Excalibur Electric Food Dehydrator Select Series 10-Tray with Adjustable Temperature Control Includes Chrome Plated Drying Trays Stainless Steel Construction and Glass French Doors, 800-Watts, Black

I LOVE my excaliber! The stainless steel racks are easy to clean and placing them in a bath of hot water, baking soda and vinegar will bubble off damn near anything. A stiff brush works as well if needed. It has only only one micro mesh and the website is a bit confusing to me regarding the price and the number of meshes included. I look for high grade food accessories. I use the mesh when dehydrating dandelion flowers for future use. Six trays at one time is enough for me to deal with at one time. I really have no complaints at all. Its a beast of a workhorse.

Got this to level up my pantry supplies. Great design, works great, easy to use. The capacity size is exactly what I need. Highly recommend.

I've had this unit for 4 years and it has performed exactly as expected. I've had it on for greater than 24 consecutive hours many times and it has worked great. I have purchased silicone trays with lips to use in this (not the same brand, but ones that work great just the same). This helps when I want to dehydrate squash puree to grind in a nut grinder and make squash flour. They'd work great for fruit leathers as well. I had thought I could just use cut parchment paper, but found the airflow often lifted the edges and caused issues so I was wasting too much time paperclipping the parchment down. I discovered that the plastic trays are actually easier to clean than I had anticipated. I hand wash the white plastic mesh part and run the black tray frames through my dishwasher all piled up on the top rack (my water doesn't get hot enough to melt them).I'll share 2 of our favorite snacks:1. Peel a banana (not overripe). Push your thumb into the center of the non-stem end. The banana will naturally split into thirds. Dehydrate these thirds and we call the result "banana licorice." It does keep some moisture in for a chewy texture, so we eat them up quickly rather than long storage.2. Instead of dipping apple slices in lemon or citric acid water to prevent browning, dip them in 100% pineapple juice. Trust me!I have also learned that my dehydrator will quickly dry tricky items (the blades of a blender/grinder) for me if I wash them between batches and need them bone dry. Some people use them for yogurt making (I haven't tried this). I'm using mine on its lowest setting to infuse acidified garlic into coconut oil because where I live this time of year coconut oil is solid at room temperature.If you have the room, splurge on the larger size. Someone dropped of a case of bananas to my house once as a gift. Boy, was I glad I had the larger size. I've used it to dehydrate potatoes I purchased in bulk, countless produce from our garden and bulk purchases, and smaller batches like a few hot peppers from the package I wouldn't get to using in time. It works just as well on a smaller batch as it does a large one.

Update: Excalibur finally responded and said the light bulb wasn't under warranty (which I expected, even though it lasted for only a few seconds). What I wanted to know was how to access the light bulb to change it out. They said I would have to disassemble the dehydrator to access it and by doing that I would void the warranty. What in the world???!!!Overall I like the dehydrator. However, after the 2nd use, the light bulb either burner but or the switch doesn't work. I had only turned it on to inspect the produce, then right back off. I reached out to Excalibur and they needed a list of items from me - just short of my first born child. A 10 second minimum video has to be included. I provided all this information. Wanted to know what bulb and how to access it. SILENCE!!! Now I know this is a small thing, but this is a clear indication of what would happen if the problem were larger and it made my dehydrator useless. Perhaps I will get a Corsi if this one dies.Let me add, that the first one I ordered arrived with the glass falling out of the doors. I returned it to Amazon for a replacement. I know ow someone above in the comments said the racks were plastic. They are NOT plastic, they are metal.