| | |  | Miscelaneous | Home » » FoodSaver V2440 Advanced Design Vacuum-Packaging System, White | | | | | | | Description: | | The New V2440 takes the favorite FoodSaver features and makes them better than ever. New featues like CrushFree� Instant Seal featues, an extra wide sealing strip and two vacuum speeds. Hands-free peration vacuums, seals and shuts off automatically with a single touch. Easy-clean Drip Tray removes easily is dishwasher safe and antibacterial. Includes built in roll holder and cutter to simplify making custom-size bags. Adjustable food settings allows user to change the seal level for the type of food - moist or dry. canister mode achieves the best vacuum on canisters and accessories. Includes starter kit of bag material, accessory hose, quick start guide, instructions and instructional DVD. | | | Features: | |
• Home vacuum-packaging system vacuums, seals, and shuts off automatically with a single touch
• Variable speeds; food-specific settings; CrushFree Instant Seal; sealing strip with nonstick coating
• Full-sized vacuum channel catches overflow liquids and fits any size FoodSaver bag; indicator lights
• Dishwasher-safe antibacterial drip tray, bag material, accessory hose, and instructions included
• Measures 16-3/4 by 9-3/4 by 4-1/2 inches
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| 9.56 pounds | | Package Length:
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| 10.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
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147 of 149 found the following review helpful:
 Highly RecommendedFeb 27, 2006
By Cynthia E. Downes
"Cindy Downes"
I use this everyday. It's sooo much better than the previous Foodsaver. I love that it is hands-free - you put the bag in, lock it down, and vacuum! For someone with carpal tunnel or arthritis, this makes it much easier than the ones on which you have to press. I love the way you can interrupt the vacuum cycle and go right to sealing which avoids crushing delicate items. I love the way the bags are stored inside and the canister hose is stored on the back - easy to locate.
One problem I've read about with the Foodsaver is the canisters leaking. I've decided that most likely this is not really a leak. Whenever it seems like my canisters won't vacuum properly, I check the lights to see if they are cycling properly. If not, I first unplug the hose and then reinsert, switching the ends. I don't know if the switching is the thing that makes it work or I'm just making a better seal when I do this but it usually that takes care of the problem. If that doesn't work, I wipe the seal and the rim of the canister with a damp cloth to make sure nothing is on it that will interfere with the vacuum. I've not had a "leak" since.
Now that my husband and I are empty nesters, it's easy to waste money on food. Usually, we have to buy too much which ends up spoiling or in small portions which is too expensive. Now, we can buy family portions and vacuum the leftovers for later. I use this on lettuce (keeps it two weeks with no brown spots or wilting), bread, fresh fruit & vegetables, nuts, meat, leftovers, and more. It's well worth the money!
71 of 71 found the following review helpful:
Amazing, but with one flawAug 27, 2007
By J. Martin
I've had my Foodsaver for about a month and used it twenty or thirty times. It's amazingly easy to use and works great.
The only problem is that on the "Dry" food setting it doesn't seal the bag well enough to hold the vacuum, regardless of what kind of food is in it. But "Dry" is the default setting, so you have to remember to press the "Moist" button before every seal on every bag. It adds an unnecessary step to an otherwise flawless process.
I don't understand why they even have those two settings. The only difference is in the amount of time heat is applied to seal the bag, and it seems like you'd always want the best seal you can get. If "Moist" were the default setting--or if "Dry" weren't even an option--I'd have given this product five stars enthusiastically. Even so, it's the best kitchen appliance I've come across in many years, and I don't see how I managed so long without it.
119 of 125 found the following review helpful:
 Reliability wanted...not bells & whistlesNov 18, 2007
By dcant
I've had 2 Foodsaver vacuum sealers. The first one was fantastic. It was manual. I had to hold down the vacuum button and, when the air had been sucked out of the item, press the seal button. Plain and simple...best of all, inexpensive. It worked great for 10 years!!
