Vacuum container PocketVac 0.06 l blue/black
The Tightvac PocketVac is the smallest vacuum container in the range: 0.06 litres, up to 20 grams of dry goods by the manufacturer's account. The press button in the lid pushes the air out as it closes, and the patented two-way valve lets the contents degas while keeping oxygen out. Food-grade, BPA-free plastic, no battery, no wear part. For the trade it is the article you put next to the till and never explain again.
Features
- Vacuum container with 0.06 litres, up to 20 grams of dry goods by the maker's account — the daily ration for the road
- Press button in the lid pushes the air out as it closes, the vacuum is made without a pump
- Patented two-way valve lets gases escape and keeps oxygen out
- Airtight and smell-proof, nothing gets through in trouser or handbag pocket
- Keeps moisture out — up to three times longer freshness by the manufacturer's account
- Food-grade plastic, BPA-free, built for years of reuse
- Fits the trouser pocket, not just the jacket — that is the difference from the MiniVac
- Freezable, the container may go into the freezer with its contents
- Spill-proof, it may lie, roll and end up at the bottom of the bag
- Press the same button to open, the vacuum releases audibly
- No battery and no electronics, there is nothing that could fail
- Available in blue/black and green/black, so two varieties can be told apart
- Cleaned with warm water and washing-up liquid, then left to dry completely
- From Tightpac America, who invented this design, out of a range kept up over years
Who is the PocketVac for?
For customers who take a daily ration with them and leave the supply at home. 0.06 litres is deliberately little — the container is meant to disappear into a trouser pocket, not to carry the week's needs. In the trade it is a classic pick-up article at the till and the obvious complement to any portable vaporiser. Customers who once own one buy a second and third, because varieties can be kept apart that way.
The press button
A button sits in the middle of the lid. You press it while putting the lid on, the air escapes, and as soon as the seal closes the negative pressure holds the lid tight. The same button is pressed to open. That is the whole operation; it needs no explanation and no instructions. That is exactly why the article also works for customers who want to know nothing technical.
The two-way valve
The patented valve works in both directions: gases from the goods escape outwards, oxygen does not get in. A merely sealed container cannot do that, and pressure builds up inside it. For goods that sit for more than a few days, that is the difference between a container and a storage container — and the reason Tightvac has been copied for years.
20 grams are 20 grams
The manufacturer names up to 20 grams; with loosely broken-up goods it is realistically closer to 10 to 15. Anyone stating that figure honestly in the sales conversation either sells the right size or sells the MiniVac alongside. The most common disappointment with this article is not the container itself but the wrongly estimated quantity.
Smell-proof in the trouser pocket
The container closes airtight and smell-proof as long as nothing lies on the sealing ring. One crumb is enough for neither smell nor vacuum to hold — a quick wipe over the rim before the lid goes on. In a trouser pocket that is the point that matters, because there the container is squeezed, turned and warmed. Complaints almost always come down to a dirty seal.
Freshness on the move
Less oxygen and stable humidity mean less loss of aroma; the manufacturer speaks of up to three times longer freshness than in an ordinary container. For a daily ration that is not the main point — here it counts more that the goods do not crumble and that nothing smells. Anyone keeping the container as a reserve in the car or the rucksack, by contrast, notices the difference clearly.
Material and cleaning
Food-grade, BPA-free plastic. Warm water with a little washing-up liquid is enough; afterwards container, lid and sealing ring must be completely dry before they go back together. Aggressive cleaners harm the sealing ring and achieve nothing. With a container that lives in a trouser pocket it is worth cleaning it more often than one that stands in a cupboard.
Why two colours belong on the shelf
We stock the PocketVac in blue/black and in green/black. Anyone separating two varieties reaches by colour rather than by label, and that is exactly why the versions sell alongside each other instead of against each other. For the trade that means carrying both and placing them side by side, not replacing one with the other.
Robustness
The container is freezable and spill-proof, it may lie, roll and end up at the bottom of the bag. There is no thread to wear out and no clasp to break — the lid is held by the negative pressure and not by mechanics. That is why these containers rarely come back and rarely need replacing.
What the vacuum cannot do
It keeps oxygen and smell out but regulates no humidity. Goods filled in too dry do not become moist again in the container, and goods that are too moist do not dry out afterwards. Anyone wanting to control that adds a small humidity pack — it works in 0.06 litres, but it costs space. That belongs in the sales conversation, or the container gets blamed for something it never promised.
PocketVac or MiniVac?
At 0.12 litres the MiniVac holds twice as much and is reckoned at up to 40 grams. It is the container for the supply at home, the PocketVac the one for the pocket. Technically nothing but the size separates them, which is why the two sell well together: a large one for the cupboard, a small one for the road.
How to use it
- Fill the container and do not pack it to the rim.
- Wipe the rim and sealing ring briefly.
- Press the button in the lid and put the lid on while pressing.
- Release the button, the negative pressure holds the lid.
- Press the same button to open and lift the lid away.
