Does this unit take a full day to dehydrate most things, or is it able to dehydrate within hours?
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I had jerky out of mine done the same day. It's pretty fast. It has a fan and an adjustable thermostat.
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Depends on how much you put in the trays, the thickness of the items and the density. We dry jerky strips in about 2 hours.
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Totally depends on the amount of moisture in the item you are drying. Apples sliced thinly don't take much time at all. I've done pineapple sliced on thin side and takes about 4 hrs but when sliced thick could take all day. The 6 layers is key and I wouldn't recommend getting a unit without many layers
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Hi Melinda, that is some really hard questions to answer because it really depends on how thick your pieces are on any thing you put in it. Some things also have more density to them (less air space) so they take longer than something light. But it takes between 12-20 hours for anything you dehydrate. Some foods I found are better not to dehydrate. Vegetables work great if your going to make a soup or stew, but to just rehydrate say broccoli and cook just it, for me it's tough and chewy but cooked in a big pot of soup with other dehydrated veggies works fine. I have never done meat in mine and don't plan to so someone else would need to discuss that with you. I hear that jerky does great. On u tube there are videos of people dehydrateing just about everything and tell you how long and all. That is what influenced me to buy 2 of them. Good luck to you, hope you find the answers your looking for.
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Shannon, It will go about 2 to 2 1/2 hours before it is automatically shuts down. Yes, there is a continuous setting. I have not noticed any wetness around the unit.
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It takes longer than 2 hours, I bought a very cheap humidity/thermometer and it showed that it took about 8 hours to show a difference and 24 hours to reach max efficiency. I keep it on 24/7 and it works well. I have two, one for the bedroom and a bigger one for the house.
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As with anything you are dehydrating, the longer you leave it the drier it gets. I love how it makes fruit crispy, given time. It also does a great job on jerky.
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If it's full, it takes several minutes. It holds more water than other electric kettles I've had. As long as I din't mindlessly fill it when I only need a cup or two, it's fast.
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I haven't used mine for dehydrated items, but it surely should work. I use it for other dry items like crackers and cookies. A friend uses it for dry sausage they do in a dehydrator. I am so glad I purchased this appliance. I use it so much, It seldom even leaves the countertop!
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On my unit it's 20 min max. Usually closer to 15 unless you discharge it almost completely which is a challenge
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I timed it today and it was a little over 6 hours. It could have something to do with humidity or maybe someone else put in a little more water? I don't know. I had never timed it before but I know from the beginning it was more than 4 hours.
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about 1/2 gallon when full, takes about 2 hours to get there then it does pretty good. aint fast for sure
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never tried that way before, but it should be, just slower due to the size of the pieces... functionally speaking, the dehydrator will still work normally
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Yes I use it quite adequatly without the timer. In fact your supposed to turn the trays 180 deg. Halfway thru drying process ( approx. 2 hrs.)This is the way I've always done it and with great results.This dehydrator is specifically designed to operate with certain parameters and guidelines the rotation being one and also always having all trays in dehydrator even when there empty. But I'm curious if you or anyone else will or have done it using the timer w/o rotating I would really like to know how it turns out.
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We use it in the tub and it is dry the next day. It is pretty quick as the beads inside don't hold the water. Just make sure to squeeze the head too in order to get an water out.
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I've only used ours twice to do about half our house at a time (approximately 600 sq ft at a time). It dried fairly quickly because you are sucking up the water back into the machine as you go. I think it was dry enough to walk on in under 30 minutes, if memory serves. My only disappointment is that it doesn't heat the water or steam on its own. You can put hot water into the tank, however. And it did suck back up a lot of dirty looking water so it was helping. I mainly got it to clean up after our elderly dog who was having lots of accidents.
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Mine lasted for about eight hours of continuous usage. After that it needs about a gallon of water.
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I have only had this humidifier for a month. We have very hard water, so I am only using distilled water and, so far, it is very clean. If you run the unit for 12 hours a day it goes through a gallon of water pretty quickly, so there really isn't standing water building up algae..........
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Drip dry takes 10-15 minutes or you can hit with compressed air. You can also avoid water by vacuuming it clean.ThanksClean Air Solutions LLC