Observations on packing mylar bags and 5 gallon buckets

So we packed some rice in our 5 gallon buckets a few days ago. We had a good number of sacks of rice. (I recall we purchased these for about $9 and after a few months it was up to $11. I kept telling my local sheeple this was a big increase but since it was only a few dollars they could not comprehend this change) So we finally packed up our rice into home depot buckets. These were not food grade but there will be no contamination since they are inside inert mylar bags. From what I've researched the problem arises if you have food in contact with plastic that may leak off gases directly to the food in the long term. The mylar bags solves this issue and the bucket only serves as a container to protect against vermin and for easier transportation. After putting in the oxygen absorbers and leaving it inside for 2 nights I noticed that some of the mylar shrunk after the oxygen was absorbed-shrunk to a vacuum, some of them did not. I did have one mylar which was shrunk down tight-packed tight against the rice itself, like a rock. The others did not do this. So thinking there was a leak and that they should have all shrunk tight I redid the mylars and inserted new oxygen absorbers and waited. I came back after about 24 hrs and the bags still did not shrink as hard as the other one that did. I had double checked the O2 absorbers, checked the mylars and checked the seals. Everything seemed fine but they still were not shrinking. Puzzled, I left to consult with fellow preppers who have done this a few more times than I have. After some dialogue the consensus was this:

The rest of the air in the bag did not shrink because they are not oxygen, but other inert gases

Having the bag shrink down too tight may make the bag more prone to pinholes since there is no more space to move around in, so some slack is good

So far I checked on the mylar bags and they still have not shrunk down too tight. I think I prefer them this way so that there is some space in there. If the problem is only oxygen, then I have addressed that.

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