Harvest Right Freeze Dryer Reviews

Mary in Customer Service walked us through our problem and got us up and running again. She was very helpful.

We purchased our HR freeze dryer and love the product it works great and if there are issues HR stands behind their product and works quickly to address any issue. The product is great for storing food long and short term and in today's world is a must have. Amazing commercial quality right at home money in your pocket every month.

We LOVE our new freeze dryer! We have already made quite a few batches of all kinds of things. Fruit, veggies, sauces, and our favorite marinated veggies!!

We did have a few issues in the beginning with the vacuum not sealing properly but there was a tiny particle in the O ring that was preventing it from functioning at its fullest. The kind support desk really helped us to diagnose and try some things. Once we discovered that particle and removed it (it was so tiny we didn't even notice at first!) the issue was solved and the machine has been wonderful ever since!

My personal biggest tips (or things I have learned) for anyone buying one is to 1) CLEAN THE MACHINE WELL and make sure all the hoses are connected properly and free from particles!! and 2) When freeze drying, do ALL the trays with the same or extremely similar texture/size/type of food. Not like 2 trays sauce, one tray broccoli, one tray apple slices, etc.... Do them ALL apple slices, or ALL sauce. So if you are doing fruit, do all 5 trays (we have a large so it's 5 trays) of the fruit. If doing veggies, do all 5 trays of the same veggies, etc. They dry much better all the same texture/type/hydration level, than if you mix all kinds of types in one batch. We found that certain things didn't fully freeze dry (when we mixed trays of different food types) while the other thing was completely perfectly dried.... and we had to run the batch all over again to make sure the other stuff got dried properly. But every tray dries perfectly when each tray is the same thing.

Hope those tips help and that you enjoy your machine too! We can't wait to make so many more things!! Thank you Harvest Right!!

We purchased a Medium Harvest Right Freeze Dryer at the end of November 2022. We love using it. We really appreciate the instruction pamphlets for the Freeze Dryer and Premium Oil Pump. The instructions were precise and very easy to follow. We have been freeze drying constantly since our purchase and have had no issues. Any questions we have had have been answered quickly, and efficiently by customer support....they are awesome. If you are considering the purchase of a Freeze Dryer then Harvest Right is the clear, and undisputed winner.

No regrets with the purchase of my Harvest Right. Loving all the foods I’ve freeze dried. Great customer service if you have functional problems.

We bought our medium sized Harvest Right Freeze Dryer almost two years ago and absolutely love it. In that time we have freeze dried over 200 batches of food with no problem. The system was easy to set up and operate. While there was a bit of a learning curve when it comes to knowing what foods do best in the freeze dryer (there are numerous social media groups to help with this), the controls and operation of the freeze drier are easy to use and intuitive. We bought the standard vacuum pump with ours. Harvest Right recommends changing the oil every 4-5 patches but I found it relatively to do so I filter and replace the oil after every batch.

I've had my large Harvest Right freeze dryer for 2 months now. I've been using it 24/7. The ease of use is incredible. This is probably the best investment I've made.

Since I've been using my Harvest Right freeze dryer

I haven't had any issues with it. It has performed exactly as I was expecting it to. Thank you Harvest Right?

this is a great product. had a little confusion about the door being loose but after a call to the support team all is well. Maybe they should put a sticker on the door to inform us that the door is suppose to be that way. After the call all is well and I love my machine and have used it everyday. Thanks for putting this into the general populations hands. Great Product!

The Harvest Right Freeze Dryers are an excellent product and great investment for the future. I have been using my medium freeze dryer since April 2022 to preserve meat, fruit and garden produce. From questions about ordering, shipping, set up and the first batch, there has been excellent customer service and also tutorial videos to help new beginners. I highly recommend Harvest Right Freeze Dryers and their products.

We have had our Harvest Right freeze dryer for over a year. I have been pleased with it since day one. Easy to use. Good vibes out great and is ready to store and rehydrate. Great for camping food.

