Quote Originally Posted by MuttonHawg View Post
Actually, I would think that the vacuum sealer would be more economical, depending on quantity of rods to be stored. The kitchen seal-a-meal types of machines are cheaper than the basic small rod ovens I see online, so there's a smaller initial investment. And considering you're running a 100W or so load 24/7 with the rod ovens (assuming around 10 cents per kWh, works out to about $1.50/week), I could see how the vacuum seal bags would be cheaper, especially if the storage is going to be very long term. Of course, if you have a large amount of rod to store, a larger oven would be far simpler than 50 pounds of vacuum-sealed bags of rods, stored 10 to a bag.
Running a heater 24-7 as they do at my work would cost some money. I was looking from the stand point on pricing, when a new box of sticks is opened up, they are divided in to a set of 10 rods and sealed. This would cost some money. To vacuum the rods after you are finished that would not be that bad as long as they were not exposed to moisture for an extended period of time.