I had an "el cheapo" round model dehydrator, purchased at a garage sale. It took forever to dry things (days), and I had to keep rotating the 8 trays for even drying.
Last summer I bought an Excalibur with 8 trays (a thermostat and a fan). I LOVE it! It does everything well except some Lemon Balm leaves and Curly Kale which were too dry, but that was probably operator error.
The Excalibur did a great job of apples, onions, tomatoes, sweet potato chips, eggplant and zuchinni. Beet chips were not so good, but maybe I should have soaked them first, same as the sweet potatoes.
I am very happy with it and think it was money well spent.
Linda
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