Total cost to run the FD-75, about That averages 178.33 watts per hour. Much better than the 700 watts I thought it would be..41 per day. Well worth the cost savings of buy prepackaged camping/hiking food. The first is what you are used to seeing at the store.
The persimmon slices I dried with the Nesco machine were beautiful and tasty. I pretreated the first batch with crushed Vitamin C pills and the second batch with a mixture of pineapple and lemon juice. I've made several batches of jerky, which the whole family enjoys. I've also dehydrated onions, apples, herbs, tomatoes (de-seeded and squeezed a little to remove some of the liquid), green peppers, garlic, squash, cherries, strawberries, green beans, corn and even cantaloupe.
It is not a lot of fun when they are dry to remove them from a round shaped tray with a giant hole in the middle.
Do yourself a favor and buy this one instead. Not only are the trays sturdy and dishwasher safe (can't dry.) The heating element is not exposed, the fan makes the dehydrator more efficient, and the lid contains all the dangerous parts. It says in the manual "firm but not brittle" that is just not enough info for me. Regardless, even with a few pieces under-dried, this has kept me well fed on my backpacking trips and in the office.
I had to pay for shipping to send it in, but they did replace the power head under the 1-year warranty and send it back to us. Now, after almost another year of less frequent use (mostly for jerky and occasional tomato drying, at a lower temperature) it has stopped working again (during a low-temp tomato drying). Supposedly, rotation is not required, but I discovered that the top trays get a little drier than the bottom trays. I sometimes rotate the top trays down to ensure even drying. If you plan to dehydrate fruit for snack eating, you might want to dip the slices lightly in sugar before drying. The cantaloupe was a little plain afterwards. It comes with a booklet that gives you an idea about drying time. Suggested times might vary though, depending on how thick you slice the items. These aren't deal-breakers to me because drying fruit is not a precision art. I especially wanted this food dehydrator for banana. I ended up reading millions of reviews for several days before committing to one. I chose this one because it was more watts than others in the price range and I can control the temperature and the good reviews on several websites seemed to be good. I returned it to Amazon and I spent a lot more time reading the reviews, and it turns out that this Nesco is one of the highest-rated on the site. It is much sturdier than the cheap crap I bought before, and dries very efficiently.
I also find myself setting the temp lower on some things, if I know I'm going to be away all day and not be able to tend to the finished product as soon. When using 12 trays, I often rearrange the trays half way through, putting the top tray on the bottom, and continuing until the bottom tray is on top.
The persimmon slices I dried with the Nesco machine were beautiful and tasty. I pretreated the first batch with crushed Vitamin C pills and the second batch with a mixture of pineapple and lemon juice. I've made several batches of jerky, which the whole family enjoys. I've also dehydrated onions, apples, herbs, tomatoes (de-seeded and squeezed a little to remove some of the liquid), green peppers, garlic, squash, cherries, strawberries, green beans, corn and even cantaloupe.
It is not a lot of fun when they are dry to remove them from a round shaped tray with a giant hole in the middle.
Do yourself a favor and buy this one instead. Not only are the trays sturdy and dishwasher safe (can't dry.) The heating element is not exposed, the fan makes the dehydrator more efficient, and the lid contains all the dangerous parts. It says in the manual "firm but not brittle" that is just not enough info for me. Regardless, even with a few pieces under-dried, this has kept me well fed on my backpacking trips and in the office.
I had to pay for shipping to send it in, but they did replace the power head under the 1-year warranty and send it back to us. Now, after almost another year of less frequent use (mostly for jerky and occasional tomato drying, at a lower temperature) it has stopped working again (during a low-temp tomato drying). Supposedly, rotation is not required, but I discovered that the top trays get a little drier than the bottom trays. I sometimes rotate the top trays down to ensure even drying. If you plan to dehydrate fruit for snack eating, you might want to dip the slices lightly in sugar before drying. The cantaloupe was a little plain afterwards. It comes with a booklet that gives you an idea about drying time. Suggested times might vary though, depending on how thick you slice the items. These aren't deal-breakers to me because drying fruit is not a precision art. I especially wanted this food dehydrator for banana. I ended up reading millions of reviews for several days before committing to one. I chose this one because it was more watts than others in the price range and I can control the temperature and the good reviews on several websites seemed to be good. I returned it to Amazon and I spent a lot more time reading the reviews, and it turns out that this Nesco is one of the highest-rated on the site. It is much sturdier than the cheap crap I bought before, and dries very efficiently.
I also find myself setting the temp lower on some things, if I know I'm going to be away all day and not be able to tend to the finished product as soon. When using 12 trays, I often rearrange the trays half way through, putting the top tray on the bottom, and continuing until the bottom tray is on top.
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