Pumping speed
Air pumping speed provided by the vacuum sealer.
The
higher the speed, the less time it will take to operate the device. In addition, "faster" models tend to be more powerful and can deliver deeper vacuums. On the other hand, in normal household use, these points are not critical, and when choosing a "home" sealer, you can not pay much attention to the pumping speed — unless you have to regularly pack large volumes of products, or storage time is crucial.
Suction power
Suction power provided by the vacuum sealer.
This parameter directly characterizes the capabilities of the device to create a vacuum. Suction power is the difference between normal atmospheric pressure (1 bar) and the lowest pressure that this model can create inside the package. For example, a figure of 0.8 bar means that the packer can create a pressure of 1 – 0.8 = 0.2 bar. Accordingly, the higher the number in this point, the more powerful the sealer, the deeper the vacuum it creates.
In general, if the products are packed at home for relatively short storage (or vacuuming is combined with freezing), this indicator can be ignored. But for professional use, high suction power is fundamental.
Material
The main material used in the construction of the body of vacuum sealer.
— Plastic. Plastic is inexpensive and quite practical, but noticeably inferior to metal in terms of strength, heat resistance and scratch resistance. Therefore, it is mainly used in devices that are not designed for large volumes of work and high loads — namely, manual and low-power desktop vacuum sealers.
— Metal. Metal cases are extremely strong and reliable, but they are more expensive and weigh more than plastic cases. Therefore, they are found mainly in powerful industrial models, for which strength and reliability are of decisive importance.
— Plastic / metal. Usually, in this case, plastic cases are meant, in which especially critical places are reinforced with metal inserts. This option is typical mainly for desktop models of intermediate and advanced levels. See above for details on plastic and metal; Here, we note that such a combination makes it possible to combine the advantages and, to some extent, mutually compensate for the shortcomings of both materials. So, the cases are not as expensive and heavy as all-metal ones, and at the same time more reliable than all-plastic ones.
