Harvest Right Freeze Dryer Reviews

I’ve had my Harvest Right Freeze Dryer for a year and love it. Customer Service has been extremely helpful when I needed them.

The harvest right freeze dryer is a good system as long as you follow the instructions precisely. Don’t skip oil changes or else you’ll ruin the pump. Adjust the door accordingly for correct pressure. Call customer service for any help you need, they’re quick to answer usually and nice!

We got a brand new freeze dryer and after one or two uses we started having problems with the vacuum. It would not work. Our hearts sunk. We talked with Harvest Right and got an excellent technician who helped us solve the problem. Yes it took a couple months but we are very happy now.

Love this machine it is a lifesaver for those of you who love to Garden! Gives you a break from canning and is more nutritious

My HarvestRght freeze dryer works just as promised. After gaining experience on drying times and swapping the trays around to evenly dry my products results for wonderful. I did have a problem with the bag sealer where it would would work for one or two seconds and shut off. I would have to make several attempts to get it to

seal a package. After calling customer service, they readily agreed to send me a new one.

Excellent customer service. I love my freeze dryer

I I love my Freeze Dryer! My experience with Harvest Right tech support has always been timely, helpful and pleasant.

It has been a great hobby that allows me to use my imagination in preparing gifts that are practical, healthy and delicious!

WE have had a Harvest Right Freeze Drier for 7 years and even though there have been some low points with my experience with the company and their products, the machine has been a great investment. In comparing the price of freeze-dried food from commercial retailers, I have determined that I have paid for my investment several times over.

While we have had some issues with the early pump, Harvest Right has been helpful in trying to get things right for us. We currently have the standard pump, and it is working well.

We are a family that loves backpacking. Before we got our Harvest Right, we would buy Mountain House or Backpackers Pantry foods to take with us. But now, we are able to make and take whatever foods we want, without having to rely on a limited menu, lots of ingredients we may not want and portion sizes that don’t fit our needs. For example, we backpacked in the Wind River Range in Wyoming and one of our meals was home FD pot roast with gravy and potatoes and that was one of the best meals ever after a long day on the trail!

We also love being able to take our freeze dried food with us when we ski. We take a thermos full of hot water and our bags of FD food and we are good for a hot lunch that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg like ski lodge food does.

We also give bags of FD fruit or goodies as gifts to friends and neighbors. Apples, peaches, etc., make a great unique treat for gifts.

Prep is easy, just put the food you want to FD on the trays, or leftovers that you want to freeze dry and pop them in your freezer until you have a whole batch to freeze dry–for the medium, that is 4 trays. Make sure your oil is clean, push a few buttons and in a day or so, you will have a long lasting version of whatever you put in your machine.

While running a batch of Parsley, the system failed in drawing an adequate vacuum on 2 attempts. Call to support at HR was answered quickly and time setup with a tech by the name of Chase within a day. Chase reviewed the issues and provided initial first steps on testing. Both HR and Chase were excellent in providing support sessions and "next steps" in the trouble shooting process.

Although the whole process to fix took a few weeks as the problem proved troublesome and I had to wait for parts to be shipped to Canada. Perseverance by Chase paid off and we solved the issue with a sliconing of the tray electrical plug.

We purchased our Harvest Right in 2020. They were back ordered, but we bought it just before the rush, so we were freeze drying while the rest of the world was still waiting. We bought a medium oil free pump (the low profile one that they are no longer selling). They replaced the first pump, and when we again had trouble with the second pump, replaced it as well!

Jonathan was especially great to work with. The front desk people were also very helpful and the owner even came out to speak to us one time I came up to replace a heater relay board. We had a lot to learn about drying certain foods (removing fats from foods, etc.) but we have dried 20 + bushels of fruit, lots of meals, and we use it for a wide variety of purposes, gifts, shipping food to others, and preserving foods for food storage. It preserves the flavor and nutrients and allows us to feed our big family for low cost on vacations.

We just bring a little collapsible kettle for hotels and a Jetboil when we camp. We are able to eat our leftovers so we don’t waste food, but we also spend less time and money feeding our family of 8. I am a celiac with dairy and sesame allergies, so eating from home can be tricky. We even dry ice cream, pies, skittles and more for fun and delicious treats!

We received our freeze dryer weeks before it was due, and have been using it non-stop. I had a vacuum problem and in one phone call I was set up with a technician, and solved the problem right away. I also had a problem with my sealer, in that the power wold not come on. They sent me a brand new one. Great service, and I LOVE my freeze dryer.

The Harvest Right Team is honest and diligent in providing customer service. Through my dealings with them they have demonstrated that their sole objective is to resolve any issues with the utmost of respect for both the customer and their product. I am enjoying owning my freeze drier and am making some incredible freeze-dried meals.

I received my dryer on a skid. Outside of the need to run a new 20A circuit to my garage, it was crazy simple to setup and run. In fact, I was skeptical at first because I was like... what settings do I use?? Well, basically... you just run the thing. I did a run of very wet pineapple on my first run, and and it was a matter of just turning it on, and after its finished, if there is any wet left, you just add some more dry time. I was expecting it to be way more complicated. Nice job HarvestRight!

I have had my large Harvest Right home freeze dryer for 3 months. It is November 30th and I have about two more batches left to do from this summers garden harvest.

Then I can begin to experiment with meals and year round products such as eggs, dairy and meats. I have found my freeze dryer to be very user friendly and easy to use. I am enjoying diversifying my food storage methods and sharing with my friends and family.

I have done nearly 50 batches and so far have only disliked one or two items that just didn’t freeze dry well (blackberries and gummy bears is all that comes to mind at this point). Overall, keeping myself very busy and entertained with my first freeze dryer!

My husband and I purchased a Harvest Right and received it at the end of October 2022, we have been using it almost non-stop since then. My husband calls it amazing and easy to use. We have been freeze drying lots of garden produce and eggs so far and plan to try many different foods. Customer service is professional and have gone out of their way to assist when we have an issue or question. A real pleasure to work with them.

I recently received my new freeze dryer and after my first batch finished, I turned the machine off for the night. When I turned it back on in the morning, the screen was showing “Factory Setup”…I thought I had done something wrong. A quick call to customer support and he walked me through getting it up and going again! Now on to my second batch.

We have had our Harvest Right freeze dryer only a couple of months but are very happy with everything we have tried so far. It is a wonderful way to preserve foods without taking up precious freezer space and they last much longer – plus they taste as good as freshly made! We like it so much, in fact, we are currently freeze-drying various goodies to put in Christmas gift baskets for our family – all items they love.

Really love my medium HarvestRight freeze dryer, set up was fast and the premier pump is very quiet and very low maintenance.

This machine is a work horse, it has been going non stop for me since I purchased it! I’ve done everything from Candy to full meals!

I bought my machine about a month ago and have loved it. I did have two problems. My impulse sealer wouldn't seal, but fortunately I live close to the plant and took it there. They replaced the heat strip and it still didn't work so they gave me a new one and tested it before I left. Extremely nice workers there.

The other problem was when I turned my machine off, it reset to factory settings. A quick call to the support line helped me get it set up again. Since then I have had no problems and are freeze drying many different items.