Re: OT: Dehydrators

[Guest guest]

Andressa, I'm not but I have a Nesco dehydrator. They do go on sale now and

then. I would love to get a Excaliber but it's just not in my budget by any

stretch. I have great success with my Nesco and yes, I do rotate the shelves but

I don't have to do it very often for things to dry out evenly. The only thing is

I wish it didn't fill up so quickly. I'm going to see if I can get more shelves

for it at the store. Someday I hope to get an Ex but for now this is working for

me. Good luck :~)

[Guest guest]

Also not , but... I have both the Nesco and the Excalibur. I have had the

Excalibur for years, and love it, but it takes up SOOO much space and is noisy

and puts out a lot of heat. I bought a Nesco to put in my RV, and ended up

loving it so much I now use it in my house in place of the Excalibur...which I

will likely sell soon. I got my Nesco on sale for around 90. It is the one

seen in the webstore at http://www.mymealmasters.com It is quieter and

doesn't produce so much heat, and the square design makes it easy to LOAD it

with stuff to dry.

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> Andressa, I'm not but I have a Nesco dehydrator. They do go on sale now

and then. I would love to get a Excaliber but it's just not in my budget by any

stretch. I have great success with my Nesco and yes, I do rotate the shelves but

I don't have to do it very often for things to dry out evenly. The only thing is

I wish it didn't fill up so quickly. I'm going to see if I can get more shelves

for it at the store. Someday I hope to get an Ex but for now this is working for

me. Good luck :~)

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[Guest guest]

Andresa,

The Nesco's are a good

dryer. I posted a link to the Nesco American harvest kit that has all

the extras. It has 8 of everything you need. The price was $133.00

Most of these came with only 4 trays By the time you buy the extra

trays screens and fruit trays you will have spent a lot more then

this. This is a real good buy.

Shopping is free.

I have no connection with

this seller but rep is good.

Excalibur. Easer to load

square trays, better heat control. More room, You don't have to

rotate trays. Has the beat warranty of any.

Hope this helps,

in VT.

Subject: OT: Dehydrators

To: sproutpeople

Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012, 1:52 PM

, would you mind sharing your opinion on the Nesco dehydrators? I know that

Excalibur is generally considered " the best " , and if I really got into

dehydrating, I'd probably go with it. However, I just wasn't sure I wanted to

jump into that pricy an item when I'm not sure dehydrating would turn out to be

a long-term " investment " . So several months ago I was checking out the Nesco

website for their big roasters and saw that they had dehydrators.

I don't recall the price, but I believe it was comparable or just slightly more

than the usual Sunbeam dehydrators that seem to pop up if you're looking for a

brand other than Excalibur. And I trust the Nesco name.

While I had originally been thinking that maybe I'd try the dehydrating thing

this summer with produce from the farmers' market (St Farmers' Market's

summer hours start next weekend - YAY!!), for various reasons, it won't happen

until next summer at earliest. But I would be interested to hear about your

experiences with the Nesco dehydrators, opinion on difference between it and the

Excalibur, whatever you want to share to educate me on dehydrating.

TIA,

Andresa

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