Can I use a vacuum hose with the anova vacuum chamber? I don’t see any mention of it in the manual. When I try connecting a hose from the vacuum port to an external container (so the lid of the vacuum sealer is open in this situation), the display immediately shows an E2 error in red when I press start.
I don’t believe the vacuum hose is supported on the chamber sealer.
Yes you can! The lid had to be partially closed instead of fully open. I put something in the chamber so the lid doesn’t close all the way and doesn’t interfere with the hose. You can test this by holding the lid up a little and pressing the start button, it will start then if you slowly raise the lid until it stops and the error occurs you will know the limit. I use the hose on a regular basis for the mason jar topper.
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Hi, I am new to the community and just purchased the chamber. Sealing external containers is not a priority for me, but it may be useful sometimes. Which hose / valve are you using? Are the Anova port accessory hose compatible? It is (obviously) not declared in this product description. Thanks in advance!
Im using and old one from a Foodsaver vacuum i had.it fits the chamber sealer port.
Thank you so much! I could swear I read this sealer could use external vacuum containers and this is how to do it. I just used my older Foodsaver brand vacuum container and it worked. But there’s NO AUTO STOP and this has a LOT more vacuum power so you have to watch your contents. I had a greek yogurt cilantro dressing in the jar and stopped the vacuum about 10-15 seconds in and when I looked at the contents. The dressing expanded all the way to the top of the container (I had about 1-1/2 - 2" of space). I gently released some of the vacuum using the ‘button’ on the container top until I saw the dressing decompress to a normal level.
here are a couple of ways to accomplish this. First hit the start stop arrow at anytime to stop the vaccuum process. Another way is to change the vaccuum time. Most all my seals in bags are done on tje strong setting which i increased to 66 seconds. You could lower the vaccuum time on the normal setting to a shorter time for your external container vaccuums. While showing normal on the display press and hold the vaccuum symbol until it flashes and use the down arrow to shorten the time. I think it’s default is 30 seconds so watch a container and see how long it takes to get to the level you want and change the time to that. You can change the bag seal time the same way too.