Gourmia GFD1850 Food Dehydrator With Touch Digital Temperature Control, Ten Drying Trays Plus Beef Jerky & Sausage Hanging Rack, Sleek Design, Transparent Window & Free Recipe Book - White

So yesterday I put sliced apples in the dehydrator for 12 hrs. At 158 degrees, the default setting. They were to be done about 4:30 am. I'm up at 3 am and the unit is off. I think apples are ready. NO WAY! Not even close. Still 1 3/4 hrs to go on stove timer.I guess I should have realized that it was not going to be smooth sailing when I plugged in the unit. It came on and the fan started and very shortly you could feel the unit warming up. However, the rapid flashing of he display panel should have warned me. After about 30-45 minutes the flashing stopped anew the lights stopped flashing and were steadily on. The timer was on and I the unit continued as we went to bed. We were unable to get the control panel to allow me to increase or decrease the time or the temperature.Next concern is that; Why can't fit the price of this unit I can't put the trays in the dishwasher to clean them? I want to wash them and am not needing to dry them by the dishwashers dryer.Lastly, the manual could use some improvements. I want a users manual, not a bunch of glossy pictures . Ok for a few recipe suggestions. Do you know how many recipes are on the internet for the dehydrators? A lot!Summary:1. Poor display and ability to use control panel.2. Trays can't go in the dishwasher.3. User manual nearly worthless.Finally, I transferred the apple slices to my OLD Harvest Maid (now NESCO) dehydrator to finish the apples. No timer but I have several options there. Easy temp control. I slide a temperature probe into the center and can the temperature throughout the drying time.I hope the supplier and I can work this out. If we can I'll add the outcome to this review.So the unit was returned and received a replacement. This unit is working fine and the temperature is fine. Did some pear slice on it but they needed a little more time. Blueberries fall thru the openings in the tray. Unless they are large blueberries I wouldn't dehydrate them in this unit-needs fineeah screens. Oh and yes the tray and inside of unit cleaned up easily without much effort. I still feel trays and rack should be dishwasher safe and manual is an embarrassment. Changing to 5 stars because of great customer service.

I am very disappointed by this dehydrator. When you take it out of the box it looks very sleek and fancy. It was fairly quiet while running, except that it makes a clicking noise every time the heating element turns on and off which was annoying. The display is not correct as the place that is listed as time remaining, actually lists the hours that have passed. I bought this to make beef jerky. I have a Nesco dehydrator that makes beef jerky very well, I thought this would be better as it has a timer and more room. I put in a batch and let it run for 2 hours. The bottom tray dried normally, the top trays barely dried at all. i moved all the trays around, set the timer and went to bed. When I got up, the timer had shut off the machine properly, however the jerky was still not done. The back of the trays were more done than the front. I had to run it another 3 hours to finish the jerky, and move the trays and the jerky to get even air flow. This was a total of 10 hours drying time (4 more than the Nesco) and it was not dried very evenly. This product may be good for other items, but is terrible for beef jerky. There is also the question of it getting hot enough to make the jerky safe for consumption as it only heats to 158 degrees. I will be returning this dehydrator with out any hesitation and buying a second Nesco and an outlet timer.

Sorry for the length but since nobody has reviewed yet...Ok, so we've come a long way since the dehydrators of my childhood. This machine is beautiful, and would look nice to just sit on the counter regularly if you have the space. I've already tested it out on an apple and it's brilliantly simple to use. The recipe book is nice too and my wife and I are already planning some turkey jerky for later tonight!I am posting pictures as well to clarify a few things.It changes temps in increments of 9 degrees. This makes for some strange numbers (I did my apples at 131F) but there's no reason why you'd need finer tuned temperatures, that I can see.The manual indicates that the far right side of the panel displays "remaining time". This is not the simplest way to phrase what is displayed. It actually counts up in hours until the number of hours programmed is completed. (This makes no difference for the actual use of the product, hence still 5 stars; But, it may make you think the machine isn't working since it says "time remaining 00H" for the whole first hour. After an hour, it says "remaining time 01H" See pics.)Since I'm sure some moron is going to say it smells terrible like plastic (because some moron always says this about every plastic product) I'll say it first. When you open it, it smells like plastic. When you first turn it on, it smells like plastic. BUT IT GOES AWAY after half an hour. Seriously. And I didn't even wash the trays (the manual says you should) and the apples were delicious. Show me a plastic product that doesn't smell when you get it.One other thing, There are actually 11 trays. ten regular ones and an extra with rods in it to hang meats and salami. :)Pros:Even Reliable Dehydrating,Looks beautiful to complement KitchenPrice is great for what you getSet and ForgetCons:Confusingly phrased "remaining time"Overall: Go for it. Best product I've seen for the price, by far.(I'll throw this in as well: Great customer service. When I thought it wasn't working because of the remaining time thing, they were ready to replace the unit on the spot. But it was unnecessary (see above)

We have returned the Dehydrator. The main thing I wanted it for was to Dehydrate leaves from a Moringa tree. The leaves are small, some as small as my pinky finger nail. The trays had holes so big, the leaves would fall through before they could dry! If even five trays had smaller holes, I could have worked with it. It would also be helpful to post the overall size of the Dehydrator. Thank you for asking.