I vac seal and cold cure. My sealer has a gentle setting but it will still turn a bag into a solid brick. After sealing it's stored in a mini fridge set just above freezing. I don't concern myself with burping or any of that stuff since I also cold dry for about 3-4 weeks. Once the weed is bagged after that it can be sealed for a very long time without opening.
No issues with molds or crushing the buds here. What I do get is some loud as fuck stinky weed, solid nugs, silky smooth smoke, and ruthless potency by preserving the THC and full bouquet of terps. A zero oxygen environment and cold temps is great for preserving weed.
All I can say is I've tried many different ways to cure and store weed and after getting into this tech I wont do it any other way. I was using containers then bagging them up and vac sealing them but after a huge haul last year I didn't have enough containers so I used just the bags and everything still turned out very well for me
Here's my stash in the mini fridge. When ever I need weed I just pull out a bag and unload it into a c-vault for daily smoke. Some of these bags have been in here since October 2020
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Here's a nug of California Chrome that was bagged and vac sealed October 2020 and finally opened about 3 weeks ago. About 7 months spent in a vacuum and stored at 38*. Never crushed, still very dense, and is stinking up my house as I type this
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