Pro tip : seal your bags 3/4 of the way first. Then open th oxygen absorbers and put them into the bags. It will leave you only one crimping motion to do on each bag so it goes a lot quicker!
Did this myself on my first time bagging rice and it worked great. Totally a two person job. I could have squeeze more air out before sealing but I put enough o2 absorbers in to take care of the oxygen. I just don’t have bricks.
Here in Scotland people used to store their oatmeal i.e. dry coarse ground oats, not cooked porridge, in special grain chests called girnals. Just like you've shown in this video, people understood the meal had to be packed as tightly as possible to stop it from going bad. Parents would traditionally wash their children's feet and have them stand in the girnal barefoot, stamping the grain down as hard as they could so there was no air inside, almost like your mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. I should probably add that although they didn't store cooked porridge that way, people did pour it into a drawer lined with greaseproof paper and cut slices off to eat cold or fried like polenta. My great grandfather was a machinist working in shipbuilding and he took a slice of cold porridge wrapped in brown paper to eat at work every day.
I packed White Rice, Pinto Beans, Pasta and long grain Rice in 5 mil bags between 2013 and 2015 using this exact method. I opened 1 each a few weeks ago and prepared them over the last week and they were all like fresh.
Just as a follow up, I have been unpacking more beans, Rice, Pasta and also oats, long grain and wild rice, black beans, red beans that were all packed using this exact method. All fresh as the day I packed them. Can't say enough good things about the benefits of packing using this method. Perfect easily to follow video. Thank You ! !
Prefill your left over mason jar part way with loose rice. This will limit the O2 in the jar and make the left over O2 sachets better when you do come to use them . If there is not quite enough space for all the sachets, pour some rice out.
My little trick is after sealing the bags , I cut a small slit just below the seal at a corner. Then I force all the air out then seal the small hole with the iron. Love your vids.
I've found that when you have left over Oxy Absorbers that need to be stored for later use, after you've opened the original bag, as mentioned in this video, put them in a mason jar but if you have a "Food Saver" brand or any other vacuum sealer that can vacuum seal a mason jar, use that to suck the air out of the jar. This keeps the Absorbers from needing to work on the remaining air in the jar. I've found that it really prolongs the Oxy Absorbers that much longer. Just my 2 1/2 cents worth.
TIP . if you are doing 'bulk' say 1 gallon of sugar, in a mylar ziplock, when you open it IF you are going to put it in a different container and not use the zip feature, open the BOTTOM of the bag, pour out the contents and you can reuse the bag and still have the zip intact
Watched this again, after watching it years ago! The only thing I would add is to PARTIALLY seal the bags, leaving a few inches at the end to drop in the O2 absorbers, then seal up the last few inches quickly.
Try sealing the bags most of the way and using a shopvac to remove the majority of the remaining air. This will help the content stay fresher over time.
I love your pantry video's because it looks so neat and clean and organized. The delivery of the information was so complete and very well done. This is just a good idea even if you aren't worried about a coming crisis. I learned a lot about prepping and preserving from my mom who is just a frugal person and the only reason she keeps a stocked pantry, but wow, sure came in handy during this cv19 shut down.
I used mylar bags. A hint I got from another prepper is to partially seal the mylar bag, leaving enough room for the oxygen absorber. Put the OA in, push down on the bag to get more air out and then seal the smaller opening. So when using mylar bags, I first write the contents on bag before filling, fill, and partially seal. When all my bags are done then I grab my OA, put them in, squish as much air out and seal. I find this works better is my husband puts in the OA and I squish and seal after that.
I leave the bags out for 24 hours after I seal them to make sure they shrink down (in case there is a pinhole leak somewhere). I've only had one fail in the last 4 years. 😊
Love you videos and at the risk of being basic I just have to say YOU HAVE THE BEST HAIRCUT!!! Respect! Also, fantastic, articulate and interesting content!
To reduce the oxygen absorbers time you can partially seal the mylar bags in advance. Like seal half of it while leaving enough room to throw the oxygen absorbers and then seal the other half.
You might think about putting a lip on those shelves or a 1 x1 about 3 inches above the shelf to keep your jars on the shelf in case of an earthquake; which are more prevalent everywhere today!
when im using mylar I first hook up a hose to the vacuum sealer and at the other end use a stainless tube which is approx. 2mm in dia, which is inserted into the bag. I first seal most of the bag using my wife's ceramic hair curler (she doesn't know) then when the air is sucked out seal the bag fully
Your videos are indispensable. I've watched every tutorial video youve made, and when I have questions or need a refresher..I come watch them again. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and helping us out here in RUclips land refine our techniques.
