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simplelife | 12-03-2008 07:52 PM
oxobsorbers I am a newbie with a question about oxygen obsorbers. just bought a pack of 100 of the small ones. They came in a vacume sealed pack. If I tear that pack open to get one, will they all start going bad and filling up? If not, do you have to "activate" them somehow before use? Thanks.

Merlin | 12-03-2008 07:59 PM
Re: oxobsorbers Quote:
Originally Posted by simplelife (Post 1447702) I am a newbie with a question about oxygen obsorbers. just bought a pack of 100 of the small ones. They came in a vacume sealed pack. If I tear that pack open to get one, will they all start going bad and filling up? If not, do you have to "activate" them somehow before use? Thanks.
The minute they are exposed to oxygen, they'll all begin to work. You need to store the ones you're not using in Ball canning jars with lids screwed on securely. I actually vacuum seal my O2 absorbers in the jars in order to reduce the amount of Oxygen in the jars.

simplelife | 12-03-2008 08:03 PM
Re: oxobsorbers Quote:
Originally Posted by Merlin (Post 1447711) The minute they are exposed to oxygen, they'll all begin to work. You need to store the ones you're not using in Ball canning jars with lids screwed on securely. I actually vacuum seal my O2 absorbers in the jars in order to reduce the amount of Oxygen in the jars.
I was afraid of that, that is a real bummer, those things should come with their own individual vacume sealed pouch.

Merlin | 12-03-2008 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by simplelife (Post 1447717) I was afraid of that, that is a real bummer, those things should come with their own individual vacume sealed pouch.
If they did come in their own individual pouches, they'd cost more. But, the truth of the matter is that they store quite nicely in Ball jars. If you can get 15 or 20 absorbers into 1 quart jar, their collective O2 absorbing capacity will FAR exceed the oxygen in a one quart jar, so they won't exhaust themselves stored collectively. In fact, I believe that the shelf life of the absorbers is probably longer stored in glass jars than it is in the vacuum sealed plastic that they come in from the manufacturer. My O2 absorbers are a couple of years old and still quite viable. If you have 100 absorbers, it will take several jars to store them all, which is a good thing. When you open one jar, you won't be exposing ALL your absorbers at one time. When you remove one or several, re-seal your motherload before you do anything else; that will help to keep the absorbers remaining in your jar viable. If you can get your hands on a vacuum sealer (such as a Pump-N-Seal), you can further minimize the damage to your stock of O2 absorbers when you open the jar by reducing the amount of air in the jar when you re-seal it.

Wulfenite | 12-03-2008 10:34 PM
Re: oxobsorbers The heavy duty SEALED factory fresh bag will go bad in about six months unopened! In a vacuumed Ball jar they can last about two years.

CrufflerJJ | 12-04-2008 09:49 AM
Re: oxobsorbers Quote:
Originally Posted by Wulfenite (Post 1448019) The heavy duty SEALED factory fresh bag will go bad in about six months unopened! In a vacuumed Ball jar they can last about two years.
I recently bought 2 packages of oxygen absorbers. I broke one up into several sealed Ball jars, and heat sealed the other in a 7 mil thick (LDS) mylar pouch.

simplelife | 12-04-2008 11:13 AM
Re: oxobsorbers Thanks to all for advise.

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