A question for Dehydrator owners

[Smiffy]

I didn't want to take TOF's thread on producing fruit powder to add to water off topic so thought I would start a new one

So for any owners - What type of Dehydrators are you using ? What was the cost ? and are you happy with them and their end product ?

This year I will have (hopefully) plenty of fruit in the garden so thought it was about time I bought a Dehydrator, but I'm not looking at spending hundreds of pounds on one.

One last and potentially stupid question, is it possible to dehydrate any vegetables ?

[TOF]

[Smiffy]

Thats great, Thanks TOF.

It's a subject that I have come across a lot over the years but never really paid enough attention. Now my circumstances have changed, i've a good sized garden with plenty of fruit trees and vegetables, and I'm looking at the various ways to preserve some of it

Will download the pdf and go from there

Thanks again

[Skean Dhude]

I have the same dehydrator and it works fine for me. I've used it a few times always with left over fruit. I would look at a more expensive one if I was doing more of it so I could switch on and forget.

It does the job though and there is little to break.

[Tarrel]

We use the warming oven in the Rayburn. Advantage is that it is using heat already being produced and requires no electricity. TBH, we've used it more for producing things for craft products rather than food, but it strikes me that it is a really useful way of preserving.

Quite a few folks in the lightweight backpacking community produce their own dehydrated meals for backpacking trips. The impression I get is that you can dehydrate practically anything.