About 3 years ago, I had to replace it. The only Foodsaver vacuum sealers I could find were automatic w/ dry & moist settings. The system would seal manually, but not vacuum manually. For about the first 6 months, the Foodsaver model worked pretty well, which ws good because it gave me a chance to 'adjust' to the new system. Since then, it's been unreliable. The heating, sealing strip works sometimes and sometimes not. The vacuum does the same. Turning the Foodsaver off doesn't reset it. Whether it works properly is the luck of the draw, and can change from bag to bag.
I am now looking for my 3rd vacuum sealer. Based on my experience with my first 'manual' Foodsaver, I WOULD give a manual model a try...if I could find one. But, I can't. I WON'T pay for the new models' bells and whistles, so called improvements that: 1. I don't need, and 2. don't function reliably. I will be purchasing another manufacturer's model.
For comparison purposes: I cook large batches of food about twice a year. I vacuum and seal family sized (4 person) servings that I can heat up and serve quickly. I want my family to sit down and have meal-time together AND not always be eating unhealthy fast food. My Foodsaver doesn't get worked to death everyday or even every week.
60 of 62 found the following review helpful:
INDISPENSABLE! ONLY PROBLEM IS SOLVABLE!Mar 22, 2007
By Elaine Campbell
"Desert Dweller"
This is my 5th year of owning a Foodsaver. My first one lasted 3 years. Then I was told by the company that I could either order a rebuilt one or a new one. I chose a new one. It's working great.
I have abudant food supplies for a pet parrot and two rodents: a chinchilla and a hamster. Without the Foodsaver I don't believe I could care for them all as the problem of food storage would be too difficult. As for humans, it saves having to throw out so much food because of fear it is no longer good.
The problem, expressed by many on the web, is of the leaking canisters. I worked on this problem for years before finding the solutions. The company (Tilia, which just sold to another company - Jarden Consumer Solutions) representative told me to take out the rubber liner of the lid, soak it in warm water for 10 minutes, let air dry, resoak it and air dry again. Then of course put it back in the lid. This does work most of the time on the smoke colored canisters, which are called "Bulk Storage Canisters". But not all of the time, and I do not remove the rubber linings from the Designer Canisters (clear with white lids). They are too difficult to fit back properly.
The other important thing which I discovered on my own is timing. Set the smoke colored canisters (Bulk Storage) on the Sealing Adjustment Switch number "2." Only set the clear canisters with white tops (Designer) on the Sealing Adjustment Switch number "1".
Since discovering these solutions, I have never had another problem. I used to throw out canisters and lids frequently, being quite angry with Tilia for having been ripped off, as they are not inexpensive.
I don't know how I ever managed my kitchen without the Foodsaver. I would never wish to be without it again. It would be a true hardship.
40 of 40 found the following review helpful:
A Fun Kitchen Appliance?Feb 05, 2006
By Lonnie E. Holder
"The Review's the Thing"
Before we purchased our FoodSaver I kept wondering whether it would be yet another of those kitchen appliances that you use a few times and then pack away. Never fear, this appliance is as useful as it appears. Sometimes my wife grumbles because I have too much fun packaging stuff in custom-made bags. Now you can bulk buy hot dogs, steaks, pork chops, chicken breasts and more, and package them in useful size portions so that freezer burn is much less likely to occur.
The model V2440 is the latest in a series of FoodSaver appliances. The newest features are a setting to reduce crushing of fragile foods and two speed settings for various size containers. I also like the lights on this model so I know exactly when sealing is complete, or when I am closing a bag, when vacuuming is finished and sealing has started.
As with previous FoodSaver appliances, this little gem features a place to attach a hose to vacuum the various FoodSaver canisters, available separately.
Though you should never immerse the FoodSaver appliance in water, you can wash portions of the FoodSaver if necessary.
Since we have had our FoodSaver we have packaged steaks, chicken breasts, hot dogs, frozen garlic bread, pork steak, cheese, and other stuff I am unable to remember. The only two items you should use care in packaging are wet foods, because you should not allow moisture to enter the FoodSaver vacuum system, and crushable foods, such as bread and lettuce. This new version system has a CrushFree™ instant seal that reduces the risk of damaging fragile foods.
We have used our FoodSaver weekly since we have purchased it, and I like using it as much now as when we first got it several weeks ago. I look forward to using it into the foreseeable future!
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