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Fraggin
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Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco.
#5341893 - 02/26/06 05:16 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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If you plan on drying more than a handful of fruits, then don't bother with the Damp-rid. It may be ok for a small harvest, but if you have lots of fruits to dry, shell out the $30 on a nesco. It seems to be well worth the money. Don't learn the lesson the hard way by letting 400G of fresh fruit rot in a desiccant chamber.
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agar
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: Fraggin]
#5341988 - 02/26/06 05:35 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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TRUE. Very TRUE.
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Meth
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: agar]
#5342609 - 02/26/06 07:57 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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How long does it take to fully dry mushrooms with one of these?
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agar
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: Meth]
#5342658 - 02/26/06 08:08 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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It depends how heavy the load is & temp you set it on. (I use 95/100F)
About 48 hours hours with a dozen wet pounds in it.
about 18/24 hours with 3 or 4 trays full.
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: agar]
#5342837 - 02/26/06 08:35 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
agar said: TRUE. Very TRUE.
does that include a fan or is it the type with just a heater coil?
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Atheist
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: A0999]
#5342861 - 02/26/06 08:39 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Mines the Nesco American Harvest, 60 bucks. The thing is fucking incredible, I keep it at 95 too agar. Well worth the money and fun to use. Fuck damp rid
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agar
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: A0999]
#5343030 - 02/26/06 09:10 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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 Nesco brand American Harvest dehydrator.
With fan & heat control.
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Snaggletooth
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: agar]
#5343076 - 02/26/06 09:18 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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A0999
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: Snaggletooth]
#5344323 - 02/27/06 06:54 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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$40 seems kinda expensive. i guess worth it for sure though, and will pay for itself after a while.
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rDr4g0n
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: A0999]
#5346190 - 02/27/06 04:52 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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how do they work inside? im pretty sure i could build one myself...
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: rDr4g0n]
#5346269 - 02/27/06 05:14 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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theres a heating element and a fan and trays, pretty simple i think it would be hard to build one though
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A0999
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: fungiamongi2]
#5346690 - 02/27/06 07:06 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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http://sporelab.com/jebus200.htm
i think this is a good tek/alternative to a store bought dehydrator. probly just as efficient, costs less in most casses, but doesnt look as pretty.
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agar
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: A0999]
#5346729 - 02/27/06 07:16 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Not good for making JERKY in.
Way back when, I adapted a small furnace blower fan to fit on the lid of a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Then, drilled 1/2 inch holes all around the base of the bucket.
Then, used a square of cheese cloth to hold the shrooms inside the bucket, held in place with the bucket lid.
It worked okay. But, nowhere near as good as my Nesco.
With a fan ALONE, you cannot get shrooms drier than the ambient RH of the air being pushed through them. So, if your Rh is 35%, the shrooms will NOT DRY ~ cracker dry. Meaning, they will mold - on you, if placed in baggies.
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: A0999]
#5346747 - 02/27/06 07:20 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
anarchist0999 said: $40 seems kinda expensive. i guess worth it for sure though, and will pay for itself after a while.
It has several times over, and it is only a few months old
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: agar]
#5346768 - 02/27/06 07:24 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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"cracker dry. Meaning, they will mold - on you, if placed in baggies."
i dissagree, but dont want to start an argument. i undestand what your saying and youre probably right about the RH. however, for the last 3 years all i have ever used is a fan only, and have stored them in plastic bags sometimes for months at a time. no molding no rotting, and you will just have to trust me that they were indeed "cracker" dry.
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: A0999]
#5347141 - 02/27/06 08:58 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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No argument. Just differing opinions.
I would wager yours were about like rather stiff dry leather. Which, will work.
I prefer them CRACKER DRY. That will snap, like a BONE DRY TWIG.
Or, crumble to sand size powder, if crunched up in your hand. A NESCO, will get then that dry, no matter what the ambient Rh is.
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Meth
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: agar]
#5347223 - 02/27/06 09:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Damn this thread. Now tomorrow I'm going out to buy a Nesco
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HippieChick
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: Meth]
#5347381 - 02/27/06 10:05 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Is anyone using a Magic Chef ?
I just picked one up for $4 at the Goodwill

Isn't heat adjustable , that doesn't matter to me . If its around 140 , that's OK with me .
Even if it doesn't work that great , the trays fit my others , so it's worth the $4

Gotta love the Goodwill 


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A0999
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: HippieChick]
#5353079 - 03/01/06 10:41 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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you guys get lucky. the other day i went to 10 thrift stores looking for supplies (dehydrators, bigger pcs, humidifiers ect...) and only found one dehydrator from 1983. needless to say it wasnt the type w/ the fan.
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Re: Eff Damprid. Buy a Nesco. [Re: A0999]
#5661888 - 05/22/06 09:13 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I have a regular old nesco. From wally like snaggle. I was wondering if there is any major difference in performance with the bigger more expensive units and if its better to have 2 units with 10 trays or just go ahead and put 20+ trays on the one. I guess it would just take longer to dry for the bottom layers? Also there was a big thread over at mycotopia about being able to dry your shroomies at much higher temps then 95f. all the way up to 150+ withour potency loss so I was just gonna turn mine up. <comments>
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