Love your videos. My wife and I started prepping about 6 months ago. I always feel peaceful when I watch your videos and learn a lot in the process. Thank you for doing such great work!
You mentioned coffee being ok to store in mylar bags. Just know that ground coffee is fine but whole beans tend to off-gas and can compromise the seal. That is the reason for those little gassing vents on plastic coffee bean bags in the store and also vented coffee canisters for beans.
Great video. There is a lot of misinformation on RUclips. It's nice finding someone who knows what they are talking about. I have been a prepper for year's it took me a lot of research and mistakes. Hopefully, others will find your videos. So they will not make the mistakes I made.
We need to reach out to local peeps to come up with a plan. Land, garden, animals, water and shelter. What is going on is bonkers. Those of us who are alone can't survive for very long.
Great video. The only thing I noticed for a time saver on the oxygen absorbers is , the second bag you did had the ziplock feature,and some other bags also had the ziplock feature still intact. Just a suggestion, you could have zipped those ones up right away and saved those for ironing last since they're essentially closed. Then you could have gotten the used ones that you had cut the zipper off heat sealed first.
Prep in increments…. First, like a temporary emergency (hurricane, etc.). Build up from 5 days, then 2 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, etc. it takes time and a lot of money to buy a years supply of one item but then find you’ve run out of toilet paper or shampoo in 1 week! LOL Slowly build up so you can use items for bartering or currency.
I started on 1 area at a time like 1 year ago,it's working out pretty well,just got a 32 gallon plastic trash can ( new) for extra water,,( in case) I chose sterno cans for heating food in "er"situations, I live in apt so ,can't put outside,but i.can boil the water,if needed for drinking,won't last forever,but I figured,it's so much work dragging in gallons of water,I stored it in 2nd bathroom shower,,
Use smaller left over bits of mylar (without oxygen absorbers) to individually package things like medications, fire starters, surgical gear, or batteries.
I buy spices in bulk and put them, premeasured to fit my containers, in Mylar. I have been doing this for years. Seems to work well. I can buy spices by the pound for a much better price then a small container.
oh my gosh, I just did this with 25 lbs of hard red wheat, hard white wheat and durum and I just keep walking by my bags watching the bags lined up on my dining room table getting tighter and tighter with the oxygen absorbers working. I am totally amazed at this process. Thank you for posting this video, what an awesome help.
Great video... I learned more in the first 5 minutes than any other video! Thank you. Also, You could have rewound your recording to see what you put in the bags!!! LOL!
We not Only use o2 absorbers but we suck the air out with a vacuum cleaner. We have a vacuum that has never been used for the carpet. We seal the bag leaving 2 inches un sealed. put in an o2 absorber then insert the edger supplied with the vacuum and remove air while my wife is sealing the last 2 inches i quickly remove the vacuum. works great.
Another thing that helps is a vacuum sealer that has a hose attachment that you can put in one corner of the bag. Seal all but the last half inch of the bag stick in the hose and vacuum it down. Hold the bag tightly around the hose and have your iron ready to seal it when you pull the hose out.. It is a little bit tricky at first but it works.
Automotive AC vacuum pump. Thanks for the idea. Good luck. We will need that. Luck being the residue of design, can never have too much knowledge and skill.
No worries about the unknown bag. Who doesn't love a fun surprise?! Happend to me several years ago before my pantries were well organized. Wouldn't you know that 2 store bough aluminum cans somehow became naked on the shelf- they were without labels, and no labels were anywhere to be found. The dates were stamped on the can, so no worries there. I was a little sad to be hoping for diced tomatoes one day, only to find pears in light syrup🥴. But that's what makes life so much "fun"! God Bless 🤣
Very informative. Tip: Seal your bags most of the way, leaving just enough room to insert the oxygen absorbers. This way you can seal up the bags more quickly after adding the absorbers.
I'm not sure how well your bags sealed with the hair straightener. The straightener itself works well, but you need to seal the surfaces for around 3-4 seconds normally .. not just drag along the bag. There may be spots along the bag that haven't sealed effectively, especially if a bit of pressure is applied to the bag and they may inadvertently pop open without you knowing it.