I’ve been contemplating getting one of these for years. Finally took the plunge, and not only the food is fantastic, flavor are sooo concentrated but I can freeze dry things I could not before. As a homesteader that I have highly perishable products seasonally, this is an absolute game changer! I can freeze dry batches of 2 gallons of milk or cream in just about 24-36 hrs! That’s is amazing. And customer support are available and very responsive to coach you if you have issues. Highly recommend.

I’ve been wanting a freeze dryer for years. Finally bought one and can’t wait to buy another. I love that we can preserve our food by freeze drying. I would never go back to dehydrating food and froze drying is so much better.

I am basing this review on my 4 years experience with Harvestright. I love them and their products. Do the machines have issues? Of course they do, all machines do. But it is the team behind the products that make the company. I highly recommend Harvestright! They help me fast and get me up and runnng, if I have any issues!

We recently purchased a large Harvest Right and I have a few questions with the programming and the current version. The customer service was very supportive and helped me with all my needs. We have been using the Harvest Right a few weeks and are completely satisfied with the food security it offers our family.

The freeze dryer works great. We had a problem with the sealer they sent a new one

We purchased our Harvest Right Freeze Dryer in November. We got a great deal with the black Friday deal that was going on. It was very easy to set up and start using. We are very excited to be able to persevere food without taking up room in our fridges or freezers. The possibilities seem endless!

We purchased our medium freeze dryer last year but have been delayed in getting it set up. Once we did get it set up we found the Harvest Right instructional videos on their web site very helpful in making the unit operational. Since we’ve started using it we haven’t experienced any issues to date. As to the customer service experience, the rep helped me find exactly what I additional materials for back up parts I needed and was EXTREMELY kind and courteous. Overall, the machine has worked fantastic. The food is coming out perfectly freeze-dried and the quality is excellent. I recommend these for anyone in the market for a home freeze dryer.

I really like my Harvest Right freeze dryer and being able to preserve food for years in this manner.

This review is in response to help I received from Denisha on a relay board that went bad and gave me a mid-batch heat failure message. Denisha helped me for a few weeks to, first of all, figure out if the relay board was working right in regard to the heat failure. After determining that is was NOT working as it should, she ordered me a new relay board and sent instructions on how to install it. After I was able to get the relay board installed, Denisha had me do an "apple run" and found that everything was working as it should. Denisha called me several times during this process as well as emailing me. Thanks to Denisha for the great job she did on this issue and getting me up and running again!

We have had our Harvest Right Medium Freeze Dryer since July 2022. We have completed just short of 90 loads. The unit is not as plug and play as a TV. There is a learning curve involved with using and maintaining the unit.

We have only had 2 minor issues with our machine.

If you do any research, which I recommend, you will see that many people have had to replace the drain valve with a brass gas valve. We replaced ours early on as we believed that we would have to eventually. Very easy process with 2 wrenches.

We needed to update our software to the latest version. I called customer service and JT sent the files for the BETA version .24. It wouldn’t update so we had to call customer service again.

John was very helpful. He emailed us the latest stable version, .23. He suggested that that I install while he waited on the phone to make sure the updated files installed without any problems. He walked me through the process, which went very well.

Our machine runs 24 hours a day. It is sitting in our living room on a Husky workbench, right next to me. I am watching TV while it is running. Many people complain about how loud the machines are when running. We got the Premier Pump, which seems to be much quieter than the other options.

We are happy with our purchase. Everyone loves freeze dried ice cream, cheesecake bites and strawberries. We currently have 4-27 gallon totes full of freeze dried food including beef, eggs, vegetables, fruit and other items. A month or so ago we processed 200 pounds of potatoes. We freeze dried at least 150 pounds.

We vacuum seal our freeze dried food in Mylar bags. The shelf life is said to be between 25-30 years. When most freeze dried food is re-hydrated, it tastes exactly like it did when fresh. Surprisingly, most of the time the texture is the same as well. On many foods you would be hard pressed to tell the fresh from the re-hydrated freeze dried food.

When food is not re-hydrated, it can still be eaten. My 10 year old granddaughter calls them flavored Styrofoam. Many foods that are not re-hydrated, have the texture of Cheetos.