| | |  | Canning Jar Lids Rings & Gaskets | Home » » FoodSaver T03-0006-01 Regular-Mouth Jar Sealer | | | | | | | Description: | | FoodSaver Regular jar sealer allows vacuum packaging in Ball or Kerr Mason jars. Ideal for liquids and fragile foods, or for storage of dry goods such as brown sugar, spices, dried fruit, coconut and flour | | | Features: | |
• Jar-sealer attachment fits on pint- and quart-sized Mason jars
• For use with any FoodSaver machine with an accessory port
• Great for sealing sauces, jams, liquids, and dry goods
• Helps keep food fresh 3 to 5 times longer than other methods
• Measures approximately 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 by 2-1/4 inches
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 2.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.94 inches | | Product Height:
| 3.94 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.11 pounds | | Package Length:
| 3.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 3.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 91 reviews |
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66 of 67 found the following review helpful:
 Keeps all kinds of food FRESH!Feb 08, 2005
By Gavin S. Pope
I have had a Tilia FoodSaver for more than two years. This particular attachment is used regularly in my kitchen. It is a wonderful way to preserve foods from the ravages of spoilage. I vacuum seal all of my spices, brown sugar, coffee, candy, chips, strawberries, shredded cheeses, tea, etc., etc., etc. Using standard (regular small mouth) mouth jars that I have used for years in canning, I can seal just about anything that will fit into a jar that uses a small mouth lid.
Everything that is sealed in this manner stays very fresh and I can buy larger amounts of things on sale and seal in the freshness. My favorite use is for coffee beans. Recently, I purchased 10 lbs of beans of various types at half price ($4/lb instead of $8/lb) saving more than the cost of this item in that single purchase. The beans stay absolutely fresh until I use them!!
A warning about using the lids, both the jar and the lids must be VERY clean to hold the seal. You should regularly check your sealed jars to make sure that they remain sealed. Also, there can be no chips or cracks anywhere on the jar.
I really do enjoy the sound of popping a lid and hearing the whooosh of the air when it rushes into the vacuum created by my Tilia FoodSaver. I just know that what is inside that jar is FRESH.
47 of 49 found the following review helpful:
 Tricks to get it to workJan 25, 2007
By R. Chiu
At first I had the problem with it not sealing the lid also. After some investigation, I notice that the pump is acutally holding the lid up and away from the jar during vacuuming. When the pump stopped, the air slowly flowed back around the lid and into the jar. (Excuse me for I'm about to go scientific here) This slow movement of the air creates a pretty much equal pressure on both sides of the lid, therefore keeping the lid "afloat". The solution is to create a greater pressue on the topside of the lid than the bottom side of the lid. However, the clear plastic tube that's attached to the jar sealer has such a narrow channel that it won't allow the pressure to build up fast enough to "press" the lid down before air is leaked back into the jar.
The trick is to remove the tube quickly from the jar sealer while holding the jar sealer down on the lid. The hole on the jar sealer itself is large enough to build up air pressure quickly, but you must do it fast or else you'll let air back into the jar.
This is exactly how I do it:
1) Move the jar right next to the food saver
2) Hold the jar sealer on top of the jar with the thumb and index finger while pressing the power button on the food saver with other fingers of the same hand. Not very easy at first, but with practice it should become second nature.
3) With the other hand, hold the plug of the tube that's attached to the jar sealer.
4) Once the FoodSaver switches from vacuum to seal, quickly yank out the plug of the tube.
Now the lid should be tightly sealed against the jar.
I don't remember having this problem with bigger jars, only with the half-pint jars.
I gave it 2 stars for bad engineering, but I don't regret buying it.
37 of 38 found the following review helpful:
WORKS GREAT IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE ITJul 31, 2006
By Konni Cantrall
This jar sealer is a necessity if you have a Foodsaver! Much cheaper than using those expensive canisters and it keeps your food fresh! There's nothing better than opening a jar and hearing the whoosh of air going in! Lets you know it's fresh! For all of those reviewers who had problems with it sealing, I have a tip that should eliminate those sealing problems. When you seal the jar put TWO mason lids on top, one on top of the other. Then seal the jar. The top lid should pop right off and the bottom lid will be vacuumed tight and secure! (If the top lid doesn't come off right away, just give it a few hours and it will come loose.) Not sure why it works this way, but it does! For those jars that you seal for longer than a week I would recommend checking the seal every once and a while. I have had a jar lose it's vacuum a time a two. BUT a great majority of the time it remains sealed. Highly recommend!
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Use this "trick" and it works great!Sep 19, 2008
By Dana
"Dana"
HERE'S THE TRICK I FOUND: (1) make sure the tubes are well-attached to the white jar sealer part and the machine (2) PUSH DOWN ON THE WHITE JAR SEALER while the machine vacuums. It works great!
I figured this out when I noticed that there is a rubber ring inside the jar sealer top and if it's not pressing down enough on the jar, the vacuum isn't as effective.
I read the previous reviews with interest - what contrasts of opinions! I just tried this product and found it to work perfectly. I tried both the wide and regular mouth sealers. They both work perfectly well. I used new lids. I did not heat them before using.
I didn't have to use two lids, either, when I pressed down on the jar sealer top.
As far as the reviewer who tested the amount of air in the jar - I just know that it is impossible to achieve such a tight seal on the jar lids without a proper vacuum. Removing the lids is as difficult after this vacuum sealing as it is with traditional canning - there is definitely a great amount of air gone from the jar to produce such a tight seal. So, in my opinion, it does a great job.
Make sure the tubes are connected properly and firmly, press down on the sealer while it's vacuuming and you should get great results.
I'm thrilled with this product.
P.S. The wide mouth jar sealer did come with a plastic attachment tube, but the regular mouth jar sealer did not. Also, I don't recommend storing any powdery substance (i.e. flour) as the vacuum process sucks some of the flour up and under the lid, making the seal inefficient. It's best for heavier substances like rice, beans, cookies, nuts, candy, etc.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Save on bags, No plastics leachingAug 23, 2007
By Gregory
"Purveyor of Fine Books"
I do not like to store food in plastic containers or bags. I have had the wide mouth jar sealer for several years and use it often. The jars store uniformly. I was happy to see the jar sealer also came in the regular mouth size. I have sealed some cookies or crackers in a jar and forget them for months and they were fresh when I tried them. I seal loose tea, coffee, grains, flours, baking ingredients like raisins, nuts and chocolate chips. I keep yeast in a sealed jar for bread baking. I even cut bulk raw cheddar cheese into jar size pieces and sealed them a year ago. I still have two jars of cheese in the refridgerator and they are still great. I seal all leftovers too. I found 1/2 gallon canning jars at Ace Hardware and they sealed fine too.
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