Thank you so much for all your amazing videos. You made it simple for us to not feel overwhelmed. I luckily caught a great sale at USA E Supply. My hubby is from grandfather mtn area (generations) of NC. thanks again!!!
As usual.... great video... I have watched it three times making sure that I have learned all what you have taught us... You are an excellent (natural) comunicator. Thank You very much🌹 Blessings
Excellent presentation. I just wondered what to do if there was power loss and needed to reseal. Kind of rustic but I’d heat up cast iron and a board like what’s used for clothes iron and seal it with a hot cast iron pan heated up by fire in a fire pit.
Hi Jamie, I just wanted to thank you for putting this content out there. I didn’t grow up with a family that does this I learned from you and others how to be self sufficient. My family had security throughout the pandemic 😷 We are more self sufficient than ever. Thank you!
This is great advice and I appreciate it very much. Our 4 egg chickens which I bought a year ago are all doing great and giving us lots of eggs. Thanks for the instructions on raising chickens.
thank you so much for sharing. I have never heard of Mylar bags before I will certainly go out and buy some. thank you for explaining everything in detail much appreciated.
Great channel! Just found you! Hi from Australia My mum and I sealed our first lot of grains on the weekend. We used Mylar bags, oxygen absorbers -and a vacuum. We had an absolute blast doing it.
Thank you so much for sharing this video! We've been searching high and low for solid mylar baaaag info and found it in your video! We're converting a school bus into our tiny home on wheels, but our food stores sure won’t be tiny! We have been searching for a way to store the dry goods we’ve been buying in bulk. Mylar bags seem like the Way to go! - Brian + Erin
Great video! Thanks for this. I rarely watch these wall way through without skipping ahead but your video was interesting all the way through so thanks. You've earned a subscriber!
I love how you do your research and give good detail on your topic. I just saw a video where he put an oxygen absorber in sugar! I saw a lot of videos on this and your correct they all say no to oxygen absorbers in sugar! Good job!
I used 3lts plastic bottles to fill with beans, rice, pasta and lentils. I place 1 pack of oxigent absorbent 300cc After closing the lid, I place the bottles in a plastic barrel to store. I have never had any trouble and the food is perfect after a couples of years. If you don't have mylar bag these is another way to storage food.
I'm glad you explained that bit about some of the bags looking skin tight & some still looking like they have air in them as that was something i was about to ask you... Because i've got 1 bag thats gone skin tight & the rest have air in them haha but i've done it all properly though, so now i know that mine are ok so thank you :) x
I just Mylar-bagged several 5 lbs bags. I don’t own a flat hair iron, but I have a large cylinder regular curling iron (with dial temperature control.). It worked great to seal the smaller ziplock bags though I had to angle the iron to get to the middle section of each bag, but it was a lot easier than having to plug in clothes iron and get a board.
🏆🌽🥦🥜💡🛒Thanks for sharing. I been into prepping for years but never got around to long term food storage using mylar bags and vacuum storage. Thanks for the instruction. Ordering my bags now!
I ran out of rice in the pantry a while back and decided it would be a good test to see how my storage was working. I opened some rice I put in mylar about 10 years ago with just a co2 flush when I sealed the bag and the rice looked like I had just bought it. That hair straightener is a great idea.
@@CaribbeanSensation 1. I ran a clean hose from my co2 tank to the bottom of a mylar bag. 2. Fill the bag with rice and sealed the bag leaving about an inch unsealed. 3. Attach the hose to co2 tank and turn it on for about 30 seconds to a minute and finish sealing the bag. Its as simple that. You can get a tank of co2 at any welding supply or if you know anyone who owns a restaurant or convenience store they use co2 in their soda machines, that's what I have.
Pro tip : seal your bags 3/4 of the way first. Then open th oxygen absorbers and put them into the bags. It will leave you only one crimping motion to do on each bag so it goes a lot quicker!
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Did this myself on my first time bagging rice and it worked great. Totally a two person job. I could have squeeze more air out before sealing but I put enough o2 absorbers in to take care of the oxygen. I just don’t have bricks.
Here in Scotland people used to store their oatmeal i.e. dry coarse ground oats, not cooked porridge, in special grain chests called girnals. Just like you've shown in this video, people understood the meal had to be packed as tightly as possible to stop it from going bad. Parents would traditionally wash their children's feet and have them stand in the girnal barefoot, stamping the grain down as hard as they could so there was no air inside, almost like your mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. I should probably add that although they didn't store cooked porridge that way, people did pour it into a drawer lined with greaseproof paper and cut slices off to eat cold or fried like polenta. My great grandfather was a machinist working in shipbuilding and he took a slice of cold porridge wrapped in brown paper to eat at work every day.
