Hamilton Beach Digital Food Dehydrator for Fruit and Jerky, Vegetables and More, 5 Trays, Adjustable Temperature, 48 Hour Timer + Auto Shutoff, Grey (32100A)

Pretty happy with this. This thing is pretty impressive. It seems to clean very easy (I have never put mine in the dishwasher), is easy to use, and dehydrates evenly, which I was skeptical about. The guidebook is pretty useful. I bought this mostly to make jerky, to minimize waste (if bananas are getting old on you, just dry them!), and to make homemade food for my bunnies.I mostly do bananas, apples, peppers, carrots, celery, and jerky. I have done chives, pears, tomatoes, and sweet potatoes. I plan to do more fruit come summer, especially strawberries, and herbs since I have an herb garden.It’s semi-noisy (or semi-quiet?). Everyone says it sounds like a hair dryer in the distance. It doesn’t bother me, I keep it in our great room (kitchen/dining/living room/office next to my potted plants so they can benefit from the moisture output).On the downside, drying typically takes a LOT longer than the instructions say. I have a dial-slicer so I can be pretty accurate and consistent with the thickness of my slicing.Bananas are never crisp. I can let them dry two days and they never get crisp. Not sure what the deal is there, but they are still very tasty.It does apples splendidly (core and everything, just remove the seeds and stem) plus the house smells like apples when they are drying.It did make some splendid chives but MAN the smell was almost unbearable.I could really use one of the mesh sheets for each level, the carrots and celery shrink so much they all fall through the shelves. The slots in the trays could be a bit smaller, they are pretty much 1/4″ which is what you are supposed to slice your food to.The mesh and fruit-roll sheets are inserts, I didn’t realize this, thought it had 3 regular trays and 2 special trays.

Nice little dehydrator. This is a nice little dehydrator, and I’ve been running it a lot. It’s not what I really wanted, but I could afford it, and it works quite well. The temperature controls are nice, but be aware that it does not go below 100°, if you’re drying herbs and don’t want to subject them to too much heat. Otherwise, it does its job, and I like it.

Buying another. We have this product and love it for making beef jerky. Bought one for my son for Christmas. Easy to clean and holds a lot.

Efficient and easy dehydrator. When I first received this dehydrator I wasn’t sure if it would do the job. It appears quite simple and a lot less “glamorous” than the all stainless one I had previously ordered, and subsequently returned. However, once using it I was very pleasantly surprised. It is very efficient, simple to use and relatively quiet. It sounds like a fan, and when running in my kitchen neither my husband nor I really notice it. More of a “white noise”. The food dehydrates well. I had an issue with carrots because I had chopped them too small, but that was my error.Dehydrating is definitely a learning curve but I believe with this appliance I can become proficient.Can’t speak to jerky as we are plant based, but I’m guessing it would do a fine job judging by my experience with veggies and herbs.

“Jumpin’ Jerky makers Batman” – This works great for me and has digital timer and temp control. Did not write a review on this for months as I wanted to use the heck out of it before I did a review. The “Fat Wyoming Norwegian” gives it very high marks for sure. I dehydrate all my jerky in this during the winter months. It is easy to clean if you stack up the trays and spray a little cooking oil on them before loading. I like the clear lid and the digital timer and temperature controls. I have never been to Hamilton Beach before (ha) but this Hamilton Beach was a winner for me and lets you get your jerky just like you like it. It comes with two fruit mesh trays that fits into the other trays (I use them for the tiny bits of jerky that are always present and try to fall through the regular trays). Sure, we all wish our dehydrator’s had more square inches to place our perfections on but this one is fine and does not have a huge footprint. Glad I chose this one as there are many, many to choose from. All I know, it that this one works for me.

Works well. I’ve use this product a few times and it dries my food well & comes with several racks. It’s easy to adjust the temperature and time settings.

LOVE this thing! Especially for the price. I have been having a blast with this thing. It works so well! The night it arrived we went out and bought a bunch of fruit and just filled the whole thing up. Set it up overnight, and had dehydrated fruit for breakfast (and yes, our stomachs hated us for it, but it was SO GOOD).The next trial was spices. I do a lot of gardening, and had a massive Oregano bush out back on the patio, so I harvested the whole thing and filled it all up. This was the one “Ehhh” area of the machine. It did a wonderful job dehydrating my oregano, don’t get me wrong! But it only comes with ONE fine mesh tray, which I mean, is okay, I can put it at the bottom. But that “fine mesh” isn’t very fine. A lot of the dehydrated oregano leaves fell down into the machine. It wasn’t a huge deal, not even enough to take off a star, but I DO recommend getting some actual fine mesh if you ever plan to do your own spices.The machine is great though. It’s super lightweight yet feels durable, it’s compact, and it’s reasonably quiet. It’s a little quieter than like, a box fan on low setting. It’s also really easy to use, and comes with an excellent manual explaining how to dehydrate different foods, what temperatures to use, and how long, even with a list of different fruits and veg! Really all you do is set the temp, set a time, and leave it. Anyone can use this thing. It’s great!

Love it. Great and so easy to use. Used a lot and it’s been very durable