I use one of these at home, and another at work and they both work great for drying 3D printer filament. The center of the trays cuts out somewhat easily with flush cutters that came with the 3D printers I use. The trays are made with a hard clear plastic with low ductility, so I did crack one of the trays when cutting out the center but that was my own fault for trying to go too fast. The temperature settings on the dial aren't exact, but they're close. Like others, I used a barbecue temperature probe to check the temperature and was close enough to not cause alarm. Temperatures are also very stable once it levels out. There is a slight noise from the internal fan moving air through the drying chamber; this isn't a con for me, but it does need to be mentioned as some reviews have made it clear that they were expecting a completely silent unit. Overall I'm happy with both units and if either fails, will not hesitate to buy another.

I have a rabbit, and finding dried fruits without extra sugar or other chemicals added is difficult. I tried drying some fruit in the oven, but that didn't work out, so I got this.

While the little instruction booklet is kinda in broken English, it's easy to figure out what they are trying to say. It included drying times for most types of fruit, but some I have had to time myself to get them dried well enough.

I'm not sure why some people said it didn't get hot enough. The outside is warm to the touch, and I can pickup all the trays and handle them without burning myself, but I also wasn't expecting the temperature to be as hot as it says. I just rotate the trays of fruit every hour or so and they seem to dry just fine. The bottom tray is always the warmest, which is why I rotate the trays, that way they sort of evenly dry out.

It works for what I need it to do, it's simple to use and to clean as well.

I love this dehydrator! It's everything that I wanted in a dehydrator and more! I compared it with others and you can't beat the features on it with the price point. Two fans, two speeds, 1000 watts, back wall fans, timer, great temperature range/selection, glass oven type door. What's not to love? It's very quiet. It is large so be prepared for that. I did find mesh screens large enough for these trays and trimmed them to fit. Then I just used grilling mats and cut them to fit for fruit leathers. It also has an auto shift function if you press the set button three times where it starts with both fans for a set time then shifts to only one fan for the remainder of the time. You won't get all this on a lower priced unit. Cleanup was a breeze. I just put one of the grilling mats on the lowest tray by itself and actually got nothing to clean on it after loading all the other trays heavily with messy fruits. This way you don't have a mess in the bottom to clean up around the vents there. But I did spray the mesh screens lightly with Pam before I started dehydrating to prevent sticking. I also highly recommend The Dehydrator Bible and The Beginner's Guide To Dehydrating Food.

I'm using this a filament dryer, and I ran tests to see how hot it gets. Maybe its my thermometers, but I found the hotter temps, starting around 40c are around 5c or more off. It runs cool. So instead of it being 60c its 50-55c. Which I guess is OK for filament because you don't want it to melt. But for food I would wonder if that's a good thing.

It has a nice temp wheel showing C and F, but there is no timer, you'll need something else for that, I got a dial timer that I can plug into it. Its runs very quiet.

DO NOT PUT THIS INTO THE DISHWASHER that is what it said. That while you can wash it on the top rack you can't dry it. They said the plastic becomes brittle in the very hot temps, which is probably why all these reviews of this type of product showed shattered shelves. I think that's insane considering the product. And knowing this is a problem you would think they would choose a plastic better suited for heat?

Also the cord is only like 3ft long, which really, couldn't put a 5ft cord on it? It makes it harder to use.

I am using this to dry filament for my 3D printer.