Harvest Right Freeze Dryer Reviews

We are fairly new to freeze-drying and have run approximately 25 batches in our medium sized Harvest Right freeze dryer.

At first, there was a bit of a learning curve to understanding the process, but their customer service is outstanding. Most questions have been immediately answered on the phone; and those questions that needed a bit of research were answered in a couple of days after making an appointment.

We have freeze-dried several different foods such as soups, stews, pasta dishes, various fruits, and even made colorful salt water taffy balls. And now we have a good idea of how long the foods take to freeze and dry. We have learned also from videos people have contributed on the internet.

So far the experience with Harvest Right has been great. We are having fun and augmenting our regular cook meals with freeze-dried.

• Food is expensive and important to each of us.

• Safe long term food storage is important to me.

• I bought a large Harvestright food dryer November 2018 and have been using it since then.

• An email notifying me of an urgent software update was sent June 21, 2022, so I installed it.

• The update caused freezing and vacuum issues that prevented the unit from completing cycles.

• I sent a service ticket request hoping for a quick response since it is garden season.

• It is over three years since I purchased the unit, but Harvestright stood behind their product and sent me an update file that has repaired the unit and I have been able to complete two loads of products.

• THANKS

We LOVE our Harvest Right Freeze Dryer! Freeze drying is Hands-Down the best way to store food! We started with yellow cheese and it is fantastic! It is crunchy like a cracker but all cheese. Delicious! Better than any cheese cracker from the store with no preservatives, dyes etc.

We have freeze dried over 50 separate items and some of these are meals. Everything from candies, meats, vegetables, herbs and fruits. It has paid for itself with how much we have been able to take from our old inventory (which will only last so many years, much less than freeze drying) and freeze dry a lot of it.

We've told everyone we know that Freeze Drying is the best way to preserve your food. We've been freeze drying for several years now and we wished we had purchased years earlier. We tried many ways to store food for the past 30 years .... from bulk in bins, to 5 gal lined buckets, to individual one gallon mylar bags, to #10 cans. The best for those was the #10 can but even they can rust over the years unless you keep them properly and we have but we still get some rust.

We've been on the blogs, Youtube, facebook, etc and have learned a lot about what to freeze dry and how to be effective at doing so. I would suggest that you take a look at several of these after your purchase as it will save you from making freeze drying errors that others already have. We learned about freeze drying Siracha sauce and how you should wear a mask and gloves because of how fine it is when it comes out of the freeze dryer. Most items are easy to do and require very little expertise but you will learn that from the experts that have been doing this for awhile. btw....the Siracha sauce hydrates beautifully.

Purchase a LARGE freeze dryer! I know, it costs so much more but you will regret not doing so as so many we have read about have. It is so worth getting the LARGE and preserving so much more food at one time. And, your return on investment will be much shorter. Check out the price of freeze dried foods you will see how this will pay for itself in a very short time.

Harvest Right Freeze Dryers are very well made, easy to operate, and they provide excellent customer service. We have had all sorts of questions and they have always provided answers in a timely manner. We are very pleased with how they have helped us over the years.

We encourage everyone that wishes to have a supply of food on hand, no matter the reason, to purchase a Harvest Right Freeze Dryer. You will not regret it!

We have had our Harvest Right Freeze Dryer for 4 months now and I can truly say it is awesome!!

We have never had 1 single problem with it and its not noisy at all. The customer Service staff at harvest Right are great!

My small Harvest Right Freeze Dryer has processed approximately 12 batches flawlessly. I am very happy with the results and the ease of use.

My only issue that I have is once you have defrosted the machine and everything has drained out there is still a small amount of water in the drain hose that is located internal to the unit. It cannot be reached by hand. There is a belly in the hose that is lower than the hole that the hose goes out to the drain valve. This is clearly due to the hose being slightly too long. If this hose could be slightly shortened during the manufacturing process this would easily eliminate this problem.

It takes a little extra time and monkey business to completely remove all of the water in the hose since this observation has been discovered.