Food Dehydrator - Hanging Food Pantrie Dehydration System - Non-electric, Environmentally Friendly, Natural Way to Dry Foods,jerky & More. 5-tray Dehydrator

It worked fine for the sliced apples. The plums and grapes, however, were an unmitigated disaster. Admittedly, the plums were very ripe when I put them in. However, after 24 hours they were fermenting and swarming with fruit flies (and yes, I zipped the screen closed - a few flies had gotten inside and several more were swarming around the outside). Now, it's possible that I did it wrong. The dehydrator did come with some instructions, which I did not read and which I now can't find. That said, I bought this primarily for making prunes and raisins and have concluded that there is no way this unit will work for either of those as it simply does not dehydrate juicy fruits fast enough to keep ahead of decomposition. I lost about 2/3 of the plum crop and put the remainder in the oven to dry. Fortunately I only did a small test batch of grapes.Once again, the sliced apples have come out very nice and that's why it still got two stars from me. I'm super disappointed because I loved the idea of a solar food dehydrator!

Works beautifully, as long as the weather isn't too humid. Design is good, but not great as zipper opens from bottom not the top (WTH???). Ideal would have been 2 sippers that expand from the middle.

Who ever assembled this put it together inside out so that the zipper pull was inside. Simple enough repair. Took the top apart then turned the netting right side out. I have it hanging in the shed drying herbs and works like a champ.

I really liked the fine-grain mesh, and the removable trays are great, except for their moorings. The attachment system came apart too easily and a tray could drop out. The zipper only goes one way, down and back, which makes it difficult when you want to get to one tray. You have to completely unzip it to get to the top tray and the underside is open and completely exposed at that point. Another dryer I bought had two way zipper design, you could zip it from the top or the bottom. It made it much nicer, easier to get to the trays.

Works wonderfully.

I think this is going to do me a lot of good during garden season. I haven't got to use it now as it is too cold here to be out doing it. We have plenty of winter. This spring I plan to do apples and sweet potatoes. I think it is going to be great and I love the way it s put together. I see no reason why it should not do a great job.

I got this for my wife but it was not quite what she had in mind.

Still testing it...So far it seems okay.