Harvest Right Freeze Dryer Reviews
Harvest Right Freeze Dryer Customer Reviews
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Love the dried food
We bought our first Harvest Right freeze dryer about six or seven years ago.
We use our dryer mostly for fruit. We did do some turkey which turned out good.
When I asked about how she liked it, my wife said she loved it except when it didn't work.
It quit working about three years ago. So we were without a freeze dryer for that long. This year, we had so much fruit that we decided we had to have a freeze dryer.
I didn't know enough at that time to fix our old one; so we decided to buy a new one.
We bought the medium-size dryer with five shelves in it. We have been using it for about a month now and it has been very dependable. The new vacuum pump is much better than the one we formerly had. It is nice to have the extra shelf. That makes it so that we can do 25% more each batch.
I have been watching a lot of videos and learning a lot about how to check the various parts and functions and how to fix them.
Since working with a Harbor Right technician, I think we have isolated the problem with the old dryer. It looks like I need to put a new relay board on it. There is a video on You Tube about how to do that. Hopefully, when I get that done, it should be working. So we will have two units that we can process the fruit in.
We love the fruit that has been dried. It tastes delicious when eaten dry and reconstitutes to look and taste like the fresh fruit.
One caution--they are not cheap.
Best Customer Support!
I highly recommend
I purchased a Harvest Right Freeze Dryer a few years ago. This is a stunning piece of equipment! I am still amazed that this is the only company producing high-quality freeze dryers for home use.
I appreciate the mastery of the product demonstrated by customer service. When I have called in, for one reason or another, I have always connected with a support team member knowledgeable and capable. Unlike customer service from so many companies, the staff of Harvest Right are US citizens located right here in the States, speak clearly, and seem to have intimate knowledge of all aspects of the machine. In addition, staff are always patient and willing to work thru any questions or difficulties I may have.
I highly recommend Harvest Right
Love/hate my Harvest Right!
Runs on Solar
We live off grid and got a solar upgrade in fall of 2022, boosting our system to panels producing 3840 watts and 400ah of Lithium battery storage. After monitoring our household draw for several months, I felt confident I would be able to run the freeze dryer on our system and purchased one in July. During peak sun, the dryer can run off the wattage we are producing, not drawing anything from the batteries. Overnight, if the dry cycle is running (which consumes the most power), it draws down our storage by half. Now that it is later in the fall and we are at 49o N latitude, I have to wait 2 days between cycles to get the system back to full charge. This is only possible because we have Lithium ion batteries now, wouldn't have worked for the drawdown (unless you had a HUGE system) on lead acid.
Pros: Great customer service.
Finished freeze dried product is great, especially proteins.
Once you have figured out what you are doing, it is set and forget until done.
Cons: I had trouble with my vacuum cycle, pretty much out of the box (although I didn’t realize it until 5 or so cycles in). This lead to a lot of frustration on my part because you get an error message but not much else. Customer service helped right away, I just wish I’d called sooner.
The owners manual could include a little bit more of the technical information. For example what the average or acceptable length of each part of the cycle is, basic physics for how it works (so I don’t have to keep explaining to my husband!).
Overall, I’m happy with my purchase and look forward to making lots of awesome things.
“Freeze Dried Ohio” tested and approved
I know a lot of preppers!! Everyone says get the medium 5 tray.., optimal size and speed of processing. I know the owner of ‘Freezed Dried Ohio’… she has 5 Harvest Right units… she agreed that medium unit with 4-5 trays would be the unit to get with the premier pump if you can afford it… the modern pumps and units are very efficient. About $1 a batch of 5 if you start with product frozen in freezer to begin with. Runs about 30 hours each time. Don’t get the small unit… not worth the effort.
Great unit but not trouble free.
Freeze drying is great
Good but issues
Harvest Freeze Dryer - Makes my life easier when preparing quick homemade meals.
Customer service is great! Absolutely Love my Harvest Right freeze dryer. I love it because we can freeze dry all the leftover meals that taste just like the way I made it.
I am very satisfied with the machine. Most recently I had a vacuum error that required technical assistance, but with the help of Harvest Right staff my issues were quickly solved.
I’ve done dehydrating, But Freeze drying is next level. I love my medium Harvest Right Freeze dryer. It’s running continuously. I have so much peace of mind having shelf stable food ready for my family and dogs! Thank you Harvest Right.
Still waiting for help
Strongly recommend!
Large Harvest Right w/ Oil-Free Pump
Freeze Dried Fruit is great!
amazing what these machines can do. But they do run hot.
HarvestRight does it right!
Good Customer Service, problematic machine.
Love my freeze dryer when it works
Love my freeze dryer when it works , in the middle of harvest season it went down for almost 2 months , tec support was good but took too long to fix the problem, not impressed.