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Reliable dehydrators

#29664013 - 09/08/26 10:27 PM (1 day, 21 hours ago)

Hello all I need some help finding a not so expensive but reliable dehydrator wondering what you all are using and recommend, I bought one specifically for mushrooms off of amazon and it did great the first 3 uses and then the heating element stopped working, the seller nicely replaced the base and it lasted another 3 uses and already stopped working also.

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#29664015 - 09/08/26 10:38 PM (1 day, 21 hours ago)

I went with a Presto 06301 dehydrator, mostly because I trust the brand Presto. I have been very happy with it. It is very reliable and it was pretty affordable too.

I would imagine most name brand dehydrators would do the trick. There really is not much to them.

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I went on Amazon to see the current price. $175!! That can't be right. That is way too high. As I recall I paid $35-40, definitely under $50. So forget that. I bet you can find a quality dehydrator for $50-60 maybe a little more.

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#29664045 - 09/08/26 11:35 PM (1 day, 20 hours ago)

Gotcha thanks, yea I like the brand also, I went with something slightly larger off of tractor supply with a 2 year replacement coverage

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#29664082 - 09/09/26 03:23 AM (1 day, 16 hours ago)

I’m happy with my €30 Adler AD6658 that I’ve been using since I started 2 years ago.

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#29664088 - 09/09/26 04:13 AM (1 day, 15 hours ago)

Nesco and excalibur are classic brands that people have been using for decades. They're very affordable second hand.

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#29664137 - 09/09/26 07:38 AM (1 day, 12 hours ago)

Excalibur Dehydrators! They are powerful, horizontal air flow (heating evenly), and for the most part unchanged in decades.

I JUST saw that the website doesn't have the oldschool one anymore, don't know about it. But grab one of these and you will be golden.

Excalibur 9-Tray Food Dehydrator 3900B, or something along those lines. 9 trays, grab a used one, made in USA so it should be easy to get replacement parts.

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#29664138 - 09/09/26 07:43 AM (1 day, 12 hours ago)

Cheap 5 tray Hamilton Beach on sale for $50. Worked for 7 years so far but it’s not in constant use.

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#29664141 - 09/09/26 07:50 AM (1 day, 12 hours ago)

Yea my main issue is I was trying to find one that can run continuously several days a week at a time, as soon as one harvest is dry another’s going in.

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#29664149 - 09/09/26 08:14 AM (1 day, 11 hours ago)

Elite Gourmet Dehydrator
60 USD

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#29664177 - 09/09/26 09:38 AM (1 day, 10 hours ago)

I find with dehydrators that they are kinda disposable items. It's crazy but even good ones die if you run them 24/7 for 6 months. I liked a round dehydrator so I could modify a big bucket to put overtop instead of tiny trays. Dry a lb at a time, just remember to mix the shrooms so they dry evenly.

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#29664198 - 09/09/26 10:05 AM (1 day, 9 hours ago)

Excalibur is the way to go for reliability, I've personally had one for 5+ years and it still works perfectly. Also have abused the shit out of one at a restaurant for several years and she's still ticking fine.

Pasty, that bucket dehy hack is fucking sick 🤘🤘

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#29664220 - 09/09/26 10:54 AM (1 day, 8 hours ago)

Now that’s a good idea, yea luckily the one I got was only 45$ and he already sent me a 2nd base for free which died yesterday heating element burned out, he was gonna send me a 3rd base free but also wanted the 2nd to send back to factory to trouble shoot but it’s been tainted with paraphernalia so I want comfortable with that.

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#29664496 - 09/09/26 07:23 PM (1 day, 28 minutes ago)

Pastywhyte said:

I find with dehydrators that they are kinda disposable items. It's crazy but even good ones die if you run them 24/7 for 6 months. I liked a round dehydrator so I could modify a big bucket to put overtop instead of tiny trays. Dry a lb at a time, just remember to mix the shrooms so they dry evenly.

That almost looks like mine, but I think they're only sold in Europe. Swiss-made good stuff- second hand ones (many years old) sell for 50+% of new. They seem to be industrial level quality.

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#29664523 - 09/09/26 07:47 PM (1 day, 5 minutes ago)

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Pastywhyte said:

I find with dehydrators that they are kinda disposable items. It's crazy but even good ones die if you run them 24/7 for 6 months. I liked a round dehydrator so I could modify a big bucket to put overtop instead of tiny trays. Dry a lb at a time, just remember to mix the shrooms so they dry evenly.

That almost looks like mine, but I think they're only sold in Europe. Swiss-made good stuff- second hand ones (many years old) sell for 50+% of new. They seem to be industrial level quality.

I would def do a bucket up for one like that

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#29664911 - 09/10/26 07:46 AM (12 hours, 6 minutes ago)

I have a Excalibur 9 tray dehydrator and a cheap round rotating dehydrator. The Excalibur outperforms the cheapo greatly, even when it's completely full, but if it justifies the price is a another question.

The mechanical thermostat on the Excalibur malfunctioned after 3 years of intermittent use and ruined the whole batch of mushrooms. Even tough it feels like it could have burned down my house I'm happy with it. I changed out the mechanical thermostat with a Inkbird ITC-1000 and it feels like that is a good upgrade.

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#29665072 - 09/10/26 11:30 AM (8 hours, 22 minutes ago)

I paid $80 usd for my Nesco Snack Master over 8 years ago and it is still running, but I sometimes disable the heating element for gummies.

My Nesco Garden Master cost me $108 usd in 2020 and saw lots of use and abuse in the time since. I replaced the thermal diode once because I ran it for a few seconds with the fan jammed and the fan bearing finally died a month ago so she has been laid to rest. The replacement one cost me $140 direct from Nesco's website, but at least I get to use all of the trays from the original so I have 15 trays out of a possible 30 that it is supposed to be capable of running.

I spotted another Snack master and an 8qt Duo Instant Pot for $10 and $20 at a Good Will the other day and was sorely tempted. It would have been pretty hypocritical of me, though. We are trying to downsize for retirement and I am the one constantly asking the wife if we really need that new doodad.

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#29665164 - 09/10/26 01:10 PM (6 hours, 42 minutes ago)

I have four NESCO 8-Tray Stainless Steel Food Dehydrator 650W, and have been running them 24/7 for the last 2 weeks. Seem pretty good, but only time will tell.

I initially bought two from Midwest, and one was DOA (blower didn't work). Seemed kinda doo-doo so I got the NESCOs.

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