HundredYards said:

Montock said:

Soodonem said:

40$ Walmart one setting dehydrator, 1/4# dry at a time, in under 24 hrs, everytime, keep it clean and it'll last longer than you do in the hobby.

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i think snackmasters are similiar price, adjustable which is great for other food related purposes. you dont even have to buy extra trays for whatever dehyrator you do have, ive packed them until theyre overflowing by 2-3 inches between trays. just shuffle em around once in a while. ive dried a half lb a day like that, with it set on high. but if you are drying more than that, a space heater blowing at a window screen propped off the ground can fit 2+ lbs on it and be done in 48 hours.

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I should of said, without over crowding the oster it does 1/4# at a time straight out of the box , add more trays you can do more, and no shuffeling around. By your own math the snack master is still a better option than the window screen, assuming the snack master cost less than, a fan, a heater, a window screen , and some sort of frame. This is also not putting a price on the option to return the snwckmaster should it fail. Or the a price on the time you save by just buying a dehydrator . I'm not harping on peeps for making Therr own bulk dehydrators, I'm all sorts of down for breaking the molds, but mathematicaly for 99% of growers a homemade bulk dehydrator like the above is an unwise project.

HundredYards said:

Montock said:

Soodonem said:

40$ Walmart one setting dehydrator, 1/4# dry at a time, in under 24 hrs, everytime, keep it clean and it'll last longer than you do in the hobby.

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i think snackmasters are similiar price, adjustable which is great for other food related purposes. you dont even have to buy extra trays for whatever dehyrator you do have, ive packed them until theyre overflowing by 2-3 inches between trays. just shuffle em around once in a while. ive dried a half lb a day like that, with it set on high. but if you are drying more than that, a space heater blowing at a window screen propped off the ground can fit 2+ lbs on it and be done in 48 hours.

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Errr... I didn't say that??? LOL.

Montock said:

Soodonem said:

I was thinking about building something like this, only without the heater in order to get the drying started and then finishing the job off with calcium chloride desiccant and a large sealed PE or PP container with a spigot on the bottom to drain the excess ooze from the hydrated dissolved calcium chloride.

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That sounds like A LOT of nonsense work . If your going to.build a bulk dehydrator why would you not make it functional enough to do the job by itself.


I'll say it again, 40$ Walmart one setting dehydrator, 1/4# dry at a time, in under 24 hrs, everytime, keep it clean and it'll last longer than you do in the hobby.

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Montock said:

I should of said, without over crowding the oster it does 1/4# at a time straight out of the box , add more trays you can do more, and no shuffeling around. By your own math the snack master is still a better option than the window screen, assuming the snack master cost less than, a fan, a heater, a window screen , and some sort of frame. This is also not putting a price on the option to return the snwckmaster should it fail. Or the a price on the time you save by just buying a dehydrator . I'm not harping on peeps for making Therr own bulk dehydrators, I'm all sorts of down for breaking the molds, but mathematicaly for 99% of growers a homemade bulk dehydrator like the above is an unwise project.

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