this jar sealer for canning fruits, vegetables or other wet foods. Anything that would spoil at room temperature needs to be canned using a pressure canner or water bath method.
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Summary: Works just fine
Comment: I've only tried this once. I have some regular mouth jars, but mostly use wide-mouth ones. I mostly got this one because I recently bought several half gallon regular mouth jars at a flea market. Anyway, it works fine. Like the wide-mouth variety, it does take a little fiddling sometimes to get it to seal properly. I use the sealer with a Rival Seal-a-meal model, and it works just dandy.
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Summary: Read R. Chiu's Review!
Comment: Whoa. 3 stars because this is indispensable but what a crappy design (or crappy instructions, depending on your view).
I received my sealer and had totally forgotten about the reviews; couldn't get it to work and figured I had a non-standard size jar or something. After tracking down more instructions online and failing at that, I came back to these reviews and found that R. Chiu's method worked like a charm. One note is that I just had to pull out the tube during the "seal" phase -- it didn't matter if I did it just before seal or not. In fact, I tried Tom S.' method of testing the vacuum and got good results either way (maybe better when removing the tube during seal but I'm using a Rival sealer) ... basically the jars are at 75-85% vacuum and the rest air.
Now I'm going to try the 2-lid method and then head over to Yahoo groups to see if the Foodsaver tips are any better. All-in-all, I suppose this is no worse than your typical technological song-and-dance. Always something....
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Summary: Trick to Mason Jar Sealer
Comment: If possible heat the contents of the jar to a temp higher than where you plan on storing the jar. The trick is using 2 lids making sure that there is no moisture between them. Seal and disconnect the hose at either end to release pressure but do not add the ring at this time. In the beginning the upper lid will seal to the lower. Wait a few minutes and the upper lid can be nudged off the lower using the edge of a butter knife, too much pressure will break the seal on the jar of the lower lid. Now you can put the ring on and store. For used or old lids you may need wet the rim of the jar but not between the lids.
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Summary: Customer svc gave useless instructions + You don't actually need it
Comment: [For "why you don't need it," jump to third paragraph.] First of all, this thing came without instructions of any kind. After a variety of unsuccessful attempts to get a vacuum in the jar, I finally called FoodSaver customer service. The agent said the sealer did not come with instructions because not many people have trouble using it. (They obviously don't read the Amazon reviews.) She instructed me to put my FoodSaver appliance on "vacuum and seal" rather than just vacuum, to have the jar ring screwed on while I was vacuuming and, if all else failed, to just leave the sealer on the jar (like a lid--without a vacuum). To her first suggestion, I asked if she understood how the FoodSaver appliance works, and had to explain that the "seal" setting only applies if you are using a bag or roll; I later discovered that the second instruction was just plain wrong (after days of frustration trying different jars, different lids, screwing the ring to different tightnesses, "seasoning" the lid with oil, etc.); and finally, if I can't get a vacuum in the jar, how on earth does it help to leave the sealer accessory sitting on top (and thus unusable with any other jar)?
Turning to Amazon reviewers for wisdom, I tried the two lid technique mentioned by one reviewer. (Put two lids on while vacuuming; the bottom one will form a seal.) Couldn't get that to work (but at this point, I was still following FoodSaver's incorrect instructions to use the ring under the jar sealer). So I tried the canister technique suggested by another reviewer. (Put the whole jar, lid and sealer into a Foodsaver canister and suck the air out.) Lo and behold, a vacuum formed in the jar!
Some Amazon reviewers have explained the principle of how this sealer works--the lid floats while the air is being pumped out, until the vacuum device is turned off and air rushes in to push the lid down onto the vacuumed jar. (Thank you!) From that information, I realized that I DIDN'T NEED THE JAR SEALER AT ALL. Sure enough, I screwed the ring snugly (but loose enough to let air flow) over the lid on the jar, put the whole thing into a FoodSaver canister, and vacuumed. When I let the air back in and opened the canister--viola--I had a vacuum sealed mason jar! This technique hasn't failed me yet. The down side, of course, is that you need an empty Foodsaver canister sitting around that is large enough to hold the mason jar. But if you don't want to bother with this troublesome jar sealer, you might try it. (Due to strain on the canisters, which are also reputed to fail, I wouldn't recommend doing this every day.)
Before returning the jar sealer to FoodSaver for a refund, I decided to give their customer service another chance to explain the proper sealing technique. This time, I got an agent who laughed at the idea of using the ring while sealing, and suggested that I try the two lid method again WITHOUT the ring. This actually worked--twice. On the next 20+ attempts (until I gave up), the jar sealer just laughed at me. So I give this device zero stars for lack of instructions, poor engineering, ignorant customer service and the fact that it is not really necessary, and one star because Amazon won't let me record zero stars.
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