Meykey Food Dehydrator with Temperature Controller 95-158°F, Fruit-Meat Dryer, Digital Dehydrator, BPA-Free, 250W / Button

Bought as a cheap option to start dehydrating food for hiking trips, works a treat, especially on meat. I accidentally discovered drying Moose meat is like making your own type of jerky.

bought this to make beef jerky with. Works great. I usually marinade think slices of beef for a day or 2 before using this so they are all fairly moist, then it takes about 8 to 10 hours to make the jerky. It really does require you to alternate the shelves though as the bottom one works best with each layer up taking a little longer. I don't mind that though, I usually set alarms on my Google Home for each hour then I move the bottom shelf to the top and continue doing that each hour.I tried to do some mango, banana, kiwi, strawberry and grapes when I got it too (mostly to convince my girlfriend that I didn't just spend a lot of money to make jerky). They all turned out fine but they did take a lot longer, close to 16 hours for them, not sure if that's normal or not.But as far as making jerky goes this works great.

I wanted to start making my own beef jerky and I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a dehydrator. This one has some fairly good reviews so I ordered it. When it arrived the power switch was in the 'on' position so I had to turn it off as soon as I plugged it in for the first time. I read the instructions and went to turn it on for 1 hour before use as recommended. As soon as I turned it on it made a loud noise, there was a red glow from the fan section at the bottom and then a burning smell, the fan had instantly burnt out. I sent the unit back for a refund.I thought that maybe I just had some bad luck with a faulty unit so I ordered another. It too had the power button set to on and so turned on as soon as I plugged it in. I ran it for the first hour and thought it was quite noisy. I prepared some apple to test out on it and switched it on. After about two hours the fan started to make a really loud rattling noise as it it was not seated properly within the unit. After 6 hours I just had to turn it off as I couldn't stand the noise any longer so I sent that one back for a refund too.I suppose you just get what you pay for sometimes and I've had to spend considerably more for a Biochef dehydrator instead. I'll leave a review of that one after I've used it.

Excellent product, have used it for all sorts of fruit. It does a great job and doesn’t take to long to make delicious healthy snacks. Only reason I gave 4 stars is because it is a tad noisy but otherwise fabulous!

This product arrived with 2 broken trays. Clearly the trays are flimsy and brittle and unlikely to last. I would have returned the product but I needed it immediately for processing a crop. I've given it 2 stars because the mechanism seems to function well otherwise. I think spending more money on a more durable product is advisable if you are likely to be using it often.

The dehydrator is good value for the price range, but there are a couple of issues.First, the good stuff - it's reasonably quiet, plenty of room (can fit 6 sliced mangoes) and very easy to use. Seems sturdy - no problems after a few weeks of heavy use.Negatives - the heat isn't evenly distributed - top trays take longer than the bottom trays, so you need to rotate them around a couple of times. The lack of a timer is problematic as it limits when you can dehydrate anything to when you will be home at the end of drying.That said, I would recommend this as a good dehydrator which is real VFM.

Ive been using this to make beef jerky, its unreal. Literally slice the beef, prepare and lay it out and leeve it for a few days on this. Also works to make dried fruit. IVe not really tried it with anything else.It has more space than some of the others i looked at, and is very quiet when its on.Not too bad a size either, and doesnt look horendus for a kitchen appliance.

Liked ease of use and quality of what it produced . Used it for sliced apples for xmas decorations worked really well.