That $30 vacuum sealer was a total waste, learn from my mess
Ngl, I dropped $30 on a cheap vacuum sealer at a Walmart in Toledo last fall, thinking I'd save on bulk meats. The thing barely sealed anything, and I lost about $15 worth of ground beef to freezer burn before I gave up on it. The bags alone cost me more than I saved, and the seal broke on the third use. Anyone else fallen for the budget appliance trap, or is there a decent one under $60 that actually works?
That "$30 vacuum sealer was a total waste" take is kinda wild to me, because my cheap one from Aldi has been chugging along for two years now. You just have to let it cool down between seals and not shove wet meat in there, that's what kills the cheap ones. Sounds like operator error more than the sealer honestly.