VIVOHOME Stainless Steel Electric 600W 6 Trays Commercial Food Dehydrator Machine with Digital Timer and Temperature Control for Fruit Vegetable Meat Beef Jerky Maker

The media could not be loaded. This dehydrator works wonderfully. Very easy to use and easy to clean. The fan keep the air moving equally inside. All trays get dehydrated equally. It has a few preset preset heat options. I have used a round several layer dehydrator in the past. The circle in the middle made it difficult and messy to make fruit roll ups. This dehydrators square trays make everything extremely easy. I have made beef jerky, fruit roll ups and dried herbs so far and I am very pleased with all of them!

My main reason why I bought this dehydrator is that after making jerky in the oven I needed something that can regulate heat better and be easier to clean. This nailed both of those issues.I tried beef and pork jerky (the pork version is what is pictured). I set my temp to 158°F and the timer to 4.5 hours. After checking around the 3.5 hour mark I realized I needed another half hour so in total it took around 5 hours but in the end they came out better than using the oven. The texture was more even and they were totally dried out, so I could put them in my pantry instead of refrigerator (~2 weeks according to various sites). My pictures don't do it justice, they looked and tasted fantastic. I made two batches, one with salt and white pepper; and a marinade with coconut aminos, salt, white pepper, and crushed red pepper (not pictured). That one took a little longer which is to be expected considering it was wetter but still was leagues better than any product I bought from my grocery store.One suggestion is to put some aluminum foil on the bottom in case anything falls or drips, makes cleanup easier.

When purchasing this dehydrator everything worked well, I really loved how easy it was to use, and the features overall. Few months past when using this for my small business it started slowly breaking down, and the door started coming off. They send me a new one and that one was perfect and after a few months once again… another issue. It started blowing out cold air. I tried contacting the company and no response. I don’t recommend this dehydrator as I’ve had about 3 so far and all of them had issues, I also have friends that have this dehydrator as well and the same thing has happened where it has broke down after several months. :( thankfully amazon has great customer service and was able to help with a refund.

My husband could not wait to make beef jerky. It wasn't 24 hours, and he had a batch on. This is more like a commercial size. It will get big jobs done. I guess also it just seems so much bigger because we had a regular size before. I was tired of spending money on cheap ones so I went for a good one that will last! Your money will not be wasted if you purchase this. I am glad I did!

Got this unit 2 years ago and wished we had purchased it way before that!! Excellent dehydrator!! After 2 seasons of drying lots and lots of fruit i would give this unit a 5 star rating. Only reason i gave it a 4 star review is temp control is only preset in 9 degree increments. This isn't a big issue, but have to dry fruit at 131 instead of my preferred 135 degrees. Other than that,we are totally satisfied with the dehydrator in ALL REGARDS with 2 years of heavy seasonal use. Can get approx 49 apricot halves per tray or roughly 250 apricots per load, so real nice capacity. Once in a while the back wall of unit will start to vibrate while in use, but not often and if you gently tap the back wall near fan , it stops vibrating (back wall near where fan mounts is pretty thin metal and flexible). Brother has Cabelas commercial dehydrator and this unit, in my opinion, is every bit as good if not built better(expect for temp control). This Vivohome dryer is built well, heavy duty and works like a charm. Easy to clean,good head space between racks , noise level i would rate as low. I would recommend this model dehydrator and would buy again, if i ever had another need. Mike & Kim G-Calif

The only thing I wish this had was a guide for time/temp to use for which foods. It is way too big for my small kitchen, but I wanted to be able to do a lot at once. I'm using this for raw dehydration of fruits and veggies. Made a really nice mango fruit leather with raspberry swirl. As I saw on other raw dehydration articles (there are so few straightforward resources online), it took experimentation to get it right. 105 to 115 degrees for 12 hours does the trick.

I only used it one time but; It is fantastic. I bought some of the mats to put inside with the little holes not sure what they are called. They cling and don't move around and no little pieces fall thru. This is very quiet. There is a ton of room and it took me forever to fill up all the trays with mushrooms due to my arthritis but I did it and OMG I love this.

I'm SO disappointed about this dehydrator! Why in the world you can't choose your own temperature for your own recipes!This thing is a huge unit and I have to carry out to shipped back, kind of frustrated right now!