Oat cakes! Thanks for sharing the historical info...love that kind of stuff!
Very interesting! I’ve never heard that.
Fascinating! Thank you!
What a fabulous historical story !! Thank you for sharing !
Thank you, enjoyed that
I always seal the bag all but just enough to get my 02 absorbers in so when you start you don’t have that much left to seal up
Great idea !
I packed White Rice, Pinto Beans, Pasta and long grain Rice in 5 mil bags between 2013 and 2015 using this exact method. I opened 1 each a few weeks ago and prepared them over the last week and they were all like fresh.
Just as a follow up, I have been unpacking more beans, Rice, Pasta and also oats, long grain and wild rice, black beans, red beans that were all packed using this exact method. All fresh as the day I packed them. Can't say enough good things about the benefits of packing using this method. Perfect easily to follow video. Thank You ! !
Are there any new follow ups?
Prefill your left over mason jar part way with loose rice. This will limit the O2 in the jar and make the left over O2 sachets better when you do come to use them . If there is not quite enough space for all the sachets, pour some rice out.
That's a great idea
My little trick is after sealing the bags , I cut a small slit just below the seal at a corner. Then I force all the air out then seal the small hole with the iron. Love your vids.
Your trick is amazing and practical. Thank you
Right on.
I've found that when you have left over Oxy Absorbers that need to be stored for later use, after you've opened the original bag, as mentioned in this video, put them in a mason jar but if you have a "Food Saver" brand or any other vacuum sealer that can vacuum seal a mason jar, use that to suck the air out of the jar. This keeps the Absorbers from needing to work on the remaining air in the jar. I've found that it really prolongs the Oxy Absorbers that much longer. Just my 2 1/2 cents worth.
can you just seal them into vacuum sealer bag?
Good thinking. I have a vacuum sealer and that never occured to me.
Lots to learn to prepare to wait out the evil set upon us.
TIP . if you are doing 'bulk' say 1 gallon of sugar, in a mylar ziplock, when you open it IF you are going to put it in a different container and not use the zip feature, open the BOTTOM of the bag, pour out the contents and you can reuse the bag and still have the zip intact
Or seal above the zip lock, then you can cut the seal off and still have the zip lock intact.
great tip - thanks I will use that one.
Watched this again, after watching it years ago! The only thing I would add is to PARTIALLY seal the bags, leaving a few inches at the end to drop in the O2 absorbers, then seal up the last few inches quickly.
Try sealing the bags most of the way and using a shopvac to remove the majority of the remaining air. This will help the content stay fresher over time.
I love your pantry video's because it looks so neat and clean and organized. The delivery of the information was so complete and very well done. This is just a good idea even if you aren't worried about a coming crisis. I learned a lot about prepping and preserving from my mom who is just a frugal person and the only reason she keeps a stocked pantry, but wow, sure came in handy during this cv19 shut down.
I used mylar bags. A hint I got from another prepper is to partially seal the mylar bag, leaving enough room for the oxygen absorber. Put the OA in, push down on the bag to get more air out and then seal the smaller opening. So when using mylar bags, I first write the contents on bag before filling, fill, and partially seal. When all my bags are done then I grab my OA, put them in, squish as much air out and seal. I find this works better is my husband puts in the OA and I squish and seal after that.
I leave the bags out for 24 hours after I seal them to make sure they shrink down (in case there is a pinhole leak somewhere). I've only had one fail in the last 4 years. 😊
when reusing ziploc bags, just reseal from the bottom!
then, you can still use the zip as you use the contents on your pantry shelves.
Fantastic idea! Thanks! Would be fine for a flat bottom, but the stand-up/wide bottom ones would be a bit different.
Tee Gee, that is freaking brilliant!!
@@littledabwilldoya9717 yes you either decide to lose the gusset or the zip
How so?
Love you videos and at the risk of being basic I just have to say YOU HAVE THE BEST HAIRCUT!!! Respect! Also, fantastic, articulate and interesting content!
Keep in mind - smaller bagged qty's can be carried in a bugout situation far easier than LARGE bags of food.
To reduce the oxygen absorbers time you can partially seal the mylar bags in advance. Like seal half of it while leaving enough room to throw the oxygen absorbers and then seal the other half.
