Avid Armor Chamber Vacuum Sealer Model ES41 Euro Series, Powered by Busch Oil Pump, 11" Seal Bar, Perfect for Liquid-Rich Foods, Cooking Sous Vide, Infusions/Pickling, Heavy-Duty Professional Unit

Everything part of this machine is built like a tank. The quality of each component promises a long life. Even the fact that one can change the oil supports this point. Being able to easily replace gaskets is another plus.Just looking at the thickness of the material as well as the weight, one knows that somebody did their homework and designed something beautiful. Even without use it would be a piece of art that speaks of great design. Thank You!

The media could not be loaded. We purchased the ES41 to seal and vacuum seal 7 mil Mylar bags. It is very easy to use…push the on button, choose the vacuum and seal settings, put a bag in, put the lid down and it starts sealing. It has a place that you can use an attachment (not included) to vacuum seal jars. It is very heavy and appears to be very well made…it was made in the Netherlands.

The machine works pretty good! I haven’t had any problem operating it and it’s very easy to do so, the only strange thing is that mine came with a weird silicone layer in between the top metal piece and the walls. It’s not even carefully applied. In some parts is missing. Anyway, I’m satisfied

I haven't had this long but here are my impressions. Previously I only dave a dry pump sealer. This one was a bit noisy. Not really loud but it does vibrate quite a bit and its metal panels vibrate. I expected a more refined sound. On the top a rubber seal was extending out between metal pieces and maybe it just wasn't straight when they assembled it. I have it on my countertop and the lid does hit my upper cabinets when open but it is still usable. It comes with some spare parts and gaskets. Also comes with about 8oz of pump oil. No label whatsoever on the bottle, and nothing in the instructions even says what type of oil it uses. Speaking of instructions, they are terrible, for a device in excess of $1000. Not much details of anything, like a good vacuum time to use. Instructions hint that it can be set to stop at a certain vacuum level, but I only see a setting for time.You start it by closing the lid, but you need to press on the lid pretty hard to get a vacuum.It has this conditioning cycle where it runs for 15 minutes. It say to use it once a day or week if you are sealing moist things, but it still says to change the oil every 6 months, so I'm not sure of the benefit of this cycle, since most other sealers without it have the same oil change interval.It doesn't have a marinade cycle, but the conditioning cycle seems the same, so THAT could be a marinade cycle too.You can attach accessaries to this with a $40 attachment. You have to press the "condition" button to use an accessary, until it lights up as "E." Why E, I guess external. Then you have to press the STOP button to start it, go figure. This explains why it seems like I'm getting a beta product instead of a finished one. Like they rushed it to market and said DONE, move on.

Do a little research, amazing price for a top of the line unit! Buy it now while you can!!!! It’s a Henkelman!!!

Definitely a good buy, this model NOT made in China !!

wonderful. easy to set up and use

I have used another avid armor vac chamber sealer for quite awhile now, but really what I always needed and wanted was this Euro Series. It's more of a commercial style vacuum chamber sealer. It's nice quality, pretty quiet and set up for higher volume food storage. I use mine for freeze dried food and it seals 5 mil and 7 mil mylar bags. It also double seals the bags just in case one fails.