Laptronix 5 Tray Mini Electric Food Dehydrator Fruit Dryer Meat Vegetables Beef Preserver Machine Beaf Jerk

My daughter loves this. Always trying new things great way for kids to have fun and eat more fruit

I read a load of reviews on these before settling for this one. Most other seem to suffer from the trays not being very robust or dish washer safe. They all seem very much the same other than that. Considering most of my kitchen gadgets last a month before retiring to the back of the cupboard I didn't want to spend a fortune. Anyway I've been pretty impressed with this, it does what it's meant to and was a good price. We've used it for fruit, mushrooms and biltong and it's done really well. The design is basicz the trays seem pretty strong. The lack of a timers is not really an issue if you pair it with a smart plug. And after a month we're still using it so overall a win.

For the price, the Laptronix 5 Tray Mini Electric Food Dehydrator is a solid choice. It has plenty of shelves, though the depth of the trays is a bit limited. I fixed this by removing the grid from one shelf to give it double the depth, which worked perfectly. I mainly use it for drying chilies on the high setting, and it does the job well. If you’re looking for a budget-friendly dehydrator and don’t mind making a small tweak, this one works great.

Easy to use. Easy to clean. Great for all types of fruit Dehydrating .

If you are looking at buying this because you want a nice budget dehydrator... don't. I set my mushrooms off dehydrating for a couple of hours on a medium heat, and when I came back the trays had melted and warped in shape! The trays no longer stack, because they are all wonky and misaligned! I'm not sure whether I just got a bad one that couldn't moderate it's temperature, but it's not worth the risk! I will be sending it back and investing a little more in a better, safer dehydrator!

Plastic tray broke after first use. Not even 24 hours old. Worked well on low temperature. Dried fruit well.

Purchased for a single function - dehydrating the annual chilli crop prior to chopping into flakes. Cheap, cheerful and perfectly up to the task. Particularly like that the shelf spacing is adjustable (by spinning through 180 degrees). The plastic grating is quite coarse so items as small ad chillies can drop through. Solved this issue by purchasing some fine metal grating and snipping to shape - problem solved. When dehydrating chillies, found that it’s better to drop the temperature to about half way and dry them for longer. Max temp, although only about 70 deg, dries them quite quickly (12 hours-ish) but is warm enough to scorch them a bit if you leave them too long. Also a good idea to check regularly and remove them as they dry out. Recommended.

I’ve only had this a few days but have been dehydrating citrus slices for Christmas decorations. I’m very happy with it. It arrived a day earlier than expected too! As I live on my own I often find that fresh food that I buy is spoiled before I can use it and so this dehydrator will be most useful for drying items for soups and stews as well as a big variety of herbs. I’m sure that there’s more than just this it will do and I’m going to enjoy learning what else. It is quiet and unobtrusive to use and I highly recommend this item.