That's what I do
You might think about putting a lip on those shelves or a 1 x1 about 3 inches above the shelf to keep your jars on the shelf in case of an earthquake; which are more prevalent everywhere today!
when im using mylar I first hook up a hose to the vacuum sealer and at the other end use a stainless tube which is approx. 2mm in dia, which is inserted into the bag. I first seal most of the bag using my wife's ceramic hair curler (she doesn't know) then when the air is sucked out seal the bag fully
Your videos are indispensable. I've watched every tutorial video youve made, and when I have questions or need a refresher..I come watch them again. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and helping us out here in RUclips land refine our techniques.
Yes I do the same thing.
Love your videos. My wife and I started prepping about 6 months ago. I always feel peaceful when I watch your videos and learn a lot in the process. Thank you for doing such great work!
You mentioned coffee being ok to store in mylar bags. Just know that ground coffee is fine but whole beans tend to off-gas and can compromise the seal. That is the reason for those little gassing vents on plastic coffee bean bags in the store and also vented coffee canisters for beans.
Thanks!
What about instant coffee?
Great video. There is a lot of misinformation on RUclips. It's nice finding someone who knows what they are talking about. I have been a prepper for year's it took me a lot of research and mistakes. Hopefully, others will find your videos. So they will not make the mistakes I made.
Food shortage is the next anticipated prophecy. This is a skill the world needs to learn.
We need to reach out to local peeps to come up with a plan. Land, garden, animals, water and shelter. What is going on is bonkers. Those of us who are alone can't survive for very long.
Great video. The only thing I noticed for a time saver on the oxygen absorbers is , the second bag you did had the ziplock feature,and some other bags also had the ziplock feature still intact. Just a suggestion, you could have zipped those ones up right away and saved those for ironing last since they're essentially closed. Then you could have gotten the used ones that you had cut the zipper off heat sealed first.
When I saw how much you had stored, I laughed. I just started prepping and it’s so meager! I think I’m great buying 20 cans of soup! LOL!!!!
Don't give up!
You have to start somewhere. It all adds up!
Prep in increments…. First, like a temporary emergency (hurricane, etc.). Build up from 5 days, then 2 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, etc. it takes time and a lot of money to buy a years supply of one item but then find you’ve run out of toilet paper or shampoo in 1 week! LOL
Slowly build up so you can use items for bartering or currency.
I’m up to 6 weeks of prep. I’ll keep going until I have a really good one year prep in about 5 years.
I started on 1 area at a time like 1 year ago,it's working out pretty well,just got a 32 gallon plastic trash can ( new) for extra water,,( in case) I chose sterno cans for heating food in "er"situations, I live in apt so ,can't put outside,but i.can boil the water,if needed for drinking,won't last forever,but I figured,it's so much work dragging in gallons of water,I stored it in 2nd bathroom shower,,
You can also store in galvanized garbage cans with lids for the mylar bags
Yes, that way rodents SHOULDN’T be a problem, as long as the lid fits tightly.
You are so pleasant to listen to. Thank you for helping teach us.
Use smaller left over bits of mylar (without oxygen absorbers) to individually package things like medications, fire starters, surgical gear, or batteries.
Brilliant.
I buy spices in bulk and put them, premeasured to fit my containers, in Mylar. I have been doing this for years. Seems to work well. I can buy spices by the pound for a much better price then a small container.
oh my gosh, I just did this with 25 lbs of hard red wheat, hard white wheat and durum and I just keep walking by my bags watching the bags lined up on my dining room table getting tighter and tighter with the oxygen absorbers working. I am totally amazed at this process. Thank you for posting this video, what an awesome help.
Great video... I learned more in the first 5 minutes than any other video! Thank you. Also, You could have rewound your recording to see what you put in the bags!!! LOL!
Extremely good video for noobs on how the Mylar / O2 thing works. Thanks a ton!
We not Only use o2 absorbers but we suck the air out with a vacuum cleaner. We have a vacuum that has never been used for the carpet. We seal the bag leaving 2 inches un sealed. put in an o2 absorber then insert the edger supplied with the vacuum and remove air while my wife is sealing the last 2 inches i quickly remove the vacuum. works great.
Another thing that helps is a vacuum sealer that has a hose attachment that you can put in one corner of the bag. Seal all but the last half inch of the bag stick in the hose and vacuum it down. Hold the bag tightly around the hose and have your iron ready to seal it when you pull the hose out.. It is a little bit tricky at first but it works.
