Chefman Food Dehydrator Machine, Touch Screen Electric Multi-Tier Preserver, Meat or Beef Jerky Maker, Fruit Leather, Vegetable Dryer w/ 6 Slide Out Drying Rack Trays & Transparent Door, Black

Love how quiet it is, how nice it actually looks, and how well it preforms. First off it’s so pretty. Its take a bit of counter space but you won’t want to hide this baby away, at least not during the growing season. I’ve done both fruits and vegetables and they have turned out perfect. Having six racks makes it possible to jam SO much into this machine at once! The hardest thing I have found to dehydrate was basil, but after reading reviews on 100 products I think this is basil issue and not a functional issue of this machine. The Trays are a pain to clean but that’s not a surprise. Get a vegetable brush and you’ll be fine! The bottom is hard to sweep out so I just give mine a good shake to clear the debris. Or you could just do better then me and don’t dehydrate tiny pieces on the regular tray. They give you a fine mesh one for a reason. The outside gets warm but not hot. I prefer to run it while I’m home.Get this machine, it will not disappoint!

Best thing ever it is quiet and easy to use. I did have to buy some trays with a lip so I can do eggs and milk but it is awesome

This little unit is a must-have for gardeners who don't want to fuss with canning and have limited freezer space. We dry all kinds of stuff....apples, carrots, zucchini, tomato, cucumbers (sliced and dried are great!), banana, all kinds of wild mushroom, beets. On and on. Then we just put it all up in canning jars, pop those in the oven on low heat (like 200 degrees low) with the lids loose. In about an hour take 'em out with a oven mit, tighten the lid, and in short order stuff is vacuum sealed. We've kept dried veggies like that for years and they stay fresh in the jars. The only thing we wish this unit had was more of the finer screens for the trays...you only get one. Otherwise this is a way better unit than those cylindrical ones...we went through 2 of those in two years as the bearings in the motor get damp and fail. This "oven" type is far better.

Read the reviews and thought this would be the best dehydrator for the money. Really not necessary to spend $200 on a food dehydrator. Used it multiple times now for fruit. Will try fruit leather this weekend. Overall it is a nice product with the ability to set different temperatures and times. Very easy to use. Really my biggest complaint would be the door. You have to make sure you close it completely and tightly. Very cheaply made and found out that it wasn't closed completely after checking on some fruit and came back to see the door was slightly opened and the heat escaping. Could do a better job with the door to make sure it is closed. Not much instruction on how to dehydrate. Best getting a book that covers everything. Used teflon type mats that I cut to fit the trays for some cherries as the tray holes would be too big and it made for easier cleanup. Only issue is that it make the drying time longer. Will be getting some mesh to cut for the trays to help with airflow. Well worth it for the price. Can fit a lot of fruit. Runs quietly. Would recommend it.

This is a handy thing to have as part of you kitchen appliances. I love beef Jerky and even deer Jerky. This will do the job. Takes longer than I expected but nevertheless gets the job done.

I hope this helps everyone but I have had my dehydrator for the last three years and let me tell you best investment ever I used to make my jerky in my house but then I realize I’ll put it outside so for the last year and a half two years I have dehydrated my meat outside on my deck. The deck was obviously covered, but it was stood all the elements and here three years later I tell you it still works flawlessly. A little maintenance of cleaning it, but you take care of it, and it will take care of you.

We eat a lot of fruit in our house and dehydrating is a great way to take it with us on hikes or dry canning when it goes on sale and we buy a bunch. After burning out several different dehydrators we have been thrilled with this and its been put through the paces. The first week we did a half a dozen pineapples, 9 bunches of bananas and a handful of kiwis. The second week was all about apple and strawberry chips and herbs from my tea garden. It's used at least a couple times a week since.Relatively easy to clean. We use a nylon scrub brush and it works really well. I was amazed at how quiet it is. Even standing next to it it's hard to hear it going. My only complaint is that it did take some tweaking on temps and times with the various things we've dried. Not at all what the booklet had listed but not hard to figure out either. I do not like the fruit leather tray at all that came with it. Outside of that it fits nicely on my countertop and works beautifully.

I bought this for my husband to replace our older dehydrator. This one is so quiet and easy, to clean. We made apples right away and they were delicious. It is a bigger unit so it isn’t something we would leave out on our counter all the time but I do think we will get lots of use out of it.