New to Mylar bags. Some education please?!

[highlandprepper]

Hi all

Just heard about Mylar bags whilst watching a natgeo preppers rerun.

Could somebody in the know please tell me

1. How long food is guaranteed to stay good for

2. What foods can/should be stored

Failing that, if anybody knows of a website which is good for a newbie, I would appreciate that also/instead.

I realise that there are a lot of threads involving this subject, just hoping somebody can give me the short version for idiots!

Thanks in advance

[preppingsu]

If you google storing food in Mylar bags you will get a range of information.

1/ although I don't know for sure as I haven't stored food this long, I have picked up somewhere the length of 10years, but don't quote me on that.

2/ any dried food- rice, pasta, flour, baking powder, milk powder etc etc etc. with oxygen absorbers. You can store sugar (for me it keeps the damp out) but without oxygen absorbers.

Have a mooch on the forum as there has been many dicussions in the past.

[harlowmaverick]

look here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-Mylar-1-Ga ... %26ps%3D54

it is a sales site but explains a bit about the bags and oxygen absorbers

[cavealaska]

about 10 years but try to use it before that, don't put oxygen absorbers with sugar as the sugar will set like concrete, make sure you have a good thick seal on it also, dont splash out on fancy mylar bag sealers just use an iron, with the steam turned off though

[highlandprepper]

Thanks all some useful info there!