Harvest Right Freeze Dryer – The Best Way to Preserve Food – Food Dehydrator, Small Size, Aqua Color
Freeze drying is the easiest and best way to preserve food. You can freeze dry fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products, full meals, desserts, and much more in a home freeze dryer. Preserved food can be used immediately or stored for up to 25 years. With a home freeze dryer, you can make emergency meals, snacks, backpacking meals, and transform foods for use in baking.
Product Features
- EASY TO USE – Entirely automatic process. Simply press start and the machine alerts you when the food is done.
- SAVE MONEY – Freeze drying at home saves up to 70% over buying prepackaged freeze-dried food.
- CREATE A FOOD STORAGE – Freeze dry up to 195 gallons of food per year and have food on hand for any emergency.
- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GET STARTED – Comes with a set of trays, mylar bags, a bag sealer, oxygen absorbers, vacuum pump, and oil filter. Everything you need to freeze dry is included.
- PERFECT FOR ALL LIFESTLYES – Make healthy snacks for on the go snacking, backpacking meals for lightweight and nutritious food in the backcountry, or create an emergency food supply to give your family increased safety and security.
You need to know what you are getting into with a Freeze Dryer I agree with the 5 star reviews. A freeze dryer is useful to have. However, you need to understand that a freeze dryer isn’t a turnkey device. You have to maintain the vacuum pump (which means filtering the oil after every batch and then benching the vacuum pump, disassemble and clean it after 20 batches). That’s not hard, but it’s not turnkey either.Also, it generates a lot of heat, even the small freeze dryer. I have a standard 2 car garage and it keeps it toasty in the winter…
Dependable, affordable freeze dryer The freeze drying unit was shipped promptly and very adequately protected for shipment. Easy to unpack; required two people to place on countertop- I installed it on a 24x24x1″ solid wood base with the vacuum pump to the side. Good clear instructions (READ THEM ALL! ) on assembly to vacuum pump and vacuum testing. So far we have run probably 15 batches of food through it in two months – only one batch took a lot of extra time- too thick (whole chicken breasts; I should have split…