October 31, 2006
Use Your Central Vacuum to Preserve Food
I must say this is one of those now-I've-seen-everything products. The VacnSeal is a food preserver for central vacuum systems. It's not that food preservers are odd, and I've seen plenty of central vacs... it's just that I haven't ever associated one with the other. (What was I thinking?)
The VacnSeal installs out of the way in a kitchen cabinet. It looks like the device uses your vacuum's suck power, except instead of sucking up dirt and debris, it's sucking air out of a bag of food (which should extend the shelf life, whether it's dry food or something stored in the refrigerator/freezer). The VacnSeal can be installed with new central vacuums or you can retrofit your current system to make use of it. Prices start at $60, which could be a pretty good deal if you regularly throw away food that spoiled before it was eaten.
