I'm glad to see you leave the rings on your jars. I use a brake bleeder, too and I keep a spare back up. I live in Western Kentucky and we have the occasional tornado; I don't know how common they are in your area, but this happened to me. Several years ago we had a bad storm. There was a tornado. It did not hit my house, but it was scary close. I was going from window to door like I always do trying to see something; I know you're not supposed to do that, but I do. As I got close to my pantry, I kept hearing ping after ping and realized my jars were unsealing! I knew the air pressure in my house was changing rapidly from the tornado. After everything was over, I checked my jars. I have a couple hundred assorted jars. All of my heat canned jars were fine. All of my vacuum sealed jars on the shelves were fine. But I had about 15 jars of assorted sizes sitting on a cool concrete floor; every single one of those had lost their seal. If they had not had a ring tightly fastened on them, the middles might have even popped completely off, leaving my food exposed to the air. I just resealed them.
I’ve found it to be comparable. I will use it when we need to but my goal is to seal all I can with electric before that day. It’s a lot more work, for sure!
I'm glad to see you leave the rings on your jars. I use a brake bleeder, too and I keep a spare back up. I live in Western Kentucky and we have the occasional tornado; I don't know how common they are in your area, but this happened to me.
Several years ago we had a bad storm. There was a tornado. It did not hit my house, but it was scary close. I was going from window to door like I always do trying to see something; I know you're not supposed to do that, but I do. As I got close to my pantry, I kept hearing ping after ping and realized my jars were unsealing!
I knew the air pressure in my house was changing rapidly from the tornado. After everything was over, I checked my jars. I have a couple hundred assorted jars. All of my heat canned jars were fine. All of my vacuum sealed jars on the shelves were fine. But I had about 15 jars of assorted sizes sitting on a cool concrete floor; every single one of those had lost their seal. If they had not had a ring tightly fastened on them, the middles might have even popped completely off, leaving my food exposed to the air. I just resealed them.
Tornado’s are pretty rare in our area. But I do keep the rings on all my vacuum sealed jars. It’s too risky not to. Thanks so much for your comment!
Thanks Deb. I was just thinking about this a few days ago. Great info 🙂~Krista~
Thank you! Valuable info!
You are very welcome
Thank you, Deb! I wish my hands didn’t hurt so much, I think I would use a brake bleeder otherwise.
@@sherihicks1427 I have the same problem. I had hand surgery so everything is more challenging. But I do have it just in case.
I'm pleasingly plump and I brace the handle on the side of my belly. Or you can fold a dish towel, on the table and push on that.
Hi Deb, approximately how long did it take you to seal the oats? What about the pasta? Thank You.
I’d say about 2 minutes. It takes longer hand pumping it.
So how strong or long lasting is that seal?
I’ve found it to be comparable. I will use it when we need to but my goal is to seal all I can with electric before that day. It’s a lot more work, for sure!
@@JustDoSomethingHomestead comparable to which?
@@RandyBacorn an electric vacuum sealer.
@@JustDoSomethingHomestead thanks
Great info! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!