I’ve gotten my mylar online at amazon IIRC and oxygen absorbers too....but I don’t use my mylar much....I use canning jars or large pickle jars.
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I need co2 scrubbers not o2 sponges
Wifey has been nomming our old canned stores. Use by dates: 2009-2014. Kirkland Chicken, Kirkland Roast Beef, Various tunas, peas, corn, peanut butter (reg and natural) all just fine.
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I have a lot of canned food, but I want to get more shelf life for rice/beans I buy locally.
Looking for specific suggestions on bucket types, mylar bag, o2 absorbers. Hoping to set up some other families here as well
This is a good web site for advice on long term food storage:
https://readysquirrel.com/foods-stored-in-a-5-gallon-bucket/
I use 5 gallon, food grade buckets and gama seal lids for easier access and reuse. Usually I buy them at Tractor Supplies, but I have ordered them from Amazon too. The price is about the same.
I ordered 5 gallon mylar bags and 2000 cc oxygen absorbers from Amazon.
As I was authoring my book on surviving times like these I became aware of https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/. Visit their site and get educated before buying. All mylar bags are certainly not created equal. For example, some are a thicker gauge than others, and you need that thicker gauge.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=5+gal+mylar+bags+with+oxygen+absorbers
If you or anyone wants to buy pre-packaged long term storage food, this be the place. https://beprepared.com/
For rice and other grains food grade buckets with sealable covers work pretty well. You toss in some silica packets to keep them dry and they will stay for ages.
Mylar bags are fine, but you need a way to seal them and my vacuum sealer never got hot enough for them.
So, I used my vacuum sealer with plastic, and then dropped them in the mylar. Then sealed the mylar with a hand held sealer.
As you can imagine...it was a pain in the neck.