Automotive AC vacuum pump.
Thanks for the idea. Good luck.
We will need that. Luck being the residue of design, can never have too much knowledge and skill.
No worries about the unknown bag. Who doesn't love a fun surprise?! Happend to me several years ago before my pantries were well organized. Wouldn't you know that 2 store bough aluminum cans somehow became naked on the shelf- they were without labels, and no labels were anywhere to be found. The dates were stamped on the can, so no worries there. I was a little sad to be hoping for diced tomatoes one day, only to find pears in light syrup🥴. But that's what makes life so much "fun"! God Bless 🤣
I have to respect anyone that has that much Frank’s on the shelf.
Very informative. Tip: Seal your bags most of the way, leaving just enough room to insert the oxygen absorbers. This way you can seal up the bags more quickly after adding the absorbers.
Someone else said that as well. I think it is a good idea. Thanks for sharing!
Imso thankful for this , I'm so overwhelmed
You are such a blessing! Such a great teacher! I appreciate you, Jaime!!!
I'm not sure how well your bags sealed with the hair straightener.
The straightener itself works well, but you need to seal the surfaces for around 3-4 seconds normally .. not just drag along the bag.
There may be spots along the bag that haven't sealed effectively, especially if a bit of pressure is applied to the bag and they may inadvertently pop open without you knowing it.
Thanks for showing the whole process Im nee to this prepper thing and appreciate it!!
I am watching this for the second time and I just gotta say..... I never knew what that eye was for. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks EVER so much for this information. We are new at this and truly appreciate your help! Many many thanks!
Best Mylar bag video I’ve seen. Good job.
Thanks for this; was looking for a way to store food for a long time. Appreciate very much you took the time to teach us.
Thank you for your Time and knowledge, Keep being a blessing and Enjoy Life and have a bless day. From Connecticut
Really well done! Helped me out a lot, and I love the use of the flat iron! I love it! Thanks a million!
She said something very important that some might gloss over.
Many Mylar bags are 4 mil
PASS ON THOSE BAGS!
Get 5 mil or heavier.
YOU have been a blessing great video keep doing what you are doing you helping.
Thank you so much for all your amazing videos. You made it simple for us to not feel overwhelmed. I luckily caught a great sale at USA E Supply. My hubby is from grandfather mtn area (generations) of NC. thanks again!!!
That is really good I didn’t know anything like that and the articles you use you are really equipped with a lot of items, wow
As usual.... great video... I have watched it three times making sure that I have learned all what you have taught us...
You are an excellent (natural) comunicator.
Thank You very much🌹
Blessings
Thanks for taking the time to make this info video, very informative! Especially the site for info on the Milar Bags and Oxy/Absorbers.
I am new at this. Always looking for great storage tips. Thank you!
My favorite video on using mylar bags! I've watched it many times over the last couple of years.
Received my first mylar bags and ox absorbers. Thanks so much for your guidance. Can't wait.
Excellent presentation. I just wondered what to do if there was power loss and needed to reseal. Kind of rustic but I’d heat up cast iron and a board like what’s used for clothes iron and seal it with a hot cast iron pan heated up by fire in a fire pit.
great info ,you have answered many of my questions about the oxygen absorbers etc, thank you for your time and knowledge
Hi Jamie, I just wanted to thank you for putting this content out there. I didn’t grow up with a family that does this I learned from you and others how to be self sufficient. My family had security throughout the pandemic 😷 We are more self sufficient than ever. Thank you!
Glad I came across this video. As I’m about to start using Mylar bags for the first time.
thank you so much my mom and I love your videos they’re so helpful !
This is great advice and I appreciate it very much. Our 4 egg chickens which I bought a year ago are all doing great and giving us lots of eggs. Thanks for the instructions on raising chickens.
thank you so much for sharing. I have never heard of Mylar bags before I will certainly go out and buy some. thank you for explaining everything in detail much appreciated.
Great walk through. Have never done it but have some confidence now. Thank you. Nicely done.
Thank You 🙏🏽 so much!!! I’m new in the canning and storage world, And I’ve grown to really like and trust your training videos.
Oh, Jaime, I also wanted to thank you for your pressure canner video! It answered all my questions, even those I didn't know I should ask!! :D
Thank you for making this video. It was the biggest guide for prepping for my family. It is detailed too and explains the process.
Great channel! Just found you! Hi from Australia
My mum and I sealed our first lot of grains on the weekend. We used Mylar bags, oxygen absorbers -and a vacuum. We had an absolute blast doing it.
Thanks, best instructional video I have watch so far on using Mylar bags, cheers
Wow Jamie you did that without even breaking a sweat. Wonder woman. And thank you so much xx☺🐤🐣🐄🐐🌱🍃
Great video you gave me lots of information some people leave out steps or can't convey information in a understandable manner. Thank you
Thank you so much for sharing this video! We've been searching high and low for solid mylar baaaag info and found it in your video! We're converting a school bus into our tiny home on wheels, but our food stores sure won’t be tiny! We have been searching for a way to store the dry goods we’ve been buying in bulk. Mylar bags seem like the Way to go!
- Brian + Erin
Jaime, this video is invaluable! Thank you for how thorough you are for us newbies to storing in mylar!!!
Happy to be a new subscriber!!!
Thank you,Cory
Thank you!! Just getting started with mylar bags, you have answered so many of my questions.
Very well thought out. Great tips. Nice video on mylar food storage. Thank you.
Great video! Thanks for this. I rarely watch these wall way through without skipping ahead but your video was interesting all the way through so thanks. You've earned a subscriber!
thank you for taking the time to show us your technique.
I love how you do your research and give good detail on your topic. I just saw a video where he put an oxygen absorber in sugar! I saw a lot of videos on this and your correct they all say no to oxygen absorbers in sugar! Good job!
It's insane how much I've been learning from you guys, once again, thank you, and all the very best 💚
Great video, so much information and great tips!
Thank you for taking the time to show this.. 👍
March 2020 this was the very first food storage video I watched. Thank you so much for this information. I have put it to good use. 💚✌
Thank you I have been considering using Mylar bags and O2 absorbers and had no clue how to get started
I used 3lts plastic bottles to fill with beans, rice, pasta and lentils. I place 1 pack of oxigent absorbent 300cc After closing the lid, I place the bottles in a plastic barrel to store. I have never had any trouble and the food is perfect after a couples of years. If you don't have mylar bag these is another way to storage food.
Coca cola bottle in Mexico.
I get them in Tijuana.
Thank you for this. As a beginner prepper, it was very helpful to me.
Man, you did a good job…you’re a natural!
This is such helpful information, especially right now. THANK YOU for taking the time to explain it all so thoroughly!
I'm glad you explained that bit about some of the bags looking skin tight & some still looking like they have air in them as that was something i was about to ask you...
Because i've got 1 bag thats gone skin tight & the rest have air in them haha but i've done it all properly though, so now i know that mine are ok so thank you :) x
This really helps me thank you friend may God bless you and your family
I just Mylar-bagged several 5 lbs bags. I don’t own a flat hair iron, but I have a large cylinder regular curling iron (with dial temperature control.). It worked great to seal the smaller ziplock bags though I had to angle the iron to get to the middle section of each bag, but it was a lot easier than having to plug in clothes iron and get a board.
Great stuff, thanks. Did my first mylar bags to bag up flour and lentils! Luckily, my wife had an old hair-straightener - yaay! Works great.
🏆🌽🥦🥜💡🛒Thanks for sharing. I been into prepping for years but never got around to long term food storage using mylar bags and vacuum storage. Thanks for the instruction. Ordering my bags now!
newbies on this storage food supply world....thanks for the tips and videos...
Just came across your page. This was some very informative information. Thank you so much
THANK YOU! I was going to research if you could use a vacuum pack for mylar bags, but the flat iron answered my question :)
I ran out of rice in the pantry a while back and decided it would be a good test to see how my storage was working. I opened some rice I put in mylar about 10 years ago with just a co2 flush when I sealed the bag and the rice looked like I had just bought it. That hair straightener is a great idea.
How do you do a co2 flush?
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1. I ran a clean hose from my co2 tank to the bottom of a mylar bag.
2. Fill the bag with rice and sealed the bag leaving about an inch unsealed.
3. Attach the hose to co2 tank and turn it on for about 30 seconds to a minute and finish sealing the bag.
Its as simple that. You can get a tank of co2 at any welding supply or if you know anyone who owns a restaurant or convenience store they use co2 in their soda machines, that's what I have.
Thank you Jamie..just got my bags! A new journey
Im glad I stumbled across your vid. Good info. Thanks.